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Posts for June 27th 2008

Tom Ford

>> INSIDER WIRE —In a new video interview by International Herald Tribune's Suzy Menkes with Tom Ford about his new Milanese store, the designer has the most affected, pseudo-British, radio-style accent ever.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —In a new video interview by International Herald Tribune's Suzy Menkes with Tom Ford about his new Milanese store, the designer has the most affected, pseudo-British, radio-style accent ever. Keep in mind that he was born in Texas and grew up in New Mexico — maybe it was encouraged by Suzy's British accent — but wow. Amazing. [The Cut]

Daisy Lowe Pulls a Glastonbury No-No
Kate Moss

Daisy Lowe Pulls a Glastonbury No-No

>> Every year that Kate Moss attends the Glastonbury Festival, she pulls off at least one iconic look; In 2005, it was the low-slung belt, hot pants, and Hunter wellies, and last year, it was the slouchy black top, PVC pants, and muddy stiletto boots (below).
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>> Every year that Kate Moss attends the Glastonbury Festival, she pulls off at least one iconic look; In 2005, it was the low-slung belt, hot pants, and Hunter wellies, and last year, it was the slouchy black top, PVC pants, and muddy stiletto boots (below).

This year's Glastonbury Festival just kicked into gear today, and what do you know . . . Daisy Lowe popped up goofing off for the cameras in a slouchy black top, PVC pants, and muddy wellies.  Considering that the fashion flock watches Glastonbury to see what Kate pops up wearing, it's not so smart for an up-and-coming model like Daisy to follow Kate's suit — at the same event — a year later.

*image: source, source

prada shopping trends
Prada

Prada Store Puts Out Fall Garments

Walking by the Prada store in Soho yesterday we noticed the lace frocks from the Fall 08 collection in the window.
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Walking by the Prada store in Soho yesterday we noticed the lace frocks from the Fall 08 collection in the window. We turned to our companion, "But...it's June". Delivery dates aside, when clothing reaches a certain price, it's just, you know, available and it's not that we forgot that this was the way things roll out in fashion, but poised right across from Uniqlo and H&M, it was a hard pill to swallow. The mass-market retailers thrive on delivery dates that beg their consumers to anticipate every capsule collection and collaboration to hit stores. Nothing is just casually put in the window, nothing worth hype is released without a full-on parade by way of advertising and the press. And, yet, there are the lace frocks, just sitting there. We suppose the point is that to have them in the window is the same as having them in a magazine. It's still something most fashion consumers can't afford, it's still something aspirational. That street, we postulated after walking further West, is like the Bermuda Triangle of fashion. Serious economic downturn or no, the retailers know how to dangle the bait.

Fashion News 2008-06-27 07:31:58

Fashion in 50 Seconds 6/27/08

The Commes des Garcon for Speedo suit was unveiled yesterday.
by coutorture The Commes des Garcon for Speedo suit was unveiled yesterday. Designed exclusively for the USA team by Rei Kawakubo, the suit will no doubt help intimidate the US oponents. Kawakubo told WWD, "I was interested in expressing the energy and the power that comes from the spirit, embodied in the meaning of the calligraphy, together with the will to win for one's country, symbolized by the iconic flag of the U.S.A.". Apparently, among the interesting cast of characters in Yohji Yamamoto's Spring 09 show, was filmmaker Steve McQueen. McQueen told the associated press, ""I heard the audience gasp a bit when I came in.". With everyone completely enthralled by Yamamoto's castings, we're wondering which of the fashion press will be the first to look at the clothing from the show. Retail stocks fell 3.5 percent this week and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped to its lowest point this year. Retailers are definitely in the thick of it now and consumers, faced with rising food and gas prices, are expected to keep cutting back on their retail habits. A new eco-friendly designer is fresh off the St. Martins boat and is getting press from the fashion set and being asked to create capsule collections. Luck gal. Pia Stanchina made a small one-off eco-friendly collection of digitally printed, delicate silk pieces (right) that sparked quite a bit of attention. The young designer is off to a strong start.