Two years ago when I bought my fitted Juicy black blazer with velvet lapels, I thought I was done with this staple. One good quality one is all I thought I'd need. But then this other black blazer popped up on the rack and it had gorgeous silk mini ruffles on the neck collar and black subtle pinstripes AND it was 70% off. I couldn't resist. Then this summer, there was this super fitted dark gray (with a hint of sparkle), 3/4 sleeved blazer with this to die for fancy double layered collar thing also on sale- I had to have it. So really, one can reasonably conclude that I've reached my quota for black blazers. For the record, I have had great mileages for all of them- so they were all completely worth it. Unfortunately recently, I find my eyes wandering again in the black blazer arena.......  read more »

This week's Designer Q & A is with Kate Eccles, Owner/Designer of Ruby London Denim . 1) Why do you think after 200 years jeans are still one of the most popular items of clothing? Most versatile, workable, reliable garment, best investment for money in fashion terms and the key item in a wardrobe that remains fashionable season on season. 2) Last time I counted there were well over 100 brands of premium denim jeans, what makes your jeans stand out from the rest? RUBY is known for its great fits, quality denim, relablilty and for the tonal knot detail found on ruby back yokes and pockets, as well as key fashionable organic styles. 3) Who do you imagine is a typical customer? Hard to say we go from Lindsay Lohan to Joe Whiley. 4) Where do you get your inspiration from?  read more »

*Reproduced from The Wall Street Journal, 26th Jan 2008. Style Why 'It' Bags Are Out* Luxury bags fall victim to their own success; exclusive over ostentatious By *CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN* and *RACHEL DODES* January 26, 2008; Page W1 Irene Weisburd used to buy 20 handbags a year, dutifully getting on waiting lists for the season's designated "it" bag and filling her "bag wardrobe" with Fendi Baguettes, a Louis Vuitton Murakami bag and Prada nylon backpacks. Recently, however, she has bypassed popular styles such as last fall's Gucci Indy bag and the ubiquitous Fendi 'B' bag in favor of unadorned pieces from Bottega Veneta and lesser-known labels such as New York's MZ Wallace.  read more »

Vlada Roslyakova at Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2009Check out Russian superstar Vlada Roslyakova at Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2009.Dakota Fanning for Marc by Marc Jacobs is dat chu?Who KNEW Dakota Fanning has a younger sister? This is Elle Fanning from the October 2008 issue of Teen Vogue.I think I'm too scared to look up recent pictures of Dakota... I want her to be forever young. Kids these days eh? They grow up too fast!photo credits: catwalking, marc jacobs, teen vogueBryan Boy

If this isn't the most exciting news that I've heard in a long time, then, well, someone sack Carine Roitfeld. UK ELLE Magazine has secured Discotheque Confusion's resident girl crush Chloe Sevigny as their "style advisor", and to promote this will be March's covergirl. Er, "Style Advisor". I know, it's easy to think this is just one of those labels handed out willy nilly just like Jessica Simpson and Lauren Conrad are fashion designers. But this is Chloe Sevigny, and Lorraine Candy, ELLE's ed is quick to defend this label. Style advisor is not just a title - shell really be doing it, she has a column. She is not someone whos instantly recognisable - she couldnt go on a Glamour or Cosmopolitan cover, she could only go on an Elle cover to be honest. But what were saying with this [signing] is that this magazine is about fashion and style - and next month weve got someone who the author Jay McInerney once called the most stylish girl in the world on the cover. ELLE magazine are seriously branching out, and this is one wise move, showing themselves to have more pounds worth of quirk than Vogue ever will posess (I know, it isn't hard). Granted, they'll never ever stand alongside the likes of Tank, Lula, Wonderland, i-D, or 10 magazine, but in my opinion, ELLE is the most innotive and creative "mainstream" fashion magazine out there. I don't know about you, but everything starting with their layouts just gives me the hots.  read more »

Part I ---Quote--- They can?t sketch, drape, or sew, but celebrities do have opinions on fashion. How clothing lines went from dowdy to dynamite for a new flock of A-listers She?s always late,? says Rigoberto Casillas. The fey 22-year-old with bleached blond hair and a Spanish accent had woken up at 3 a.m. to drive from Temecula to the South Coast Plaza Macy?s to wait for Paris Hilton?s appearance in February. His T-shirt bears the likeness of his idol, and his hoodie, which is also from the heiress?s sportswear line, is printed with the Old English lettering favored by gangs and rappers. At such events you expect to see suburban kids like Casillas. You don?t count on a 58-year-old woman buying Hilton?s $79 leopard-print ?Glitzy Cheetah?  read more »

Elle magazine seems to have found itself the victim of a pretty cruel prank. Ginormous "RETRACTION" stickers have been placed over the May story "The Believers", which turns a very critical eye on radical eco-activists and their practices. (These activists are most likely the perps behind the sticker crimes themsleves.) And while no one from Elle has yet to confirm anything with the Nina Garcia story, a spokesperson was able to verify that, indeed, the magazine is investigating the situation.  read more »

Did you know that the majority of lingerie in the world is purchased by women?  read more »