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Studio Tour: Chris Benz

in the six years since designer Chris Benz left J.Crew to launch his own clothing
line, he has quickly made a name for himself in the fashion world, dressing
everyone from girl-about-town Lola Schnabel to Sasha Obama (who wore a
Chris Benz hand-me-down from her…

i want!!

love.  although this can be a little hannibal-ish. ears for brunch, anyone?

Gap’s new creative director Rebekka Bay officially started work October 1, 2012—and in Gap’s fall look book, we’re finally getting a glimpse at Bay’s influence. Doesn’t it look expensive? And super sophisticated? And vaguely Cos-like? Well if it does, it’s probably because Bay, who helped found Cos, had a hand in the way the look book was styled and presented.

ahh Coachella - never a dull fashion moment. yay or ney?

1. socks with flat-forms…and a mono lv?

2. 80s meets 90s in the form of neon and grunge plaid

Walter Van Beirendonck’s outrageous designs may be a little out there for your typical conservative Dallas crowd, but that didn’t stop Dallas Contemporary from inviting the menswear designer to exhibit there. This past Friday, the museum opened an exhibition of his quirky and colorful designs called “Lust Never Sleeps—Silent Secrets,” which are also the titles of his winter 2012/2013 and summer 2013 collections. We caught up with Van Beirendonck the day before the exhibition opened to ask him about Dallas (he said he hadn’t seen much of the city, but that he really wants “to see some line dancing, some rodeo, some real cowboys”) the effect of museum exhibitions on fashion and the possibility of an Antwerp Six reunion.

mario + kate + sarajane

@vogueparis, vogueit

a couple of cool things coming from jcpenney rebranding - pantone universe home, duro olowu for jcp, happy chic by jonathan adler, and pearl by georgina chapman.

valentino is just so fucking beautiful. it’s for the girl who dreams.

ahhh the gowns @giles. a bit period, a bit grunge, both disturbing and beautiful with the styling.