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Woolrich – Menswear

WOOLRICH WOOLEN MILLS designed by Daiki Suzuki Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2011 Milan Fashion Week - Menswear Daiki Suzuki's six look final collection for Woolrich Woolen Mills is a is a celebration of a bygone era in outdoor clothing when simplicity reined king.   >> SHOP Woolrich current collection at Farfetched   >> More on Woolrich Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words: Daiki Suzuki's Spring/Summer 2011 collection for Woolrich Woolen Mills, his last for the label, is a celebration of a bygone era in outdoor clothing when simplicity reined king. His influence lies in pioneering outdoor brands from the 1950's to 80's–companies like Holubar, Sierra Designs, Early Winters, Gerry and

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John Varvatos Star USA – Menswear

JOHN VARVATOS STAR USA Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2011 Milan Fashion Week - Menswear A bit younger and more preppy than the John Varvatos collection, Star USA still embodies all that's wearable, hip, and masculine which personifies the brand. Note the street style to runway styling detail of a rolled hem and no socks that looks so modern at the moment.--S.H. >> See John Varvatos Collection Spring 2011 fashion show photos   >> SHOP John Varvatos at Zappos >> More on John Varvatos Click on each picture for an enlarged view.   Photos: John Varvatos USA

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John Varvatos -Menswear

JOHN VARVATOS Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2011 Milan Fashion Week - Menswear "My brand is celebrating its tenth year this season. The signature handwriting was developed early on – a mix of rock sensibility and old-school savoire faire with an emphasis on exclusive fabric and leathers in unexpected finishes and those all-important little details – and it's remained consistent as we kept evolving through the years," John Varvatos >> SHOP John Varvatos at Bloomingdales and johnvarvatos.com   >> More on John Varvatos Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words: "My brand is celebrating its tenth year this season. The signature handwriting was developed early on – a mix of rock sensibility

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Emporio Armani – Menswear

EMPORIO ARMANI MENSWEAR Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2011 Milan Fashion Week - Menswear"A Man" Collection   Technical innovation, superb construction, original finishes, reconfigured materials – the Spring/Summer 2011 Emporio Armani menswear collection is a statement of contemporary values. So contemporary, that one cannot help but notice the "Armani for Gaga" backdrop on the leather-clad "Alejandro" video models demonstrating the continued collaboration between Mr. Armani and Lady Gaga.   >> SHOP Emporio Armani at Bloomingdales >> More on Armani Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Giorgio Armani flanked by models for the Emporio Armani Menswear Spring 2011 fashion show in Milan In their words: EMPORIO ARMANI Spring/Summer 2011 | "A MAN" Collection Technical innovation,

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Cheap Monday

CHEAP MONDAY Menswear & Womenswear Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm DESIGNERS FOR THE SS-11 COLLECTIONOrjan Andersson & Ann-Sofie Back >> Cheap Monday is one of our favorite affordable fashion lines... read why   SHOP Cheap Monday at ShopBop   Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words... Cheap Monday was born in order to offer an alternative for people who wanted fashionable jeans but didn't agree with the increasing prices of the brands which were popular at the time. The first 800 pairs with the characteristic skull logo hit the market in 2004. Since then, the production has reached a new level in terms of pieces as well as in

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London Fashion Designers Pay New York a Visit

Mark Fast, Louise Gray, Hannah Marshall, Meadham Kirchoff, Todd Lynn, Mary Katrantzou, Marjan Pejoski, Holly Fulton, KTZ are some of the trendsetting London fashion designers who brought their collection to NY Thanks to the efforts of the British Fashion Council and Centre for Fashion Enterprise, New York fashion editors, stylists and buyers were treated to a special viewing of London's latest crop of forward-thinking labels at the Soho Grand Hotel in a series of cheery showroom style vignettes, with each designer on hand to show off their Fall 2010 collection. Last season FocusOnStyle caught up with the The LONDON Show ROOMS in Paris and Sharon & I were delighted to have the opportunity to meet the London fashion designers this

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Prettypretty Chairs are pretty wiggy

Hair chairs for your kookiest indulgences If you have more wigs than Dolly Parton has gone through in a lifetime, you might just start to want to look at them as potential art rather than pile of beauty roadkill. I love to look at the obvious and see it in so many different and unique ways that nothing is ever expected, whether it be art or the way are inspired by the ordinary to make to extraordinary. PRETTYPRETTY Anna Pouf Furniture designer Dejana Kabiljo of the Viennese design brand, Kabiljo Inc. sees and designs “objects for all of us with little fetishes, bad habits and compulsive actions.” The materials are carefully researched and subdued to a series of experimental processes

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Get the Clean Chic Look from the Paris Fall 2010 Runways

WHERE IT NOW: Streamlined, timeless, and elegant style that works so well in this economy Look ahead to your future shopping and back in your closet for the pared down and simple classic looks that paraded the Paris fall runways. Clean chic and minimalistic stylings that are unfussy, easy to wear, and most important timeless yet modern. If that's not recession-proof fashion, we don't know what is. Celine Fall / Winter 2010 There is a seasonless aesthetic to palette-cleansing Clean Chic simplicity that works so well in this economy. The luxury of the pureness of the designs is what always looks right and never dated. It's all about perfectly stripped down and high style silhouettes that endure time and make

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Milan Fashion Week Look Back Move Ahead Fall 2010

Fashion inspiration from the Milan runways... As with London inspiration last, our friends at VagabondNYC look back at last week's Milan Fashion Week to tell you what future fashion influences their vintage shopping hunts. Think like a stylist, and you too can get next year's look right now by finding inspiration in the details of what's in store for next season. >> Look at our complete Milan Fashion Week coverage and all Fashion Shows Jill Sander

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London Fashion Week Look Back Move Ahead Fall 2010

Fashion inspiration from the London catwalks... Putting on their vintage shopping brain, our friends at VagabondNYC look back at last week's London Fashion Week to tell you what future fashion influences their vintage shopping hunts. Think like a stylist, and you too can get next year's look right now by finding inspiration in the details of what's in store for next season.   >> Look at our complete London Fashion Week coverage and all Fashion Shows

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Swarovski designer Fashion Week collaborations are just the Red Carpet sparkle that you may want now

Sharon & Brad's Latest Radio Show: The style icons of the 80's Leigh Bowery, Klaus Nomi, Boy George, Annie Lenox, Grace Jones, Club Kids, & their influence over the late great designer Alexander McQueen and fashion as a whole. Gossip, dish, and inside style tips from back in the day to its influence now... On this week's Focus on Style- Talk, hosting duo Sharon Haver & Brad Boles talk about the style icons of the 80's Leigh Bowery, Klaus Nomi, Boy George, Annie Lenox, Grace Jones, Club Kids, and their influence over the late great designer Alexander McQueen and fashion as a whole These provocative visual images were born out of the underground and performance art movements between London, New

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Humor Chic

Witty, cheeky, brilliant, and VERY fashionable It's funny how the fashion flock can sometimes take themselves so seriously. Add some tongue-in-cheek insider observations and it's Humor Chic! Karl Lagerfeld and Vivienne Westwood aleXsandro Palombo (yes, the a is small, the X is a capital as is the P to represent the Latin symbols for Pax Christi) likes to think of himself as the father of fashion satire. He has just the right amount of wit and whimsy to poke a very manicured finger right back at the fashion industry and have them smile all the better for it with Humor Chic, the world's first Daily Society Portrait blog. Palombo is a global foot soldier (Prada or Dior Homme, I wonder)

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