October 2009

Fashion Industry News Roundup: 10/30/09

October 30, 2009

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Photos: Yosh Han Trompeur

October 26, 2009

Culture writer and social analyst Denyse Beaulieu has been writing about the potential argument for perfumery as fine art over at Grain de Musc, specifically in her posts “A Few Considerations on the Critical Gaze” and “A Few Additional Comments on Perfume as an Art Form” — though this is not a new topic for [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 10/23/09

October 23, 2009

1. Tom Ford Will Storm the World of Womenswear — Again:“(Tom) Ford has finally confirmed on the record that he will indeed once again be a womenswear designer . . . Though WWD cites earlier sources that put Ford looking to launch as early as Fall 2010, the designer now says he’ll need another 18 [...]

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Flying Under the Radar: Why Sizing Down Might Be the Next Big Thing

October 21, 2009

In his book, “The Perfect Scent“, author and New York Times fragrance critic Chandler Burr recounts a story that reveals how important a fragrance can be to the fortunes of a famous fashion brand: “A man I know once sat next to Yves Saint Laurent at a Paris dinner party. He asked, ‘What portion of [...]

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A Weekend in New York: October, 2009

October 20, 2009

I missed publishing this last Friday’s Fashion Industry Roundup because I was in New York City — I was originally there to attend the Sniffapalooza Fall Ball, but within the first ten minutes after arriving at the open Bergdorf Goodman event on Saturday, I walked out due to one attendee’s highly inappropriate conduct. There must [...]

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Quick Sniffs: By Kilian Back to Black Aphrodisiac (plus Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles and Mazzolari Ambra)

October 13, 2009

BY KILLIAN BACK TO BLACK (Aphrodisiac): after the volume level on the lauding and praising died down a bit over Frenchman Kilian Hennessy’s surprisingly adept interpretation (well, surprising to me, at least) of the Middle Eastern incense genre with his limited edition Pure Oud release, the company debuted Back to Black, the eighth brick in [...]

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Monday Morning Notes: Vanity Bash

October 12, 2009

Somehow I got (willingly) roped into co-planning a party for Louise and friends that will have me playing an educator’s role in outlining the basic fashion and beauty trends for Fall 2009 for a group of busy Seattle mothers and working women. It’s easy enough to sit in front of a computer and type away [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 10/09/09

October 9, 2009

1.) Sex is the Trend that Paris Designers Hope Will Sell:“There have been plenty of beautiful clothes at Paris fashion week, but the trendy looks reveal how hard the industry is struggling to grab shoppers’ attention: micro miniskirts, transparent blouses, pointy “Mad Men” bras, and panties worn as shorts . . . But they risk [...]

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Photos: Liz Zorn (Soihovle Naturals) Oudh Lacquer

October 7, 2009

Have you ever read a review of something — a movie, a car, an art show, a fragrance — and thought to yourself, “A-ha! That’s exactly what I was thinking . . . without even realizing I was thinking it!” That’s how I felt when I read the Perfume Posse review for Liz Zorn’s Oudh [...]

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Bellevue Fashion Week 2009: ‘Front Row Fashion’ Show Sponsored by Vogue

October 5, 2009

Okay, so it’s not New York . . . or London . . . or Milan . . . or Paris, but hey, every city needs its own way of promoting its (now suffering) retail scene, and since the Fashion Week bandwagon has been boarded by nearly every metropolitan area on the planet, why not [...]

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