Jenna Lyons: Step Into My Office (PHOTOS)

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Jenna Lyons is known to surprise. How else would the J.Crew president and creative director explain her penchant for the unexpected - menswear tailoring with feminine details, stripes with polka dots, florals with animal prints or neutrals and neons? But when visiting her Astor Place office, which just happens to be right upstairs from Stylelist, the mix-master said something truly bewildering: “T-shirts and I don’t really get along.” How could the purveyor of casual cool not look good in a t-shirt? She continued, while demonstratively gesturing with her hands, “I mean, we just don’t agree. Every time someone takes a picture of me in a t-shirt I’m like, ‘Why did I do that?' I love t-shirts; they just don’t love me. It’s very sad. I don’t have a great body for t-shirts.”

And this is the sort of Lyon-ess honesty we've come to know and love. Keep reading for other amazing anecdotes, beneath the pictures below, about Bill Cunningham, her high school style, and the origin of her office knickknacks.

All photos by Myra Iqbal.

 
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05:09 PM on 08/18/2011
I won't see it in their stores because I won't go into their stores. Not since I saw the picture of one of their female executives having an apparent orgasm after painting the toenails of her young son pictured in one of their advertisements.
05:59 PM on 08/18/2011
You are an idiot, and I feel sorry for your present/future kids. I bet you like to suck the fun out of everything in life.
06:31 PM on 08/18/2011
It's the idiot who resorts to name calling. If the J Crew shoe fits, wear it.
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03:17 PM on 08/18/2011
I buy almost everything except food and clothing from online penny auctions. Most people aren't  aware of the almost unbelievable deals that they can get from online auction sites. The site that has the biggest selection and the best deals is hTtp://bit.ly/BiggestDeals and I checked with the Better Business Bureau and was told that it is all legit. How they can sell gift cards, laptops, cameras, and all kinds of goodies that we all want for 50-90% off, I don't know. I do know that I bought my son an iPad there for less than $100 and my husband a $250 Lowes gift cards for $48. Why would I even think about shopping anyplace else?
11:39 AM on 08/18/2011
Does anyone know the brand/details of the stereos in slide 9?

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