FASHION Magazine

The Wall Street Journal‘s Ray Smith looks…amused as he talks to la crème de Williamsburg boys about their skinny jeans. [WSJ]

Could this be Christian Lacroix’s last couture show? Better look now, before it’s gone. [The Cut]

Anna Wintour appears to be giving couture week a miss–she was absent from yesterday’s Dior showing. [Fashion Week Daily]

Repetto’s Jackson jazz shoe is dancing off shelves of their Paris store. A touch less obvious than a single-white-glove style tribute. [Style File]

Go backstage at Chanel’s Cruise show in Venice, no boat required. [Fashionologie] Bottega Veneta streamlines its Cruise palette for the steamliner set. [Fab Sugar] Richard Prince continues his Louis l’amour, with Vuitton collaborating on an instillation of his work in Hong Kong. [WWD]

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Fashematics: An animated bullet plus Bert from Sesame Street equals this Giles…outfit? [Trust Fun, via Cyanatrendland]

For $195, you can have the, er, fruits of Stella McCartney’s labours. [Fabsugar]

The Bottega home collection is much more masculine than we would have thought. [Racked]

By Susie Sheffman

Waiting for a Prada show to begin is always an electrifying experience. First there’s the mad crush at the door, next, the confused scramble through a maze of seating, followed by the whispered buzz about what Mrs. Prada, as her staff lovingly call her, is about to show.  Trust me: You can guess all you want, you will never get it right!