Yearly Archives: 2011

Recipe: Banana Buckwheat Bread

Like a lot of culinary inventions, this recipe for banana bread came about by accident. I had enough white flour to make half a recipe originally given to me by my college friend California Girl,...
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Green Floral Maxi Dress, Outside Rag & Bone

For the whole summer, many of us have had one go-to print: stripes. Well now I'm sick of them (at least until Resort 2012). Dark florals are a nice way to usher in the fall,...
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Modified Lumberjack Look, Outside Rag & Bone

I have an officemate who's out to singlehandedly destroy the popularity of the lumberjack look in Williamsburg by introducing new trends - rave, retro '80s, anything but Taavo Somer woodsman style. But lumberjack, like leopard,...
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Amanda Brooks at Rag & Bone

Barneys fashion director Amanda Brooks wore lots of fabulous outfits this fashion week, all of which were chronicled in The Cut's Fashion Week Style Diaries. Here she arrived at the Rag & Bone show in...
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The Lot on Tap

CLOSED It may seem like just yesterday that the August sun was beating down on us, but guess what? Oktoberfest officially begins on September 22nd. Instead of hiking out to Queens this year, Manhattanites only...
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Sarah Rutson at Jason Wu

Lane Crawford's Sarah Rutson looked gorgeous at Jason Wu in a strapless pleated black dress. But since she is one of fashion's bellwethers, it's important to note what she's wearing: a dress! Sarah Rutson was...
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Harlem's Fashion Row

On Friday, four designers presented collections at Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, as part of Harlem's Fashion Row Spring 2012 show. Above, a fringed rope dress by Ingram Talley's Jakia Handy.  (more…)
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Leather Skirt and Top, Harlem's Fashion Row

Harlem's Fashion Row presented the collections of four local designers on Friday, and a very fashionable crowd came to see the show. Above, Tiger Lily, a guest and New York DJ, in a leather top...
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Natalie Massenet, Outside Marc Jacobs

Fashion editor turned entrepreneur Natalie Massenet curates a beautiful collection of clothes for Net-a-Porter, but she also understands what women need out of their wardrobes. Here she's assembled a great outfit that took her all...
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Delfina Blaquier, Outside Ralph Lauren

Handsome polo star Nacho Figueras came to yesterday's Ralph Lauren show, but the fashion crowd was perhaps even more smitten with his gorgeous wife Delfina Blaquier, photographer, model and star of Ralph Lauren's Romance campaign. She...
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Marina Muñoz, Outside 3.1 Phillip Lim

Stylist and street style darling Marina Muñoz arrived at the 3.1 Phillip Lim show in an adorable Western outfit, complete with kerchief tied at her neck and a wide brimmed outback hat. She has a...
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Prints and Color, Outside Jeremy Scott

Here's another example of a riotous mix of prints and color, seen on a woman outside the Jeremy Scott show. Believe it or not, this is not a jumpsuit but separates she skillfully coordinated. The...
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Amanda Hearst at Michael Kors

Amanda Hearst looked so sharp in Michael Kors at the designer's show. The graphic red pants and black and white striped sweater are both au courant and totally wearable.
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Barbara Walters, Arriving at the Oscar de la Renta Show

The beautiful Barbara Walters came to the Oscar de la Renta show in a brilliant red suit and red shoes, a popular color choice for fall.
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Brown Jumpsuit, Outside Theyskens' Theory

Despite all the concern that there will never be another Halston, we may not have to worry. His aesthetic has been absorbed into the fashion zeitgeist so thoroughly that there are references everywhere, as with...
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