Fall 2011 Breakdown: How to Make Menswear Work


Updated 11/01/11 1:49 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Menswear Trend For Fall 2011

Ladies, listen up: if there's anything we've learned from the Fall runways, it's that it is officially time to embrace our masculine side. We're talking tuxedo jackets, bowties, suspenders — the whole nine. The menswear look was shown in collections from Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino, and Jason Wu (just to name a few) and calls to mind liberated, cool-and-confident women like Katharine Hepburn Read more

Le Smoking — The Ultimate Jacket and Why You Need One


Updated 10/21/11 12:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

History of Le Smoking Jacket

A girl wouldn't think twice about topping off her look with a chic blazer today, but it was a different story back in 1966 when Yves Saint Laurent introduced the now iconic le smoking jacket to the fashion world. At first, editors and buyers didn't react well to Saint Laurent's collection; New York Times critic Gloria Emerson described his collection as "lumpy" and "outdated" and said Saint Read more