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We invite you to head on over to CheekyChicago.com and have a look around! The Cheeky ladies are fun and funky and we’re glad they asked us to contribute – we’re in good company!
Click here to read our article about how to whip your Spring wardrobe into shape!
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Time Out Chicago Issue No. 204
We would have styled our Genie a bit differently but we can’t say we aren’t flattered! The Haute Closet was chosen as the expert for the lead story in the Cheap Issue of Time Out Chicago and, frankly, we’re okay with this guy – we love a little camp!
Check out what we had to say to Time Out by picking up a copy on newsstands now (the January 22, 2009 issue) or clicking here to read it online!
I don’t know about you, but we adore Anna Wintour. Check out this short preview from the documentary and a clip of Anna speaking on the record about The September Issue at a Sundance Q&A: See Anna Sundance.
Malia Mills is Onto Something . . .
Driving down Halsted – Spotted! – a delightful message in the window at Malia Mills.
Have you popped into her store here in Chicago? If not, she stocks fantastic stuff – her signature is a well-made, great-fitting swimsuit. Anyway, we about died when we saw the Give Good Chi tee pictured at right. With it’s hot pink lettering and homemade aesthetic, we just had to have one – and Malia delivered, making one just for the Haute Closet!
It’s a great message and we wanted to pass it along … so get into Malia Mills (2050 N. Halsted) and get some of the good stuff!
F/W 08: Enjoy Straight Up Or Slightly Chilled
When it comes to style, your music says a lot about you. We say: download and groove!
DailyCandy Sweetest Things 2008
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We are absolutely filled with love, thrilled, and flattered that DailyCandy has nominated us to be one of their Sweetest Things in 2008!
Voting starts today and goes through January 16th! A huge thank you from the bottom of our perfectly organized, well-loved, and decidedly haute closet!
Via: The New York Observer, 12.2.08.
This is why I love Simon Doonan: he preaches my gospel!
And he does some seriously awesome branding for Barneys, but I digress. Let’s get back to the gospel.
In the NY Observer this week, Simon weighs in on what the mass media has patently dubbed ‘recession chic.’ Vomit. Look, it’s not that bad! It’s actually – believe it! – better. And smarter. And sleeker. And chicer!
Here’s what he’s got to say:
From now on, your shopping trips will be more like surgical strikes. Snag yourself a personal shopper who can streamline the process …
His wisdom adds up to this – always, always shop like this – carefully consider your purchases, hold out for what you really want, buy only what you love.
That’s not … oh, yes, friends, this IS Katy Perry. She GOT A STYLIST.
Let’s take this special moment to honor the scientific wonder that is evolution
. . . and the awesome power of looking like a million bucks.
Views 2 & 3 From Vogue Paris December 2008
It can be purchased in Chicago: email me if you want to know where.
It’s exactly what Chicago needs.
According to Crain’s Chicago Business,the sizzling hot London-based lingerie purveyor is planning to set up shop at 47 E. Oak St. Best news yet, they’ll hopefully be open in time for the holiday season.
And, since we’ll all be spending a little more time indulging in what the social economists are calling ‘recession sex,’ gear up! A shot of sexy lingerie is the easiest way to get a confidence boost.
Happy holidays indeed.
Kate Moss and Not Being a Victim
When Kate Moss stepped out – about a year ago – in the fabulous outfit to your near right, well, I’ll admit, I rejoiced.
It was positively thrilling for everyone laying eyes on her that she’d chosen this perfectly envelope-pushing rock-chic outfit for the reunion of Led Zeppelin.
I didn’t blink an eye at the lack of pants.
Now, on to exhibit B, your far right: the tragic Daisy Lowe.
Yes, we all go about in ill-advised outfits sometime in our lives, but, as Blair Waldorf said so elegantly on last night’s episode of Gossip Girl, tights are not pants.
Especially not sheer ones.
First Thoughts on Spring ’09
Make sure you’re doing your crunches this winter, my friends.
The exposed midriff has made a solid comeback on the Spring catwalk. (I know.) (It was inevitable.)
Even if you’re not planning on showing some skin, the fascination with the waist hasn’t let up and we’re in for girly, pretty, nipped-in (and sometimes flouncy) silhouettes … and, always, a little edge.
Above is a Spring look from Proenza Schouler: Click the pic to view the entire collection via New York Magazine.
THE QUICK RUNDOWN
S/S 09 COLORS: Orange-Yellow, Blushes and Reds, Lavenders, Black, and Light and Metallic Neutrals.
TRANSITION PIECE: Look for a second-skin, very thin, tight leather jacket with a cool, flippy lapel. Wear it now.
STAY TUNED: Full details on S/S 09 coming right up!
‘The Secret World of Haute Couture’
Featuring our personal favorite and THC patron saint, the impeccably dressed eccentric Daphne Guinness, dig in, friends. It’s “The Secret World of Haute Couture” as presented by the BBC … and up on YouTube.
If you were waiting (of course you were!) for a tutorial about how get into couture, well, you’re about to get jealous.
But! Fret not, darlings. There is a lesson here: you can look this good and have this much fun too.
The easiest way to chic for those of us, shall we say, lacking a beer heiress bank account: Get a Haute Closet!
For your viewing pleasure, the first part of the BBC documentary is below.
Via: The New York Times, 8.24.08.
Salivate with me for a second.
This is the new shoe, ladies and gentlemen. It’s short, not stilletto, substantive, and rock-chic.
Known as the Beatle boot, legend has it the first pair was crafted in October 1961, the vision the Beatles’ Lennon, McCartney, and British shoemaker Anello & Davide. The pointy toe, Cuban heel, and rock detail are, let’s be honest here, fantastic. Androgynous in a rich-grunge, carefree way. The perfect foil for Fall/Winter ’08.
Get in line to grab the Chloé pair pictured above (as owned by the fab Erin Wasson) or (Read: cheaper and pretty good, they sold out at the trunk shows this summer before ever hitting the stores) the Beatle style by Sigerson Morrison. You might also go scouring the vintage stalls in the UK for a truly authentic pair, or, at the other end of the spectrum, wait for the inevitable Steve Madden knock-off.
