Death of a Vintage Salesman
I know, I know, it sounds extreme…
But that sentence pops into my mind every time I think of how different my shopping patterns have become the older I have gotten. When I was a wee one of 13, vintage shopping was what I lived and breathed for. Nowadays I hardly have the patience, I’ve seen it all, and I’ve owned a version of almost all the hot vintage shapes and styles recognizable. The way I want to present myself on a day-to-day or at my 9 to 5 doesn’t synch up anymore with how I feel the when sporting some precious vintage goodies.
POSTED BY Heather Talmadge ON September 30
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Fashion: A Comfort Food Alternative
One of the main attractions at Vogue’s Global Fashion’s Night Out two weeks ago was designer cupcakes. Not the styles on the runways, not the one-night-only sales deals, but the free cupcakes given out by high-end brands, like Club Monaco (whose food truck read “How Sweet It Is To Have a Cupcake On Us”).
It seems that it’s impossible to hold a fashion event these days without offering swanky cupcakes. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not complaining by any means! It just got me thinking…And by “it got me thinking” I mean that I did some “field research” (i.e. ate a whole bunch of cupcakes).
What is it about cupcakes that seems to go so perfectly hand in hand with fashion?
POSTED BY Daniela Zeltzer ON September 23
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Never Say Never
I think one of my favorite elements of fashion is how it always manages to make a liar out of me.
I swear to never wear a certain color or silhouette and after a good few years… it sneaks back into fashion and I find myself loving it!
The other day on the radio I heard a commercial from a clothing retailer that went a little bit like this: “Come check out our amazing selection of denim! We have skinny jeans for him and boyfriend jeans for her!” I laughed to myself and thought that even two years ago NONE of us could’ve seen that coming!
POSTED BY Heather Talmadge ON September 15
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Nostalgic for our Melrose Place
Last night was the premiere of the new Melrose Place on TV, and we can’t help but take a moment to reminisce about how it all started for XCVI.
The days of oversized flannel shirts, cargo pants with pocket styling, Union Jack British flag jackets, denim cut-offs and cropped tees.
The grunge influence of the 90s put an emphasis on wearability and comfort. And from that framework, the first season of XCVI was born.
POSTED BY Daniela Zeltzer ON September 9
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When the News is Not So Hot, Fashion Is!
When I was in grad school, a journalism professor explained to us that when the news is hot, you tell it cold. This is based on the “less is more” approach to story telling.
And vice versa…when the news is cold, the reporter is told to use sensational language in the headline and the lead, as to attract the readers’ attention.
I just got back from the MAGIC tradeshow in Vegas, and it seems to me that we in the fashion world are following a similar approach to styling.
POSTED BY Daniela Zeltzer ON September 3
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