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Fashion Week SS09: Rosa Cha

Posted on September 16, 2008 by admin
Or: Après Cha, le deluge.It was a category five clothing quandary: What to wear for a hurricane during fashion week? The answer: The same thing you'd normally wear, of course. Nina Garcia gave some very...
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Fashion Week SS09: Walter

Posted on September 10, 2008 by admin
In the whirlwind of fashion week, it can be easy to forget why you're going to show A versus show B. But there was a very practical reason to go to the Walter show: to...
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Fashion Week SS09: Charlotte Ronson

Posted on September 8, 2008 by admin
The crowd at the show always says something about the designer. At Charlotte Ronson's show on Saturday, industry heavy-hitters mixed with stylish gamine types. And no wonder: Ronson, who currently has a great diffusion line...
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Fashion Week SS09: Erin Fetherston

Posted on September 7, 2008 by admin
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week kicked off Friday in the Bryant Park Tents. One of the most anticipated shows was Erin Fetherston's. This indie fave designer of the fashion set was tapped by Target last year...
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Sfoglia Nantucket

Posted on September 3, 2008 by admin
If anything can be termed "hot" on Nantucket, an island where miniskirts are still revolutionary, Sfoglia is it. Impossible to get into last July 4th weekend, it had calmed down somewhat by this year's Labor...
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The Third-World Photo Shoot Returns

Posted on July 18, 2008 by admin
After all the hoopla about the all-black Italian Vogue, which underscored the lack of black models in magazines and fashion shows, American Vogue retaliated this month with a single article featuring all black models--not exactly...
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Macondo

Posted on July 14, 2008 by admin
Tom Tom and I stopped into Macondo the other evening for a drink or three. Though it would be cruel to subject a place to an official review just a couple of days after it...
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Commerce

Posted on June 3, 2008 by admin
Sometimes it seems as if the whole of one's existence—trying new restaurants, admiring retro-modern interiors, sampling overpriced local ingredients, hanging out in the West Village, referring to oneself as "one"—could be summed up as Stuff...
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Benoît New York

Posted on May 12, 2008 by admin
It can be terrifying when someone decides to tinker with a place you know and love. Such was the case several years back in Paris when the Alain Ducasse group took over Benoit, a beloved...
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Not Quite Dead Yet

Posted on April 17, 2008 by admin
Sorry for the long absence. As you may have read in the Times, I had a heart attack. Just kidding! I've been writing for Shecky's, covering things like the trend of jewelry-made-of-natural-materials.Click through to the...
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Bobo

Posted on March 3, 2008 by admin
It's hard to be taken seriously with a name like "bobo." Wharton business major Carlos Suarez found he kept using the word, coined by David Brooks, when describing his plans for a new restaurant. Only...
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Fashion Week FS08: Marc Jacobs

Posted on February 26, 2008 by admin
Finally, the last installment of fashion week: the Marc Jacobs show. Sorry for the delay!As always, there was excellent people watching to be had at the MJ show. These photos were hard to whittle down.Gretchen...
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Fashion Week FS08: Project Runway

Posted on February 11, 2008 by admin
The Project Runway show was tons of fun. The glamour! The suspense! The novelty of watching a fashion show with people who are still enthusiastic about fashion!Thoughts on the show itself, which had five finalists...
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Fashion Week FS08: Milly and Michael Kors

Posted on February 10, 2008 by admin
Hoardes of fashionable people converged upon the Bryant Park Tents for the Milly and Michael Kors shows. André Leon Talley, leaving the Michael Kors show. Of course he can pull off a flowing fur scarf....
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Fashion Week FS08: Halston

Posted on February 7, 2008 by admin
A supercool crowd showed up for the relaunch of Halston. Not sure yet about the collection - very drapey. Some of the drapey pieces could become iconic Halston items, but other day wear outfits... It's...
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