Just finished reading the Versace article and found it to be a good read. I've heard about all that was going on with the company. The family resisting change, the decline of the brand. I always thought the brand was doing good because J Lo wore that gown and everyone went nuts, but then again that was many many moons ago.
Glad to hear that Allegra is studying at Brown.
It's interesting that Missoni, also family ran is doing great. #versace
Kate Moss and I: both squinting as we trim our bangs in the mirror. Kate, I like to spread out a plastic trash bag over the sink first, as "the help" (Mr. Leucadia) dislikes wiping up wet bang fragments. #versace
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: "Ed Hardy Uggs" You've rendered me speechless... And let me tell you, that is quite a feat! Actually, I'm still hoping you're playing a cruel trick on us. Ed Hardy Uggs, Really? #versace
@Being pecked to death by a chicken: Really. I live in TEXAS and saw some at Macy's. I snapped a cell picture to prove it to passerby but it is unneeded, BEHOLD!
I looked up photos from Pakistan Fashion Week after seeing the ones that were posted on here, and I gotta say, those are some of the most beautiful women and clothes I'v ever seen. Makes me sad that many of us associate Pakistan with poverty and terrorism and kind of overlook the beauty and the culture. #ragtrade
Granted, I don't work for a luxury fashion house, but the story of Versace very much mirrors what has happened at my company. We've seen countless executives brought in, in an attempt to rein in our spazzy, crazy CEO. It just goes to show that resisting change, refusing to evolve and failing to think creatively about your business will fuck you in the end. And also forgetting that 2, 5, 10 heads are better than one.
The Versace fall has been a long time coming, but it's been really interesting, for me, to watch which retailers and apparel lines have failed and flourished during the past few years, and why.
I read that news about Moises de la Renta and giggled to myself, imagining that Chris Kattan's Mango character from SNL was an actual person with his own private designer. #ragtrade
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I am no expert but I think they have been back for a couple of years. Go right ahead! Don't take your fashion advice from someone else's small children! #ragtrade
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Oh capes are DEFINITELY back, I saw one in Ann Taylor Loft the other day, and one in Club Monaco. And I'm pretty sure I saw one in J. Crew too. #ragtrade
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I love capes and would love to have one if only I could solve the handbag situation. You're forced to have it dangle on your arm or hold it in your hand and my bags are way too heavy for that, Also, I need both hands. You know, for stuff. #versace
@BlondeGoddess: I have a similar problem with hats. I love wearing hats in the winter, like real structured wool felt hats, but once you put it on you're kind of committed to wearing it. Without a coat check, you can hang up your coat and scarf or wad them up somewhere, but I always end up with a hat sort of awkwardly sitting on my lap. Very awkward in crowded restaurants and such.
I think the sort of ladies who wear hats would know what to do with them, and are too elegant to be wadding up coats anyway. #versace
@Leucadia: You know, I once went to the Ritz Cafe in Boston for lunch with a (much better heeled) friend, and it was late winter. I checked my coat, and the coat-check person asked my name and greeted me by name when I came to pick it up, and immediately brought the right coat without a tag. It was like a window into a much more fabulous world where I had a discrete identity to strangers. That was years and years ago, and I have never forgotten it.
Which is just a long-winded way of saying that I too am into hats, and the more structured designs and high-quality fabrics and accessories of yore. #versace
Confession: I've bought a Miley-designed shirt from Wal-Mart. Which leads me to the bigger confession: I shop at Wal-Mart. Regularly. Whew, feels good to get that one out there. #mileycyrus
@Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: When I went there the other night looking for left over Halloween candy some of her stuff was pretty cute. I think Wal-Mart is just trying to get on Target's game with their cheapie designer stuff.
That being said I went on Nov 1st at 7pm and the Halloween candy had ALREADY been replaced by X-mas candy. WTF.
If they want me to get so fat that I have to buy a new wardrobe they need to give me some discount candy.
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@Lizard in the Wires now with even MORE metal in the face!: Target has been really disappointing in their celeb/designer lines lately. The McQueen one was lame and the Anna Sui was sooooo expensive. I still have some stuff from the Proenza Schouler and Behnaz Sarafpour collections (several years old now) that I wear all the time, but the newer stuff has been MAJOR LAMESAUCE. I'm holding out hope for the Rodarte line. #mileycyrus
@katie.scarlett.o'hara: I haven't liked much of their new stuff either. But I thought maybe it was meant to appeal to more of a high school fashionista crowd? That was the only thing I could come up with.
But Mizrahi always brings it (well, he generally brings it). #mileycyrus
@Lizard in the Wires now with even MORE metal in the face!: Yeah, definitely. That whole Gossip Girl thing was so stupid. There was maybe one dress I liked, but the rest just looked too trendy, and it was all like $50-60! Way too much for Target.
Mizrahi is totally gone! I think his last collection was earlier this year? I really miss his stuff. Target is usually crap when it comes to shoes, but his were actually great.
I think Mossimo or whatever the Target brand is has been stepping it up lately, so we have one small thing to be thankful for, lol. #mileycyrus
The Lady Gaga clothing line will debut with the "Poker Face," an ingenious face-defense sheath made of lace available in avant-red, paparazzi-purple, and disco-stick-dandelion. Crown sold separately. #mileycyrus
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Glad to hear that Allegra is studying at Brown.
It's interesting that Missoni, also family ran is doing great. #versace
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The Versace fall has been a long time coming, but it's been really interesting, for me, to watch which retailers and apparel lines have failed and flourished during the past few years, and why.
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When I read this the first thing I thought of was Mango, that weird SNL monkey character Chris Kattan used to play.
I would actually be very interested in seeing that clothing line. #ragtrade
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Oooh right! Okay than I would like a collaborative clothing line from the two. Simian/Stripper wear! #versace
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Stop it! I already like you too much!
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I think the sort of ladies who wear hats would know what to do with them, and are too elegant to be wadding up coats anyway. #versace
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Which is just a long-winded way of saying that I too am into hats, and the more structured designs and high-quality fabrics and accessories of yore. #versace
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That being said I went on Nov 1st at 7pm and the Halloween candy had ALREADY been replaced by X-mas candy. WTF.
If they want me to get so fat that I have to buy a new wardrobe they need to give me some discount candy.
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But Mizrahi always brings it (well, he generally brings it). #mileycyrus
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Mizrahi is totally gone! I think his last collection was earlier this year? I really miss his stuff. Target is usually crap when it comes to shoes, but his were actually great.
I think Mossimo or whatever the Target brand is has been stepping it up lately, so we have one small thing to be thankful for, lol. #mileycyrus
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The Lady Gaga clothing line will debut with the "Poker Face," an ingenious face-defense sheath made of lace available in avant-red, paparazzi-purple, and disco-stick-dandelion. Crown sold separately. #mileycyrus