Avant Garde Crashes the White House

So she was too busy schmoozing to notice that the event of the season was crashed. So she completely fell down on one of the major responsibilities of her amazing job that I personally would die for. So what?

I don't blame her, because the woman wore Comme des Garçons to the first White House state dinner, and she looked absolutely stunning. Desiree Rogers is flawless in this F/W 2009 CDG look.


From Oscar de la Renta to Comme des Garçons: this is true progress. Bring on the crashers, bring on the fashion.

It's Here!

Our favorite time of the year....

Be sure to get there early to buy yourself all your own Hanukkah gifts.

Opening Ceremony Sample Sale

December 11-13th

Friday & Saturday 11a.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday 12 - 7 p.m.

201 Mulberry Street(Between Spring & Kenmare)

60-90% off merchandise from:Acne, Alexander Wang, Alexandre Herchcovich, Band of Outsiders, Erin Wasson x RVCA, Final Home, Jeremy Scott, Loden Dager, Opening Ceremony, Patrik Ervell, Proenza Schouler, Rachel Comey, Sabatino, Tsumori Chisato, United Bamboo, Vena Cava, & more...

And careful - there's a $100 minimum for credit cards!

Dreaming of...A Black Velvet Christmas

The Holidays are upon us, which of course means lots of holiday parties and lots of opportunities to get festive with your frocks.

My personal obsession this holiday season is the Chloe F/W 2009 one-sleeved black velvet jumper. I just can't stop thinking about what a fabulous holiday get-up it would be. And seeing Diane Kruger in the ready-to-wear version only further convinces me...

German Oak

So I just got back from 10 days in Berlin where I spent the entire time living blocks away from the German Oak, Temporary Showroom. Of course it took me eight days to figure this out, but that was fine since the euro was killer.

It was everything you would want an edgy shop in east Berlin to be: white walls, two plain racks, a giant chest-height table full of fashion magazines we pay $30 apiece here in the States, a dressing room consisting of a cordoned-off corner of the room with an old mirror against the wall.

Aside from the usual faves like Henrik Vibskov and Diana Orving, they featured a Berlin-based designer (group? collective? no idea, really) called Realitystudio. I am obsessed with their stuff (check it out here) and now the proud owner of this fabulous top, the Okto pullover, despite the sad, sad state of the dollar:

I was so, so, so, so tempted to buy the Question scarf, but then I remembered that making no money in dollars equals making even less euros. It was an endless scarf and absolutely amazing: one side knit cashmere, the other the softest jersey imaginable. It already had a twist in it so that by the time you looped it around your neck it had taken on this fabulous sculptural quality. I am still trying to convince myself that 59 euros is a bargain for something handmade (even a scarf!) in a former factory in former East Berlin....

And get this, their only retail outlet in the States is in Chicago! A disgrace. I'm calling Oak tomorrow and dropping off the lookbook (of course I snatched a couple...)

more on Berlin to come...