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10.14.2009 6:00 am

St. Louis Fashion Week: What’s the big deal?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I’ve noticed that sometimes people ask me thinly veiled questions that basically imply that a fashion week event in St. Louis is kind of a big waste of time.

Why, oh why, does everything always have to be so dag on…

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07.30.2009 6:00 am

Karlie Kloss of Webster Groves new face of Marc Jacobs fragrance

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The ideal woman for the new, Lola Marc Jacobs, scent is described like this:

“She’s sexy with a fun, flirtatious wink

Coquettish and a bit provocative

Relaxed, cool and confident

Playful alluring and irresistibly tempting.”

And she’s being personified by our local supermodel Karlie Kloss…

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05.21.2009 12:02 pm

Badgley Mischka launches lower-priced Mark & James

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

High fashion designers continue to strike back against the copy cat industries’ claim that they offer designer goods at affordable prices, by introducing lower priced designs of their own.

Instead of shopping around for a cheap knock-off of a high end…

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03.04.2009 1:30 am

From St. Louis to Milan, local models strut miles

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From left to right that’s Karlie Kloss of Webster Groves (twice), Katie Fogarty of Ballwin, Ryan Mertz of Lake St. Louis and Trevor Olwig-Chesterfield.

The quartet walked the fashion show circuit from New York to London to Milan and now they…

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02.24.2009 2:58 am

Gold glitters on runways, but can it stimulate shoppers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New York Fashion Week was paved with gold garments.

I was curious to see if the would-be trend would make it to the Oscars red carpet on Sunday, but no.

Most of Hollywood chose to ride out the recession with pale hues…

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02.16.2009 11:58 pm

Marc Jacobs shakes up the recession blues with neon

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Marc Jacobs is perennially coloring outside the lines and keen to establish that he’s the fashion trendsetter among the fashion trendsetters. For his fall 2009 collection, he used bubble gum 80s colors.

The designer went out on a fashion limb Monday…

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12.04.2008 6:00 am

Speculation rampant on Michelle Obama inauguration gown

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Will she wear red, white or blue or will she shake things up with a nonpartisan yellow?

Will she be regal, corporate, princess or diva?

Will she wear something off-the-rack?

So much to think about.

Well, yesterday’s Women’s Wear Daily added to the Obama…

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09.09.2008 8:16 am

Marc Jacobs brings casual opulence back

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After being nearly crucified by the Prada bag toting fashion set for keeping his audience waiting over two hours a few seasons ago, Marc Jacobs has turned over a new leaf. Or maybe he’s gotten a…

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03.04.2008 3:37 pm

Obama and Hillary now battle on eBay

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

hillary.jpgWelcome to the battle of the political tees. One of the most coveted and controversial new designers, Marc Jacobs, weighed in with this lovely rendition of a Hillary tee that is now selling for an opening bid of $49.99 on…

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