25 Feb
Iron gloves and Trojan helmets for the sartorial pioneer in all of us

I know what you’re thinking: for so long you’ve wanted to start rocking that Luxury-Gladiator-With-Antlers look, but you had no idea where to get started. It’s a common obstacle that’s befuddled many an entrepreneurial trendsetter. Lucky for all sartorial pioneers, Rock N’ Bone‘s Couture line is here to supply you with handsomely crafted, $3,000 bedazzled […]


You gotta give it to Agent Provocateur — the British couture lingerie label makes videos that truly highlight the fruits of their product. Their last Private Tapes series surely made the best of their designer undies, and this video perhaps outdoes it — at least in the creepiness factor. Filmed as if shot by a Peeping […]


23 Dec
Belgian couture sneakers at Porvocacao

Belgian luxury couture label Maison Martin Margiela has these standout high top sneakers available at Porvocacao. Constructed of premium black leather, the shoes feature a perforated toe box and tongue, color contrasting off white laces, a padded cutout overlay at the heel collar, off white leather lining and a translucent gum midsole. Pick them up […]


A new series of luxury umbrellas from typically couture French designers Jean Paul Gaultier and Guy de Jean, all patterns lifted from Gaultier’s always famed runway collection. Ranging in price from $70-$160, some of the umbrellas have Gaultier’s logo as their image while other use his signature navy blue stripes. Pick them up at Opening […]


19 Nov
First peek at new collection for Spring/Summer 2011

High end shoe label Christian Louboutin is a highly revered name among Sex and the City addicts and dapper young (very rich) men from across the globe, mostly due to the designer’s distinctive leftfield approach to haute couture footwear. The new Spring/Summer 2011 collection includes both high top and slip-on men’s sneakers, and like previous […]


15 Oct
Lernert and Sander's unique window installations at Selfridges

Dutch design duo Lernert and Sander have reinvented ordinary household items into fabulous fashion displays. “We wanted to turn stock items into startlingly smart footwear,” they explain. “A humorous take on fashion as an ideal escape from the daily grind.” Utilizing dishwashers, dustbusters, sinks, brooms and sewing machines, these domestic appliances are remodeled into the […]


12 Aug
Ironic, or just really expendable...?

I’m pretty much a girlie girl. I pretend to be tough, but the closest I’ve ever gotten to a fight was when a chick in seventh grade gym class made fun of my friend Sophia De La Torre, so I pointed my shaking finger in her face and said, in my best pretend badass voice, […]


22 Jul
The ultimate in couture upcycling

I blame Blade Runner, but for some reason I have an attraction to the simplicity and beauty…and ritual…of origami. Apparently, so does artist Yuliya Kyrpo. She crafted the elegant bustier gown above strictly out of newspaper — but not just any newpsaper, mind you, but from 1,000 paper cranes carefully hand-folded from old recycled Metro […]