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A Drug To Help Men Resist Beautiful Women … Really!?!

May 17, 2013 by The CoF

Text By Kent Sepkowitz for Daily Beast/Newsweek It turns out that many men, shockingly, don’t have very good judgment—at least around attractive women. But thankfully researchers in Japan are at work on a solution to the problem, and according to a recent report, they may have identified a medication that can blunt the male urge to blindly trust the next pretty face. The investigators gave minocycline (an antibiotic that’s been around since the early 1970s) or a placebo to 98 young men […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion, News • Tags: Daily Beast, Drugs, Health, Japan, Kent Sepkowitz, Life, Men, New York City, Newsweek, Women

Hermes Extraordinary Collection 18cm Diamond Blue Jean Porosus Crocodile Double-Gusset Constance Bag with 18K White Gold Hardware
This unbelievable bag is the ultimate for the Hermes collector. With a gorgeous H buckle crafted of white gold and encrusted with diamonds, this bag is unparalleled in luxury and elegance

Handbags & Luxury Accessories Signature Auction

April 15, 2013 by The CoF

The biannual live handbag auction is a preview of some of the most exceptional handbags in the world offering access to a wide selection of bags that are no longer available in the retail stores. Auction location and date: On April 28th at Ukrainian Institute of America at The Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion in New York. images via jewelry.ha.com

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Accessories, auction, Bulgari, Chanel, Handbags and Purses, Hermès, luxury, New York City, Shopping, Tiffany & Co

The $91,500 Hermes Crocodile Skin T-Shirt

March 28, 2013 by The CoF

“A T-shirt is certainly a necessity but rarely can be categorized as the most expensive piece of garment in anyone’s wardrobe. However we have seen exceptions to this trend with a $300,000 T-shirt, $90,300 Air Yeezy 2 T-Shirt and the most expensive, diamond-studded, greenest t-shirt worth $400,000. The latest tee to make news in the world of high-priced fashion is a $91,500 Hermes crocodile skin T-shirt. This wildly priced T-shirt was discovered by The Awl team and has been reported as the ‘most expensive T-shirt in […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Hermès, Luxury good, Madison Avenue, New York City, Shopping, T-shirt

Valentina Kova : Nostalgia

March 19, 2013 by The CoF

Handcrafted in NYC, the Valentina Kova Collections offer jewelry that wears as an age-less, classic, and unique creations. Inspired by ancient artifacts, the Collections range in its use of different materials- white and pink gold, silver, as well as precious stones. As part of Valentina Kova’s awareness of humane practices and passion for education, the jewelry is made conflict-free, and 10% of all the proceeds go to supporting Art Programs in New York City public elementary schools. source notjustalabel.com

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Jewellery, Jewelry, New York City, valentina Kova

Reed Krakoff : New York Townhouse

March 12, 2013 by The CoF

Let’s go inside interior designer Delphine Krakoff’s sophisticated New York townhouse that she shares with her designer husband, Reed Krakoff, and their children. Reed Krakoff in the living room, in front of Alexander Calder’s 1971 wall mobileTwo Black Discs and Six Others. In the living room, Joris Laarman’s 2006 translucent chaise sits on a c. 1940 Cogolin rug designed by Henri Gonse. Robert Motherwell’s 1968Open No. 16 surveys the living room’s design-scape. The Claude Lalanne bronze crocodile chair sits next to […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Art, delphine krakoff, Fashion, Home and Garden, New York City, Reed Krakoff

Iris Apfel’s Exuberant Apartment

February 26, 2013 by The CoF

The style icon takes us inside her bold Manhattan home: In the library, a Dutch painting is displayed above a Louis XVI daybed covered in fabric Apfel reproduced from a 17th-century French document. In the entry, an 18th-century English gilt chinoiserie mirror and an Italian console. An Italian tole chandelier above a Maison Jansen table draped in a woven paisley throw. The first painting Apfel ever bought—a portrait of the Infanta Margarita she picked up 60 years ago at […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Art, Fashion, Home and Garden, Iris Apfel, New York City, style

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Ringaling Rotary Phone Clutch by Judith Leiber

February 12, 2013 by The CoF

Judith Leiber miniaudieres are one of a kind. The designs and shapes that these minaudieres flaunt truly leave you bedazzled. The latest minaudiere from the famed fashion house is the Ringaling Rotary Phone Minaudiere. Named aptly, this one literally “calls” out to all the fashionistas with its unique rotary phone shape. Given that phones are hardly in use courtesy the mobile phone age, this minaudiere could pass off as a beautiful retro accessory as well. Sure to make quite a […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Clutch, Handbag, Judith Leiber, Neiman Marcus, New York City, Shopping

Stuart Weitzman, Cinderella And Broadway

February 12, 2013 by The CoF

He’s been called the King of the Red Carpet, and now he’s the Prince of the Pump. Stuart Weitzman has been named the official designer of the glass slipper being worn in the first-ever Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA: his one-of-a-kind creation makes its dazzling debut in the musical set for an official opening on March 3 at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) in New York City. Weitzman will also bring the fairytale to life for consumers with the launch of his […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Broadway Theatre, CINDERELLA, Laura Osnes, New York City, shoes, Stuart Weitzman, Swarovski

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New York Fashion Week February 2013 Street Style (part 1)

February 9, 2013 by The CoF

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Categories: Fashion • Tags: Fashion week, New York City, pictures, street, style

Fragrance Indie Award Winner – Amber Oud by Kilian

January 30, 2013 by The CoF

The Fragrance Foundation, in conjunction with Elements Showcase, revealed Monday night in New York City that Amber Oud by Kilian has won the 2013 Fragrance Foundation Indie Award. An Indie fragrance, according to competition rules, is an established brand that has been on the market for at least two years, but is not owned or distributed by a large company. Scored from one to five — five being the highest score — 30 entries were judged based on both the […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Amber Oud, Elizabeth Musmanno, Fragrance Foundation, Kilian, New York City

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Sunscreen – A Must For Winter Days

January 28, 2013 by The CoF

With temperatures hitting record lows, a brightly colored tube of sunscreen may be the last thing on your mind—but according to New York City dermatologists Lisa Airan and Adam Geyer, there are still plenty of good reasons to reach for a daily dose of SPF when it’s freezing outside.Photographed by Raymond Meier, Vogue, February 2008 “In the winter, we get more UV exposure than we expect,” explains Geyer. “Sunlight penetrates even through gray clouds; it comes in through windows.” Translation: Just because it’s cold enough […]

Categories: Beauty • Tags: Beauty, Health, Neutrogena, New York City, Sunscreen, Ultraviolet

InAisce Menswear Goes Vagabond-Chic For Fall 2013

January 21, 2013 by The CoF

Photo Courtesy of InAisce The Fall/Winter 2013 men’s collection by luxury brand InAisce, “Seeking Aether,” is a true representation of clean and regal lines combined with details that have a definite twinge of vagabond lifestyle. This noble and unexpected balance of themes results in a line that truly stands out from the rest. With “Seeking Aether,” InAisce gives its wearers the ideal juxtaposition of luxurious silks alongside thick, and at times, even burly fabrics. Effortlessly chic, these stunning pieces contain uneven panel […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Business, collection, Design, InAisce, Jona, LONDON, New York, New York City, South Sudan

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Amy Lemons A Model With A Mission

January 13, 2013 by The CoF

Amy Lemons is making it her mission to promote a healthy body image for young women Name Amy Lemons. Background Amy grew up in Richmond Virginia like any normal girl. Her life was full of school, dances, dating, sports and friends. She had the same joys, disappointments, challenges and insecurities as anyone her age. Then it all changed. At fourteen, her dentist’s secretary suggested she try modeling because she was tall and had the all American look. The local modeling […]

Categories: Fashion, People, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, New York, New York City, Ralph Lauren, Richmond Virginia, Steven Meisel, Vintage

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Paul Andrew A Name To Remember

January 12, 2013 by The CoF

“Shoes that are sexy yet sophisticated with a fantastical influence from artisan, almost couture, techniques” Academic background Berkshire College of Art & Design, England – Women’s Fashion & Footwear Design. Experience in the fashion world “I graduated from fashion design school in 1999 and won the Draper’s Record “Student Footwear Designer of the Year” award for my graduation shoe collection. The collection was bought by Yasmin Sewell and quickly sold-out at her infamous London boutique, Yasmin Cho. I was subsequently […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Calvin Klein Collection, Donna Karan, New York City, Paul andrew, Saks Fifth Avenue, shoes

More Spring/Summer 2013 Campaigns

January 11, 2013 by The CoF

Stunning S/S campaigns keep coming in, take a look at some of the best ads to hit magazines of late. BALENCIAGA Nicolas Ghesquiere (Designer) | Steven Meisel (Photographer) | Kirstin Liljegren, Kremi Otashliyska & Sam Rollinson (Models) The final Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga collection is given the royal treatment in Steven Meisel‘s elegant new campaign for the luxe brand. Kirstin Liljegren, Kremi Otashliyska and Sam Rollinson star in the simple black and white images, which focus on the power of the clothing rather than elaborate set ups or outlandish imagery. FENDI Karl Lagerfeld ( Designer & Photographer) […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Anja Rubik, Glen Luchford, Karl Lagerfeld, Karmen Pedaru, New York City, Nicolas Ghesquière, Steven Meisel

Marc Jacobs Confessions

January 11, 2013 by The CoF

Marc Jacobs / Photo By John Aquino In what was his second Q&A this week, Marc Jacobs got up close and personal with Fern Mallis Wednesday night at 92Y in New York.During their 90-minute chat, the designer sailed through his New York childhood, punching the clock at Fiorucci (where he introduced himself to Calvin Klein) and later at Charivari (where he met Perry Ellis, who told him to go to Parsons) early on, and rehashing the many speed bumps he and […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Bernard Arnault, Jacobs, John Galliano, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacob, New York City, Perry Ellis, Victoria Beckham

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Marc Jacobs At WWD CEO Summit

January 9, 2013 by The CoF

Marc Jacobs / Photo By Robert Mitra Marc Jacobs is one of the most famous and influential designers in the world. After 27 years at the helm of his own label and 16 as creative director of Louis Vuitton, Jacobs consistently provokes and inspires with his collections. WWD’s executive editor Bridget Foley interviewed Jacobs on reflections on his career, to what he owes his success and why fashion matters. WWD: I’ve been doing this a long time; I know a lot of […]

Categories: Beauty, Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, New York City, Oliver Twist, Vincente Minnelli, Vuitton, Women's Wear Daily

The British Vogue February Issue Highlights

January 7, 2013 by The CoF

Picture credit: Patrick Demarchelier THE February issue of Vogue celebrates the British models now dominating the fashion industry. InCollective Spirit, photographer Angelo Pennetta brings together Vogue’s home-grown catwalk stars – from sensational newcomers like Rosie Tapner and Lara Mullen, to more established sensations likeCara Delevingne and Edie Campbell - to show off the spring/summer 2013 collections at their freshest and most vital. Cover star, the Russian beauty Kati Nescher, teams up with Patrick Demarchelier to herald the Quiet Revolution, fashion’s new grown-up femininity – a softer, subtler approach to minimalism that will […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Edie Campbell, Fashion, Juergen Teller, New York City, Patrick Demarchelier, Quiet Revolution, Steven Meisel, Vogue

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: GREAT SKIN

January 4, 2013 by The CoF

If you spend the holiday season eating all the wrong foods, sleeping too little, and celebrating too much, there’s a good chance that your complexion is going to look worn and lackluster. But once you begin the right skin-care routine, “you can start seeing superficial improvements, like tighter, smoother skin, in just a couple of days,” says Ellen Marmur, a New York dermatologic and cosmetic surgeon. Get going now with our top skin picks. Lift Your Eyes The skin around […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Health, New York City, Retinoid, Retinol, Skin, Tretinoin, Ultraviolet, Wine tasting descriptors

13 Things To Look Forward To In Fashion In 2013

December 27, 2012 by The CoF

From Alexander Wang’s hotly anticipated debut at Balenciaga to simply stepping out of stilettos into sturdier heels, there’s much to be excited about in the coming year. Alexander Wang’s First Collection for Balenciaga Having proven himself as one of America’s strongest young designers, Wang takes off for Paris. We can’t wait to see his vision for the storied French house. Photo: Monica Feudi /Feudiguaineri.com First Lady Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Ball Dress Four years ago, the First Lady catapulted Jason Wu into the national spotlight when she wore […]

Categories: Beauty, Book, Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jason Wu, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York School of Applied Design for Women, Proenza Schouler

An Artist: Melvin Sokolsky

December 22, 2012 by The CoF

Melvin Sokolsky (born in 1938) is an American photographer and film director. Born in New York City, Sokolsky had no formal training in photography, but started to use his father’s box camera at about the age of ten. Always analytical, he started to realize the role that emulsion played as he compared his own photographs with those his father had kept in albums through the years. “I could never make my photographs of Butch the dog look like the pearly […]

Categories: Beauty, Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Edgar de Evia, Harper's Bazaar, Melvin Sokolsky, New York City, Photographer, Robert Denning, Sokolsky, United States

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Top Bookings For The Holidays

December 21, 2012 by The CoF

The holidays are upon us now, and publishers are celebrating them with lavish, rich-looking books on topics from fashion in impressionist paintings to the history of Chinese silks to the intricate worlds under glass in the windows at Bergdorf Goodman. “Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity”(The Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press), edited by Gloria Groom, is designed to go with a major exhibition of paintings in France and the U.S., which is coming to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New […]

Categories: Beauty, Book, Design, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Audrey Hepburn, Bergdorf Goodman, John Cordes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée Galliera, New York City, Terence Conran

The Maybelline 2013 Calendar

December 15, 2012 by The CoF

The Maybelline 2013 calendar features all of the models who endorse the brand covered in exuberant makeup. The calendar features every single model who is a spokesperson for the cosmetic company including famous names in the industry like Erin Wasson and Julia Stegner. It was shot by photographer Kenneth Willardt

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Business, Erin Wasson, Julia Stegner, Kenneth Willardt, Maybelline, Maybelline 2013, Models, New York City

Sylvie Chantecaille:Beauty Secrets

December 14, 2012 by The CoF

Beauty secrets from the woman who gave us prescriptives and her own successful niche brand Beauty had a big night at the Golden Globe Awards last January, but we aren’t talking about the bounty of event-ready hair and makeup on the red carpet. About an hour into the show, the cameras panned to an Atelier Versace-clad Angelina Jolie who, at that very moment, dipped into her clutch, pulled out a tube of lip gloss and slicked it on as the […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion, People • Tags: Estée Lauder Companies, Food & Wine, Golden Globe Award, Madison Avenue, New York City, Roy G. Biv, Sylvie, Victor Vasarely

15 Things You Didn’t Know About Diana Vreeland

December 13, 2012 by The CoF

The legendary fashion editor and subject of new film Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel in all her fabulousness. By Lisa Immordino Vreeland. When I married Alexander Vreeland, I never imagined I would spend three years documenting his legendary grandmother — magazine editor, tastemaker, fashion icon — but I was driven by the idea of honouring her uniquely creative genius. During her 26-year tenure at US Harper’s BAZAAR (1936–62), Diana didn’t just clothe women; she presented them with aspirations, ideas and the possibility of a […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: British Empire, Diana Vreeland, Harper's Bazaar, Joel Schumacher, New York City, Richard Avedon, Wallis Simpson

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Diamond Covered Hermes Birkin

December 12, 2012 by The CoF

In addition to revealing their Madison Avenue boutique’s Alice in Wonderland-inspired holiday windows, Hermès gave their new Haute Bijouterie collection its U.S. debut—haute being an understatement of sorts. The house’s jewelry maestro, Pierre Hardy, created a rose-gold and brown-diamond buckle cuff and diamond and gold collier de chien bangles, but the most traffic-stopping were mini, objet d’art versions of Hermès bags. Kelly, Birkin, and Nausicaa styles have all been shrunken and reimagined in precious metals and stones. And a new bag created […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Colored gold, Hermès, Madison Avenue, Nausicaa, New York City, Precious metal

Bloomingdale’s Acrobatic Holidays Windows

December 8, 2012 by The CoF

Bloomingdale’s, New York City: Depicting scenes from the upcoming 3D cinematic offering by Cirque du Soleil, the windows at Bloomingdale’s on 59th and Lexington is a surreal acrobatic feast.

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Bloomingdale, Christmas, Circus, Cirque, Cirque du Soleil, Design, Fashion, Microsoft Windows, New York City, Retail, Soleil

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Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows

December 6, 2012 by The CoF

PREMIER FIFTH AVENUE LUXURY RETAILER’S LEGENDARY WINDOWS SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL DISTINCT ENVIRONMENTS ABOUT BERGORF GOODMAN Bergdorf Goodman, founded by master tailors Edwin Goodman and Herman Bergdorf, is located on the corner of New York’s Fifth Avenue and 58th Street, the former site of the Cornelius Vanderbilt mansion. Bergdorf Goodman: The pinnacle of style, service, and imagination, since 1901.

Categories: Design • Tags: Bergdorf Goodman, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Design, Edwin Goodman, Fifth Avenue, New York, New York City, Retail, Travel, United States, Vanderbilt houses

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Citizen of Fashion:The First Supermodel-Veruschka

November 20, 2012 by The CoF

Veruschka was the world’s first supermodel, a playmate of Hollywood stars and a pioneer in the art of body painting. Then she dropped out. George Gurley tracks her down in New York. One night in April, stars were streaming into the Time Warner Centre in New York to celebrate Time magazine’s “100 most influential people” issue. Cordoned-off gawkers were shrieking at the arrivals and the paparazzi were howling. After Barbara Walters made her way down the red carpet, a tall, lithe woman […]

Categories: People • Tags: Andy Warhol, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Michelangelo Antonioni, New York City, People, Veruschka, Vogue

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Archives

A Drug To Help Men Resist Beautiful Women … Really!?!

Handbags & Luxury Accessories Signature Auction

The $91,500 Hermes Crocodile Skin T-Shirt

Valentina Kova : Nostalgia

Reed Krakoff : New York Townhouse

Iris Apfel’s Exuberant Apartment

Ringaling Rotary Phone Clutch by Judith Leiber

Stuart Weitzman, Cinderella And Broadway

New York Fashion Week February 2013 Street Style (part 1)

Fragrance Indie Award Winner – Amber Oud by Kilian

Sunscreen – A Must For Winter Days

InAisce Menswear Goes Vagabond-Chic For Fall 2013

Amy Lemons A Model With A Mission

Paul Andrew A Name To Remember

More Spring/Summer 2013 Campaigns

Marc Jacobs Confessions

Marc Jacobs At WWD CEO Summit

The British Vogue February Issue Highlights

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: GREAT SKIN

13 Things To Look Forward To In Fashion In 2013

An Artist: Melvin Sokolsky

Top Bookings For The Holidays

The Maybelline 2013 Calendar

Sylvie Chantecaille:Beauty Secrets

15 Things You Didn’t Know About Diana Vreeland

Diamond Covered Hermes Birkin

Bloomingdale’s Acrobatic Holidays Windows

Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows

Citizen of Fashion:The First Supermodel-Veruschka

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