Topic: Vivienne Westwood

Shopping Guide: How To Stay Office-Appropriate On Scorching Summer Days

Shopping Guide: How To Stay Office-Appropriate On Scorching Summer Days

We’ve recently experienced a pretty intense heatwave and, unfortunately, most days you can’t just sit in a kitchen with your head in the freezer. For a lot of New Yorkers, going to work means time spent in punishing heat on subway platforms and suffocating under BO on trains. Thus, staying stylish–while forgoing obvious hot weather staples like tanks and shorts–is a challenge. In response to all this sweating of late, we’ve put together a shopping guide of ways to beat the heat while staying pulled together. More »

The Most Absurdly Expensive Things Carrie Bradshaw Bought

The Most Absurdly Expensive Things Carrie Bradshaw Bought

You know what I found puzzling about Sex and the City? A lot. But one of the things I found most bizarre was when Carrie gets so giddy she faints because someone bought her an Oscar de la Renta dress. Because didn’t she essentially buy an Oscar de la Renta dress herself for every episode? The Frenemy has already calculated how hugely in debt Carrie would be, we take a look at some of her most absurdly expensive purchases. More »

Ready-to-Click: Dame Viv Says Men Have It Rough

Ready-to-Click: Dame Viv Says Men Have It Rough

Vivienne Westwood thinks men are “much more insecure than women.” -Styleite

Useful video tutorial: how to conceal a hangover with makeup. -StyleList

Do relationships destroy any and all weight loss goals? Yes…? -YourTango

Things everyone seemed to know at NYFW: how to wear a maxi skirt. -Refinery29

Video of a silent John Galliano getting heckled at LAX. -Fashionologie

Christian Louboutin suing another company (last week was YSL) over red soles. -WWD More »

Ready-to-Click: Versace Makes Gold Chairs Now

Ready-to-Click: Versace Makes Gold Chairs Now

This is a chair made by Versace. It costs about $6,000. -Elle

Taiwanese animation collective NMA are sending up American Apparel and its recent financial woes. -Styleite

Dame Viv is not a fan of NYC, but is a fan of LA. -The Frisky

Red carpet: Greta Gerwig wore minimal, ladylike pre-Fall Narciso. -Fashion Indie

The 8 best new eCommerce websites to scope. -Refinery29

Stores are doing all kinds of fancy things to fitting rooms these days. -NYMag More »

Shopping Guide: 18 Cool Bucket Bags

Shopping Guide: 18 Cool Bucket Bags

A roomy, practical shoulder bag is great for women who are always carrying their lives in handbags, while a crossbody is practical for women who need a hands/arm free carryall. The bucket bag, therefore, is a nice confluence of the two needs: roomy by virtue of its pail-shape but easy to carry because they usually have a very long strap. Here’s a bunch in all different colors, patterns and textures. More »