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  • Low-to-go jeans

    March 30, 2009

    • Ultra low-rise: Bad FashionUltra low rise denim bikini pants -- faux or fad?Jeans are the limbo dance of fashion. How low can you go? Apparently, we have not bottomed out yet but (with a single t) we soon cancan with ultra low rise denim bikini pants. Imagine walking in on a snake shedding its skin only to discover the skinny reptile wearing python bikini panties beneath. They look something like ...
  • Celebs dish PDX fashion week

    March 29, 2009

    • NY Celebs Dish and Diss on PDX's Fashion WeekPosted by Vivian McInerny September 10, 2007 15:01PMCategories: Fashion Week spring 2008Photos by Vivian McInerny NEW YORK CITY -- This city is trying to rework its image. Signs declare it "The Big 'Green' Apple." Even Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tried to green up the shows by not giving away bottled water as usual to thousands of ...
  • Fashion Week 2007 NYC

    March 28, 2009

    •  Posted by Vivian McInerny September 05, 2007 13:55PM  "Fashion is made to become unfashionable." Coco Chanel Fashion is short lived. And that's it's beauty. You know, like when you're on vacation and the experience is more intense and fantastic because you know it's going to end? That's what Fashion Week in New York feels like. It's fast, furious and fabulous. Here ...
  • Temperley London & Demi too

    March 28, 2009

    • Tempting Temperley Posted by Vivian McInerny September 08, 2007 12:16PM    Just came from Temperley London. Finally, clothes to get excited about. Like a gorgeously sexy knit skirt with a waistband that looked like a corset; a dress with horizontal lines of black triangle flaps; or a knit dress with raised braid and ball texture. These clothes have so much thought and ...
  • Yves Saint Laurent in San Francisco: Is High Fashion High Art?

    January 2, 2009

    • The work of most artists is not much recognized. Those who are recognized usually have to wait a while, often a long while, to come into the notoriety they have always been seeking. But in November 1957, when Yves Saint Laurent was 21-years-old, he was named chief fashion designer for the House of Dior, at the time one of the premier couture firms in the world, after the death of its founder ...