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See - and Shop - Piamita, the New Loungewear Collection From W's Karla Martinez

Christina Perez — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:01:13 PST

>> Piamita, the new line from W's Karla Martinez and designer Cecilia de Sola, combines classic pajama shapes with sleek tailoring - resulting in a collection of luxury loungewear that's almost too pretty to keep hidden. Menswear-inspired oxfords are cropped and fitted, tap pants are skirt-like and flowy, and column dresses are cut in silk and graphically printed. Priced from $180 (for tank tops) to $450 (for dresses), the debut Resort 2012 collection is available at Shopbop and Barneys now. Click through to see - and shop - the lookbook, modeled by Julia Stegner.
Photos Courtesy of Piamita

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W Experiences Last of Staffing Upheaval; Terry Richardson Back Working with the Magazine

fashionologie — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:32:55 PDT

>> The last of the staffing upheaval came yesterday at W, according to the magazine's editor Stefano Tonchi, when market director Treena Lombardo and accessories and jewelry director Brooke Magnaghi were replaced by T alum Karla Martinez, who will fill both roles as fashion market director. “I think we should be set,” Tonchi told WWD.

It sounds like fashion director Alex White is staying on, and she's rumored to be shooting stories for the magazine's September issue, which will mark the first issue with Tonchi's full redesign.

Changes are already apparent in the magazine's July 2010 issue, however: White worked with Terry Richardson on a 17-shot editorial. Recently, two current and former W staffers confirmed to Jezebel that Richardson had not worked with W in a while; another individual claimed that the most recent instance was in the November 1996 issue. There was a rumor that the ban on Richardson's work was instituted after former W art director Dennis Freedman took offense to a photo by the photographer of a model with her head in an oven.

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fashionologie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:19:53 PDT

>> T's Karla Martinez to Interview; Teen Vogue's Taylor Tomasi to Marie Claire? -Back in July, it was rumored that T editor Stefano Tonchi might be jumping ship to Vogue, but it's his market director, Karla Martinez, who is confirmed to be leaving the recently downsized magazine for a market director position at Interview. Meanwhile, Teen Vogue's accessories director Taylor Tomasi, who has accumulated a style following, is said to be leaving the magazine for Marie Claire and the magazine's fashion director Nina Garcia, the latter who just happened to film for an episode of the CW's upcoming The Beautiful Life (Zac Posen is in the series premiere). [FWD, Fashionista]