Lookbooks

As we stumble through this rainy Friday afternoon, we’ve been looking at some serious eye candy to keep our minds from straying too far into the weekend. Luckily, our sisters over at FashionIndie found a gallery of the world’s craziest shoes on Whitney Port‘s Celebuzz column, and our eyes are...

If there's anything that separates a celebrity from the proletariat its their ability to turn on the megawatt smile at the mere suggestion of a flash bulb. Artist Stuart Pearson Wright has built a small exhibition of portraits around the idea of capturing this  automated response and the ensuing awkwardness and ambiguity that results in simply asking people to say cheese.


With a lick of faux-Hollywood gloss about...

WSJ interviews the iconic Manolo Blahnik (WSJ)

Amy Winehouse’s Dad is none too pleased with Gaultier’s Amy-esque models. (Independent)

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Name: Alex Caputo

Origin:  Caracas, Venezuela

Profession:  Accessories Designer and Founder of Caputo & Co.

Currently Residing:  NYC

How you got your start: I started as assistant accessories designer under Mulberry’s Emma Hill when we were both at Gap Inc.  I fell in...

Dais Records was founded in August of 2007 by Gibby Miller and Ryan Martin, two old friends who share a similar discriminating passion for unearthing and disseminating intrepid sounds. The label is operated bi-coastally, with Gibby in LA and Ryan in NYC. With a roster of musical acts including Genesis P-Orridge (of

The teaming of Saguaro Hotels (Joie de Vivre Hotels group), the Sydell Group (guys who developed the Ace Hotel New York) and architecture firm Stamberg Aferiat has seen the launch of 2 hot new hotels, the Saguaro Scottsdale and the Saguaro Palm Springs. Most...

- Jean Paul Gaultier's spring 2012 haute couture collection was a not-so-subtle homage to the late Amy Winehouse, with models sporting towering beehives and dramatic cat eyes. [Telegraph]

- H&M's profits for the past year dropped 15.3% due...

I arrive at the high ceilinged atelier of Nomia, an independent designer label helmed by Yara Flinn. Even at the risk of being termed a "brooklyn designer", she has set up shop just a hop and a skip from the Bedford stop in Williamsburg. Her nonchalance is impressive; in jeans, beat up boots and a weathered heather gray tee, she exudes a sense of cool capable of creating chic silk mascu-fem dresses that you...

As far as tradeshows in Paris go, Tranoï is the place to go to get to know, up-close-and-personal, a well-edited selection of designers from around the world.  This season, Tranoï homme also presented some fresh faces, all of which are trying to make their mark on the world of fashion in 2012.

 The intimate Tranoï salon started with the Hadida family, one of the pillars of Paris fashion, about 8 years ago.  I sat...