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Amanda Brooks Explains Her Revolving System of Closets

fashionologie — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:40:51 PDT

>> Outgoing Barneys Fashion Director Amanda Brooks is known for her impeccable style, and the organizational system that helps her achieve it is, well, heavenly.

In a recent interview for The Aesthete, Brooks explained to stylist Annabel Tollman that her closets are organized so that she's always closest to what she wants to wear at the moment. When things go out of rotation, they get farther away from her main wardrobe - and when she doesn't wear a garment at all, it might end up in a version of wardrobe hell. Brooks elaborates:

". . . I have a main closet built into my bedroom that is my current clothing. At the end of the season, if I haven't worn something for a while I have a secondary closet in my bathroom; off-season on one side and then purgatory on the other. If things are in purgatory for a year or two and haven't been worn, then pieces go to the basement, which is the equivalent of hell, or they get given away. I have moods for things in the closet, and sometimes I regret giving things away. I'll find myself schlepping down to the basement and digging through the boxes to find a piece. The things I consider friends are the ones that never leave my main closet."

Brooks didn't speak to her decision to leave Barneys, which she announced last Thursday. But although her job is changing, she told Tollman her style will likely remain the same.

"I return to the '70s more than everything else; classic, and a little bit groovy. A little shrunken stripe with a cap sleeve, some oversize sunglasses, maybe a little flare on my jeans, the bamboo-handled Gucci bag. It suits my body; no boobs, lean hips . . . I feel like some people have a taste for one decade and a body for another. But for me my body and heart are both ’70s, so it's pretty straightforward. I'm a very contemporary creature."

Shopping: The Summer's Best Silk Shorts From Rachel Comey, Acne, and See by Chloe

coutorture — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:10:27 PDT

Marc by Marc Jacobs textured silk shorts $300 Mytheresa, Elizabeth and James silk shorts $342 Mytheresa, Rachel Comey silk petal shorts $298 Farfetch, D&G silk blend shorts $246 Farfetch, Miu Miu silk baloon shorts $429 Mytheresa, Acne silk tie-dye shorts $300 Net-a-Porter, Acne silk-chiffon shorts $150 Net-a-Porter, See by Chloe eyelet detail silk shorts $330 Myteresa.

Between the 1940s style silk shorts Marco Zanini showed on the runway for Rochas, and Lauren Santo Domingo's declaration that the miniskirt is dead, we're starting to get the picture. EBay's Annabel Tollman suggests searching for vintage lingerie tap shorts online, while we're hooked on the above styles from designers' spring collections. Our ultimate favorite? Rachel Comey's petal shorts in cobalt blue. And if these prices are out of your league, try Kate Moss for Topshop, which hit stores today.

Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, Befuddled By Crystals

fashionologie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:45:07 PDT

»What did the men of Rag & Bone do with all those Swarovski crystals they won along with their 2007 Swarovski Award for Menswear? [Fashionista]

»Julia Stegner, Nicole Trunfio, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Egle Tvirbutaite and more celebrate 10 years of Milk Studios [Of The Minute]

»Carla Bruni-Sarkozy continues her brand loyalty by wearing a Dior Homme tuxedo in her new album promo images [WWD]

»More on Daphne Guinness's "scorching and controversial" September 2008 Vogue Italia shoot [Page Six]

»Francisco Costa gifted CK Jeans face Toni Garrn a dress after she told him she loved it [Chic Report]

»Christopher Kane, Erdem, Marios Schwab, and Roksanda Ilincic all received funding from the British Fashion Council [Vogue UK]

»Vivienne Westwood did like the clothes in Sex and the City, after all [The Cut]

»A peek at Georgina Stoljilkovic for Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti Fall 2008 [Models.com]

»Stylists Leslie Fremar and Annabel Tollman move into an office space together [FWD]