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He was selling custom-made clothing to Hip Hop’s finest for thousands of dollars a piece, fashioned from rolls of fake Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Fendi prints imported from Korea out of his Harlem boutique during the 1980s. His name is Dapper Dan and before the likes of Kanye West and Rihanna were doing it, this [...]
High heels were not originally intended to be worn by women. In fact, the coveted red-soled Christian Louboutin shoes were famously inspired by a French royal and notable trendsetter of the high heel, King Louis XIV of France. He passed a law ensuring only members of his court could wear the red-soled heels he sported, making it [...]
Before you get too excited by these images, as the title might suggest, this is not an article about a new designer fashion trend for crocheted bags. (And you may or may not remember a little article I did a while back called 3 Reasons to Stop being an a** hole and say NO to [...]
Hey, do you like DIY? Good, because you can now DIY your own Fendi iconic Baguette purse! All you’ll need is your very own Fendi craft kit, maybe some extras from the craft store to really go all out and oh, $1,500! Haha! And there you were thinking a designer label was going to be [...]
Guess what! I managed to convince the buzzed-about bohemian jewelry designer, Pure Dead Brilliant (who I’m ever so slightly obsessed with) that it would be a good idea to give me free stuff to give to you! Not only will a lucky winner get to choose a favorite piece from any of the designs featured in this article, [...]
The Bad Meet Peter Dundas, artistic direction for Emilio Pucci who possibly gave the most obnoxious interview in media history for last Sunday’s fashion edition of the Financial Time’s magazine How to Spend it (granted, an equally obnoxious magazine in its own right). I’ve provided excerpts from his Q&A piece (pictured above) along with conclusive [...]
Modern Man is Afraid of Dandyism. Except for a few… When you think of silk handkerchiefs, pink corduroys, tweed and double-breasted tailoring, would you associate such a style of dress with some of the poorest slums of Africa? What you’re looking at is the phenomenon of Sapeurs, a subculture of extraordinarily dressed dandies from the Congo. In [...]
Old friend HandbagAddict (previously ShoeAddict) came to visit me in Paris last weekend with her boyfriend, who without much thought, booked them a room at the Four Seasons hotel, George V. This got on my nuts (can girls use that expression?). I could understand if you might be traveling to a third world country where [...]
Sifting through rails of retro basics; Levis 501′s, shearling jackets,, leather belts, paisley prints; ever stopped and wondered, “Hang on, where does all this stuff come from?” Vintage shops are acquiring mainstream status in fashion retail. MessyNessy is asking where the clothes are coming from and is it all really vintage? Finding out the answer [...]
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Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
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He was selling custom-made clothing to Hip Hop’s finest for thousands of dollars a piece,
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Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
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Sometimes I wonder about things like, who’s going to know how to make a piano in twenty
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The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I’ve been collecting
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I‘m just discovering I have a bit of a thing for vintage envelopes– I think it’s the
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No, this isn’t the rescue mission of a shipwrecked Porsche 911, this is a picture of a 911
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What a rare treat it would be to receive something like this today. It certainly makes emailing
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The weekend is fast approaching, we’re looking forward to letting our hair down, maybe go
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Just look at her. “You know you want me”, is what she’s saying. And it could be
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I came across the fantastic photograph below and knew there had to be more preserved sassy moments
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You might have noticed that sneakers are back in style this year and designers are scrambling to do
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Another season, another Paris Fashion Week! Nessy and her pal Kath couldn’t resist getting
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High heels were not originally intended to be worn by women. In fact, the coveted red-soled
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