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POLO RALPH LAUREN U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM OUTFITS UNVEILED IN BEIJING

The Olympic Games kicked off on Friday and the U.S. team paraded in a stylish march unveiling their Polo Ralph Lauren 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Parade Outfits.
American athletes marched during the commencement celebration in Opening Ceremony uniforms evoking the heritage and legacy of the 1920’s and 1930’s. A polished and tailored silhouette made […]

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NATIONAL UNDERWEAR DAY LETS IT ALL HANG OUT

Nation Underwear Day took place this past Tuesday and to celebrate freshpair.com held a fashion runway show in a venue for the first time.  The past few years the event took place in Times Square, but they’ve cleary stepped up to bigger and better things.
The venue was Espace for a celebrity packed runway hosted by […]

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Pattern Recognition

Izzy gives Prince Charles credit for being, er, ballsy enough to wear kilts in celebration of the union of Scotland and England, but he erred royally in combining a loud tartan with a bold argyle.  Either the kilt or socks ought to have been muted or plain, as the Scottish nationalist Sean Connerydemonstrates.

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STUSSY LAS VEGAS FLAGSHIP OPENING

Streetwear/skate label Stussy will be opening a Las Vegas flagship store on March 8th. An opening celebration is planned for March 7th featuring Just Blaze. If you’re in Sin City, check it out.
Stussy Flagship Store 4480 Paradise Road #350 Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 693-5400
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CONVERSE LAUNCHES “CONNECTIVITY” AD CAMPAIGN

Converse celebrates their 100th anniversary this year and to celebrate, they are launching a new ad campaign called “Connectivity”. The campaign celebrates the past 10 decades of shaking up the status quo and features icons from a broad spectrum of music, art, sports and fashion.

The campaign aims to visually ‘connect’ past and present Converse […]

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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK: YOKO DEVEREAUX COLLECTION FALL/WINTER 2008/2009 MENSWEAR RUNWAY REVIEW

For Fall/Winter 2008-09 hip Brooklyn-based menswear label Yoko Devereaux presented a collection taking inspiration from the darker side of our culture’s obsession with high society and celebrity.
Presenting at men’s fashion week this past Monday, creative director Andy Salzer titled his collection “Holding Up the Heiress”. The celebrity obsession was added to via the presence […]

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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK EVENTS: PERONI & VOGUE ITALIA PRESENT: 50 YEARS OF ITALIAN STYLE

Photo credit: L’Uomo Vogue February 1996 by Walter Chin
With the spectacle that is New York Fashion Week right around the corner, we thought it an opportune time to tell you about events going in around the city in celebration of fashion week.

In keeping with the current rage of collaborations, Vogue Italia, the international style bible, […]

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PARIS FASHION WEEK: JOHN GALLIANO COLLECTION FALL/WINTER 2008/2009 MENSWEAR RUNWAY REVIEW

For Fall/Winter 2008-09 designer John Galliano got medieval on our ass.
Never one for a quiet presentation the evil genius sent Princes, court jesters and bloody executioners gliding out on a runway representing ice.
Indeed the name of the collection was “Ice” a reference to the River Thames frost fairs that would take place when the river […]

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Angular Momentum

As a celebrity, it’s part of Wesley Snipes’ job to a draw attention to himself, which he easily accomplished with an oddly angled collar. The non-traditional collar didn’t offend Izzy as much as he would have expected, but the extra-long dimple in the tie had the opposite effect. Is it possible for a […]

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Is Hedi Slimane Returning to LVMH to Design a Signature Line?

Will Slimane be returning to the stable of designers at LVMH?
That’s the question being asked in this weeks DNR.  The star designer, who left LVMH this past year as head designer of Dior Homme, has wanted his own label for a while.  Now may be his chance to get it.
We think a Hedi Slimane […]

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