Posts with tag NewYork

Today at Green Acres mall in Nassau County, New York, tragedy struck when a 34 year old Wal-Mart worker was killed by shoppers who physically broke down the doors and rushed the store.

Is it the financial crunch that makes people so excited to shop at Wal-Mart? This is insanity. The man who died was a part-time, temporary worker, just doing his job. Can you believe that shoppers were this voracious?

Hello Kitty has been on bit of a whirlwind this year. First, she was named ambassador to Japan. This past summer, she was placed on the cover of Vogue. And now, she's got a hot new boutique in Times Square.

Back in the 70s, Only Hearts was a store that sold everything -- and only -- items that were heart related. Over the years this love connection turned to romantic apparel, with store owner Helena Stuart creating her own line of lingerie that she often wore herself as outwear.

Just because you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, doesn't mean you were born with manners. Case in point: 37-year-old Mathias Guerrand-Hermes, heir to the uber-luxurious Hermes empire. The "socialite" and "polo player" is charged with assaulting an Air France captain during a transatlantic flight from Paris to New York.

Coco Rocha has come a long way since she found herself Irish gigging down the Jean Paul Gaultier runway a couple of seasons ago. In a time in fashion where fresh faced models are just as easily forgotten as what they've been eating, Coco has managed to navigate this picky industry and transform herself into a very hot commodity.

Just ask Anna Wintour. The editor-in-chief has put the Canadian in practically every issue of Vogue since Coco's first appearance back in 2006. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Style.com, Vogue's online home, has just created a web series that will follow Coco as she tries to survive her cross country trek for Fashion Week.

In the first part, watch as Coco plays with a casting director and explains how one can walk away with nice designer pieces after the show. Watch and learn.

You've got to have either a very mighty and insatiable sweet tooth or just a black heart to rob a candy a store where kids will scrap and save every last dime they have in order to purchase something sticky and sweet.

Call this a reaction to the desperate times our economy presents us or just plain pathetic, but some thugs robbed the luxe Dylan's Candy Bar in Manhattan at gun point last week, walking away with $7,000 after cleaning out all of the cash registers.

No arrests have been made, so watch out kids. We suggest you munch on granola bars until the purps are caught. Le sigh.

[via NY Daily News]

Traveling pop-up shop Little Black Dress debuted in Los Angeles this week. The sprawling boutique features clothing, jewelry, artwork, and even botanical and floral arrangements--all for a good cause.

Benefiting do-good organizations like Junior League and Dress for Success, Little Black Dress offers clothing from the likes of Kira Plastinina, La Rok and Vivienne Westwood. (Candle designer Dayna Decker even created a Swarovski crystal-encrusted collection exclusively for the temporary store.) After hours, Little Black Dress will hold philanthropic fashion events like "Vino and Vinyasa" and "Movie and a Makeover."

And if the Sunset Boulevard locale is far from home, not to worry. In 2009, Little Black Dress will make appearances in New York and Chicago, too.

Chanel is revamping its makeup and fragrance counter at Saks Fifth Avenue's flagship New York store.

The new, 850 square-foot space--bigger than most New York apartments--will offer fragrance experts to introduce customers to Chanel's 43 perfume concentrates, eight makeup artist stations, and a digital history book about the French fashion house.

Our favorite feature is Chanel's Miroir Lumiere light-box mirror, tucked away inside the "VIP consultation room." The mirror mimics sunlight at different times of day and in different seasons.

After all, if a shade of lipstick works whether it's summer or winter, morning or night, we might be able to justify its $36 price tag.

Derek Lam's Spring 2009 collection offered a thoroughly modern take on American sportswear--and was one of Fashion Week's standout shows.

The 30s-via-80s silhouettes included floaty skirts and relaxed yet strong-shouldered suits. )Think Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie and Clyde" meets Jerry Hall.) Jackets and dresses featured sprinkles of sequins and metallics. And while a neutral palette dominated--Lam described the shades as "pumice, stone and terra cotta"--pops of bright citrus shades made their way down the catwalk, too.

Lam has been one of fashion's rising stars since launching his self-titled line in 2003. But in our minds, this collection cemented his status as one of America's freshest young designers.

Celebrity "It Girls" are a vapid bunch (for ref. see: Paris Hilton, Heidi Montag, et al) more concerned with their fashion line than a bread line. They give 20-somethings a bad name, with their self-centered antics and spendthrift drama.

But it's wrong to tar all young women with the same brush. It turns out there are plenty of smart, dynamic and hardworking women out there, who have the natural style and flair that comes from being interested and involved in something besides your own sweet self! Enough to have a contest and pick the five most compelling!

To celebrate and reward these industrious under-25s, Ortho Women's Health & Urology™, the makers of ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN® LO, sponsored the It Girl Essentials contest, a nationwide search to find real-life It Girls who " embody confidence, reliability, poise and of course, a little bit of flair."

Those who are still waxing lyrical on Gap's now ancient mellow yellow ads and hot pink trench coats a la Sarah Jessica Parker get ready to be ushered into the new millennium with the brand's new fashion initiative:

Running until October 5th, the Gap x Colette pop-up shop -- located at 680 Fifth Avenue and the corner of 54th Street -- is stocked with all of those signature items that everyone has come to know and love about the store mixed with the Parisian flair that makes Colette the boutique that all of the cool chicks flock to when they're in the city of lights.

Unfortunately, though, the exclusive fashion booty being sold inside the store can only be purchased at the swanky location, which means you either need to pray a friend sends you a nice little care package full of limited-edition tees from the shop or pray someone sets up a nice little store on eBay. Fingers crossed!

[via WWD]

And sometimes, things are just too good to be true.

For months, we've been celebrating and hyping Topshop's arrival in New York this fall. Finally, after months of checking via the fast fashion mecca's e-commerce site, we were going to be able to buy harlequin skirts and vintage denim shorts in person.

But alas, this will not be happening -- or at least not next month.

WWD reports there has been a bit of a set back in the construction of the massive 40,000 square foot site, and as a result, Topshop will not be opening at 478 Broadway until November. Bummer.

However, don't go crying just yet. Today, the retailer launched a US version of its e-commerce, which means you won't have to pay extra for international shipping! So yeah, go shopping. Now.

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Bloody hell! Topshop, the English fast-fashion company, is delaying the opening of their New York City store by one more month. After anxiously awaiting the retailer's first stateside location, this news kinda has me feeling like the girl on the left side of that picture. The store, which is going to be 40,000 square feet (!) and four-stories tall, apparently will take more time to build than planned. It will now open in November, rather than October.

In the meantime, though, Topshop will launch a U.S.-specific online shop on September 9. That happens to be the day model/designer Kate Moss' latest collection for the company debuts. (If you're one of the first 2,000 visitors to drop more than $50 that morning, you'll snag a free Kate Moss charity t-shirt.)

While the U.K. site started shipping to America about a year ago, the rates aren't cheap. And the biggest advantage to using the American site? The fact that there will be no more need to make the depressing mental conversions from pounds to dollars while you shop.

Cool and versatile layers are all the rage this season, and we just discovered the lightest, airiest pieces that we are dying to add to our wardrobe. The new Korean line Eryn brinié just opened their first U.S. store in SoHo (on Broadway between Spring and Broome), and and it's filled with their fall collection in translucent shades of grey, lavender, mauve and ivory.

New York's Garment District is shrinking, and designer Anna Sui is looking to save it in the best way she knows how -- through fashion. She, along with myriad other major names in the fashion industry, have banded together to raise awareness of the problem through a black t-shirt with a simple message: Save the Garment Center.

Zoning laws have changed the way the buildings in this area are viewed, and many landlords are hoping to turn what have been factories into luxury lofts and hotels, leaving many contractors in the industry with nowhere to go.