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Style.com [http://www.style.com/] welcome ! | my lookbooks | logout sign in | join now Fashion Shows fall 2014 couture resort 2015 fall 2014 rtw pre-fall 2014 spring 2014 rtw menswear video fashion week tommy ton designer directory power search People + Parties parties red carpet watch model search celebrity search the met cannes cfda awards News style file beauty counter style map Trends + Shopping style notes trend reports style hunter in the mood for shopping guide shop the looks street style Accessories bags shoes jewelry search Beauty beauty guide beauty icon the close-up backstage confidential beauty counter blog the look beauty essentials beautiful lives beauty photo search Video Community my lookbooks public lookbooks look of the day the in cloud Magazine issue 06 issue 05 issue 04 issue 03 issue 02 issue 01 order now Show Search GO new today: in the mood for fashion week must-haves , spring 2013 ready-to-wear , and industry insiders' essentials Follow us on Twitter August 26 2014 styledotcom Who gets your vote for best dressed from last night's Emmys? stylem.ag/1mOsPJ3 pic.twitter.com/q4g91ISzoc see all tweets › style file subscribe to style file via RSS Dept. of Culture EXCLUSIVE: Matches Fashion Unveils Its Third Issue of The Style Report ------- August 26, 2014 3:35pm Magazines have been telling us where to buy clothes for more than a century, so it was only a matter of time before the roles were reversed and retailers began publishing stories about their favorite editors, models, and trends, too. On September 3, luxury shopping site Matches Fashion will unveil its third issue of The Style Report , its biannual print magazine. Available online and distributed to clients around the world, Eurostar lounges, and five-star hotels, Matches Fashion publishes two issues at a time—one for women and one for men—to cater to both shopping-obsessed markets. An exclusive glimpse at both issues debuts exclusively here. This time around, women’s topics range from our current obsession with icons of the ’60s and ’70s (penned by Lynn Yaeger) to Linda Rodin’s unique approach to aging. The unconventional cover girl? Caroline de Maigret. The music-producer-slash-model-slash-Karl-Lagerfeld-muse clues us into the timeless appeal of French women just in time for her new book, How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits , to drop. Though we do appreciate a girls-only attitude, we like to think we’d be just as interested in the men’s issue. After all, this one features The Hobbit ‘s Luke Evans on the cover, an interview with Dior’s Raf Simons, and an in-depth profile of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. To celebrate the launch of both issues, Matches Fashion is asking readers to tweet and Instagram photos of their personal style, tagging #StyleIs, @MATCHESFASHION, and @MATCHES_MAN. The winner will be awarded a weekend of luxury—four nights at a hotel, a $5,000 shopping spree on Matches Fashion, and a $1,000 gift card to Space NK. In case you needed another reason to check their new arrivals page every day. Below, see the final cover images for The Style Report Issue No. 3 and a behind-the-scenes video of De Maigret’s photo shoot. —Emily Farra tags: Caroline de Maigret , Linda Rodin , Lynn Yaeger , Matches Fashion , Matchesfashion.com , The Style Report permalink Comments post a comment Designer Update Swedes Do It Better: Altewaisaome and Sun Buddies Collaborate for Spring ’15 ------- August 26, 2014 3:01pm Fashion week kicks off today in Stockholm, so what better time than now to announce a super-cool partnership between two key fixtures of the Swedish fashion scene? The Malmö-based brands Altewaisaome and Sun Buddies have collaborated for Spring 2015 on a set of shades, seen exclusively here first, to be worn in the Altewaisaome runway show this Thursday. Natalia Altewai and Randa Saome, the duo behind Altewaisaome, have been in business since 2009, and were named Designer of the Year at this year’s Elle Gala in Sweden. “We were approached by the guys [Hannes and Simon Hogeman of Sun Buddies and the menswear e-shop Très Bien ] with the idea of making shades for women, and we thought it to be a perfect match between our two brands,” Altewai told Style.com. “Not only that, we thought it to be a really cool thing that Sun Buddies and the guys behind Très Bien wanted to do a product for women.” As for the shades: “The style is totally new for us,” said Hannes. “It’s called Type 05. The materials are sourced with the Altewaisaome collection in mind in terms of colors. Also, we worked with a triple ‘sandwich’ acetate with black, white, and crystal, inspired by one of the stripes from the Altewaisaome collection.” All of the Altewaisaome shades come with gradient lenses that perfectly complement the oversize frame shape. —Noah Johnson Photo: Courtesy Sun Buddies tags: Altewaisaome , Sun Buddies , Tres Bien permalink Comments post a comment Designer Update Why It Matters if the Proenza Schouler LVMH Deal Happens ------- August 26, 2014 1:38pm So much for slow August news days. Today’s WWD is reporting that LVMH is said to be eyeing a minority stake in Proenza Schouler, the New York label founded by Parsons grads Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough in 2002. The Proenza show, scheduled this season for September 10, is always one of the buzziest on the New York schedule, but this announcement will keep people talking all week long. LVMH and its rival Kering have been zeroing in on hot young designers lately. Alexander Wang landed at Kering’s Balenciaga in late 2012, and the company made a minority investment in Joseph Altuzarra’s burgeoning business last year. Christopher Kane is also in the Kering fold. Should the LVMH deal happen, Hernandez and McCollough would join recent recruits J.W. Anderson, now at Loewe, and shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood in Bernard Arnault’s growing luxury empire. Why should we care? A minority stake in Proenza Schouler’s business would potentially secure Hernandez and McCollough for future posts at LVMH should any of its current star designers leave their posts. I could see Lazaro and Jack in Paris, but my first thought is I hope it doesn’t play out that way. In a four-collections-a-year system, managing two huge brands is more than a designer can handle successfully. Yes, there are two designers in this case, but with all the international travel now required of creative directors, not to mention the other duties required of the face of a brand, it just seems untenable to me. Sure, Karl Lagerfeld does it at Chanel and Fendi, but with Hermès nominating Nadège Vanhee to replace Christophe Lemaire, who had been dividing his time between Hermès and his own label, doing double duty doesn’t seem to be the way the industry is moving. More likely, Arnault and co. see the value in building up the Proenza Schouler brand. And lucky for them. When Nicolas Ghesquière left Balenciaga, he seemed like an obvious candidate for investment. He had the talent and the name recognition. But at the time, it was said that launching a brand from the ground up was prohibitively expensive, as in eight-figures expensive. (Ghesquière, of course, landed firmly on his feet at Vuitton, Arnault’s crown jewel.) Hernandez and McCollough have been around for 12 years and have used the 40 percent stake Andrew Rosen and John Howard made in their business (acquired from the Valentino Group) to their advantage, opening two Manhattan stores in the last two years and really digging into their accessories business. Timing, as they say, is everything. —Nicole Phelps Photo: Billy Farrell/BFAnyc.com tags: LVMH , Proenza Schouler permalink Comments post a comment Shopping Alert Editor Obsessions: Stella McCartney Suit ------- August 26, 2014 10:58am Every day, Style.com’s editors reveal their current obsessions—and where to buy them. Check out today’s pick, below. On a whim, as is often the case when I shop, I purchased a great hunter-green double-breasted suit at Zara many months ago. And though I had been immediately drawn to the full menswear concept (and modest price tag), back at home I couldn’t quite wrap my head around how to wear the jacket and pants together without looking like Robin Hood, so it sat waiting patiently for its turn in the wardrobe rotation. I have now worn the suit with holey band tees and sneakers; turtlenecks and heels; and button-downs and brogues, and with such high frequency that I regret the time it spent latent in my closet. I’m at the point in my life, however, where I appreciate luxurious fabric, detailed construction, and immaculate fit in a way that just never occurred to my whimsical youth, and thus find myself ready for the Stella McCartney upgrade. I have no doubt that this classic navy wool version will sub in quite nicely and with no Merry Men in sight. Stella McCartney Floris jacket, $1,645, Buy it now Stella McCartney Vivian trousers, $610, Buy it now —Rachael Wang Photos: Courtesy Photos tags: Editor Obsessions , fall shopping , Stella McCartney , suit , Zara permalink Comments post a comment Designer Update Move Over, Tory and J. Christopher: The Burch Daughters Open Their First Shop in Soho ------- August 26, 2014 9:45am With a family name like Burch, if you’re going to make a foray into fashion, it had better be a good one. And with their newly launched sportswear brand, Trademark, sisters Pookie and Louisa (daughters of J. Christopher and former stepdaughters of Tory) have done just that. Since early this year, they’ve been turning out quietly arty clothes (Donald Judd’s work is a major Trademark design touchstone) that wouldn’t look out of place alongside Jil Sander or Céline, but which all clock in around $100 to $500 a piece. And now they are placing the finishing touches on their first boutique, set to bow in Soho at 95 Grand Street during the start of New York fashion week. A brick-and-mortar location was always in the cards since, as Pookie says, “We really wanted to be able to express the entire world around Trademark. And the location was what we’d been looking for: There was foot traffic, but it was still more interesting. The space has a lot of special details about it, and it just had the right energy.” Swedish stark-meister Andreas Bozarth Fornell’s firm, Bozarthfornell Architects, whose client list reads like an industry who’s-cool (Acne Studios, Opening Ceremony, Kenzo), was brought in to design the shop. “It was all about having this beautiful, minimal space with clean lines that felt very modern but still a little bit nostalgic and touching on the classic elements,” says Louisa. Also on the duo’s docket for autumn? Their first official ad campaign, lensed by British youngblood Jamie Hawkesworth. His beautifully uneasy fine-art work has earned him a commercial résumé that includes the likes of Jil Sander, J.W. Anderson, and Loewe—as well as the longtime admiration of the Burch sisters. For Trademark’s Fall imagery (which debuts exclusively on Style.com), Hawkesworth, stylist Sara Moonves, and a bare-bones crew headed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Models were street cast and shot in barns and against the rural backdrops of the prevalently Amish area. The end result is a dreamy tension between the pastoral and the decidedly present-day. “We thought the landscape was really special. And we also felt like we wanted to do something that Jamie was comfortable with and was excited about,” says Louisa. “And I think for Jamie, he loves to photograph real people.” Trademark, 95 Grand Street, New York. For more information, visit trade-mark.com . —Kristin Anderson Photos: Courtesy of Trademark tags: Andreas Bozarth Fornell , J. Christopher , Louisa Burch , Pookie Burch , Tory Burch , Trademark permalink Comments post a comment main | next › Recent Posts EXCLUSIVE: Matches Fashion Unveils Its Third Issue of The Style Report Swedes Do It Better: Altewaisaome and Sun Buddies Collaborate for Spring ’15 Why It Matters if the Proenza Schouler LVMH Deal Happens Editor Obsessions: Stella McCartney Suit Move Over, Tory and J. 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