Refinery29 Archives - February 2009

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Best of the Week: February 23-27

Jeepers, Creepers! Are These Thick-Soled Shoes Keepers?

Cheap Thrill! A Cut-Out Dress You Won’t Have To Cut Corners...

Fashion week left us with a bit of a hole in our hearts: All those adorable cut-out dresses and not a penny to buy them with! So until Alexander Wang's sex

OBEY Offers Up Cotton-Coated Trash Bag Shorts and More Signature ...

We've never been ones to diss OBEY (sin, maybe, but that's a different story). The graphic line has quickly become one of our favorites when it comes to ba

by Megan Baldwin

Ticketing Fashion Week, D-Listers, and Maddening Crowds at PPQ

As Julia Frakes discovers, Charlotte Høyer likes her candy. (Paper) Model falls are an international phenomenon. (Vogue UK) Should designers be able to se

by Gabriel Bell

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Last of Fashion Week Links—DK’s Fanny Pack, Sweats in...

Daisy Lowe says we shouldn't be ashamed of our naked bodies. Huh. Easy for her to say. (Fashioncopious, NSFW) For her 26th birthday Agyness Deyn took a…

by Gabriel Bell

Meanwhile… Rich’s Riches, Subbing for Giorgio, and N...

Richie Rich's collection was… well you knew that already didn't you? (WWD) Anna Wintour was overheard asking her daughter, "Who is the singer that talks

by Gabriel Bell

Shipley & Halmos’ Secret FW Weapons Revealed: Vita Coco, So...

Misters Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos picked up their iPhones and documented the fittings, dry runs, and madness leading up to the presentation of their fall

Cool Hunting Reports from Fashion Week… Brazil!

Yes, it's time to take a break from the madness of the week and take a look back at a whole 'nother mess of shows, models, and skirts—São Paulo Fashion

by Gabriel Bell

Araks Sends In The Clowns for Fall/Winter

Our eyes go first to the canary silk georgette dress, but the key to adoring designer Araks Yeramyan's pieces is to just shut up and look closely. Her insp

United Bamboo: The Class of 2020

Words like cleric, tweed, and nubuck lead the charge at United Bamboo's Fall 2008 collection, but what stood out was a Rita Ackermann print dress, with swi

by Sarah E. Lewis

Victor Glemaud and Camilla Staerk Tag-Team for Their Biggest Show...

Two good friends and equally outré designers, the Danish Camilla Staerk and Victor Glemaud, saved a few pennies and put on a good party by teaming up a pr

by Gabriel Bell

Best of the Week: Feb 9-13

Great Danes We know, you were just starting to recover from a fit of I-want-to-go-Scandanavia jealousy fever thanks to the Stockholm Fashion Week coverage.

Ditto Uncovered, Life as One-Half Nelson, and Karl Doesn’t ...

Here is Beth Ditto's cover shot for LOVE presented without comment. (Fashioncopious) Life is fucking great when you're One-Half Nelson. Fucking great. (Pap

by Gabriel Bell

Preen on the Cheap, No Fun Fashion Week, and Kelly Cutrone Doesn&...

Legs sticking out of trash cans, spike-covered cars, gratuitous tit shots—yep, it's the best and worst of this month's fashion mags. (The Cut) Finally, t

by Gabriel Bell

Words of Wisdom, No Thunder from Down Under, and Richie Rich Claw...

Style.com's supersized preview of Fashion Week is so large and inclusive, we're a little scared to get out of bed on Thursday. (StyleFile) The Cut collects

by Gabriel Bell

Dazed Photog’s Solo Exhibit Brings Salty Eye Candy...

Shutterbug Ruvan Wijesooriya has shot for iD, Dazed & Confused, British Vogue, Nylon, and V, just to name a few rags. Now he's presenting his heady mix

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Best of the Week: February 2nd-February 6th

Your cheat sheet for the week.

Asobi Seksu—Hush This New York-based band makes the kind of dream-pop that has been around for 25 years now and seems to always be good when it's done ri

Link Love: Mock Mick, Hot IT Guys, and Gallo for H&M

There are worse things you could do than spend the rest of your life looking like Mick Jagger. (Cup of Jo) You know all that cat hair that gets all over yo

by Gabriel Bell

Lanvin and Acne’s Genius Jean Accessories Debut at Kirna Za...

We'd already had a good, long look at the Lanvin and Acne collection—a lovely concoction of Alber Elbaz's elegant forms mixed with Jonny Johansson's mast

With a Blast of Color, Gram Introduces a Punchy Fall Footwear Col...

We're always bringing up Gram's name when we start going on about smart, cheeky casual kicks with a Euro flare. The Swede teams's latest releases don't dis

by Gabriel Bell