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!

How Big is the Galliano Controversy?

...BIG. John Galliano has gone from suspended from Christian Dior to fired and embarrassed over the alleged racial slurs he's being accused of using many times. The story has officially gone to the NY Times website front and center.

FRONT & CENTER!! GALLIANO FIRED!

In case you aren't familiar with the history of the story:

Need to Know: Boutiques.com

The NY Times had a fantastic article on Google's new launch into apparel e-commerce, using their website Boutiques.com, after I logged onto the website I realized just how exciting Google's entrance into apparel actually is!

Shop my favorite blogger? Yes please! 

Boutiques.com is like no other shopping experience I have had, the new technology platform Google has created allows their website to adapt to your shopping habits, including taste in shapes, colors, styles, and even brands.

The website allows you to see merchandise from boutiques all over the world by searching, or you can even shop the "boutique" of your favorite celebrity, a few starlets including Nicole Richie, and bloggers such as Bryan Boy have already created their pages of preferences in looks. Boutiques.com also allows you to create your own "boutique" of items and have people around the world follow you and shop within your boutique.

Finally a website where when you search "navy striped shirt," you will get navy striped shirts! Leaving out all the extra that could come with is such as shorts, shoes, and accessories.

Boutiques.com, welcome to your new best friend!

Have good taste? Let the world shop your boutique!

Google Fashion Shopping Site Makes Debut-NY Times

M.S. Loves: Stacy Igel & Boy Meets Girl!

I'm sure we all remember when Stacy Igel of Boy Meets Girl came to visit us at MS. Well we'd like to support her in her race to be on Oprah! She open's the NY Times article, "Who Will Be Oprah’s Last Star?," and we'd like to wish her luck! Thank you Stacy for the opportunities you offer Merchandising Society and don't forget to check out the article linked below along with the Behind the Seams series that just launched on ratemyprofessor.com! 

M.S. Loves you!

Who Will Be Oprah's Last Star?- GO STACY!

Behind The Seams-Ratemyprofessor.com