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Down the Rabbit Hole

Check out this website … there is definitely a little Alice in Wonderland action going on. As there should be: the Timo Weiland collection is full of color, magical, fantastical. First encountered this dapper young American at Paris (capsule) in September 2011, showing...

21 March 2012

Get Dosed! on 3.11

Oh, hello there — Spring is here and we’ve rounded up the best Spring pieces from all kinds of our favorite people and places. Did we mention it’s all going to be at Dose, this Sunday, 3.11? Check out Agga B’s day-to-night dress collection:...

09 March 2012

via Journelle

Treat your precious underthings nicely, and they’ll treat you even nicer. Great tips from Journelle via a recent stop in their shop on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach:

09 March 2012

THCIYH: Volume 20

Maternalist > Feminist iTunes

06 March 2012

New Orange Yoga Mat

get the look! by inika featuring platform high heels << quaint, non? yeah, but nice looking set. get real though: don’t ever scrimp on shoes. (Especially not in fantasyland). unsure, at first blush, about the orange yoga mat we took home today, it...

03 March 2012

The best things …

come from the heart, the garden and Robin Richman. Yesterday, we picked up some Spring sock porn from the RR store: You know how happy that makes us. While there, we also picked up this: Chicago can be/is a pretty scary place. So when...

02 March 2012

Brides!

Lettuce Entertain You asked us to bring together a group of bridal vendors for their 4th Annual Bridal Event at Paris Club: Here’s the list of all our bridal friends participating in the event this Sunday, 3/4: GOWNS/ACCESSORIES Lulu’s at the Belle Kay...

02 March 2012

THCIYH: Volume 19

Mama, I Wanna Go Shopping iTunes

19 February 2012

THCIYH: Volume 18

Dirty Soles, Clean Souls iTunes

30 January 2012

A Very Haute Closet Christmas

It's the Holidaze! iTunes

23 December 2011

Packing for Paris

We get asked about packing a lot. Basically, you’re taking a mini version of your Haute Closet on the road. Thus, everything should already be a perfect fit and in great condition. The evening before leaving for Paris market ss12 we snapped our...

29 November 2011

THCIYH: Volume 17.5

Pressed Lingerie iTunes

28 November 2011

First Forays

Here is a final from one of THC’s first commercial shoots — this one for Sapporo at Aria. That Manish Arora dress is still delicious. c. 2008

28 November 2011

Paris Snap

via Stockholm Style — thanks, Caroline! (And thanks, Lisa, for pointing us to the post.) We were outside the Chanel show, a little disheveled after 4 days of Market for C/FAN. More of our Paris trip here.

28 November 2011

A Whole Lot of Love

Fall 2012: Topshop debuts in Chicago and asks AF what she likes most about Topshop.

27 November 2011

Print on Print

We love it. We’ve been doing it forever. The pleasures of color and dynamism trump everything, especially when the skies turn dull and grey. Recently, the Wall St. Journal asked us for our opinion about print on print. Check out the article, here....

11 November 2011

Closets & Pantries

On My Plate took a look at what happens in The Haute Closet, here’s the infographic: Full interview with both AF of THC and Dose Market and fellow Dosette, Emily Fiffer: here. Thanks for playing, Melissa! Really appreciate your work and your being...

07 November 2011



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