Designer Meet & Greet TONIGHT @ STYLE SHOP!!

It is FINALLY HERE!! We know you've all been looking forward to this event since last semesters great success, and tonight we bring you some the designers of some of Style Shop's absolutely amazing designer collections for both apparel and accessories/jewelry!

YAYAYAYAY!!

Here's a preview, on my FAVORITE designer CHABELLA!! (shhh don't tell the others)

The Full Report: Merchandising Society's 50th Anniversary!!

Thursday morning in the John E. Reeves Great Hall, at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the college's largest and most historic club celebrated it's 50th year anniversary in company of some of the industry's best and brightest, along with FIT faculty, MS members, both current and past alumni, and were honored to host the President of FIT as well, Dr. Joyce F. Brown.

A FANTASTIC crowd at the event Thursday!

Enjoy the historical video put together by the Historian team and some of the fun pictures I shot at the event!!

Shopaholic: Kate Spade Wedding Belles (and whistles)

Inspired by the NY Times Critical Shopper reviews, The Society will be introducing a new column entitled: Shopaholic, where we go ahead and give our own reviews to stores, introductory collections, new concepts, and all the brick and mortar establishments we love to shop!

I don't know if I'm more confused by the Top Hat or the dress that mannequin's wearing, or that POOF headband...

To kick things off I decided to stroll through SoHo today and discovered something quite interesting, Kate Spade's "bridal' collection. A great place to start I decided, until I actually went in and discovered how puzzling the whole concept actually is in-store!

Behind The Scenes @ The MS 50th Anniversary!!

This morning FIT was buzzing to celebrate the Merchandising Society's 50th Anniversary! Here is a little video preview of the kickoff to this mornings Breakfast Banquet!

Check out the reunion after the jump!

Enjoy the mini YouTube clip and stay tuned for updates later tonight!

Editorial: Up In The Air, For FGR

In a classic 40's inspired shoot, Fashion Gone Rogue takes it's own vision for an exclusive shoot in Cape Town, South Africa.

Always a fan of vintage beauty, always.

Styled by Cally Palmer and Cristal Birch, Anastasia Yakunina and Leandro Sorice model some vintage looks from Chanel, Hermes, and plenty of stylist's own classics.

THE MERCHANDISING SOCIETY TURNS FIFTY TODAY!!

Happy anniversary to the LARGEST and OLDEST club on campus, The Merchandising Society!!! FIFTY AND FABULOUS!!

The current Executive Board and a lot more members of the Merchandising Society have been working in cooperation with a lot of FIT faculty to put together an INCREDIBLE event this morning!!

Nordstrom's Charity Shop to Be Named Treasure & Bond

Back in October it was reported that Nordstrom had leased out 350 West Broadway for what would be a charitable retail concept shop, and now it has officially been named Treasure & Bond. TradeMarkia has reported that Nordstrom was officially issued the trademark for the name of the retail store.

Pretty fancy location for the charitable concept!

What exactly will be sold?

Snapshot: Adrian Wegner & Jan Torben Schumacher

We <3 you too boys :)

Boys, boys, boys buy us drinks in bars! Gotta love models with some humor :)
A great dedication to The Fashionisto!

Campaign: Jennifer Lopez for TOUS Spring 11

The latest campaign to be released by TOUS, the jewelry label, features the beautiful likes of Jennifer Lopez herself! No doubt beneficial to both, with the new Lopez album set to be released this spring, she is beautifully captured by Ellen von Unwerth for this colorful campaign.

Yum yum!

Editorial: Classic Beauty for Fashion Gone Rogue

In a fantastic spread focusing on beauty, the experts at hair and beauty salon MIKAs Koivisto/Karlsson put together some inspiring looks for those of you looking for something a bit more glamorous in this coming formal spring season!

The definition of glamour! 

Breaking: Christophe Decarnin is Out @ Balmain

In this mornings NY Times, Cathy Horyn brought the news to America: as of today Decarnin and Balmain have officially parted ways after 5 years. The label should be announcing a new creative lead in the next week, with Melanie Ward being the front-runner at the time being.

Decarnin may have been absent from Balmain for months now!

Ms. Ward stepped in to lead the finishing touches for the Fall 2011 shows, after Decarnin "hit some kind of personal impasse and lost control of the label," reports Horyn. For the Fall 2011 shows Decarnin was rumored to be at a mental hospital....yikes!

Cover Girl: Emma Stone for Glamour

A VERY blonde Emma Stone takes the May 2011 cover of Glamour Magazine issue, and dang is she looking breezy and beautiful!

Summer is almost here! Loving that dress...

"You're a human being, and life is wonderful, so eat that damn red velvet cupcake!" says Stone in the issue. (Obviously we eat the cupcake...)

Creative Director Panel @ FIT!

This afternoon FIT was lucky enough to host a panel discussion and Q&A with some of the industry's brightest and most creative minds! Moderated by Joshua Williams, Adjunct Professor in FIT's School of Art & Design, the panel included the likes of:

• Joe Zee, Creative Director of Elle Magazine and is an FIT Alumni!
• Andrea Linett, Creative Director at eBay Fashion, and the founding Creative Director at Lucky Magazine.
• Liza Deyrmenjian, Founder & CEO of Afingo.com, an up-and-coming industry networking site.

Fantastic Discussion!

The paths of these industry players may or may not be exactly what you think they would be!...

Julie Gilhart Speaks Up

Julie Gilhart hasn't made a public appearance since leaving Barney's in the fall, that was until Friday when he made a speech at the AFINGO Fashion Forum for the Sustainability and Philanthropy panel. After being a VP at Barney's for 18 years one has to wonder, what exactly will she do next?

Attempting to save the world! 

“I’m super-excited, all those things I wanted to do at Barneys I can now do.” says Gilhart

Anna Wintour in Boot-Cut Jeans!

This is a sign that the skinnies are coming to an END!! AND SOON!! Once the queen of fashion herself has endorsed a trend, it tends to explode. So the question is, have you bought your pair of wide-leg bottoms yet ladies?!

What the what?!

Anna Wintour Has Her Boot-Cut Jeans-The Cut

Editorial: Boy's Get Prepared For A Rainy Day!!

We all know April showers bring May flowers, so of course it is absolutely appropriate for it to be so rainy and gross out!! HOWEVER, that doesn't mean us guys can get away with a hoodie and jeans!! In comes the UK edition of GQ to the rescue! (for those that could use some inspiration that is)

NEED EVERYTHING!!

Check out the models and other looks after the jump!

The Moment: Florence Welch

Just because we all thing she's absolutly perfect....here is an incredible picture from the Jak & Jil blog!!

WE LOVE YOU FLORENCE!!

A fallen star, fell from your heart and landed in my eye....

Check out what's new on Jak & Jil here!

Tumblr @ FIT!

That's right David! FASHION AT FIT!!

This afternoon FIT was privileged to host David Karp, the founder of Tumblr! With him came his incredible fashion director Rich Tong. Together these two gave a short presentation and a long Q&A with our students covering everything from the story of it all, to the current growth and INTERNSHIPS!!

Who doesn't?

 First of all a big thank you to FIT's Direct and Interactive Marketing club for organizing the event, and a congratulations to them for a successful first of many lecture series! Continued after the jump.