We Love Public School Boys x J.Crew

 

Public School boys are officially about to blow up.  Their collaboration with J.Crew is now available at stores and online.

 

Public School for J.Crew PS Boys Tank 

Public School for J.Crew Scarlet Sweatpant

Shop the full collection here.

Photos via @PublicSchoolnyc Instagram, JCrew.com

Not Who You Are, But Who You Wear. #CFDA Fashion Awards 2013

Rose Byrne in Thakoon

Hailee Steinfeld in Suno dress and Jimmy Choo heels

 

Elizabeth Olsen in The Row and Mary-Kate Olsen in vintage Issey Miyaki

 

Lily Aldridge in The Row dress and shoes

 

Nicole Richie in Marc Jacobs

 

Greta Gerwig in Band of Outsiders w/the designer of the brand, Scott Sternberg

 

Miranda Kerr in Proenza Schouler

 

Rooney Mara in Calvin Klein

 

Kate Mara in a Dolce & Gabbana dress

 

Kerry Washington in Jason Wu, clutch by Lanvin

photo credit: Getty Images

 

Joan Smalls in Givenchy

 

Adriana Lima in Givenchy

photos via Fashionista

Can't Touch This.

Kirsten Dunst looks so sleek and bad-ass in a Patrik Ervell number.

Hello Gorgeous. CFDA Awards 2010. Congrats Billy Reid!

Not Who You Are, But Who You Wear. At the CFDA.

Alexa Chng in Marc Jacobs


Mary Kate Olsen, Sasha Pivovarova and Ashley Olsen all in The Row


Rachel Weisz in Jason Wu


Whitney Port in David Meister


Lara Stone in Calvin Klein


Jessica Biel in Diane Von Furstenberg


Irina Lazareanu in 3.1 Phillip Lim


Hayden Christensen in Richard Chai and with the designer himself


Alexis Bledel in Benhaz Serafpour


Hana Soukupova in Marchesa

All photos by Steve Eicher

The IT Boys of CFDA.

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Brings on the Charm.

via WWD - Fashion Targets Breast Cancer is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, the charitable program of the Council of Fashion Designers of America is teaming up with QVC and launching QVC Designer Charms for Charity.

The monthlong initiative on the TV shopping network will offer specially designed charms by CFDA members who are already part of QVC’s regular roster, including Stan Herman, Marc Bouwer, Anthony Nak, Bradley Bayou, Dean Harris and Victor Costa, to benefit FTBC.

“QVC is a great partner because of the reach it has and a customer base that is really loyal to the designers that sell on QVC,” said Steven Kolb, executive director of the CFDA. “Each [designer] did a charm that was inspired by something in their life and is very personal to the designers.”

Claire Watts, president of U.S. commerce for QVC, said, “Not only is it a great way for our shopper to purchase one of these exclusive charms, but it also allows them to give back to a great organization.”

The charms will be priced from about $20 to $100 and 100 percent of net proceeds will go to FTBC. The program will launch at QVC.com on Sept. 1 and the pieces will be promoted during QVC’s New York Fashion Week broadcasts, scheduled from Sept. 10 to 16. Depending on the supply, the charms will be available at the QVC site until the end of September.

FTBC was founded by Ralph Lauren after he met the late fashion critic Nina Hyde and promised her to rally the fashion industry to fight cancer. Since its launch, the program has extended to 11 international partners and given almost $50 million to breast cancer charities worldwide.

Designers Management Agency helped put together the deal between QVC and the CFDA.

Nigel Barker — best known as the photographer judge on “America’s Next Top Model” — shot the campaign to mark the anniversary. Veronica Webb is featured in the black-and-white images, which were styled by Leslie Fremar and show the model wearing a charm of the original FTBC logo created by Lauren.

“The idea was to create a campaign in the tradition of past campaigns,” Kolb said.

Fremar, who also styles Julianne Moore, tapped the actress to design a special charm with Robert Lee Morris, who also created a charm of his own.

“The concept is that you get the FTBC charm that you buy with the necklace or bracelet, and hopefully, as the program gets introduced over the course of a few weeks, you will buy additional charms and eventually have a collection of them,” Kolb said.

CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Nominees Are In...

NYMag.com - The ten finalists for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund have been announced. The winner of the prestigious prize receives $200,000 to put toward their business, and mentorship from bigwigs in the fashion industry. Two runners-up receive $50,000, along with business counseling. Alexander Wang, whose sample sale nearly bankrupted us last weekend, won last year. His mentor is none other than CFDA president Diane Von Furstenberg. Last year's runners-up were Vena Cava designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai and Albertus Quartus designer Albertus Q. Swanepoel. This year's nominees are:

• Flora Gill and Alexa Adams of Ohne Titel
• Natalie Chanin of Alabama Chanin
• Patrik Ervell
• Sophie Theallet
• Waris Ahluwalia of House of Waris
• Wayne Lee of Wayne
• George Esquivel of Esquivel Shoes
• Gary Graham
• Monique Péan
• Simon Spurr of Spurr

The winner and runners-up will be announced at a gala on November 16.

Here are some looks from my personal fave, Sophie Theallet.

Fashion Targets Summer Fridays

Breast Cancer campaigns kicks in for summer Fridays with the help from the CFDA, Net-a-porter.com and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Starting July 3rd (through September 25th) "Fashion Targets Summer Fridays" encourages women to buy and wear the exclusive Ralph Lauren FTBC (Fashion Targets Breast Cancer) polo at work and on the way to the Hamptons. This initiative will raise funds to benefit cancer research and awareness. The fashion statement retails for $55 and available at www.net-a-porter.com/ftbc and proceeds will be donated to both Susan G. Komen for the Cure and other FTBC supported organizations.

CFDA 2009 Red Carpet & Winners

*photos by Scott Rudd / WWD

Sisters do it better! Congratulations to Rodarte for Womenswear Designer of the Year Award! Designers Kate & Laura Mulleavy celebrate with their #1 fan, Kirsten Dunst.


Alexander Wang with Dree Hemingway (in Alexander Wang) scored the Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent for Womenswear.

Tim Hamilton (not photographed) received the Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent in menswear.


Swarovski's Accessory Design Award went to Justin Giunta of Subversive Jewelry accompanied by Hannelore Knuts in Azzedine Alaia.


Kirsten Dunst wearing her favorite designers, Rodarte


Blake Lively in Michael Kors


Rachel Zoe in head to toe Louis Vuitton (I die to be her for one night) - dress, shoes, clutch and jewelry by Yossi Harrari


Tallulah Willis in Calvin Klein


Lorenzo Martone and Marc Jacobs who won the International Award for his work at Louis Vuitton


Ashley Olsen in vintage gown


Diane Kruger in Jason Wu with the designer


Bradley Cooper in Calvin Klein with the winning designer Italo Zuccheli (who also tied with Scott Sternberg of Band of Outsiders for Menswear Designer of the Year)


Coco Rocha in Michael Kors

CFDA Journal. The Nominees.

WWD - For this year’s CFDA Journal, Diane von Furstenberg’s only marching orders for creative director Trey Laird were “Capture fashion — do something fabulous.” So instead of using models to showcase the designers’ work, he decided it would be best to have the nominees shot sporting their own creations, which had not been done before. Photographer Craig McDean and stylist Karl Templer helped to ensure none of the 21 subjects would wind up with a standard head-and-shoulders shot. International award winner Marc Jacobs, who will be honored for his work for Louis Vuitton, donned the floppy rabbit ears he created. Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, who are in the running for Accessory Designer of the Year, wore their handbags as if they were boxing gloves. More daring is the image of Swarovski women’s wear designer contender Jason Wu standing proudly in an emerald green evening gown over a gray suit. Inspired by Wu’s understated graceful dresses, Laird envisioned him as a bit like Fred Astaire, “but his Ginger Rogers is his creation.”