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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009While the Garment Center is the heart of the fashion industry, it is hardly a shopping mecca. In fact, from a retail prospective we are pretty much bare bones around here. When you want to run out at lunch for some quick shopping, 34th street is your best bet. There are a few exceptions of [...]
When Brands Get Burned
Monday, December 14th, 2009With all the recent press surrounding the Tiger Woods’ scandal, we can’t help but think of the effect it’s having on the countless brands he endorses. This entire fiasco is a PR disaster for the fashion brands associated with Woods. So, what do you do, when your brand gets so enormously shit on, like Tiger [...]
Happy Hanukkah!
Friday, December 11th, 2009A very Happy Hanukkah to all our readers celebrating the holiday. Tonight marks the first night for the festival of lights and hopefully many of you will enjoy an early Friday because of it!
Hanukkah has many spellings, as we mentioned last year, but one thing it has never had is its own scent. Until now, [...]
Slums Inspire Fashion
Thursday, December 10th, 2009In the world of fashion, it is hard to surprise us. Almost anything goes these days and we are all a bit jaded with the “been there done that” attitude. However, when we came across this book, Gentlemen of the Bakongo we were transfixed by the photographs. The book, by photographer Daniele Tamagni, captures a [...]
Save the Garment Center Meeting
Monday, December 7th, 2009The above video is from last month’s Save the Garment Center rally. The rally was a huge success but really just a first step in the efforts to save our industry. The Save the Garment Center organization is moving forward with the next phase and is holding a town hall meeting Tuesday morning to discuss [...]
Fashion’s Ultimate Dilemma
Sunday, December 6th, 2009Please enjoy the following post on the state of employment, in the NYC fashion industry from designer Stacy Lomman. If you haven’t read Stacy’s dramatic story of slaving away as a designer and then getting laid off at a local apparel company please click here. Here is part two of Stacy’s post, enjoy!
Are New York [...]
Links à la Mode
Friday, December 4th, 2009Happy weekend dear readers. This weekend we have a brilliant list of the best fashion posts on the web, all rounded-up for your viewing pleasure. So click on the links below to see what some of the best fashion bloggers are buzzing about this week. Here we present you with, this week’s Links à la Mode!
Bonne Vie – [...]
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