Blog, November 2012 
Streetwear labels re-styling high-fashion brand logos to reflect street culture swag can be dated back to legendary hip-hop designer Dapper Dan in the ‘80s, who would feature recognizable high-end logos like Gucci and Louis Vuitton on everything from bomber jackets to velour sweatsuits. Today high-end logos are once again serving as inspiration for today’s streetwear labels with a number of parody t-shirts poking fun at status logos.
Blog, November 2012 
Clyde designer Dani Griffiths has made a name for herself designing some of the coziest knit and crochet cold weather accessories. However, for Fall/Winter’12 the Brooklyn-based designer is adding millinery to her expanding repertoire with a gorgeously crafted collection of chapeaux. These amazing classic velour felted toppers add the chicest finishing touch to any look.
Blog, October 2012 
“I reach for my signature pieces time and time again because I love getting the most out of my clothes,” says Grasie Mercedes, a born and raised New Yorker who moved to the West Coast to pursue her dream of acting, on her daily wardrobe necessities. Since settling in L.A., the Latina beauty has racked up a ton of commercial spots, a handful of acting parts on the small and big screen, and Mercedes also flexes her comedy chops doing sketch comedy with Top Story!
Blog, October 2012 
Sweatshirts are having a big fashion moment and none more than the sold out ‘80s airbrushed Balenciaga galactic iteration. During this recent Fashion Week season, you couldn’t click through a street-style blog without spotting everyone from celebrities, models, fashion bloggers to editors donning this boxy Sci-Fi-inspired sweatshirt with a whopping price tag of $3,150! While the sought-after top is taking the fashion world by storm, we couldn’t help but wonder what men, outside of the fashion industry bubble, think about the revival of this geek chic top.
Blog, October 2012 
The unexpected beauty and sophistication of ebony walls will have you going black.
Blog, October 2012 
Jewelry doesn’t get any bolder, stronger and in-your-face than the avant-garde pieces by Giuliana Mancinelli Bonafaccia. The young Italian jewelry designer who studied architecture and home design incorporates her sculptural point of view to her edgy hand-crafted collection. The Rome-based designer works with uncoventional materials like the chemical compound ruthenium black to play with texture and add a stricking lift to her pieces.
Blog, October 2012 
While fashion bloggers like to play model on their blogs and nowadays are actually getting hired to model, Rag & Bone’s D.I.Y. Project allows real models to be fashion bloggers. It’s like a fashion web Freaky Friday!
Rag & Bone handpicked the girls who they felt embodied the brand’s cool downtown aesthetic they’re known for and gave them a camera and a bag of clothes to document the way they wear their Rag & Bone.
Blog, October 2012 
This sharp two tone, navy and black, wool Carven coat ($865) has been stalking me since I came across it at Farfetch.com. I then spied two women wearing it at an event last week and fell in love with the jacket. I love the structured tailored fit that accentuates the waistline, the round neck and the curved hem and tonal stitching that gives the illusion of a peplum hem.
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