April 16th, 2010

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Cocaine Mule: It's in the bag

Cocaine Mule is not about cocaine or mules.  Let's just throw that out there right now.  They are about the middle man.  Hence, their name.  

From the website: COCAINE MULE is a retailer of bags and accessories for           the middle man. In the new world order everyone is a           mule for somebody. Our aim is to construct the best           bags possible for the rapid hustle           of the new millennium. COCAINE MULE can be described           in two words; Hope and Integrity. In a sentence;             Working bags for people who work. COCAINE MULE is a           simple company. We covet the less           is more ideal and our bags are created in an array of           colors with clean style and clever features. Never           over designed or pretentious our bags help you do what           you do while you're doing it.Cocaine Mule

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See?  No drugs and no farm animals.  Just bags and a mission.

Currently Cocaine Mule offers companion bags and accent packs, but they have many different bag styles pending and available soon.  All of their bags, both present and future, employ a rather revolutionary and creative idea: Intuitive Modularity and Snap & Strap Hardware.

Basically, it's a clever way to combine any combination of their products to suit your needs.  Cocaine Mule is a great idea.  Being an actual cocaine mule isn't- stay in school.




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April 16th, 2010

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Cheap is the New Chic

You don't need us to remind you of this, but the economy is awful. It seems that the effects have finally trickled down (or rather up) to even those of us fortunate enough to have disposable income. Consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow explains it this way to CNN:

"A year ago, what was considered the ultimate status symbol would have been the chicest bag or the most luxurious outfit," Yarrow added. "Now what's chic is being the most knowledgeable and efficient at saving money."


We can't help but think that good things will come of this (except if you make your living from ultra-high end shoppers, that is) -- as Yarrow explains, "we have moved from an era of conspicuous consumption to an era of considered consumption" -- sounds pretty good, doesn't it? 

We take it as a sign of the times that the article even mentions a Goodwill fashion show, and does it without the slightest hint of irony or snark. While we may not be shopping at our local Goodwill anytime soon, a little bit of restraint and common sense is starting to sound really good after the excesses of the past years. Time to put away the bling-bling and spend on quality!


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April 16th, 2010

Xrus Chicest Red Carpet Couple – Style Superlative


Nominee for Chicest Red Carpet Couple: Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise

Katie’s gotten so comfortable with the red carpet that’s she taken to creating her own outfits. We can’t help but wonder if Tom (and Suri!) will be donning her creations come 2009.


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Nominee for Chicest Red Carpet Couple: Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony

Carrying twins and recovering was no big deal for Ms. Lopez and Mr. Anthony - they didn't miss a red carpet beat!

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Nominee for Chicest Red Carpet Couple: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt

Hollywood's golden couple can do no wrong - on or off the red carpet.

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Chicest Red Carpet Couple - Style Superlatives 2008

We're awarding Style Superlatives for 2008. Help us help pick the winners! For the next week, look for polls on the celebrities we think made (and failed) the style grade. So view the pictures, and vote in the poll below! Vote for all categories here. 

  Style Superlatives 2008 - Chicest Couple

Nominee for Chicest Red Carpet Couple: Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale


    Gwen spent most of the year pregnant, but she and Gavin still made waves on the red carpet.


















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Nominee for Chicest Red Carpet Couple: Victoria & David Beckham


    The London transplants have made a splash on the LA social scene - raising the fashion bar (and sometimes eyebrows) with every event.


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April 16th, 2010

		
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Andy Warhol


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Francesco Scavullo


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China Fashion Week Delivers Some Strange Designs





Designers who show in Paris have always been considered among the most avant garde in the world, but China Fashion Week took it to a new level recently with its kooky creations that included a polka dotted body suit affixed with clocks, a comic book-esque checkered jumpsuit with cat ears and paws, and colorful Harajuku girl-inspired ensembles (replete with stuffed animals of course). There was also a smattering of walking metal art sculptures and candy colored confections with matching tights! 


But while the designs tended to skew more funny than fabulous, not all was lost. There was a nod to the ever-so-prominent military trend (this is a communist country after all) and edgier silhouettes emerged with the sculpted shoulder jackets (a la Balmain). 


Click through to see the interesting mix of Chinese designs! Eat your heart out Alexander McQueen! 


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DVF Ad Campaign, 1972


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Andy Warhol


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DVF Portrait working in studio, 1976


Cover of Interview Magazine, 1982


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DVF Portrait, 1974


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April 15th, 2010

		
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Jesus Luz backstage at Y-3 Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Park Avenue Armory on September 13, 2009.


Chanel Iman backstage at Erin Wasson x RVCA Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park on September 11, 2009.


Diane von Furstenberg and Blake Lively backstage at Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park on September 13, 2009.


Hayden Christensen backstage at Lacoste Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park on September 12, 2009.


Jeremy Kost, WireImage


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Polaroid film has been laid to rest by its founding fathers, but the iconic instants are in full revival mode thanks to artists like Jeremy Kost (a la RoidRage). Kost shot the glitz of fashion week with the gritty, poorly exposed and yellowing film. 


The result was slightly different from the lushly saturated images in our Faces gallery, or the precisely documented moments in Elizabeth Lippman’s Work and Wonder. 


And only on Polaroid would Betsey Johnson baring her teeth look kitschy instead of crazy. 


Thanks, Jeremy!



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Candid Land - Behind-the-Scenes at New York Fashion Week








Betsey Johnson gets cheeky for the camera. Photo: Jeremy Kost


Lakshmi Menon and Heidi Mount backstage at Michael Kors Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park on September 16, 2009.


Alexander Wang and Hanne Gaby Odiele backstage at Alexander Wang Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on September 12, 2009.


Vlada Roslyakova, Chanel Iman and Michael Kors backstage at Michael Kors Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park on September 16, 2009.


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Betsey Johnson at the PAPER Magazine & HP 25th Anniversary Gala at The New York Public Library on September 8, 2009.


Jeremy Kost, WireImage


Jeremy Kost, WireImage


Jill Hennessy backstage at Nicole Miller Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park on September 11, 2009.


Jeremy Kost, WireImage


Jeremy Kost, WireImage


Jeremy Kost, WireImage


Eniko Mihalik backstage at Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2010 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park on September 13, 2009.


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April 15th, 2010

		
tbyc Carla Bruni Wears Stella McCartney for GapKid

			


				
Stella McCartney and Gap


Stella McCartney and Gap




In any case, we want to know what you think of Bruni’s fashion choice: yay or nay? 


Have you or would you rock clothes from the kids’ department? Leave a comment!













Stella McCartney and Gap


Stella McCartney pairs oversized items like this long hoodie in heather grey ($88) with girly bits like a tulle skirt in silver coin ($88).


Carla Bruni Wears Stella McCartney for GapKids Jacket





Carla is a style trailblazer. Eric Feferberg, AFP/Getty Images


A plaid shirt ($38) is an up-to-date way to keep warm. Paired here with a raglan tee in fossil blue ($28), knitted leggings in heather grey ($78), cable hat in charcoal heather ($28) and hi top sneakers ($48).


    The yellow hooded fisherman's mac ($48) reflects the rough and ready spirit of this collection. Worn here with a slouchy hat in charcoal blue ($28) and duckboots in ashphalt ($58).


This grey chunky cardigan coat ($78) is signature McCartney design. Pairing it with a mauve ruffle dress ($58), cable tights in iron ($14) and hi top sneakers in sugar coral ($48) makes the look kid friendly.


It looks like Carla Bruni, is taking a page out of Michelle Obama's style book and giving democratic fashion a chance -- um, as well as children's fashion. 


As first reported by The Huffington Post, the typically Dior-clad French First Lady/model/singer performed "And I Love Her" alongside Harry Connick Jr. on "Le Grand Journal" wearing a T-shirt, jeans and shrunken band jacket from the Stella McCartney for GapKids line.


So, Bruni sang a Beatles song, wearing a Beatles-inspired jacket, designed by a Beatle's daughter -- we love it!


When StyleList chatted with McCartney at the launch of her Gap collection last month, the designer actually confided that she's been eyeing the fashionable "Miller" jacket -- named after her son and the most expensive piece in the collection, at $128 -- for herself. 


"The military jacket is sort of the star of the show," she said. "If you take it up to the larger sizes, I think we can squeeze into it. I know I'm going to."


Perhaps the reason the Sgt. Pepper-themed jacket (which was also favored by Michael Jackson) is unavailable on Gap.com is because adults (like these editors at Grazia UK) have co-opted the best pieces of the GapKids collection for themselves, à la Bruni.


Here's a look at the Stella McCartney for GapKids collection and the jacket Bruni wore, below.


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This grey cardigan ($58) worn with grey knitted leggings ($78) looks both smart and snuggly.


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Stella McCartney and Gap


The military-inspired embroidered "Miller" jacket is named after McCartney's son and is the most expensive item in the collection at $128. Paired here with a superhero graphic tee ($28), knitted leggings in heather grey ($78) and hi top sneaker in aerospace ($48).

				
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April 15th, 2010

		
Ruvh Carey Mulligan Rejects Anna Wintour’s Oscar D

			


				
Whatever actress Carey Mulligan decides to wear to this year’s Oscars the fashion police better go easy on her. 


Though the newly blonde Brit is a fresh fixture on the red carpet, she has shown style courage well beyond her years by flat out rejecting Anna Wintour’s fashion advice.


Mulligan, who is nominated in the Best Actress category for her performance in “An Education,” tells People StyleWatch that the revered Vogue editor suggested she wear something short to the Oscars. 


Mulligan reportedly told Wintour that she didn’t need any dress tutoring. “I was like ‘No, that wasn’t what I was thinking when I was six-years-old.’” 


Ahhhh, we love a girl who has her Oscar attire figured out by the first grade. 


The young starlet didn’t say exactly what kind of short frock Wintour recommended, but we can imagine that the editrix had a sleek, couture, best-dressed list number in mind. After all, Mulligan is a true gamine petite and too much dress might overwhelm her small frame. 


That said, we can already hear the “what-was-she-thinking?” tongue-lashing fashion pundits would dish out the minute the ingenue stepped onto the red carpet in an above-the-knee dress. Cue Joan Rivers: “Carey, dear, did you get lost on your way to the Grammys?” 


We’re pretty sure, however, that Mulligan is not, um, short on designer offers. And while some British critics lamented her decision not to wear a homegrown designer to this recent BAFTA awards, most raved about her sweeping black and white patterned dress (above) by French designer Vionnet.


Meanwhile, read about the alleged influence Anna Wintour had over model Maggie Rizer’s hair color.





























Carey Mulligan Rejects Anna Wintour's Oscar Dress Advice






Carey Mulligan goes long and short in . Photo: Dave M. Benett, Getty Images

				
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April 15th, 2010

		
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Bryna Nicole Loyola Satchel - Gossip Girl Style






Have you been lusting after the tote bags Serena's been carrying up and down the Upper East Side? Here's the scoop: They're from the Fall '07 collection by designer Bryna Nicole, and they're on sale!Bryna Nicole is a young designer from San Francisco who designs for the woman that "has a strong personal style and is fashionable and worldly." Her designs are inspired by vintage and the bags are designed to last from season to season. 

We simply fell in love with the Loyola and have to agree that unlike most of the things Serena wears this is a classic in the making.

Available at brynanicole.com












				
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April 15th, 2010

		
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Aspiring fashion illustrator Meghan Smith, seen at Bryant Park during S/S '09 New York Fashion Week. Check out her work at this link.












				
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April 15th, 2010

		
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Bandana + fangs = Fangdana - Last minute Halloween ideas






Let's face it, if you don't have this year's Halloween costume picked out already, you've procrastinated to the very last possible moment to throw something together -- and that usually doesn't work out too well. What you need is something simple, something quick, something ... fangy. There's nothing like the convenience having your Halloween costume hidden away in your back pocket -- that's why we really love the Fangdana.

Look, it's nice to go all out on an elaborate Halloween costume that takes months of careful planning, but we've passed the 2 minute warning here. Plus, sometimes it's kinda weird and creepy to see people take their Halloween costume too seriously. The Fangdana provides just enough costume action to get into parties, but conveys a sense of apathy that lets everyone know that you're too cool for costumes.

At first, we thought the Fangdana had plastic fangs attached to the front -- but apparently they've been printed on. If we were going to rig one of these babies up for a party, we'd stop at the costume store and pick up a pair of vampire false teeth. Just a thought.

Order the Fangdana here for £10.20 ($16.80).

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