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A pleasant, showery smell

August 25th, 2010 by admin


It has a pleasant, showery smell. It’s not offensive and it’s not overpowering. It’s a light scent. — The executive director of the Middlesex County Utilities Authority in New Jersey, on efforts to combat the smell of garbage at the Middlesex County Landfill using perfume. Read more at Middlesex County attempts to neutralize landfill odors [...]

Online fragrance shopping

August 25th, 2010 by admin


New at bloomingdales: Donna Karan Pure DKNY. New at boots (UK): Calvin Klein Beauty, Guess Seductive, Gucci Guilty, Davidoff Champion, Paco Rabanne Lady Million. New at harrods (UK): Orla Kiely, Love Chloe. New at macys: Donna Karan Pure DKNY, Nautica Pure Nautica. New at neimanmarcus: Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight in Paris Pour Homme. New [...]

Longing for No Nostalgia

July 30th, 2010 by admin


Several fashion magazine spreads have recently replicated the fashions of the 1950s.

Internet Air Kisses

July 22nd, 2010 by admin


Fashion designers have been somewhat slow to embrace the more commercial elements of modern technology, like selling their clothes online or on mobile devices, perhaps hesitant about sullying their brands. Social media, however, they seem to have caught on to right away.

So Print Is Kaput?

July 15th, 2010 by admin


Several new journals, and a recent visit to a great little magazine shop in Berlin, again make us think we are entering a different age of print.

Jean Paul Gaultier L’Extrait Classique X ~ new perfume

July 9th, 2010 by admin


Jean Paul Gaultier L'Extrait Classique X fragrance

Jean Paul Gaultier will launch L’Extrait Classique X in October. The new fragrance for women is a limited edition variation on Classique X, which was introduced earlier this year…

Haute Couture 101

July 8th, 2010 by admin


As I think more about the fall collections, and read some of the comments on the blog, a few points stand out.

Valentino: Up in the Air

July 7th, 2010 by admin


A thick mob of people, mostly young and nearly all clutching cameras, stood in the blazing 6 p.m. sun outside the entrance to the Valentino show in the Place Vendôme.

Dita Von Teese in Fashion, and Out of It

July 7th, 2010 by admin


Dita Von Teese, the burlesque performer, is often in the front row at fashion shows.

Paris Couture: Gaultier’s Dragons

July 7th, 2010 by admin


Before Jean Paul Gaultier’s show this afternoon, I popped backstage to say hello and absorb a little madness – I mean, direction.

Givenchy Still Life

July 6th, 2010 by admin


I loved Willy Vanderperre’s somber group portrait of models in Riccardo Tisci’s fall couture collection for Givenchy.

Biker Chic

July 6th, 2010 by admin


Daphne Guinness leaves the Chanel show on a motorcycle.

More From Chanel

July 6th, 2010 by admin


Chanel’s red satin dress. Other looks include embroidered dresses in an amazing range of tapestry patterns.

Lion King

July 6th, 2010 by admin


View of the lion in the center of the Chanel couture – which is about to start in the Grand Palais. Big enough?

Armani: Glamour at Midday

July 6th, 2010 by admin


Armani focuses on day clothes in his fall couture collection.

Dior: Electric Gardens

July 5th, 2010 by admin


John Galliano’s new haute couture collection for Dior is both faithful to the house and as fresh as a daisy.

Berlin Footnotes

July 1st, 2010 by admin


I suppose I should thank the Chambre Syndicale, the organizing body for French fashion, for creating a break between the men’s shows and haute couture. It gave me a good excuse to go to Berlin

Thom Browne: Party Line

June 27th, 2010 by admin


High fashion at the Communist Party headquarters in Paris.

Raf Simons: Feeling It

June 26th, 2010 by admin


Mr. Simons’s show celebrated 15 years of a career that has pursued the idea that fashion can communicate thoughts and emotions.

Galliano Disc Set

June 25th, 2010 by admin


John Galliano drew from the movies tonight-scenes from Chaplin, Keaton and Visconti’s “Death in Venice.”

Paris Men’s: Head Case

June 25th, 2010 by admin


Is men’s fashion keeping up with our imaginations?

Whiskers, Kittens

June 24th, 2010 by admin


Full beards on men make us think of Karl Marx and Santa Claus. At least that’s my bipolar reference. But full beards on men in fashion shows just make us giggle.

Mannequins Take to the Streets to Help Garment District

June 24th, 2010 by admin


Thirty-two designers are participating in a public art exhibition that opened on Broadway in Manhattan’s garment district on Thursday, which, in essence, is the fashion version of those cow statues that plastered New York a decade ago.

Jil Sander: Detox

June 18th, 2010 by admin


Though it was dusk and apparently damp when the Jil Sander men’s show started in Florence – I watched the Web stream – the colors cleared the head.

Fashion Spawn for Sale

June 17th, 2010 by admin


A former digital consultant to luxury brands is launching a site devoted to emerging fashion designers.

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