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The Knock Off Report Vol. 3

Knock (off)?! Knock (off)?! Who’s there? Steve Madden, Louboutin, House of Harlow and more! Dear readers! Your favorite secret agent, MOI, is back with investigation #3! (#1 can be found here and #2 can be found here). Where there is a more »

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Fashion Week AW10: Viktor and Rolf … Were they lost in Wonderland?

Ok, so I admit that I have been fully obsessed with all this Alice in Wonderland buisness thats been going on (my nails are currently Mad as a Hatter from the OPI Alice Collection), but I swear that I haven’t more »

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Fashion Week AW10: Marchesa, SO THIS IS LOVE *Swan Lake*

So this is LOVE Once upon a time, Keren Craig and Georgina Chapman were born with a future destined to make the most beautiful dresses known to man. All the fairest maidens in the land would wear Marchesa to the more »

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Fall 2010 Fashion: Cynthia Steffe channels Eloise at the Plaza

Eloise makes me think of my sister, Wendy, and my tons of trips to New York per year as a little girl.  My sister’s favorite childhood book has always been Eloise at the Plaza.  We are 16 years apart, and more »

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Trend Report: Best Cross Body and Shoulder Bags of 2010/2011

Trend Report: Cross Body slash Shoulder Bags – July 26th, 2010. It all started with the hipsters … (Well it actually started with the Chanel 2.55 flap bag 70 years ago, but that’s another story) …

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Trend Report: Met Gala 2010

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Ball May 4th, 2010 American Woman: Fashioning a National Idenity Host: Patrick Robinson of Gap Co Hosts: Anna Wintour and Oprah Winfrey Top trends: Princess/Good witch style dresses

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Fashion Week: I Can See Clearly Now — Prada’s SS10 Show!

Fantastic Plastic? Miuccia Prada wanted her collection for Spring Summer 2010 to reflect a girl who would go from work to the beach. Overall, I enjoyed this collection because most pieces seemed very wearable and the silhouettes felt fresh. I more »

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The Lipstick Diaries ~ Tom Ford + Lime Crime

Lipstick. Red lipstick. These are two words that are very close to my heart, as I wear red lipstick every time I leave the house. Those of you who know me, know that my lips and nails are always red; more »

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A Peter Pan Odyssey: Coachella Trends & Parties 2010

NEVERLAND! Once a year, our naughtiest friends convince us once again to run off to Coach-Ella-Ella land … Where there are no parents, no rules, people roam free, paint their face, wear animal heads, swim with mermaids (and crocodiles), sing more »

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Spring/Summer 2010 trend: To clog or not to clog, that is the question!

To clog or not to clog? Love em or hate em, clogs will be the biggest shoe trend of this Spring/Summer  (like the gladiator hype of 2010) so says Mary-Kate Olsen, Alexa Chung, Rachel Bilson, Jennifer Garner, Michelle Williams, etc. more »

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Sea of Shoes ~ All grown Up ~ 10 Reasons to Re-visit Jane Aldridge’s Site Today

No. 1 SHE UNDERSTANDS COMPOSITION: Jane’s blog is very much an art blog too. Though not all her photos are taken by her, she is the editor and is responsible for this overall portfolio of extraordinary pictures, one after the more »

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Hermes history lesson: H is for Hermes+Horses

History lesson for the day Most people don’t know that Hermes was founded on the principle of making the finest equestrian accouterment’s, and NOT on what Grace Kelly or Jane Birkin selected as their handbag of choice…. Hence the duc carriage more »

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#LAnatives: Designer Kimberly Ovitz (Brentwood ’01) & her Spring 2010 Collection

Kim Ovitz I got an email from Liz Keene at Harrison & Shriftman last fall inviting me to a private sale for designer Kimberly Ovitz who was literally handing some of her best pieces for next to nothing, as designers often do when more »

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Trend Report: Corset Lingerie dominated the Spring 2010 runway shows

Originally published in January, I thought it was time to re-visit this post, as I have been seeing corset/lingerie everywhere! One of the obvious trends that was shown on the runway for next season, Spring / Summer 2010, was lingerie more »

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We love WildFox Couture because they love LA (and their clothes ROCK)

I’D LIKE to think that if I had a cute trendy tee company, it would be JUST like WildFox Couture. Now, if the DT had its own tshirt company, it would FOR SURE (try) to be like WildFox Couture.   more »