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Author Archives: By CINTRA WILSON
Critical Shopper: Opening Ceremony Reinvents the Fashion Wheel
August 25, 2010 – 10:26 pm
Critical Shopper | Lanvin: At Lanvin, Pricey Designs for Society’s Decline
August 10, 2010 – 2:57 pm
Under Alber Elbaz, Lanvin has defined itself as mature without being unsexed, fashion-forward while rooted in classic tailoring.
Critical Shopper | Isabel Marant: At Isabel Marant, What’s in a Label?
April 21, 2010 – 5:37 pm
The young French designer Isabel Marant opens a boutique in SoHo.
Critical Shopper: Lilly’s Fashions Have a Colorful Narrative
April 7, 2010 – 9:40 pm
Prints and wild hues make life a little brighter at the newly refurbished shop on Madison Avenue.
Critical Shopper | Calvin Klein: What Comes Between Brooke and Her Calvins? China.
March 24, 2010 – 4:46 pm
Styles may have changed at Calvin Klein, but you can still count on the essentials.
Critical Shopper | Alexis Bittar: Alexis Bittar’s Jewelry on Madison Avenue
March 10, 2010 – 5:27 pm
Mr. Bittar brings his suave bling to an Upper East Side location, where open cases encourage customers to try on Lucite and semiprecious baubles redolent of happy bygone eras.
Critical Shopper | Zero + Maria Cornejo: Maria Cornejo Plays All the Angles
February 24, 2010 – 11:10 pm
Ms. Cornejo’s edgy-yet-demure, dress-up-or-down pieces have attracted top-shelf fashion intellectuals like Tilda Swinton, Cindy Sherman and Michelle Obama.
Critical Shopper | Edon Manor: Trying On Shoes in Someone Else’s Dream
February 11, 2010 – 12:20 am
This nifty, library-like boutique is designed to stimulate your inner Anglophile with distinct authors of footwear and various forms of designer reading material as well.
Critical Shopper | Kiki de Montparnasse and Agent Provocateur: Dressing for Success on Valentine’s Day
January 28, 2010 – 12:12 am
Agent Provocateur is only a few of blocks away from Kiki de Montparnasse, but it is considerably closer to the old 42nd Street in spirit.
Critical Shopper | Lily et Cie: Vintage Clothing, Red-Carpet Ready
January 13, 2010 – 11:59 pm
Lily et Cie is famous for being a veritable museum collection of, it says, more than a half-million pieces of vintage fashion.