Friday, August 24, 2007

Back To Classics

Dan Martensen for The New York Times; styling by Susan Joy

Lanvin zip-up silk blouse, $1,090, and Alexander Wang wide-leg herringbone pants, $585, both at Barneys New York. Karen Walker leather belt, $132 at Mick Margo; LaCrasia leather gloves, $200; Patricia Von Musulin hand-carved ebony ring, $825 at Takashimaya; Kelly Christy felt fedora, $300 to order from kellychristyhats@hotmail.com; Chloé leather satchel, $2,595 at Chloé.
[above jpeg and caption copied from The New York Times electronic edition]


Fashion critic Cathy Horyn is predicting a more sober fashion fall outlook in her New York Times article"Après Rehab: A Lovely Sobriety" published on August 23. Basically fashion would be more classical and gasp more "wearable" which is, mind you, very different from affordable, see merchandise and price caption from above. To be in the fashion business is to be in the recycle business, after all, we all suffer quite a bit from Britney Spears and Paris Hilton fatigue, perhaps it's good to get back to more classical stuff like from the 60s and from an era when etiquette and underwear mean something.

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