Posted July 1st, 2011
by Brock Cumpston
Denis Gagnon delivers a “tragic” follow-up to his brilliant spring 2011 showing; Label goes nu-grunge; Chloe comme Parris’ sisters do it for themselves; Pink Tartan enlist in the military; and Joe remains forever Fresh.
Last LG Fashion Week, no show thrilled more than Denis Gagnon’s. What happened? I’d heard from Montrealers that this season was quite… something else, but hoped he would make amends ‘tween their A/W11 fashion week and ours.
“It was tragic,” said Jeanne Beker yesterday, post-Gagnon. I n
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Posted June 30th, 2011
by Brock Cumpston
One of the many starry ideals of Slutwalk was to arrive at a place where we would not be judged, either on the street or on the witness stand, by what they wear. And yet I couldn’t help noticing. I walked for a while with Jaime Woo , and we were taken by all the screaming hair colours, the DIY protest slogan t-shirts, the amateur-prostitute costumes. These girls and women had put so much, and such varied, effort into dressing—all to prove that it doesn’t actually matter. Usually, I’m surrounded by people who slave to look effortless. T
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Posted June 29th, 2011
by Brock Cumpston
House phones and cellphones are ringing simultaneously at the Stone family home on this Tuesday afternoon. Stay-at-home mom Lara Stone, dashes from one call to the other in short shorts, a red tank top and worn-in house slippers. School let out less than a week ago, but a nearly finished 750-piece puzzle on the dining room table indicates that boredom has already set in with her kids.
A Nintendo DS has one child, 10-year-old Andy, hypnotized upstairs. Jared, 8, sits on a couch decked out in Duff’s Famous Wings gear from a recent trip to Buffalo. He’s keeping a close eye on his twin sister Allison, whose head occasionally jerks back from the ambitious stroke of her mom’s hairbrush.
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Posted June 28th, 2011
by Brock Cumpston
Once again, Devine Calloway is the recipient of etnies raddest apparel collection. The Calloway Collection for Fall 2011 features grown up cuts and a sensibility that harkens more to the brands European roots than their SoCal base.
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Tags: Apparel, Devine Calloway, Fall 2011 Posted in Vogue Style