Talking about stripes! Have you seen the latest CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund winner collection for J. Crew? It’s Joseph Altuzarra giving his personal spin on the navy stripes, the bright colors and the jeans to wear this season. I wish I could say it’s Altuzarra just by looking at a blue denim pencil skirt, [...]
Joseph Altuzarra Collection For J. Crew
April 23rd, 2012 by kpriss — Designers
Designers & eBay You Can’t Fake Fashion $200 Bags
You Can’t Fake Fashion is a great initiative started by eBay and CFDA (the Council of Fashion Designers of America) in their efforts to minimize the impact of counterfeit goods on original fashion. By substituting the fake goods with “Can’t Fake Fashion” goods. And to be perfectly honest, judging by the looks of the totes [...]
March 20th, 2012 by kpriss — Bags, Designers
Johnny Depp, The Sartorialist, Garance Dore Receiving CFDA Award
Unexpected? Johnny Depp, as we said earlier, is pretty revolutionary when it comes to giving life to his characters, so it’s well deserved (well, maybe they should’ve mentioned Fashion Icon Award for Movie Roles or something, but hey, it’s Johnny, he can get away with anything as far as I’m concerned!). Also, The Sartorialist and [...]
March 15th, 2012 by kpriss — Designers
Lady Gaga Received CFDA Icon Award
From what I see, there’s an entire controversy on whether Lady Gaga should or should have not received the CFDA Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Celebrating the excess and the madness of doing whatever for the sake of entertaining, Lady Gaga is the perfect portrait of today’s performer. Crowning her [...]
June 7th, 2011 by kpriss — Celebrities, Trends
Push Magazine 2 Alexander McQueen Cover
You might guess why I went for this edition of Push It Magazine: Defender. And even if you didn’t see it, I’ll tell you anyway: McQueen. Yes. Alexander McQueen. There’s a special cover, tribute to his greatness, with a special styling and one of those alien cocoon dresses torn from Star Gate something. I sometimes [...]
June 15th, 2010 by kpriss — Designers, Featured, Magazines
CFDA. The Journal. The Houses
The CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Fashion Awards 2010 is upon us. Next Monday there’ll be fashion and there’ll be awards. And hopefully we’ll taste a part of the fun and the exclusiveness even from the outside. The annual journal that was put together for the occasion features the nominated designers was photographed [...]
June 6th, 2010 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Designers, Events
The 2009 CFDA Awards Winners
Dechiré and bandage chic set the fashion tone! Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy were honored with the CFDA Award for Womenswear Designer of the Year. The Council of Fashion Designers of America also decided that the most notable emerging designer is Alexander Wang (womenswear and Tim Hamilton for Menswear). Anna Sui received the Geoffrey Beene [...]
June 15th, 2009 by kpriss — Celebrities, Designers, Events, Featured, Trends
Why Celebrity Goes Designer
And here I was, day after day, wondering how far and how many more from the celebrity lines will join the designer ranks… Now I know why there’s hardly a day passing by without a new fragrance by an actor/
June 3rd, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Wisdom Without Moderation

















