Archive for January, 2009

 

Eff Off, Monograms

January 21st, 2009

Louis Vuitton, your clothes are so beautiful.  Why must you ruin every handbag that you make with your stupid initials all over it?  Your pre-fall line is gorgeous.  Sleek, smart, and sexy.  Why can’t you learn from that?  The only items that I own and wear that have anyone’s brand name on it have all [...]

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Urban Heirlooms

January 21st, 2009

Keep your cash under key with Urban Heirlooms Black Leather Skeleton Key wallet.   Not sure how spectacular this would be to keep in your back pocket (might cause for some uncomfortable sittings-down), but just think about how many times us ladies have shrunk our waists to fit into tiny little corsets to look good. [...]

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The (Old) New Look

January 21st, 2009

After covering Dior’s Winter collection based on his 1947 New Look, I thought it might be good to  look back and check out what exactly the New Look WAS. Dior’s 1947 collection made a more significant impact on fashion history than any other single collection. The world was coming out of WWII, and for years [...]

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Christian Dior Fall/Winter ’09

January 20th, 2009

I know we have already been covering the Spring and even pre-Fall shows, but this show was just too spectacular to ignore. Playing up 20′s-inspired hats,  red lips, black cat eyeliner, and super high-arched eyebrows, the collection took an interesting chance and succeeded- the entire show is self-referential and based in large part on their [...]

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Hail Mary

January 20th, 2009

I am not a religious woman, unless you count my growing collection of religious paraphanalia.   I will get down on my knees and pray to whatever god you want, bow down to any altar, and make any sort of virginal sacrifice it takes if it means this Dior dress from the pre-fall 2009 collection [...]

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