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Fashion Style, There’s a predatory theme running through Risto Bimbiloski’s Fall 2009 collection: The Paris-based designer has seized inspiration this season from all manner of preying things—working up prints based on raptors’ beady eyes, giving his fabrics the high-gloss finish of venomous insects’ shells, and cutting dresses fit for femmes fatales. “I’m not a designer who looks to a muse,” explains Bimbiloski, who day-jobs as the head knitwear designer at Louis Vuitton menswear. Last season the Macedonia native found himself with his head—almost literally—in the stars, building his collection around the idea of a hypernova and developing prints from images taken from the Hubble telescope. That cosmic collection earned him fans such as Angela Lindvall and accounts with Barneys New York and Opening Ceremony, so perhaps it’s only right that the designer is sizing up new quarry. In September, Bimbiloski will be making his runway debut with a show at New York fashion week.
Miss Indiana, who appears at the Miss USA pageant that is on NBC tonight, is an Indian American woman by the name of Courtni Shabana Hall.
Fashion Style, She born in Calcutta, India weighing only 2 lbs., 2 oz., she was abandoned at birth, and adopted by U.S. parents and brought to Indiana.
We congratulate Courtni Shabana Hall and look forward to seeing her in a nice Fashion Style.
Fashion Style, Is fashion finding religion? For starters, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana play priests in the upcoming musical film Nine. As for the Fall runways, the models at Todd Lynn’s show carried rosary beads and walked to chants; there were cassock coats at Giambattista Valli; and the headgear at Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, and Fendi recalled medieval wimples. A photo of Grace Jones in a draped hood by Azzedine Alaïa influenced the severe geometry of Bruno Pieters’ collection. “Hers was soft and draped. I wanted to do mine in a constructed way,” the designer explains. “Nuns were not an inspiration—more the result, I think.”
Fashion Models, It’s not often that the shiny Gossip Girl world of the Upper East Side welcomes old, ragged T-shirts, recycling, and bake sales, but that’s exactly what’s happening tomorrow at Barneys on Madison. In exchange for your holey Flaming Lips tee from 1996, you’ll get 20 percent off the organic wares from Loomstate and Loomstate for Barneys Green. (The old tees will be reworked into new Loomstate T-shirts.) That means an easy little belted shirtdress for $158 or an artfully slouchy cardi for $142. Not bad. If you’re there between 2 and 4 p.m., there will be Loomstate artists to hand-paint your new T-shirts.
Fashion Style, Indie rock ladies have always had a bit of a girl crush on Jenny Lewis, she of the auburn bangs and a seemingly endless procession of sailor rompers, tap pants, and sixties frocks. More than a few Coachella-goers this weekend will be channeling that vintage Cali vibe in pieces from Geronimo, a new line launched by Lewis’ longtime stylist Jenny Reyes. Reyes is obsessed with vintage and the tales that come with thrifted pieces, and her own line comes with an equally interesting back story. The 27-year-old designer met Lewis and her band, Rilo Kiley, after sneaking into 21+ shows at L.A.’s Spaceland back in the day. She eventually packed up her sewing machine, her art history degree, and the pattern-making skills she learned from her grandmother and headed out on the road with the band. She crisscrossed the country reworking vintage items that they found at thrift stores and making original pieces for concerts and photo shoots.
Fashion Style, Juicy Couture is one of our favorite brands- we just can’t resist their comfy velour pants and super cute dresses! It’s even harder to resist buying Juicy when it is discounted! Pink Mascara is offering a great weekend coupon good for 20% off all Juicy Couture! We are already vying for the smocked maxi dress shown above! Fashion shop now as this deal is only good through Sunday April 19th at midnight PST. While you’re there, be sure to check out the Sale section with discounts up to 70% or more off! We spied great buys from Corey Lynn Calter, Alice + Olivia, Tibi, J Brand, Rebecca Taylor, and Mike & Chris to name a few.
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It’s that time of year again, festival-goers: Time to pull out the cutoffs and Minnetonkas and take to the California desert for Coachella. But let’s face it, only amateurs spend the whole weekend at the concert. The rest of us will be stopping in for a few sets—Lykke Li, Ida Maria, Girl Talk—before retiring to a lounger at one of the Palm Springs pool parties. The Viceroy has been the king of Coachellas past—GQ took over the hotel for the past two years, and Lindsay and Paris hosted before that. This year Jelly NYC (of Williamsburg Pool Party fame) will be bringing some East Coast flavor with sets by Doug E. Fresh and Spank Rock. The Cobra Snake kids will be crowding the star-shaped pool of the Riviera Resort for the Music Loves Fashion party, which last year included Steve Aoki and about 15,000 of his closest friends. But our money is on the scene at the recently opened Ace Hotel’s Desert Gold bash. The chain hails from Portland (like quite a few of the Coachella bands), and up-and-comers like Cave Singers and Justin Power will be taking up residence beside the pool. Cool off with boozy sno-cones in a hammock while listening to the release of the new Sonic Youth album, and then hit up an after-party in one of the suites (all equipped with record players). They’ve even got souvenirs covered: limited-edition tees by Joshua Tree artists will be on sale at a Levi’s pop-up store. If, like several big-name bands, you just want to wash away the desert dust with some privacy and 400 thread-count sheets, you could head to the Parker Palm Springs. But that’s no way to kick off the summer concert season, is it?
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Fashion Style, One of the perks of my job is participating in Thesis Week at Parsons. It’s amazing not only to see the students’ creativity—but also their own getups. Yesterday, a panel of industry “judges” including Carolina Herrera, Vogue’s Meredith Melling Burke, and John Bartlett gathered to see about a dozen collections (out of about 170). We saw accomplished hand-painted and draped dresses, fluoro swimwear, and a goat-fur coat, but everyone left talking about Julia Blum’s lingerie line called Ardor. The designer (who sported an Amy Winehouse-style beehive pinned with flowers) was inspired by Nabokov’s Lolita.
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