On behalf of their director Phoebe Philo, the PR team at Celine says the label’s Pre-Fall 2012 collection is, simply, “a continuation of the Céline wardrobe.” How refreshing! Now I’m no stranger to being seized with inspiration after taking in an exceptional book, album, or landscape. So I understand when designers are moved to...
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It’s the sweetest time of year: the warmth and fancy-free stance of summertime, with the romance of fall steadily dawning. Pre-fall inspires the sort of nostalgia that makes one want to tour hometown haunts and dig up old Easter clothes from mom’s basement. With childlike abandon, we indulge in the sacchariferous pastel palette formerly...
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The final Alexander McQueen collection designed by the label’s founder was seen in Paris today. Just sixteen pieces were shown to an intimate guest list in a gilded room at Francois Pinault headquarters. Though the collection was short, the impact was enormous – both because McQueen delivered a stunning couture-like pieces with immaculate embroidery...
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Click to Shop: Gianvito Rossi SWEET TEAK PLATFORM BOOTS €279, $402, £249 Christian Louboutin BABEL PLATFORM BOOTS € 715, $ 1030, £ 639 Jil Sander LEATHER RUBBER HEELED BOOTS €325, $468, £ 290 Marni SUEDE WEDGE BOOTS €289, $416, £258
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Next year expect the inkling of pastels seen on the 2009 runways to pick up steam. That is, if the handful of designers with the wherewithall to produce the superfluous “pre-fall” collection is any indication of what we’ll see on a broader scale. On the one hand, Donatella turned out her usual skintight minis...
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