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Mountains can be as challenging as they are alluring, and I reluctantly like them that way. If a hike’s too easy, I’m not coaxed out of my comfort zone. If I didn’t push through switchbacks and scramble over a few rocks, I wouldn’t know what I’m capable of. The view at the top isn’t always […]

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Big Rich Texas may already be the name of a reality television show, but it speaks to volumes to the gussied up possibilities of the Lone Star state. Once only associated with cowboys and country stars (y’all accuse of living in igloos, so we’re allowed some misconceptions, right?), Texas is quickly rising as one of the most important high-end fashion buying markets in America. To toast the state, discount designer e-tailer The Outnet partnered up with the Toronto-based team behind The Coveteur to profile some of Texas’s leading ladies (Jane and Judy Aldridge were obviously front and centre) as well as to style a few pieces of their own against quintessential backdrops of the state, which premiere in shoppable form on The Outnet tomorrow.

In this exclusive sneak peek, we get a feel for what the trip was like for the Toronto-based trio Stephanie Mark, Erin Kleinberg and photographer Jake Rosenberg. Beautiful. Rural. And ripe for typical Cov styling. As for the juicy road trip stories: “The highlight of the trip was when Jake took the wrong exit on the highway. He ended up spending the next two hours at Texas Jerks, a BBQ joint in a small Texas town kicking it with the two heavily bearded owners,” says Mark. Well, as they say, everything is bigger in Texas.

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The low down: After living the life of a freelance writer (and awesome street style photographer for us) in her hometown of Toronto, Lia Parsley and her husband moved down to Austin, Texas where she began her Etsy shop, Violet Crown Vintage in August of this year. Parsley’s interest in fashion, styling and vintage treasure hunting made her realize that she had a perfect opportunity to find and share some great pieces from a city that is known for having some of the best vintage clothing in the world.

Parsley did her research before they made the big move and found out that in the 1800s the city became known as the “City of the Violet Crown” because of the purple glow that appears over the hills and horizon after sunset during winter. “Twilight being my favorite time of day, I knew in the name ‘Violet Crown’ that I had a particular feeling I wanted to capture for the brand,” she says. And thus, a store that provides unique and timeless vintage pieces—that are still contemporary—was conceived.

She debuted at the Crillon Ball, has arguably one of the most covetable shoe collections and counts Kanye West and Karl Lagerfeld as fans. Like most successful bloggers, the key to Jane Aldridge’s popularity is her perfectly curated online persona. However, today the Sea of Shoes blogger is stomping her fancy heels all over the Internet after New York magazine’s The Cut blog published an unflattering synopsis of a profile of Aldridge that appeared in Texas Monthly.

Rumours are swirling as to Olivier Theyskens next step in the fashion world after leaving Nina Ricci earlier in the year. Christopher Burch is developing a lifestyle brand and is said to be in talks with Theyskens for a separate design concept. Details are hush hush at this point but Theyskens has kept busy in his spare time, penning a retrospective book on his work due out in February, when we will absolutely, 100 per cent rush out to buy it. [WWD]

A French court approved the Falic group’s restructuring plan for Christian Lacroix today. This will mean that the label’s couture, ready-to-wear and retail shops will cease operation and the brand will turn into a Pierre Cardin-like licensing operation with only 11 employees staying on. We’re all mourning the loss of the label’s runway shows and hoping that another mysterious buyer will swoop in to save Lacroix. [The Cut]