Wow - this is an amazing line up including my favorite artists Miss Van, Junko Mizuno and Aiko Nakagawa in a show called "Heart Throb." I may have to go down to LA just for the night to see this. The show opens Saturday, March 10th and runs through April 7th at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery. This is a must see - mark your calendars and prepare for your heart to skip a few beats . . .
Patricia Field , famed for her styling on the hit TV show “Sex and the City “ is once again noticed for her works. She was nominated for her costume designs for “The Devil Wears Prada ” (one of my fave movies). If you luv’d the shoes that she was wearing on the red carpet for the 79th Annual Academy Awards , don’t be envy because Payless has joined hands with this brilliant stylist and for the holiday season of this year, they will release the Red Carpet Collection by Patricia Field exclusively at Payless stores. The Payless shoes are a uniquely designed platform heel with an ankle strap featuring an edgy mix of metallic and colored snake skin. The collection is intended to include handbags as well, with pricing expected at $45 and under. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens next, but I can predict this is going to be “crazy” in a good way, I luv Patricia Field!
I have to say I never saw this coming…
Payless and Field have had a close working relationship for about a year and onehalf; Field has been styling Payless TV and print ads, as well as the seasonal lifestyle signage featured in the stores. Upon hearing the news of Field’s Oscar® nomination, Payless approached her with the design project and the opportunity.
If you have followed the tradeshow curcuit in Las Vegas you would know that it feels like every year there is a new tradeshow popping up. Usually a smaller venue with smaller, up and coming brands, these off-shoot shows have given many small brands the opportunity to get there foot in the door and showcase their wears at a fraction of the cost. So, this year brought us the Fo’ Sho’ Fo’ Show! The smallest of tradeshows, showcasing about a dozen brands…Spent a bit of time at the, Japanese brand, Phenomenon Booth, were I chatted it up with Mimi and snapped some flicks of my favs for the ladies…check it!
More tradeshow action! Some more of my favorites for the ladies…I was so happy to stumble upon a new line from L.A. called Grandmas Glock! The name alone did it for me! You will want to spend every day snuggled up in there soft, comfy clothes! I fell in love and it didn’t help that Johnny (designer), Audry (partner in crime) and Benito (supa mod-el) are some of the nicest people ever!!! Take a look at some pieces from there first season…and I am sure it won’t be there last!!
Crew luv baby! Audry, Johnny and Benito!
Now the line is for the ladies but look equally as hot on the men! Androgynous clothing was a trend I saw quit a bit of at the tradeshows. Benito is wearing the Button Up Cardigan, Ribbon printed tank, Paperbag shorts and Longjohns.
Reebok celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the women’s footwear collections, the Freestyle, “Then and Now”…Freestyle Forever. Freestyle is a women’s athletic shoe style that was introduced back in 1982, it was designed for the use of aerobic exercise. The shoe quickly became a fitness craze and spreaded to walking, bodybuilding, dancing and cheerleading, but women are also wearing it outside the gym for casual wear. It is an iconic shoe in the 1980s and to this day it is still released in a variety of colors with many followers. Not only do women wear it, but I also see men wear these, I still remember seeing women pair these with skinny jeans, tights, leggings and leg warmers! And in the 90s girls that own Freestyles had every colorway to match their polos. Do any of you guys own a pair?
Event Date: March 1, 2007 @ 8pm - 12am
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Hey, hey faithful readers!! The M.I.S.S. Crew spent all of last week working it out in Las Vegas! Running a muck and hitting up all “5 Million” tradshows: Magic, Pool, Project, United and the Fo’ Sho’ Fo’ Show (i really love saying that!) With my magical “Editorial Press” badge I did lots of meeting, greating and chatting with old friends and new! First up was the Pool show…
This is not true by any means…but someone had a message to the masses! Made the rounds…Stopped to visit with San Francisco’s own Exact Science. Here are two looks for the ladies…One Drop and Sneaker Love.
Brad from Exact Science introduced me to the fellas of Outlaw Print Co., some of the sweetest guys and sweetest t-shirts! Their summer/fall graphics are themed “neon barbarians, mystical magicians, electric elves, and the flourescent wilderness” here are a couple of my favs…
JB Classics Lab® has teamed up with Sneaker Pimps to NOW release a very special limited model. Inspired by the chain link fence pattern that Sneaker Pimps is known for using in there various installations throughout the world, Accented with a seven colorway outsole bottom, JB x SP cinch bag, packaged with additional lace options. Also each shoe is hand numbered & limited to 144 pairs globally. And Ladies, the shoes start at a Men’s 4.5 so we’re not left out of this hotness!! You can cop ‘em here:
-Bodega (Boston)
-El kartel (Vancouver,BC)
-NormL (Ontario)
-P.E.G. ( Dallas,texas)
- Passover (Tokyo)
- Source (Shanghai)
- Espionage (Sydney)
- Laced (Brisbane)
-The Loft (New Zealand)
For more photos of the behind the scenes action of making this shoe, peep this.
The Lady Luck Rules Ok website has been relaunched and is as cute as ever! The site includes the same goodies as well as the following new features: “Write a Review” where customers can write an online review about the goodies you’ve purchased; the “Fanzine,” a bunch of gals who are doing it for themselves who write a column and tell us all about their adventures; “Super Search,” a search function that allows you to easily locate your favorite LLROK product; and the “Kiosk,” a whole new collection of quirky paper goods including crafty kits, handmade cards, books, hard to find magazines, rainbow note pads and much more! Peep it!!
“I’d buy everything, Clean out Vivienne Westwood…”
The legendary and sometimes dangerous fashions (remember the fall Naomi took on the runway…ouch!)of Vivienne Westwood are making their way to San Francisco for the exhibition Vivienne Westwood: 36 Years in Fashion. The exhibition will be showing between March 3rd-June 10th at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and will be the only North American venue of the international tour.
The exhibition which will showcase more than 150 garments and accessories, from the gloriously elegant to the rebelliously provocative. The work, created over 36 years, encompasses styles from the street style of the 1970s to grand ball gowns whose designs were influenced by historical art and dress, to more recent exploration of pattern-cutting techniques and socio-political critiques.
The designs of Miss Westwood are seriously a piece of fashion history. Don’t miss out on this show! I’m sure after I visit the exhibition I’ll probably be singing the same tune as Gwen and wishing I was a Rich Girl 
Info and Images: de Young Museum
Ms. Moss is making the leap from promoting other people’s products to producing/promoting her own. First came her Top Shop deal and now Kate recently signed a deal with Coty to launch her own fragrance, a “complicated floral” that “captures the two sides of Kate: the good Kate and the bad Kate[.]” Def can’t wait to get a whif of this one!
Full story after the jump . . .
Image & info: wwd
