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Designers– big news in the fashion industry today as there may soon be a new law that could help you claim the rights of your next creation.New York Senator Chuck Schumer along with the Council Fashion Designers of America and American Apparel & Footwear Association introduced a bill last night that could provide more protection for designers in the U.S. Pretty huge right? (more…)

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Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000

Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000


No need to take a vacation to wear a piece from a designer resort collection. Gone are the days where the high-class jet setters and socialites hopping on a plane to St. Tropez are the only ones to sport the “cruise” collections, says The New York Times. The reality is, customers now want to shop and wear their clothes whenever and wherever they desire. According the article, a resort collection, also known as a “pre

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Longtime Paper editor Kim Hastreiter accepting the CFDAEugenia Sheppard Award at Monday night’s ceremonies with a speech that you simplymust read if you haven’t already. Wonder what Chloë, the Twins, and so on thought of this. [Paper]http://www.afingo.com/blogs/blog-patrol/i-hope-the-fashion-world-continues-to-look-beyond-the-usual-suspects-just-because-youre-cute-connected-rich-or-famous-doesnt-necessarily-mean-you-design-great-stuff/
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“There are a lot of people out there with no training at all, but youhave to understand the business side, the public relations, theproduction and the shipping.” Menswear designer Simon Spurr talking to Eric Wilson about the trajectory of today’s youngdesigners at the CFDA Awards on Monday. [NYT]http://www.afingo.com/blogs/blog-patrol/%E2%80%9Cit-may-be-easier-to-become-a-designer-but-it%E2%80%99s-a-lot-harder-to-make-it-as-a-designer-%E2%80%9D/
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Actress AlisonPill on meeting designers at the CFDA Awards afterparty. [Style File]http://www.afingo.com/blogs/blog-patrol/it-was-sort-of-funny-to-see-what-the-designers-actually-look-like-i-guess-as-a-rule-i%E2%80%99d-say-they%E2%80%99re-much-better-looking-than-i-would-have-imagined/
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Walking down 39th Street, you may notice a number of delis, poster stores, and cleaners, anything but a thriving industrialhub we know as the Garment District. So it came as a bit of a surprisewhen the “Madein Midtown” survey released this week found that New York City’sfashion neighborhood is alive and kickin’.


The initiative, a six-month, in-depth research partnership between the Design Trustand the CFDA amongothers, reveals the importance of the neighborhood and its effect on NewYork’s economy

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The beautiful and the talented mix in the lobby outside the CFDA Awards at Lincoln Center - Photo by Kevin Tachman for The Daily Beast


Per usual, the annual awards show thrown by the Council of Fashion Designers of Amercia at Manhattan’s Lincoln center was a hurricane of glitz, talent, beauty, style, and industry power. Also per usual, our invitation got lost in the mail. Sigh.


Thankfully, as these once-negligible awards rise in esteem with every passing year, corresponding coverage on the Interne

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Designers– big news in the fashion industry today as there may soon be a new law that could help you claim the rights of your next creation.New York Senator Chuck Schumer along with the Council Fashion Designers of America and American Apparel & Footwear Association introduced a bill last night that could provide more protection for designers in the U.S. Pretty huge right? (more…)

Read more…
Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000

Karlie Kloss Modeling Christian Dior Resort 2011 | Image via Flikr/yu chien 2000


No need to take a vacation to wear a piece from a designer resort collection. Gone are the days where the high-class jet setters and socialites hopping on a plane to St. Tropez are the only ones to sport the “cruise” collections, says The New York Times. The reality is, customers now want to shop and wear their clothes whenever and wherever they desire. According the article, a resort collection, also known as a “pre

Read more…
Longtime Paper editor Kim Hastreiter accepting the CFDAEugenia Sheppard Award at Monday night’s ceremonies with a speech that you simplymust read if you haven’t already. Wonder what Chloë, the Twins, and so on thought of this. [Paper]http://www.afingo.com/blogs/blog-patrol/i-hope-the-fashion-world-continues-to-look-beyond-the-usual-suspects-just-because-youre-cute-connected-rich-or-famous-doesnt-necessarily-mean-you-design-great-stuff/
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Actress AlisonPill on meeting designers at the CFDA Awards afterparty. [Style File]http://www.afingo.com/blogs/blog-patrol/it-was-sort-of-funny-to-see-what-the-designers-actually-look-like-i-guess-as-a-rule-i%E2%80%99d-say-they%E2%80%99re-much-better-looking-than-i-would-have-imagined/
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“There are a lot of people out there with no training at all, but youhave to understand the business side, the public relations, theproduction and the shipping.” Menswear designer Simon Spurr talking to Eric Wilson about the trajectory of today’s youngdesigners at the CFDA Awards on Monday. [NYT]http://www.afingo.com/blogs/blog-patrol/%E2%80%9Cit-may-be-easier-to-become-a-designer-but-it%E2%80%99s-a-lot-harder-to-make-it-as-a-designer-%E2%80%9D/
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Walking down 39th Street, you may notice a number of delis, poster stores, and cleaners, anything but a thriving industrialhub we know as the Garment District. So it came as a bit of a surprisewhen the “Madein Midtown” survey released this week found that New York City’sfashion neighborhood is alive and kickin’.


The initiative, a six-month, in-depth research partnership between the Design Trustand the CFDA amongothers, reveals the importance of the neighborhood and its effect on NewYork’s economy

Read more…

The beautiful and the talented mix in the lobby outside the CFDA Awards at Lincoln Center - Photo by Kevin Tachman for The Daily Beast


Per usual, the annual awards show thrown by the Council of Fashion Designers of Amercia at Manhattan’s Lincoln center was a hurricane of glitz, talent, beauty, style, and industry power. Also per usual, our invitation got lost in the mail. Sigh.


Thankfully, as these once-negligible awards rise in esteem with every passing year, corresponding coverage on the Interne

Read more…

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