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What I Wore

19 Sep 2012
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Here we are, wrapping up the week that was NY Fashion Week Spring 2013. Down below is an assemblage of outfits, a public service announcement, on what I wore last week. It is a brief selection from the inner working of my closet, taken from my iPhone, scrambled together to create this post. Some outfits were a hit–don’t quiver in your Kirkwoods now– you might even find me in a bevy of street style round-ups in your local Korean or Finnish magazine. Never mind that. Street-style hoarder I am not, but I am guilty as the rest of the fashion crew for posing in front of those gigantic lenses dangling on photographer’s necks in front of Lincoln Center and Milk Studios. Here’s your front row seat. FYI, the... Read More

NYFW Part Two: The Long and Hot Pants of It

15 Sep 2012
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Heading onto the West Side last week, I was talking to one of my editor friends about fashion week in general and what her favorite shows were so far. She didn’t surprise me when she said Rag and Bone, as that show was one of my favorites as well. The desgining duo of David Neville and Marcus Wainwright have one of the most well-received brands both editorially, and the among the masses. What made the collection shoppable yet on target, was the layering effects, appropriate and specific, yet not overdone. See drapey-hoods, blazers, striped button-downs. Rag and Bone continues to offer the coolest, most contemporary brand around town season after season. Without missing a beat, their dead-on style is clear-on proof that these guys have true talent and... Read More

Fashion Week Part 1: The Wedding Guest, the Warrior, and the Well-Heeled

14 Sep 2012
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With Days 3, 4, and 5 over and out, I’m closing in Day 6 at the Ace Hotel taking a mini foot rest and a tea break in between the last set of parties tonight. What has struck me the hardest over the past few days are the all-white openers pervading throughout the shows. You saw that the other day right here. Boring….But leave it to Alexander Wang to take the white theme, and cut it up, slicing panels of fabric that literally hang onto sheer mesh. Mesmerized by suspended cloth, this Tron-like fabric was cut on the diagonal, creating out-of-this-world looks. When kindly asked to refrain from using “flash photography during the show, which includes cell phones” that sure was wishful thinking. Seconds after... Read More

Let the Fashion Games Begin

09 Sep 2012
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  If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what’s a video worth? In case you did ever wonder what the definition of “getting ready for Fashion Week” really means. In the throes of Day 4, today is my birthday!, I will be heading to the tents for some more Fashion Olympics. Contributing to the above preparations are copious amounts of high heel dents on my freshly painted wall, heavy bags under my eyes, hangers strewn all over the floor, and gold-tipped brogues ready to form new blisters on my feet. Ready. Set. GO! Happy Fashion Week. Again. xo Fashion credits seen for 2 seconds: A.L.C. dress, Urban Outfitters jacket, Oscar de la Renta shoes, 3.1 Phillip Lim bags, Chanel shoes, Steven Alan clutch, Cynthia... Read More

Happy NYFW

08 Sep 2012
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With Day 1 and 2 of New York Fashion Week over and out, and Day 3 in my sites, my already weary body is cringing with the prospect of 6 more days of sheer craziness. Yet, The Fashion Hunter, fueled with dangerous amounts of caffeine, stops at nothing in bringing you my brief runway recap from the past few days. Have the New York designers had a round table discussion on print fatigue? Maybe we are just exhausted from prints throwing up all over each other this Fall, as the white ghostly palette on the other end of the fashion spectrum has been a common denominator running through the past few Spring shows. It started with Rachel Comey’s Spring 2013 show at Pier 59, where... Read More

Fashion for Breakfast

04 Sep 2012
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In an abrupt transition from beach to back-to-school kool, Fashun Week officially begins in T-Minus 2 days with a Bang! Boom! PoW!  I will be humming along with the new tunes blaring on the runways, instagramming and filtering, tweeting till my fingers fall off, updating and checkin-in on Fachebook, and drinking lots and lots of coffee. And, most importantly, reporting and hunting for all the new lewks that will be rocking your world come Spring. BTW, drinking loads of caffeinated beverages has nothing to do with Fashion Week, except the fact that when I don’t have that much time to eat, Red Bull becomes the liquid alternative. Not by choice. This lack of substance will not leave me deprived hinder my ability to write in a cohesive fashion. In... Read More

Back to Kool

01 Sep 2012
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Yesterday, on a local radio station, the Radio DeeJay was a comparing the end of summer to a box of chocolate doughnuts. The comparison went like this: summer started on Memorial Day with a full box of doughnuts on the kitchen counter. On Labor Day, when you scurry into the kitchen in your underwear and find just one lonely doughnut left, it signifies the final hurrah, the end of what was summer 2012. There are no doughnuts left to eat–no days remaining to dive into your favorite book, master your favorite sport, catch those feel-good yet deadly sun’s rays. Are you wistful that summer is over? Did you see the bLuE MOON last night? What meter did you measure your summer? Summer’s end slapped me in the... Read More

In the Mix

29 Aug 2012
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Givenchy Pansy Print Clutch. Get a similar one here. See this Christopher Kane leopard-print clutch. Photo by Tommy Ton Some of the wildest prints out in the fashion jungle come straight from mother nature. And from Paris. This photo caught my eye yesterday as I was perusing the other jungle, the wild world of the internet. Dots and ferns and florals and zebras…oh yes! My take on this inspirational look? Combine those wild prints. All of them. Maybe even stripes! Don’t be afraid to push the proverbial envelope when it comes to prints. This upcoming fall season especially, it’s all in the sartorial mix. Mix, mix, mix. And finally, accessorize! The most recent fall collections suggest that handbags be held– regardless of size– in your hand. The... Read More
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