Theory
Top 5 Gingham Garments: Checks, Please!
Gingham is a natural choice for summer prints (and has been for years, from little girls to sixties’ mods), but these aren’t your typical square-dancing skirts. Slightly abstracted, mutated, and impressionistic checks bring a more sophisticated feel to these skirts and dresses. Think sweet country girl living it up in the city. And if you’re [...]
Top 5 Furs: Let’s Make the Fur Fly
Fur certainly has its enemies (even Bottega designer Tomas Maier calls is “vulgar”), but say what you will about the controversial accoutrement, I find it simply irresistible. Whether it comes in the form of a vintage find or a brand-new addition, fur is meant to be treasured. Because, really, is there anything more decadent? Toss [...]
Theyskens’ Theory Spring 2012 Collection: Laid-Back and Fast-Paced
Who knew that creative wunderkind Olivier Theyskens, off an ill-fated stint at Nina Ricci, and business-casual staple brand Theory would be a match made in street-style heaven? It’s kismet. Especially after taking in Theyskens’ Theory Spring collection, aimed, as Olivier said himself, for all the cool downtown girls. He satisfies – and uptown girls will [...]
Theory Fall 2012 Collection: Easy Shapes, Essential Dresses
Call me predictable, but I shop Theory like clockwork. Every season when they deliver their new shipment, I’m there to pick out my staples before I do any other clothes shopping – I need the foundations laid before I can embellish. This season the shapes are so easy and accommodating, I might even lose motivation [...]
Ready, Set, Pants!
After many seasons of taking backstage to dresses, pants took center stage again on the runways for Fall 2008 (but lazy girls like me will always love a dress, not having to think about a top and bottom makes getting dressed so easy!). I think retailers figured out that it’s far more profitable to sell [...]
