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Vintage Home Style Collaboration at the Paris Flea Market- L’Eclaireur and Habitat 1964 at Les Puces St.Ouen

L’Eclaireur and Habitat 1964 at Les Puces St.Ouen
I don't know about you but I LOVE a good flea market. Introduce a vintage home style collaboration and magic! Oh, wait, AND Paris too… yowza… let's let Richard take us there for some divine  interior design inspiration… L’Eclaireur, one of the top fashion retail boutiques in Paris, and Habitat, the furniture and home shop chain, have recently opened new spaces at the St. Ouen flea market. In an abandoned, graffiti covered courtyard on the rue de Rosiers, the main street of the flea market, a new, more modern and conceptual area has arrived. L’Eclaireur and Habitat 1964 at Les Puces St.Ouen >>MORE: Home Style Inspiration In the last few years, L’Eclaireur has subtly added furniture and home accessories to its cutting edge fashion boutiques and has now

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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s PUNK: Chaos to Couture at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Left: Sid Vicious, 1977. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph © Dennis Morris - all rights reserved Right: Karl Lagerfeld (French, born Hamburg, 1938) for House of Chanel (French, founded 1913), 2011. Vogue, March 2011. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by David Sims.
Every once in a while f-a-s-h-i-o-n takes itself way too seriously and fails to remember the heart + soul that is the inspiration for its being. There, I have said it. I wanted to love PUNK: Chaos to Couture at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. But when you take the grit out of a movement and distance it from its authenticity, what's left are derivative pieces which, when standing alone, are lost in the vapor that is a hot flash of fashion. Sanitizing iconic punk style to what could be a Broadway musical version for the matinée fashion set. Are you for real? Where's the chaos? Where's the historical appeal? A "replica" of the CBGB bathroom attempts to set the mood.

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Ultimate Spring 2013 Runway Trend Resource Guide: It’s time to review, revive, repeat + wear!

Spring highlights from Jil Sander, Ralph Lauren, Balenciaga, and Valentino Off the catwalks and on to your inspiration, here's the Spring 2013 Runway Trend Resource Guide to spruce up your style. Fashion Week (you know that "week" is has really become over a month and globally then some) is designed for the trade and shown way in advance for the buying season. Starting with NEW YORK FASHION WEEK, then hitting LONDON FASHION WEEK, over to MILAN FASHION WEEK, and closing with PARIS FASHION WEEK all the major cities produce more than enough of content. While we show you the best trends that walked the runway loaded with tips + advice to inspire you to get the look with what you have, + what you should  look out for

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Top 4 Trends To Transition to Spring – What to wear everyday when the runway seems so daunting?

Transition to Spring 2013 with catwalk to closet trends to ease into your wardrobe... Switching  your wardrobe to transition to spring, or any season,  can be challenging, especially with crazy Global Warming shaking up the temperatures. Sharon & I thought that we'd like to wet your feet (dang, those April showers) with some bright offerings to cheer up your day. As Spring weather came into town for most of you this Easter Sunday, we considered ALL our of spring 2013 runway coverage to bring you top trends while helping you figure out that age-old dilemma: What to wear everyday when the runway seems so daunting? >>MORE: Spring Fashion from Your Favorite Designers Take a look at these ways to get a

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Dresses to Dream About: The Paris Haute Couture Exhibition

We've got the inside scoop on Paris Haute Couture show…. Our Paris insider Richard Nahem, got up close & personal with his iPhone to take these exclusive pics for you. The stunning retrospective spans 150 years of haute couture with over 100 outfits selected from the 20,000 plus Musée Galliera collection. The Paris Haute Couture Exhibition presented by Swarovski at the Hotel de Ville/City Hall spans the history of haute couture in Paris from the late 1800s to the present time and designers include Chanel, Christian Dior, Worth, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Poiret, Lanvin, Vionnet, Patou, Molyneux, Rochas, Nina Ricci, Schiaparelli, Jacques Fath, Grès, Balmain, Carven, Givenchy, Cardin, Courrèges, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lacroix, and Alaïa. Sketches, photos, and accessories are also exhibited. >>RELATED: FASHION

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Afraid to wear an animal print skirt to work? Think again, just add Paris Fashion Week Street Style for age-appropriate business chic

I'll Have What She's Having:  Paris Fashion Week street style proves to have zippy classic age-appropriate inspiration with business chic takes on animal print skirts. Animal prints can have a fabulously downtown cool edge, like our street style ladies and their leopard pants from London Fashion Week, yet too much fierceness may get out of hand for work. But not always, especially if you follow the super chic cues from these two sophisticated ladies, above, snapped at Paris Fashion Week. Either like the red Balenciaga print, left, or the more classic, big cheetah, pictured right, choose your style weapons and  work it!  >> MORE: I'll Have What She's Having and Fashion Week Street Style  When you want to wear a business chic & age-appropriate animal print skirt,

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London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Structured Bags & Colorful Clutches

London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Structured bags & colorful clutches
London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Structured bags & colorful clutches London Fashion Week Street Style Trend, Day 4 is THE bag trend report! It's all about Structured Bags & Colorful Clutches on the streets of London, with everyday shapes in thoughtful finishes to take note of. Day 4 of our London Fashion Week streetstyle series has our roving eye stuck on heritage bags and clutches that have been playfully updated. Sure, the rugged green Celine tote with femme curves is a staple for fans of the hit label. But for a structured bag, its fun nevertheless.  >> More Snaps of the London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Color Blocked Panels But what about the hologram twin envelope portfolio? Strange as it may sound, we

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How To Update Your Wardrobe- Runway Trends Pre-Fall 2013 Fashion Cheat Sheet

Make What You've Got Current with Runway Trends Pre-Fall 2013 ... Runway trends can be as simple and wearably divine as the perfect pantsuit from Dior Couture above, or as over-the-top grand as the lace cape from Alexander McQueen, below. Either way, there is an essence that you can steal into your wardrobe. Be inspired. Great style is all about interpretation on how it best flatters you. We made it easy with some how-to's and  reason's why you should consider elements from these next season now fashion looks into your daily wardrobe.--S.H. Alexander McQueen, a bigger than life example of the lace trend for Pre-fall 2013 New York Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2013 is just about to start, and as important as

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Men’s Style Cheat Sheet- Fall 2013 Men’s Fashion Runway Trends and How To Wear Them Now- like in your wardrobe, really!

Hello gentlemen, before you get your back up, let's get inspired to add a little  f-a-s-h-i-o-n into your wardrobe, by at least looking at what is going on for men's style Fall 2013 runway trends that you can add to your wardrobe now. Great style is all about interpretation on how it best flatters you. We made it easy with some how-to's and  reason's why you should consider these fashion looks.We even have some real way shopping picks at the end--S.H. >>MORE: Men's Style With the Fall 2013 season ahead comes a clear heritage moment where advanced fabrication and a restrained attitude lent the season a calmly alluring set of new tricks to contemplate -along with some ideas on how to

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Get An Instant Update with These Five Trends Now

Jump into the season in style and get an instant update with some of the easiest trends to incorporate into your look now -at any budget. Get inspired with these attainable styles...  Fall's finally here and if you're up to date with our daily suggestions here at FoS or not, there's nothing to lose with a refresher course on what's current that you can get your hands on immediately. So sit back and take note! >>DISCOVER: Top Fall 2012 Trends Part 1 Since the idea here is to give you options you can quickly adapt for your daily routine and uplift your look with, a pair of retro-glamour evoking sunglasses makes for a good start. Take a pair like DSquared's cat-eye

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Wear It Now: The Sleeveless Blazer Is A Runway Trend To Steal – Spring 2013 Highlights

From the Spring 2013 runways, the sleeveless blazer is back on trend... The sleeveless blazer returned as one of the top runway trends you'll want to covet. In fact who can resist when you consider how versatile they are come the transitional weather we've been facing as of late. So, here's so the 411 on how to have next season, right from your closet. With the Spring 2013 shows bowing in Paris comes a look at top trends for next season to get you on track today. >> NEED AN ARM BOOST? READ: Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy After seeing all kinds of vivid suiting options on the runways over the past few seasons from full-on print to embellished

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Fall 2012 Trend Re-Cap Pt. 2 – Military Leather And More

In with the New: Pt. 2 of Trends we love for Fall 2012 with a trend re-cap to get you in the know before the S/S shows… With Spring 2013 collections going on, we thought now was the right time to go over the season's top trends to gear you up with instant style updates to be on the lookout for. >>MORE: Fall 2012 fashion FALL 2012 Top Trends: What: Unexpected jolts of pink - Bursts of Crimson, Berry and Raisin Where: Acne, Celine, Lanvin >>DISCOVER: Top Fall 2012 Trends Part 1 Bursts of crimson shades of berry, bordeaux and raisin imbued the season's moody hues with rich color. Like that perfect red wine, this color is destined to flourish with age. From

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Fall 2012 Trend Re-Cap – Lace Jewels And Knits to Buy Now

In with the New: Trends we love for Fall 2012 with a trend re-cap to get you in the know on the eve of the S/S shows... Save for the confusion ladies, these must-have trends are in-stores now. So sit back and take note on all you'll need to update your wardrobe with come the new season ahead. >>MORE: Fall 2012 fashion FALL 2012 Top Trends: Where: Jewels and Heavy Ornamentation Who: Prada (above), Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Miu Miu Move over minimalism as ornate embellishment, from a little to a treasure chests worth, added an immediate opulence to the new baroque embroideries and themes of the season. From jeweled collars to bags, to simple shoes, exaggerated jewel motifs lent an

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