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Trussardi Menswear Spring / Summer 2013

Trussardi Menswear Spring / Summer 2013 TRUSSARDI Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2013 Milan Men's Fashion Week >> MORE: Trussardi Trussardi Menswear Photo Gallery- complete collection: [nggallery id112] In their words... TRUSSARDI MEN’S COLLECTION SPRING/SUMMER 2013 Nicola Trussardi’s young son welcomes to his family home dear friends from around the world to spend relaxing moments at the beach. >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS With the Spring/Summer 2013 collection, Umit Benan Sahin describes the summer vacations of young urban men who share the same aesthetic and cultural sensibility: a varied crew with a strong identity. The setting is the sea and the romantic Tyrrhenian coast full of little everyday rituals, consolidated family customs, and Italian

John Varvatos Spring/Summer 2013 Fashion Show JOHN VARVATOS Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2013 Milan Fashion Week – Menswear "I am constantly inspired by everything that I see around me." says John Varvatos. " I think the idea of elegance is relevant again for an audience that, so far, has not experienced the taste of it. Youthful elegance, therefore, is my feeling for this season, meaning with youth an attitude, not a matter of age. >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS I mixed a sense of dress-up with touches of my very own perfect imperfection and I added a dash of the military. The play of juxtapositions gives a nonchalant twist, yet everything looks proper on the surface. This

Emporio Armani Menswear Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2013 Milan Men's Fashion Week >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS In their words... EMPORIO ARMANI MENSWEAR - SPRING/SUMMER 2013 COLLECTION IMPECCABLE A new concept in impeccable elegance that is the embodiment of freshness and decorum, with a hint of aristocracy. The collection is composed of all those pieces that should be in the wardrobe of a young man who values contemporary style and refined details. Trench coats, caban jackets and jackets in classic fabrics - Prince of Wales, herringbone and micro check prints are treated and crafted using technical procedures that give them a new texture. The insides of the jackets are taped and thermo-sealed for a perfect contemporary silhouette.

Christian Louboutin Exhibition London Design Museum

Girls just wanna look at shoes... The Christian Louboutin exhibition has broken all previous visitor records at the London Design Museum with an average daily attendance of 910 visitors. Humm, I think there were more Loub fanatics desperately trying to get into the Christian Louboutin New York sample sale! >> MORE: Christian Louboutin ‘It’s been a real pleasure to see a lot of my ‘babies’ featured all together for the first time. It’s not only an entire collection of shoes that I saw there but for me a huge collection of souvenirs, precious moments, and very rarely sorrows,’ says Louboutin. >> SHOE SHOPPING GUIDES The exhibition is the first UK retrospective for the King of French footwear and celebrates his illustrious career of keeping fashionistas

Dream Wardrobe and SALE in the same sentence... I could swoon. Barney's just launched its Dream Wardrobe with some pretty fabulous high-end new arrivals for fall 2012. You may want to salivate over here. THE ROW Kekman Vest $14,000 The highest price item at the moment of writing is The Kekman Vest from The Row. Frankly, I'm not a fan of wearing vanity fur but this one looks like chiced up roadkill to me to boot, and for 14 grand... eeech. >> MORE: Shopping Guides and Shopping Stories Patchwork fur aside, there are some pretty gorgeous luxury items hitting Barney's. But not to feel excluded, they are kind enough to also have their PHENOMINAL 60%OFF SALE now for the rest of us. Updated

The Summer Suit... still relaxed yet sleek from Balenciaga Resort 2013... Just in time for the first scorching hot days of summer here in NYC comes the perfect refresher course on attainable chic from the Resort 2013 collections. >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Day three of our look at extracting the trends from next season for now has our attention on Balenciaga's directional outing. Full of ultra-smart, forever chic options with a real-world appeal, Nicolas Ghesquiere worked the working-girl ease of his stellar Fall 2012 collection into an airy and distinctively re-appropriated series of desirable looks. >>MORE: Business Chic Amidst the selection of references were a mix of smart separates like this natty suit in a rich paper bag brown hue. While

The Summer LBD... it's kinda a fast-forward, roll back... Call it a bonus that the 2013 Resort collections are happening just as the summer season kick's off -with plenty of notes for you to take inspiration from. Consider Preen's ultra-femme black cut-out dress the ultimate little-black-dress to be on the out look for this season, long before it reaches stores! Its unadorned surfaces, classic silhouette and retro inclinations are sure to make it a year-round staple that you can wear many a ways. We like the simplicity suggested here with white shoes to punctuate the ladylike elegance of the piece's shape. >>Resort Highlights from the 2013 Collections Yet one can also imagine it with accessories of all sort from statement

Leave it to Marni to revive the Doctor Frame Bag in a covetable range of options -yes the Doctor's Bag is back! Known for mining through vintage era's with a razor-sharp focus on the 60's and 70's specifically, Marni is set to release a series of framed bags that are certain to have you hooked... >>Expert Style Advice: Our Best Bags Shopping Guide Sure, they've come back in vogue every ten years or so, but what makes Marni's resurrection of them seem so succinct is the fact that they work as a refreshing alternative to the now polarizing divide between slouchy, organically shaped bags and ultra-conservative 'heritage' options out there. >>More Marni: Marni Spring 2012 Runway Review And while these

Resort 2013 Highlights that you can wear now! Take note ladies, no need to wait until December to get your hands for top inspiring trends to hits stores... First up, cropped printed pants. >>More: On Mastering Printed Pants The 2013 Resort collections may not be hitting shops until months from now, but we take that as even more reason to take a cue and get ahead of the game by paying attention on how to wear the latest future looks now, especially come the transitional weather many of us are currently facing. >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Our first look at key notes that caught our attention at the Resort shows that everyone can instantly adapt into their summer repertoire were a smart

While the Resort 2013 presentations can't hardly be over, we can't help but take a moment and share highlights from the season so far... And with men's fashion weeks popping up just as couture is set to start early July, there are still Resort shows being intimately, however sporadically shown, that cannot be missed. >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Take note as many of the season's collections continue to deliver completely wearable, functional clothes to covet, and what's even more to take note of is what we've got in store for you this week. Straight from the top collections we've highlighted here will be a four-day look at how to incorporate key ideas into your own look this summer. After all,

Collab News... Conceptual & timeless style goes mass by way of the H&M Collaboration With Maison Martin Margiela. Honestly, I'm not sure about this. I'm a bit selfish on sharing but then again, sure why not. Everyone should get a piece of better than basic, decidedly edgy and almost never go out of style as it's never really "in style," just ever so slightly avant grade, yet mostly wearable. The blouse blanche It's Maison Martin Margiela that I ramble. >> MORE: Cheap Chic You see, almost every day, I find myself wearing something from the French conceptual, yet timeless design house. Not necessarily the "wiggy" pieces but shoes, lot's of shoes, jewelry, shirts, a jacket here and there and some sweaters

Master a confident hand at mixing vivid prints into your look this summer for the perfect Make-Over Monday, allowing you a full week to play with prints! Go ahead, attempt to take them for a test drive, just be sure to share your pics with us along the way... Start the week and the season off in on-trend style with our look at one of the season's biggest stories -Prints, and plenty of them. >>MORE: Prints, and how to wear them Take actress Elena Anaya above in Prada as the perfect example on taking a bold print to the max with an ultra-femme shape and shoes to boot. While her dress boasts a vintage smock shape, its novelty print in

Feeling sorry for yourself? Need a little boost? What the heck is age-appropriate anyway? We've got the elixir to charge you up! Over 700 costume elements. Six costume changes for the Material Girl herself. A costume change for the dancers with each song. Yup, Madonna is back! And, along with comes the iconic cone bra 2.0. Madonna's MDNA World Tour opened in Tel Aviv last week and it's pointing up. First making waves in 1992 with Madonna's Blonde Ambition Tour, Jean Paul Gaultier have updated their longtime gender-bending provocation with a specially designed MDNA Madonna cone bra cage corset. >>MORE: Madonna "I see Madonna as one of the greatest performing artists and entertainers of our generation," says longtime stylist Arianne Phillips

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Trussardi Menswear Spring / Summer 2013

John Varvatos Spring/Summer 2013

Emporio Armani Menswear Fashion Show Photos- Spring / Summer 2013

Shoezam! Christian Louboutin Exhibition London Record Breaker

Dream Wardrobe Alert! And A Fab SALE Too… Thank You Barney’s

Balenciaga Wear It Now! The New Summer Suit- Resort 2013 Highlights for a spin on Business Chic

Wear It Now – The Ladylike Summer LBD – Preen Resort 2013 Highlights

Want It Wednesday – The Doctor Bag Is Back – Marni’s New Fall ‘IT’ Bag

Carven & Celine Wear It Now! Cropped Printed Pants- Resort 2013 Highlights

Resort 2013: Highlights From The Runways So Far from Preen, Celine, Valentino, Balenciaga

Cheap Chic Alert: It’s Official! H&M Collaboration With Maison Martin Margiela

Make-Over Monday – Add Prints to Your Summer Look

MDNA: Madonna’s Cone Bra 2.0, The Costumes, The Show…The Material Girl Still Has It Going On!

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