I want - I got

I want - I got readers, Ulrika and Alexandra emailed me about their online gallery called Andyland.se. It’s a new online gallery shop featuring contemporary art by Scandinavian illustrators and fashion photographers.
I was really taken by some of the fashion illustration
Kicki Fjell

Moa Lindqvist Bartling

Alice Shulman

Prints are available for purchase on the website.
images: andyland.se

The Jil Sander Fall 2007 collection was very beautiful. Clean straight lines (the best kind) and of course beautiful tailoring. I really was taken by the accessories more than the clothes.

The wedge is the best out the bunch.

Hello boots! These come a close second to the wedge. I do worry about [...]

Italian designer Armani denies plans to sell his fashion group - Forbes.com
FRANKFURT (AFX) - Giorgio Armani denied a report that he is planning to sell his fashion group, daily Die Welt said, citing the Italian designer.
(tags: fashion+news Giorgio+Armani industry)

I love the new spring 2007 coats at Club Monaco. First they came in black and khaki with wide cropped sleeves. They look amazing on the mannequin.

Then I spotted the slicker version. Grey patent, this would be a standout coat.

Unfortunately, I realized that I couldn’t pull it off. I put [...]

Clothes are making the man again - Newsday.com
More men have a passion for fashion, which has shaken up the menswear industry and boosted sales
(tags: fashion+news menswear industry trends)

Designer Jeffrey Sebelia on Life After ‘Project Runway’ - Spring Fashion 2007 — New York Magazine
N owadays, most reality-show contestants arrive on set with a plan, a story [...]

I read an interesting article on the expansion of the Marc Jacobs empire, a lower priced line. In the article, Marc Jacobs for the Masses, Robert Duffy, Marc’s business partner, describes it “as an alternative to the mass-market promotional tool of designer and high-street collaborations, the line would be an inexpensive offering [...]

Club Monaco Final Fall Clearance Sale

Up to 70% Off.

Augustina Boutique Clearance Sale
Feburary 22 - 24, 2007

Up to 80% off.
390 Dupont Street
Toronto
10am - 7pm

A field guide to young American designers. - By Josh Patner - Slate Magazine
The fall 2007 season began in New York this week with an unprecedented sense of bloat. Some 200 designers filled venues around town, innumerable corporate sponsors filled gift bags, and cable-TV hosts filled the airwaves with chatter about both. Does any
(tags: fashion+news [...]

Bloomberg.com: Europe
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury-goods maker, boosted second-half profit by 21 percent as shoppers purchased more Dom Perignon champagne and monogrammed handbags.
(tags: fashion+news lvmh)

William Rast Extends Its Lifestyle Collection - MarketWatch
LOS ANGELES, Feb 15, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The William Rast collection of men [...]

I noticed Cool Hunting has finally discovered the Odd Bird Domino Pendants that I talked about on blogTO and in my Variety Magazine article. Congrats to Tara for the nod.
image: paul baik

Fashion.Verbatim.: Marc Jacobs: Fashion Deity?
Marc Jacobs is a genius. To quote the previous phrase would be prove to be both tedious and superfluous. While it may have very well been Kalman Ruttenstein, Bloomingdale’s senior Vice President of fashion direction, who first, at least so publicly, utter
(tags: fashion+news marc+jacobs rant fashion+verbatim)