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Entries tagged with 'Topshop'
Posted Feb. 4, 2008,
Cornered Style at the Tents: Jennifer & Tracey
By Lianna Tarantin
WHO: Jenifer Collins
THE LOOK: YSL shoes, Fendi bag, Top Shop dress, vintage belt, Proenza Schouler coat
WHO: Tracey Chow
THE LOOK: Marc Jacobs shoes and bag
WHERE WE FOUND THESE LADIES: Leaving the Alexandre Herchcovitch show.
Detailed shots of their respective looks after the jump
Posted Nov. 1, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Necrophilia Is Back, TopShop Is Coming to Broadway and DJ AM Is Spinning at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone
By Gary Pini
1. When Popbitch reported the following, we immediately thought it was just an urban legend: a retired American undertaker told a London bartender that after Marilyn Monroe died and her body was taken to the morgue, all the local undertakers took turns having sex with the body. Now we're not so sure. News channel 1010 WINS reports that a 24 year-old lab technician was arrested this week for allegedly having sex with a dead 92 year-old woman at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey.
2. We've been worrying about holiday shopping but managed to cross off one loved-one with The Pet Driver's License. Only $29.95 will get you a pet's picture on the state license of your choice. And: "it's not just for pets. Use it for teddy bears and dolls, too!"
3. Retail news via racked.com and eater.com: British fashion retailer Topshop is moving into 478 Broadway and Yellow Rat Bastard is moving out. L.A. chain Fatburger is coming to New York Ciy, on the corner of Bleecker and Macdougal. The Shake Shack in Madison Park is going to stay open 365 days a year -- well, maybe not on Xmas.
4. Hilarious PAPER Nightlife Awards presenter Michael Musto whips out his crystal ball and predicts for AM New York: "a major explosion of great nightlife in New York City, though it might not be until 2013." In the meantime, Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Times Square has received a hard-to-get cabaret (aka "dancing allowed") license and has booked DJ AM.
5. Mickey Rourke did not have a great Halloween. The Miami Herald reports the actor arrived at Miami club Mokai with a hot blonde last night only to encounter another recent date who attacked and bit him on the face, drawing blood. Ouch!
6. Thrill Jockey Records is having a two-day birthday party -- their 15th -- on December 14 and 15 at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago. Expect the Fiery Furnaces, Sea and Cake, Trans Am etc. $50 for both nights.
Posted Oct. 4, 2007,
Mr. Mickey Takes on Paris Fashion Week: Made in Heaven Jeans
By Mickey Boardman
In between high fashion runway presentations yesterday, Mr. Mickey took a little break and sashay'd over to the outrageously luxurious Park Hyatt Vendome for a meeting with Chloe Lonsdale and Misty Twigg of Made in Heaven Jeans. The line was started in the '70s by Chloe's godfather. Her mother was a big time model and her father started a chain of jeans stores that was eventually bought by the owner of Top Shop. Chloe has brought the line back and the cuties are going crazy for it. The jeans are all named after European Cities -- the Oslo, the Berlin, the Paris, etc. and the sailor jeans are particularly adorable. They're at Intermix, Bergdorf's and coming soon to Barneys (that's just in New York, kids). How cute are these girls? That's Chloe on the left and Misty on the right. What is it about these British girls that makes them so stylish and irresistible?
Posted May. 7, 2007,
Kate Moss, Art Muse
By David Hershkovits
Kate Moss's Topshop line makes its U.S. debut tomorrow at Barney's. Many early reviews for her Topshop line have been less than flattering, but there's no accounting for taste, so expect to see these items flying off the racks. The cash registers will be ringing not only for Moss and Barneys, where it will be among the cheapest items sold in the store, but also for artist Marc Quinn. Quinn's sculptures of Moss in various yoga positions are on display at the Mary Boone Gallery through June 30. This is far from the first time Moss has served as muse for artists. Artcritical reminds us that W, following in the footsteps of British Vogue, commissioned artists and photographers to immortalize the uber model waif as well. The list of artists (not commercial photographers) who have used her in their work include Chuck Close, Lucian Freud, Alex Katz, Lisa Yuskavage, Richard Prince, Chapman Brothers, Gary Hume and Tom Sachs.
Posted Apr. 30, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Tracy Morgan SCRAMs, Vanity Fair Discovers Yoga and Pete Wentz Gets His East Village on Tonight
By Alexis Swerdloff
1. It's an exciting time to be English. Kate Moss’s Top Shop line debuts tomorrow! According to Reuters, “To try prevent fights among shoppers when the doors open, each person will be able to buy only five items.”
2. Apparently, Vanity Fair is running a “yoga spread” with high-profile yogaphiles (Donna Karan, Sting and Trudie Styler, Ali MacGraw, etc.) for their June issue. Doesn’t that seem very 1997 to you?
3. Ben Brantley gives new musical Legally Blonde a pretty middling review in the Times today calling it superficial, potentially anti-lesbian and compares watching the show to eating candy. While a cute comparison, he took the candy metaphor and ran with it in a serious way. In the first three grafs alone, he mentions that audience members might want to floss between songs, and dropped M&Ms, Hershey’s, empty-calories, Gummi-Bears and “confectionary charms.” We get it, it’s candy-like. No need to hit us over the head.
4. We’ve never heard of a SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring) bracelet before, but apparently Tracy Morgan has to wear one! A result of a DUI charge and a subsequent probation violation, Morgan will have to wear a SCRAM for the next 90 days that will check his blood alcohol content every 30 minutes. How Orwellian! Now that Alec Baldwin may not return to 30 Rock for a second season, we especially hope that Morgan doesn’t mess up and drink, because a 30 Rock without Baldwin and Morgan would be no 30 Rock at all!
5. So long dodgeball, hello Dance Dance Revolution. According to the New York Times, gym teachers across the country are using the Japanese video game Dance Dance Revolution in P.E. classes. The article suggests that “more than 1,500 schools are expected to be using the game by the end of the decade.”
6. Tonight’s the opening of the Pete Wentz/Gym Class Heroes bar in the East Village… Look out for Wentz’s GF Ashlee Simpson on Avenue A.
7. Feist’s The Reminder received a whopping score of 8.8 on Pitchfork today. Go, Feist, go!
Posted Apr. 5, 2007,
Sneak Peek at Looks from Kate Moss for Topshop
By Carol Lee
Kate Moss for Topshop is almost here (Yayee!) -- May 1st. I can't think of a non-designer who's more qualified to have her own collection than Kate Moss. She is the most fantabulous model of our time and is a bona-fide style icon who arguably has more influence on how young women want to dress than Anna Wintour. So needless to say, it is so exciting to see what Miss Moss has pulled from the lot of her own favorite outfits to cull together a line for Topshop this spring! Here's a sneak peek at the best of the Kate Moss for Topshop look book which is all about Kate and her BFF Irina Lazareanu playing dress-up!! Hint: Expect signature Kate Moss items such as cropped skinny jeans, tuxedo vests, vingtage-esque mini-dresses and an overall rock 'n' roll, sexy vibe with a splash of modern boheme.
And go to this web site (katemosstopshop.com) for more on Kate and Irina!!!
p.s. For those of us who are not going to be across the Atlantic near a real Topshop store, you can go nuts on their web site.
