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It’s on: Lanvin for H&M

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:36:59 +0000

Yesterday’s rumours were true: Lanvin is coming to H&M! There will be both a womenwear and a menswear collection designed by Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz and men’s designer Lucas Ossendrijver. The pieces will be revealed on November 2 via video and hit stores on November 20 (or 23 outside of Canada and the U.S.). Will [...]

Fashion nerds: Your favourite Star Wars characters sport the latest men’s fashions

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:31:40 +0000

Do you ever feel like you have to choose between your love of fashion and your love of epic space operas? We agree it should never come to that, but now you don’t have to. Hong Kong illustrator John Woo has spiffed up your favourite Star Wars characters in more earthly gear: Darth Vader sports [...]

Toronto: Our favourite new spot for a (healthy) power lunch

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:00:12 +0000

A working lunch is all too often an exercise in indulgence, crammed with cream and butter and overly salted. Four (187 Bay St., Toronto, 416-368-1444, fourtoronto.ca), in Toronto’s financial district, is a subterranean spot with the same frenzied lunch-hour crowd and cookie-cutter décor as your typical tower eatery, but its menu offers a different take [...]

Canadian retailer Jacob “takes a stand” on retouching

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:33:10 +0000

Jacob announced this afternoon that as of their current campaign, they will no longer be altering the bodies of the models who appear in ads for both their clothing and lingerie brands. A press release from the Quebec-based retailer says they have decided to “take a stand” on retouching, stating: “As a socially responsible company, JACOB [...]

The culture club: 6 things to do in the Irish countryside

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:14:41 +0000

Annie Evans here, director of the Society’s Miami chapter and special correspondent for today’s Culture Club post. After a jam packed spring calendar of cultural encounters, I was ready for some R & R and the hills of County Wicklow in Ireland seemed like the perfect place to indulge.  Below are my top 6 must-sees [...]

Street style: Shine on

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:52 +0000

We snapped this streeter at the Ezra Constantine garden party, where the shimmering gold and silver circles of her dress made us think the stars were coming out early. See the full look after the jump.

The daily steal, 2-in-1 vest, $38

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:34:20 +0000

It’s like the folks at Simons were looking at two different vests and squinted until it looked like one and this is the end result ($38, simons.ca). Pair it with a big necklace and black trousers and you’re the queen of the fashion hybrids.

Fashion News: Marc Jacobs & Anna Wintour on Jimmy Fallon, Karlie Kloss on Gossip Girl, and Erdem gets a British Fashion Award nom

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:38:29 +0000

Jimmy Fallon: “What is the new black?” Marc Jacobs: “47.” Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to talk up Fashion’s Night Out, but also covered Jacobs’ shoulder surgery, his “kilt that’s not a kilt,” Vogue’s value per dollar, and banana suits. [The Cut] Erdem has been nominated for [...]

The daily steal: Purple nail polish, $4

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:37:01 +0000

Nail polish shades have lately produced a kind of cultish frenzy. New shades appear and we all hanker to try them, or we inquire enviously when we spot an especially cool shade on a coworkers toes. When these Joe Fresh Beauty ($4 each, joe.ca) polishes arrived on my desk, I seized immediately on the purple [...]

Fashion news: Steve Madden may take over Betsey Johnson, psychic fashion predictions, Karl Lagerfeld for Hogan

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:54:14 +0000

Betsey Johnson has gotten her self into a bit of a financial pickle, and in two years Steve Madden might own her company. [Fashionista] Barbie is the newest intern at SHOWstudio for the twenty days leading up to London Fashion Week. The iconic blonde bombshell will also be blogging about her experiences and posting live [...]