Author Archives: Marcy Swingle

Blue Suede Boots, Outside Missoni

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Boots: they're one of my favorite things about fall. As sad as it may be to put away flip flops for the next seven months, there's something eminently satisfying about stomping around in a great...
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Helena Bordon at Roberto Cavalli

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Helena Bordon wore a cool mix of blue-and-white ikat jacket, black suede skirt and Adidas tee to the Roberto Cavalli show in Milan. The zebra-print boots are the finishing touch: not as dressy as stiletto...
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Jessica Hart at the Hotel Westin Paris

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
This was one of my favorite moments of Paris fashion week. We were walking by the Hotel Westin when we noticed this beautiful girl standing outside with her dog. It was model Jessica Hart in...
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White Dress and Chanel Jacket, Outside Chanel

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Such a great summer-to-fall transitional outfit on a guest at the Chanel show. She tops a summery white minidress with a boucle Chanel jacket, black Chanel hat and adds black Chanel boots with a chain...
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Barbara Martello at Stella McCartney

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Stylist Barbara Martello really embodies that cool-girl French look that's worth emulating stateside. At the Stella McCartney show, she paired jeans with a varsity jacket and dressed it all up with stilettos.
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Lynn Yaeger at Comme des Garcons

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
One of my favorite fashion writers ever, Lynn Yaeger, stopped for a moment outside the Comme des Garçons show in Paris for a photo. Her pretty and feminine outfit is quietly subversive - that's a...
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Eva Chen at Sonia Rykiel

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Eva Chen, new editor-in-chief at Lucky Magazine and the youngest editor-in-chief at Conde Nast, wore a fabulous Dries van Noten dragon-print coat to the Sonia Rykiel show in Paris. Dries, Dries, Dries: it's often cited...
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Joan Smalls at Alexander Wang

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
This was one of my favorite shirt-around-the-waist outfits spotted this past fashion week, on a super cute Joan Smalls after the Alexander Wang show. I think her patchwork plaid shirt is by Equipment.
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Plaid Skirt and Striped Sweater, Outside Blugirl

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Want an instant, free update to your look? Tie a lightweight sweater or shirt around your waist, '90s style. That's all you have to do to be right on trend this fall. This guest at...
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Elina Halimi at Alberta Ferretti

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
The ever-stylish Elina Halimi of Kabuki Paris swished by the Alberta Ferretti show in Milan in a red and blue striped Dries van Noten skirt with fringe, beaded sweatshirt, gold booties and a motorcycle jacket.
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Joanna Hillman at Miu Miu

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
By now you know the Kenzo sweatshirts that have been everywhere this year, but the last word in luxury sweatshirts is Givenchy. Some have a religious icon theme, some an American flag theme, and some...
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Edie Campbell at Louis Vuitton

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
In the final moments of Paris fashion week, model Edie Campbell opened Marc Jacobs' final show for Louis Vuitton wearing little more than Stephen Sprouse-inspired body paint. Definitely watch the show online if you haven't...
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Viviana Volpicella at Valentino

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Another example of the full skirts à la Dior that are in fashion now. When splashed with a big print, they're like a pretty canvas, as on Viviana Volpicella at the Valentino show. Like how...
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Elena Perminova at Valentino SS2014

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Elena Perminova looked gorgeous in cobalt blue outside Valentino.
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Yasmin Sewell at Chloe

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Such a cool hi-lo mix on fashion consultant Yasmin Sewell: a black polka dot tulle skirt worn over cropped jeans with an emerald green silk top.
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