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From Bergdorf's New Fall Missoni Collection:
2007-06-29 17:49:00
A glimpse of Missoni 's pre-Fall collection, new at Berg dorf Goodman. I actually tried this Ribbed Dress (at left) in Montreal last month (they pulled it from the 'special' back room as it had just arrived) and loved it. Now I have to admit, I am not yet a Missoni girl, I've always been a little scared of too much pattern and color...I know, I know, I'm so 'boring New York clad in black girl', but its true. So when I tried this dress it was a happy medium, dabbling in a little Missoni without all the color. Now some might argue, 'whats the point then'?, but even without the color you still get that wonderful Missoni fabric weave and delicate blend of silk and wool to pull off a beautiful shape and hang to the dress. Soooo for those of you that have not yet forayed into the world of Missoni, I would suggest this dress as a nice stepping-stone. I've heard like Louis Vuitton's it becomes an addiction! And hey there are far worse addictions than buying valuable, collectible, h...
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Cool Opening Tonight at Clarabella on the LES!
2007-06-28 19:16:00
BUILDINGS by SHAUN KARDINAL New to the Lower East Side art scene, boutique/gallery CLARABELLA is pleased to present BUILDINGS, the inaugural New York City exhibit from Seattle based photographer, Shaun Kardinal. Photographing rooftops has been a hobby of the artist's for many years. Though an avid digital artist in his teens, it was not until his twenty-third year with an antique medium-format camera in hand that Kardinal developed an absolute passion for the subject. It was the way the buildings looked as he gazed through the viewfinder, playing with the vibrancy of Seattle's sunsets, the richness of her summers, the austere dullness of her grey winters. It was a love affair with a new city encouraging familiarity, ushering these monoliths in as kin, good friends, integral parts of Kardinal's daily walks to and from work. In this way, his photographs are meant to be seen as intimate portraits. These buildings, at once solitary and full of life, seem to play with and against ea...
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Two Greats in One Week: The Loss of Designers Liz Claiborne and Gianfranco
2007-06-27 22:50:00
After the devastating news last week of Ferre's death now Liz Claiborne.It is always sad when an iconic 'Great' passes away.I adore Gianfranco Ferre's clothes and collect any vintage pieces I find.Liz Claiborne in addition to being an inspiration for her pioneering work in fashion as a women in the 50's, 60's, 70's and onward was also later in her life an inspiration in 'doing good for the world' with your success. Claiborne and her husband retired from active management of the company in 1989 in order to pursue environmental and charity work. The Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation was established in 1989 to provide support for protection of the wilderness.
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Hamptons Antiques Show
2007-06-22 02:14:00
OMG, I'm dying. I soooo wish I could be there for this. Hello Georg Jensen silver jewelry. Have I mentioned I'm dying. In case it has been missed I am insane for old stuff. Love the hunt, adore the sweet success of "the find", scoring the "goods". Can you tell I am missing NYC yet, my hunting grounds?TaTa Dahlings!PS Back in NYC late next week, so regular posting should resume!More Info on the show:Beautiful, sophisticated, chic, charming ? all describe this highly-anticipated three-day event opening at noon on Friday, June 22nd in the heart of Bridgehampton. The three-day show takes place in high-peaked white tents on the lawn of the historic Corwith House at the Bridgehampton Historical Society on Montauk Highway.Cutting-edge exhibitors offer modern (like the dining set from Mode Moderne pictured above), formal & early continental furniture, hard-to-find garden antiques (like the Mexican mahogony table & chairs from Bridges Over Time) , paintings (like the Richard Wengenroth...
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Catherine Malandrino Summer Sample Sale
2007-06-20 16:41:00
FYI.Mark your calendars.Ummmm Catherine Malandrino. Love it.
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FYI: 'The Row' is Now Available Online
2007-06-15 21:14:00
Continuing to continue on in the hoopla surrounding celebrity fashion lines, wanted to let you know that MK and Ashley's line "The Row" is now available online from the always cutting-edge chic British establishment Browns. Previously the line was available only at Barneys NYC and Maxfields in LA.If you live in NYC and haven't checked out the collection in person yet, do! It is a wonderful line, with great basics to build into your wardrobe. The pieces are a bit pricey so beware, but they are definitely quality items worth investing in. Selma Blair is already a fan and we all know she is the queen of cool when it comes to style!Oh, and for the more budget conscious cats they have a new lower price-bracket line set to launch this fall aptly named Elizabeth and James (after their other lesser known sibs). That line will be available at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Intermix.One of their awe-inspiring T's that are being praised for their couture style cling and unbelievable d...
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Love it: Valentino Pin-tucked Shopper Bag
2007-06-10 16:45:00
Still love it, now in faded Gray. Even Better than before!!!! I posted this bag in the red and off-white awhile back , and now its available for pre-order ONLY at Bergdorf Goodman. Loooooooooooove gray, you know I keep saying its really the new black. Seriously coveting this bag. Amazing.Get it here.? Maison Style.? Aged silver leather.? Silver-tone hardware.? Shoulder straps with rings; zip top.? Pintucked body.? 11 1/2"H x 13"W x 4"D.? Made in Italy.Enjoy!
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And Speaking of Celebrity Fashion Lines...Kate Moss's Topshop Barneys Colle
2007-06-10 16:35:00
By the way, meant to tell you about this days ago...apologies, this vacation is slowing me down! So if you care, the Kate Moss collection for Topshop at Barneys has been replenished and new pieces are in as well.Get it here.Yawn.
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Celebrity Fashion Lines: The Demise of the 'Real' Designer?
2007-06-08 03:48:00
The 'celebrity perfume' phenom seems like its been around for ages, but the recent furious increase in 'celebrity fashion lines' (think SJP, the Olsen Twins, JLo, Kate Moss , Madonna , Kylie Minogue....Oy it gets tiring just typing the masses in) has some critics questioning where this leaves the 'real designers'?The NY Times featured the topic in today's Style section, check it out!Thoughts?? Much as I love MK and Ashley (and the new 'Row' line), I gotta admit that the whole thing (more-so the Madonna/Kate Moss/H&M/Topshop bit) does seem like a bit of a celebrity wash. Some lines appear solid like 'The Row', others seem just lame, such as SJP's 'Bitten'. The fact that celebrities have so much more financial capital to build upon and the tails of their success, seems to give an unfair advantage in an extremely cut-throat and competitive arena. Is fashion going the way of pop music? Are we selling out in some way? How much of a free-market approach is 'too-much' when it...
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Sex and the City: Wardrobe Secrets Revealed!
2007-06-05 01:43:00
OK, um maybe I've been in a closet somewhere, but when I stumbled upon this resource for a complete break-down of every outift worn on SATC, I was totally excited (and surprised). What a great idea, and I know several of you that have seen every episode like 10 times who may not even have to re-watch to know which outfits these are (you know who you are.....).Outfits are broken down to the last detail. Select a season, then an episode and then voila, each outfit as worn in each scene is described in detail, with color and designer!Cool!
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Georgia Rule? Well...Lindsay Lohans wardrobe certainly rocks!
2007-06-01 06:58:00
P.S.I watched Georgia Rule today. What else to do in the Montreal rain? (Have I mentioned its been raining ALL week?) Anyway: unlike some who have dissed LaLohan and the movie, I loved it. Besides Lindsay 's wonderfully covetable wardrobe (amazing skinny jeans, flow-y white tops, great wedges, to die-for sunglasses, etc)...I was drooling half the movie...I think it was a good performance....and a good movie. I really enjoyed it. Judge for yourself. The perfect opportunity? Well, the 93 degree weather I left behind in NYC or the cold dreary rain of Montreal!Escape to the movies. Covet Lindsay's clothes.
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Barneys Summer Sale
2007-06-01 06:53:00
Umm, it's hard to write about this, since I am in Montreal and its rainy and cold-ish. Not summer at all. I totally mis-packed and neeeeeeed Barney s . Anyway. Hello: wardrobe change!
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Tory Burch Fall 07 Preview at Bloomies
2007-05-30 17:24:00
Get your Tory Burch for Fall before everyone else...who doesn't love a little UES/Hamptons playwear? Bloom ingdale'sThursday, May 315-8pmReservations:212-705-2332Shop here.
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LookBook Gets it Right: New York Magazine Finally Features Someone Actually
2007-05-29 17:45:00
The always wonderful Parker Posey this week.Last weeks feature, though not terribly creative and requiring some large amounts of money is still very beautiful, polished and actually looks good. This is a vast improvement over more recent picks such as this (see below):
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Steal My Clothes
2007-05-25 23:38:00
I've been sooooo busy but I've got a few things up on SMC and sooooooooooo much more to come. I am so excited to show you!!!Check out 'Steal My Cloth es ', I promise there are great things to come!Two new pieces of info:Appointments If you are in the NYC area appointments can be made. I also make house-calls. Browse through the selection, let me know what interests you and we can arrange for fittings.Scouting If there is a particular item or style you have been yearning for, let me know and I will do my best to locate it for you. Can't make any promises, but I'll try! P.S. I am going away for a few weeks...so posting may be spotty. While in Montreal...I should be connected..but after that who knows. So catch up on old stuff you missed!!xo,BG

Back to Blonde: Jessica Simspon Returns to Her "Roots"
2007-05-24 19:35:00
Jess in NYC this week.Yay. We like you better blonde Jess.Again in NYC. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks like the interior of "What Comes Around Goes Around' in Soho...a great place for vintage if you don't want to search yourself and your willing to pay premium dollar (said with a tad sarcastic tone).first pic courtesy of Splash, second: US Weekly
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Heidi and Spencer Get Engaged.
2007-05-24 18:49:00
All we have to say is, Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.If you've ever watched The Hills, you understand.Story from US Weekly here.
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90's Supermodels are Back?! Claudia Schiffer and Stephanie Seymour to Star
2007-05-24 16:37:00
Ferragamo will be featuring not one, but two greats in their upcoming print adverts. Stephanie Seymour and Claudia Schiffer , two of my old-time favourites, will be starring in Ferragamo's Fall Ad campaign. In other big news, Stephanie Seymour was the cover girl for German Vogue in the April edition (above!), looking stunning. Schiffer is also being featured in the upcoming Chanel cruise collection ads. See Fashion Week Daily for the full story.
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For Your Reading Pleasure
2007-05-23 07:04:00
A couple of new blogs I have stumbled upon the last few days that I'm loving:Making up the British (and in LG's case part NYC) contingent, Roller Girl, LibertyGirl and Lipstick Lady. Ab Fab.And in NYC, Emma of If You Can't Think of Anything Nice to Say, Come Sit Here by Me.Enjoy Dahlings.xo,BGP.S. I've got one item up so far on Steal My Clothes, I have a bunch more to post that will go up this week...the whole thing took far longer than I anticipated.
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Love it: Valentino Pleated Knot Bag!
2007-05-22 17:30:00
Pleated knot bag. Available at Bergdorf Goodman. ? Black satin with tonal embossed leather trim.? Top handles; framed top.? Pleated body with knot detail.? 11 1/2"H x 13 1/2"W x 8 1/2"D.? Made in Italy.
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For Those Wanting Even More on Lipstick Jungle...
2007-05-21 08:33:00
Some 'behind the scenes' shots from the pilot: Costumer David Robinson designed Victory's 'collection' for the show In the pilot, Wendy (Shields) is making a last-minute entrance to her friend's fashion show (above). Bushnell, Shields, and Kim Raver, who plays glossy magazine editor Nico O'Neilly.Candace Bushnell on the set of LJBrooke Shields in the opening scene of LJ.From a Daily News article back in April:"Apologizing profusely as she brushes past people's knees, Brooke Shields runs to take her front-row seat at the most anticipated show at New York Fashion Week. She hugs her friend, takes off her Jackie O sunglasses and settles into a tiny chair next to glamorous "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell. The scene could be straight out of Shields' everyday life but the digital clapperboard, booms and bustling TV crew a few feet away reveal it's actually the star's latest acting gig. Bushnell is playing herself, just...
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Chanel's Fall/Winter 2007 Collection Makes its North American Debut in Vanc
2007-05-20 07:58:00
Go Canada!Chanel's Fall/Winter 2007 collection will make its North American Debut in Vancouver on June 8th!Look Familiar?Fashion Week Daily reports:"Art patrons and fashion-lovers of the Canadian persuasion will get an eyeful at Vancouver Art Gallery?s Monet to Dalí Ball on June 8, where Chanel's Fall/Winter 2007 ready-to-wear collection will make its North American debut with a formal runway presentation. Aside from Karl Lagerfeld's creations, also on preview is the exhibition Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters, from the Cleveland Museum of Art, which features art from many of the greats, including Cézanne, Dalí, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Matisse, Modigliani, Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Seurat and van Gogh. The black tie fundraising event will begin with a champagne reception in a Monet-inspired garden on Robson Square Plaza, followed by dinner and a live auction at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver?s grand BC Ballroom, which will be transformed by the French fashion house to replicate the snowb...
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'Gossip Girl' is coming to the small screen!
2007-05-19 21:05:00
Cool. Another fun girly TV series set to premiere in the Fall. Now I haven't read all of the books in the Gossip Girl s Series, but what I have read are deliciously delightful. The series revolves around an exclusive group of teenagers going to private school on NYC's Upper East Side. This could be a new contender for 'must-see TV', and god knows we need that. Right?From Publishers Weekly:"Cecily von Ziegesar?s Gossip Girl series (Little, Brown) first hit the YA book scene in 2001, touted as fun chick lit for the younger set?Sex and the City for teens. Readers were soon clamoring for the novels in which anonymous gossip columnist/narrator Gossip Girl, aka GG, follows the living-large exploits of wealthy teenage Manhattanite Blair Waldorf and her friends." From E!:"The series is being billed as the heir-apparent to The O.C. (back when it was worth watching) and with good reason: It was created by Josh Schwartz, the mastermind of the soapy, since departed Fox drama. Gossip Girl st...
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La Vie en Rose....What an Amazing Film!
2007-05-18 18:50:00
Amongst other events last night, I attended a special showing (thank you lovely Jennifer Levy Niederhoffer of Impress Media) of La Vie en Rose , a soon to be released film. It was absolutely wonderful. I love Edith Paif's voice, her songs are usually the soundtrack to my Sunday morning brunch-making at home. Despite my love for her voice though, I knew very little of her life. What a poignant and amazingly produced film this was, really touching on the human character.... A synopsis: "The ferocious talent and indomitable spirit of legendary chanteuse Edith Piaf is celebrated in this French feast of a biopic, featuring a stunning performance by Marion Cotillard as the "little sparrow" who lived, loved and sang with no regrets. A huge hit in France and winner of five Césars, La Vie en Rose arrives on these shores with its uniquely Gallic blend of onstage triumph, backstage tragedy and tempestuous melodrama intact. Skillfully sifting time periods, far-flung locales and extremes of moo...
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Kate Moss for Topshop 'Pansy Dress' in Da House.
2007-05-17 23:05:00
FYI girls:Stopped by Barneys Coop this Afternoon for like 2 seconds and saw that there was a little replenishment of the KM for TS collection. The dress I did not snag but wanted, the famed "Pansy Dress " is present!!! There are a few size 6's, an 8 and a 10, they ring in at 120$,. Tried the dress on, and surprisingly its really lovely, cut very flatteringly. These additions to stock were shipped in from other Barneys across the US where they did not sell. Get 'em while you can! Literally there were only five there, and they will probably be gone by tomorrow.OK--have to run. Event uptown in like 3 seconds, madly dashing about trying to get ready.Ta, BG
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Meet Joy Gryson, the Creator Behind Gryson Handbags
2007-05-16 20:29:00
If you have the chance Friday afternoon (maybe on your lunch-break?), run over to Bloomies and meet Joy Gryson. Joy, who used to work as Director of Design for Marc Jacobs Handbag and Accessorises division, is the fantabulous creator behind Gryson bags, they are newish on the scene, but not shabby at all, beautifully constructed from high quality leather and suede made in Italy. Very covetable indeed. Check out my post that covered Gryson bags from last month.A fave below:The 'Heidi' Leather Tote. Available at Bergdorf Goodman .Meet Joy GrysonFriday: 11am-2pmBloomingdale's-59th Street1st Floor-Handbags
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Cynthia Rowley's new collection at Bergdorf Goodman, I approve!
2007-05-15 19:18:00
In the past I have been a little afraid of Cynthia Rowley's clothes, for me they were a little girly, too frilly, feminine and light....but this new collection, exclusively online at Bergdorf Good man is amazing, it has just enough hard edge to please me!!! Great contrast between feminine cuts and drape and definitive lines, which serves the purpose of hardening the softness. My favourites below. Enjoy!Beaded silk dress. The silk fabric line inlay seems to be a repeated affair in several of the collection pieces. I like the way it creates a theme, unifying a vision.Sweatshirt dress. Metallic Silk Dress. Sleeveless Banded Dress.I love this dress, and once again the wonderful use of fabric inlay really tempers what could be a very soft look giving it a much more balanced feel. I love, love, love her use of these solid stripes throughout the collection. Such a cool unifying theme.See the full collection here.
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Lipstick Jungle: Our Answer to the Gap Left by Sex and the City?
2007-05-15 01:12:00
So, I've been hearing news as of late that Brooke Shields is to star in a TV series adaptation of the book 'Lipstick Jungle' by Candace Bushnell. This is one of the few shows I have been excited about in a long time. I love SATC and still watch it religiously in lieu of anything decent having been created to replace it. So I wonder, will this live up to the inevitable hype of having not only a similar-ish plot to SATC but the obvious "its also written by Candace Bushnell" fact. The show is bound to have enormous pressure on it to live up to our expectations. I can only hope it does!Info surrounding the series seems to be hazy...but it is set to release for the fall line-up and those that have seen the pilot seem to have good things to say. I read the book last year and I remember thinking it was pretty entertaining. In contrast with SATC, LJ focused more on job success and making it as woman in the work world while still maintaining family and relationship success, the characters...
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Most Wanted: Robert Rodriguez High-Waist Pant
2007-05-12 18:35:00
Robert Rodriguez (who love!) High Waist Pants . Available at Bergdorf Goodman on 5F.Belted Pants: Black/cream stripes.High, double-belted waist.Flat front.Flared legs.Front zip.98% cotton, 2% Lycra®.Imported of Italian materials.I know a lot of people are all down on the high-waist, but as I have stressed before, wear what suits you. Now, for me, having long legs and a long torso/high waist this style is a god-send...plus I think it looks very cool.
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A Week in Belts: The Olsen Twins
2007-05-11 07:59:00
This week in LA and NYC, The Olsen's working the belt. Love that little skirt that Ashley is wearing, similar look to the skirt she was rocking a few weeks ago. In fact, maybe it is the same one...that would be very Ashley!For some great wide statement belts see the post I did earlier in the year. And if your feeling thrifty check out this belt from Forever 21, its very similar to one I got in London last year from Topshop, which has turned out to be indispensable (I throw it onto dresses, shirts, whatever, totally takes the outfit to a new level). And at a $5.80 price-point, how can you go wrong?
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