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Chanel has a court date with a 61-year-old seamstress from France, Carmen Colle, who runs World Tricot (an ethical hand made clothing company employing refugees) working with Dior, Gaultier, Givenchy. She claims Chanel stole a crochet pattern from her and wants $3,7 Million in damages. Aux armes! (The Cut)

Terribly feminine and wearable, the BCBG Max Azria collection for the 2010 Summer had me all bored halfway through. The respectable clothes and the cliché, déjà vu, there was too much room to breath chez BCBG.
Herve Leger-like bandage dresses, Versace-sques and Balenciaga-esques prints, there was too much of everything in this “new” collection. (the story [...]

Once a brilliant design idea from Memphis, now a pop-museum-worthy piece, the Tawaraya boxing ring bed is currently exhibited in Paris (in Azzedine Alaia’s gallery, to be more specific).
The Tawaraya boxing ring bed was the work of the Memphis group (a Milan-based handful of extraordinary creative minds in furniture and product design) – that you [...]

In the new tradition of “book is the new black”, here comes another fashion explanatory tome, this time from Prada.
If you think fashion is something everyone (and their respective dogs) can handle, then get this: this 30 years print Prada recap (only) has 706 pages! It’s basically another way to establish fashion as a cultural [...]

Blessed be thy name, creativity! And blessed are those who come in your name, showing us what real talent means!
Jolis Paons, a student at Herron School of Art & Design designed and made entirely by hand this phone book pleated paper dress! And it doesn’t stop there: act two ensued with the Stick Dress! If [...]

We’re just spectators to Karl’s world. Simply observing and occasionally having our hair raised up, up in the sky by the endless wisdom of any Kaiser-ish saying he’s so graciously spilling on us whenever he gets the chance.
You should also be a passive witness of Karl Lagerfeld’s Journey through Paris (Paris is so a la [...]

I wonder if Ashton Kutcher ever saw one of these before imagining his Beautiful Life episodes! Then again, it got canceled, so there’s really nothing to worry about, is there?
This is your free backstage pass to the extraordinary Chanel Paris fashion show, Spring Summer 2010 edition. Even with the horrid sound, this authentic Chanel spy [...]

Now this is a lovely Barbie piece sent by our friend, Ellington! Thank you, beautiful, for keeping me au courant with Christian Louboutin’s latest adventure! Priceless!
Before I take this to the next snobbish level, let us all join hands and dance the childhood joy dance for this is such a glamorous new dawn for Barbie! [...]