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The Schmooze ‘Think Yiddish, Dress British’
It’s too bad Hanukkah and Christmas don’t coincide this year, because we’ve found the ultimate gift. Swiss Stays, a company that makes adjustable collar stays for men — yes, those things that come in the inside of your shirt collars — has teamed up with Saks Fifth Avenue to launch a special collection — “Think…
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The Schmooze Joan Rivers Picks on Jennifer Lawrence — Wrong Move
Joan Rivers picked the wrong lady to mess with. The “Fashion Police” diva was irked by some comments made by Jennifer Lawrence — otherwise known as Queen of Awesome and America’s favorite person — during a Q&A with Yahoo! employees last week. “There are shows like ‘The Fashion Police’ that are just showing these generations of young…
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Life More Than A Fashion Statement
Two new feminist t-shirts entered the world this past month and I am not sure which will incite more scandal, considering the context. One is a tight, black, short-sleeved v-neck tee that has “’Daughters of Israel, Do Not Dress Provocatively” printed across it in Hebrew. This is the same language women find on signs posted…
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Fast Forward Marc Jacobs Dumps Louis Vuitton for Own Label
Marc Jacobs, the star designer who turned Louis Vuitton from a staid luggage-maker into a global fashion brand, is leaving to focus on his own eponymous label, a source close to the French company’s parent LVMH said on Wednesday. The move follows a series of leadership changes at Louis Vuitton, LVMH’s cash cow and biggest…
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The Schmooze Michael Kors, Rachel Zoe Rock Fashion Week
Designers from the celebrity world put modern touches to classics on the runways on Wednesday as New York Fashion Week was drawing to a close. Michael Kors brought the pin-up model look up to date with pleats and fur, while Hollywood stylist-turned-designer Rachel Zoe freshened up sheaths and tailored trousers with a safari inspiration. Zoe…
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The Schmooze High Holy Days vs. Fashion Week
Crossposted From Under the Fig Tree It so happened this year that Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, coincided with New York’s Fashion Week, prompting some eagle-eyed observers to trumpet the possibility of a showdown between the “shofar and the shows,” a clash between the “Goddess of Fashion” and the God of the patriarchs and…
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The Schmooze Feminist Fashion in the Tower of David
It’s a striking experience to enter a hall dating to the Crusader period deep in the bowels of the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem, and to encounter mannequins draped in haute couture by some of the Israel’s top contemporary fashion designers. This is exactly the effect desired by new museum director…
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Fast Forward Oscar De La Renta Backs Up John Galliano
Designer Oscar de la Renta threw his support behind fashion bad boy John Galliano on Friday, saying the disgraced designer should be given a second chance after he was fired for his anti-Semitic rants in a Parisian cafe two years ago. De la Renta described Galliano, who lost his job at the French fashion house…
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