Stylee Fridays: Louise Gray Brings Spring 2010 to New York
- story Chioma Nnadi
Designer Louise Gray was in town this week along with a busload of other Brit fashion stars, winged in for a seasonal gathering by the London Centre for Fashion and Enterprise. We met Gray for the first time earlier this year, a flame-haired soft-spoken Glaswegian who started out as a hand embroiderer, and has quickly built her obsession outwards into full-blown, gorgeously textured and endlessly playful collections. She makes quirky, colorful clothes to fill her own closet, working on instinct rather than second guessing the needs of some imaginary woman, or fabled inspiration. Gray is essentially her own best muse, and readily admits to wearing all her designs pretty much all the time.
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posted on Nov 13, 2009 in STYLEE FRIDAYS tags Diane Pernet, Judy Blame, London Centre for Fashion Enterprise, Louise Gray
Be Friends: Joanna Newsom and Mister Mort
- story Peter Macia
When you’re friends with two people who don’t know each other sometimes you just assume they have met but didn’t quite make the connection, like all it will take is a bro connect sponsored by you and the triumvirate will be complete. At least this was our reaction when Mister Mort put up a photo of Joanna Newsom wearing a killer trench and perfectly coordinated shoes and Starbucks cup on his street style blog and didn’t seem to know it was her until a commenter told him so. It is also clear by the bewildered look in her eyes that she doesn’t know him. Dudes! Be pals! This could be a totally insane partnership on many levels of detailing and anachronistic life choices. Hit us up for the intro.
Aloha Rag Offers Practical Results With Their New Line
- story Alex Frank
Aloha Rag is a bright spot of a boutique on the west side of New York with colorful Henrik Vibskov knits and playfully deviant work of Martin Margiela. It’s not a store for fashion lovers who drape themselves in basic black. We love Aloha Rag for their kaleidoscopic medley of styles, colors, and aesthetics. But for their first foray into designing their own clothes, it’s not weirdness and subversion that rule the day.
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posted on Nov 12, 2009 in STYLE, STYLE NEWS tags Aloha Rag, Henrik Vibskov, martin margiela, thakoon
Staff Affections
- story Alex Frank
Every Thursday, FADER style assistant Alex Frank asks employees and employers at our favorite shops around the world what their most cherished in-store item is at that exact moment. This week, we caught up with New York’s EVA.
CRUSHFanzine Pop-up Shop at the Ace Hotel
- story Chioma Nnadi
CRUSHFanzine’s most recent issue is all about obsession, and judging by the toe-suckingly tantalizing cover, they’ve made sure foot fetishists get their moment too. CRUSH are also curating a special one-day-only pop-up shop this Saturday at the Ace Hotel New York, filled with goodies inspired by issues past and present, like dark and handsome French actors and strapping Russian-American soccer players who moonlight as models, among other man crushes. There are reportedly limited-edition Converse on sale, and tasteful bits and bob from brands like Opening Ceremony and Commonwealth Utilities. Full shopping list and RSVP details after the jump.
Itemized: The Penfield Navajo Satchel
- story Siri Thorson
Every week a different FADER staff member will pick a clothing item or accessory that he or she has lately been spending a lot of time with—or would like to—and write a little love letter to it. We would’ve done a column on who we’re dating but that seemed a little bit much. This week style intern Siri Thorson writes about the Penfield Navajo Satchel.
Corduroy Lovers Reunite
- story Chioma Nnadi
We heard through the grapevine, aka We Are The Market, that members of The Corduroy Appreciation Club would be holding another one of their clandestine meetings this week. The gatherings are obviously bi-annual affairs, since 1/11 and 11/11 are the only two dates on the calendar that truly represent and resemble the grain of this wondrous fabric. Past keynote speakers have included Vahram Mateosian (respected tailor and costume designer of The Royal Tenenbaums) and writer Jonathan Ames, and this month Sloane Crosley is headlining. To be honest though, we’re holding out for November 11th, 2011, that golden summit when all the stars will be aligned and—if we have our way—cord devotee Wes Anderson will take his turn on the podium (he recently admitted to the Guardian, “I rely on corduroy.”). If the folks at Style Salvage are anything to go by, Anderson’s new movie, Fantastic Mr Fox is about to be a full-on homage to the woven and waled. Info for the next top secret meeting is after the jump. We only hope that this little dude is in attendance too.
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posted on Nov 10, 2009 in STYLE NEWS tags Jonathan Ames, The Corduroy Appreciation Club, Wes Anderson
Zoologie’s New World Collection
- story Chioma Nnadi
Aussie design duo Zoologie have been on the road with their inspiration for a couple of seasons. Last time it was African Safari, and now the brand new fall 2010 collection takes cues from Native American tribes—a theme that’s a little closer to home at least for us northern hemisphere shoppers. The patterns and textures are specifically based on Hopi Kachina dolls, and there are awesome snippets of their research on the married couple’s blog. Incidentally, the deer and the eagle are the two important Hopi Kachina icons which is totally in line with the four-legged vibes we’ve been channeling lately. No roaring beast heads here though, all the animal prints in the new collection are interpretative Native American style.
Stylee Fridays: Grace Coddington and Her Catwalk Cats
- story Chioma Nnadi
It’s been one month, three weeks and two days since we went to see The September Issue, but our crush on creative director Grace Coddington shows no signs of abating. Aside from being the most amazing fashion stylist the world has ever seen, Coddington is a dedicated cat lady—she has been known to sneak kittens into her fashion stories (dyed-purple!!), and we’re pretty sure if she had her way there would be an annual issue dedicated to her four-legged friends on the Vogue editorial calendar. Alongside her partner Didier Malige, she has been nuturing a giant cat family for the past 20 years in the West Village. And her book The Catwalk Cats is Coddington’s illustrated love letter to the pack. Told through the eyes of Puff, the handsome red-headed Tabby in the bunch, the book is divided into four chapters and four seasons, starting with the birth of Bart, a drop dead gorgeous Blue Persian cat, and traces front-row antics, Met Ball outfits and frollickings with the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and Rei Kawakubo. Coddington does all of the drawings, and you can literally chart her own real-life adventures—parts of the spring chapter are scribbled on Ritz Paris note paper (covering the shows perhaps?) among other hotels in far lung locales. Hands down the sweetest moments in this tale: Maligne’s gallery of feline at home pictures, including snaps of Grace feeding Bart his first breakast.
Teki Latex’s Phenomenon Capsule Line
We’ve written about Teki Latex’s impeccable style before, and apparently we’re not the only ones who’ve noticed his propensity for colorful prep and confident quirks. Japanese men’s label Phenomenon, whose most recent line consisted of Warriors-inspired street style with a touch of pagan apocalypse, has enlisted Teki to create a capsule collection based on his personal aesthetic. He graciously sent us an exclusive sneak peek at the lookbook full of crisp polos with dandyish elements like top hats and canes combined with Pac-Man-y pop art, a characteristic blend of playful and classic. But the piece that really turned us out was this crazy Cosby-invoking cardigan with all the pieces of the line combined in one pop: what appears to be a shark (dinosaur?) polar bear (thanks dudes!) in a top hat with a cane and a monocle. Touché, Teki, touché.
