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Lulu Frost introduces its latest collaboration with J.Crew for the Fall 2013 season. The collection, Harvest Moon, combines the vintage-inspired aesthetic of Lulu Frost with J.Crew’s modern sensibility. The collection retails from $98 – $228, Harvest Moon will be available for purchase at select J.Crew locations, launching September 16th, as well as online at jcrew.com, beginning September 18th.
On the heels of the 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target release, Target announces their upcoming spring collaboration with London-based designer Peter Pilotto! The announcement came at a perfect time, at the designers’ SS 2014 runway show at London Fashion Week. Mark your calendars for the launch date on February 9, 2014, the collection will be available at most Target stores in the U.S. and Canada, Target.com and for international fans a curated assortment of the limited-edition collection will be sold on NET-A-PORTER.COM.
Peter Pilotto for Target will feature women’s apparel, accessories and swimwear featuring nearly 70 items and ranges in price from $14.99 to $79.99 for apparel and swimwear and $16.99 to $39.99 for accessories. Key pieces include chic dresses, flattering skirts and versatile swimwear that can be mixed-and-matched. More info to come…
Can’t wait for all the prints!
For those of you that are dying for more sneak peeks of the Isabel Marant Pour H&M collection since the first one- here’s another one for ya! This time around H&M unveiled a few accessories including belts, jewelry and a pump. Super excited about the collaboration and can’t wait to see more. I’m going crazy for it!
The limited edition Isabel Marant Pour H&M collection will be available from November 14, 2013, in around 250 stores worldwide and online, the collection features clothing and accessories for women and teenagers. Isabel Marant will also, for the first time, create a collection for men.
Remember last fashion week when the Nike Dunk Sky Hi – City Pack released and I was the first one to rock the Paris edition before its release date? Well, this season Nike brought back the City Pack but in the Air Revolution Sky Hi style. According to Sneaker News, the NYC pair dropped earlier this this week but there are also four more to come. Those others would be London, Tokyo, Milan, and Paris, each of which will release first in their associated city and globally come October 26th.
Do you like the new City Pack or the previous edition? I WANT THEM ALL!! Way better than the first in my opinion.
Super excited for Rihanna’s Fall 2013 collection with MAC! After releasing her Summer collection earlier this year, she’s back with a perfect palette of lavish fall colour featuring a range of gorgeous shades, all encased in the metallic warmth of rose gold packaging.
Lipstick in deep raisin, orange frost, creamy nude and the vivid red of RiRi Woo match gleaming Lipglass, while eyes in contrasting soft and smoky cocoas complement luminous skin highlighted with Diamonds Cream Colour Base and Powder Blush in Bad Girl Gone Good.
RiRi ♥ M·A·C Fall 2013 Collection will be available online October 2nd and in stores from October 3rd to October 31st. Love it! Can’t wait!
If you’ve been a fan of the Jeremy Scott for adidas Originals collection you know that each season the designer presents a limited edition sneaker inspired by one of his creative friends from all over the world. The latest celebrity JS tapped is one of my faves, A$AP Rocky. “The Harlem resident, who released his Billboard topping debut album ‘Long. Live. A$AP’ in January of this year, inspired Scott to re-make his classic JS FLAG Wings 2.0 trainer, A$AP’s personal favorite from the Jeremy Scott x adidas Originals line.”
The sneaker was inspired by Rocky’s artwork for the ‘Long. Live. A$AP’ album, which features a black and white version of the American flag. The sneaker features an all-black colorway for his version, rendering the stars and stripes in embroidery, creating his own take on the American flag as an ode to A$AP Rocky.
LOVE!! Stay tuned for release details….
Last month you’ve seen some of the photos for Gisele Bündchen’s H&M Fall 2013 ad campaign, here’s more photos.
The worldwide debut of the song associated with this campaign will be on September 12th, airing on television and online commercials, and will be available for free download from hm.com, as well as on iTunes. For every download from itunes, H&M will make a donation to UNICEF to enable the purchase of vaccines for children.
“I am so excited to be the face of H&M this fall. I love the street style inspired look, and that we can raise funds for UNICEF at the same time. I hope everyone downloads my song!” says Gisele.
Check out Gisele’s H&M fall campaign in this season’s must-have essentials. The tough but feminine look features “straight from the streets” inspired utilitarian coats and blazers worn with blouses, sweatshirts and pants. Love it all!
Last month you’ve already seen the adidas Originals x Opening Ceremony A/W13 lookbook which features two sports: rock climbing and basketball. Now here’s a look at the products from the basketball collection which is slated to launch this weekend at adidas Originals and Opening Ceremony. Repurposing iconic elements of archival adidas designs and charging it with Opening Ceremony’s signature Joie de Vivre. The clothing and footwear collection is the best of sporty chic, look out for the range starting this month to September. I’m loving the collection, especially the platform sneakers and moto jackets! 😉
Rending via H&M
About a year ago, H&M announced plans for their biggest store ever: 57,000 square feet at Fifth Avenue and 48th Street. Well, a lot can happen in a year, including plans to top yourself. 🙂
The Swedish mega-retailer is now plotting a four-level, 63,000-square-foot flagship at Herald Center. Yes, the former site of Daffy’s whose owner was recently “looking for a fashion retailer, not Nordstrom Rack or Loehmann’s. They’re looking for a full-priced retailer. They would try to make a play for Topshop.”
According to a source, WWD reports that H&M wasn’t even looking for a new location but when the space presented itself, it was too good to pass up. This will be the retailer’s third 34th Street unit, joining locations at the intersections of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. As Manhattan’s 14th H&M, the Herald Center location, which will open next fall, will be unique in that it will offer all product categories.
Herald Square has seen something of a retail renaissance as of late. Urban Outfitters is planning an enormous “lifestyle center” for Broadway between 35th and 36th Streets. Meanwhile, Macy’s is funneling $400M into a makeover of its flagship (which is still World’s Largest Store at 1.2 million square feet). The district is pretty much reserved for giant national chains only, though, as retail rents are climbing to numbers typically seen in Soho and Times Square.
The design of the new H&M unit will certainly advance the changing look of Herald Square. The first three floors will be covered in a glass facade with campaign images adoring the windows like billboards. Floors four through ten will have LED light panels. The overall effect will be reminiscent of Times Square; or Tokyo. LOVE!!
Speaking of Times Square, H&M is still opening a massive 42,500 square foot unit at the base of 4 Times Square, replete with skyline-changing signage. That’s in addition to the Fifth Avenue store that’s in the works. In total, the three new units will employ 900 people. I CAN’T WAIT!!
Who needs press releases when you have Instagram? Following in the footsteps of Gisele and Isabel Marant for H&M, Nicki Minaj released a first look at her new Kmart collection on the social media platform the other day.
The collection, set to hit stores this fall, actually looks pretty cool and fashion-forward (especially for Kmart). Minaj snapped three outfits: A crop top/legging combo, sweat suit, and form-fitting dress.
Caption read, “One of my dresses. Hugs u in all the right places.” Right. Well, when you have curves like Minaj, it’s kind of hard to go wrong.
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