• FROM THE CHANEL ARCHIVES

    FROM THE CHANEL ARCHIVES

    By Frank Virgintino

    This Chanel Haute Couture gown was designed by Coco Chanel in the 1960s. The silk chiffon was hand-beaded by Maison Lesage, Paris’ oldest embroidery studio, with a trim along the...

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  • ELEGANT FEMME FATALE

    ELEGANT FEMME FATALE

    By Frank Virgintino

    Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri of Valentino might be my favorite designers right now. I think what I find so appealing is how they’ve created an aesthetic all...

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  • SUMO CHIC

    SUMO CHIC

    By Frank Virgintino

    Peggy Moffitt said, "To me the whole point of a caftan is freedom. Men have been striding across the desert for thousands of years in them looking marvelous and being...

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  • LAVISH JACKETS

    LAVISH JACKETS

    By Cameron Silver

    It's hard not to gush over these three jackets by Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Despite all the buzz around him leaving the brand, his designs have lived on...

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  • ON THE WIG COAT BY MARTIN MARGIELA

    ON THE WIG COAT BY MARTIN MARGIELA

    By Frank Virgintino

      In the 21st Century, your hair is an accessory and an investment. Women and men spend thousands per month to maintain expensive weaves, straightening treatments, color correcting, and take drastic...

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  • INSTAGRAM KILLED THE FASHION STAR

    By Cameron Silver

    Around two weeks ago I tweeted that “Instagram killed the Fashion Star,” passing reference to the 1980 single “Video Killed The Radio Star” by New Wavers’ The Buggles who prophesied...

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  • #TBT FOR BALMAIN LOVERS

    #TBT FOR BALMAIN LOVERS

    By Cameron Silver

    There seems to always be some kind of hype around Balmain... When this tank came out in 2011, there was a bunch of controversy surrounding the flag depicted with burn...

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  • CHANEL IS THE FASHION LOVER'S HEDGE FUND

    CHANEL IS THE FASHION LOVER'S HEDGE FUND

    By Frank Virgintino

         In 2006, a Chanel  jumbo flap retailed for $1795.00. Only seven years later, that very same bag more than tripled in value with an astonishing price of $5500.00....

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  • Body Art

    Body Art

    By Frank Virgintino

        Check out these two dresses by painter, author, illustrator and fashion designer Michaele Vollbracht from the 1980s (when he had his line). I double take when I walk by...

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  • Comma After This

    Comma After This

    By Frank Virgintino

    From Raf Simons’ debut collection at Christian Dior, the couture show famous for over a million flowers lining the salon walls, these shoes are a good (albeit small) example of...

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