Look // Mulberry Fall 2011
Fall ad campaigns are back! There’s nothing quite like the blitz of print advertisements that happen every Fall! It’s the kind of thing that first interested me in fashion – buying the thickest September issues just for the ads. And even though New York is way too hot and swampy to really be thinking about [...]
OBSESSION: Gucci
I’m going to be brief because I need to study for another midterm (yikes!) but I’m really excited that my midterm project for my Intro. to the Fashion Industry class will be on Gucci. I’m kind of obsessed with the history of Gucci and from past posts it should be clear that I adore Tom [...]
Oh hey, Eli Whitney…
I am taking yet another break from studying for my Intro to the Fashion Industry midterm exam and thought I would use this opportunity to say thanks to Eli Whitney for inventing the cotton gin in 1792. Without you, man, we wouldn’t be able to call cotton the fabric (or should I say fiber) of [...]
If I Were a Fancy Girl: Barbara Tfank Dresses
Barbara Tfank Fall 2009 A very fancy girl. Photos courtesy of Nymag.com
Catherine Holstein
With her Fall 2009 collection, Catherine Holstein showed us that the women who walked in her Spring show aren’t always so cheerful. They are sometimes dark and moody. Her Spring inspirations – Nintendo, Casablanca, and chorus lines are long gone, which led me to think about her client base and how they will respond to [...]





