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EDI TOR’ S LETTER TheF al l / Wi nt ers eas onsar eof t enbas edont hedar k erc ol ourpal et t e, al l owi ngt hes pr i ngc ol l ec t i ont oar r i v ei nabur s tofwhi t e,pas t el sandbr i ght c ol our s .Butnott hi ss eas on.Ul t r as of tt ex t ur alpi ec esofal ls hadesofwhi t e domi nat edt heFW14r unway s ,l eav i ngt hebl ac knoc hanc e.Goodnewsf or t hos e,whok eeps ay i ng‘ no’t owear i ngwhi t ei nwi nt er .Thi st r endc anbe per f ec t l yt r ans l at edt or eall i f e:s hear l i ngj ac k et s ,nudeandpas t elk ni t sand del i c at es uedeboot s . Asus ual ,wer ev ealt heul t i mat egi f tgui def ort heupc omi nghol i days eas on t hat( wehope)wi l lpr ov i dey ouwi t habi tofi ns pi r at i on.Wek now,buy i ng gi f t si sabi gdeal . I nt hi si s s uey oual s ogonnaf i nds omehotbeaut yt r endsandt i pst hatwi l l mak ey ous hi nebr i ght ert hant heChr i s t mast r ee( buti tdoes n’ tmeany ou hav et odi gy our s el fi ngl i t t er ) . St aybol dandl ett hemagi cbegi n.
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CONTENTS EDI TOR’ SCHOI CE
Edi t or ’ sbes tpi c k soft henew s eas on
VERSUS
Shear l i ngc oat
MUST HAVE
Val ent i no’ sc aps ul ec ol l ec t i on
TREND
Capes ,mi l i t ar yandf ur .L ear ni nht owearpas t el sand f l or al si nwi nt er
STEALTHE LOOK
Dr es sl i k es t y l i s tEk at er i naMuk hi na
TREND
Fr om k neehi ght obi k erboot s -c hoos i ngt hebes tpai r
BEAUTY
New beaut yt i psandt r i c k s
PHOTOSHOOT HomeAl one
GI FT GUI DE
Choos i ngpr es ent sbyc ol our
I NTERVI EW
Youngt al entAl ex anderWangonhi si ns pi r at i on,ear l yl i f eandl at es t c ol l abor at i onwi t hH&M
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1.Coat ,Al exanderWang.Si mpl eand ut i l i t ar i an:t hi sc oatwasdes i gnedt o c ar r yal lourev er y dayes s ent i al s -f r om a not ebookt oac amer a.Whoneedsabag af t eral l ? 2.Pear learc uf f ,Sophi eBl l eBr ahe.A s i mpl e,el egantt ak eonas i ngl eear r i ng. 3.Wai s t c oat ,RoksandaI l i nci c.Thi s wai s t c oati sat r uemul t i t as k ert owear asadr es sorwi t haTs hi r tanft r ous er s f oramor ec as ualev er y dayl ook . 4.Sc ar f ,Shr i mps.Aper f ec twayt o wor kt hef aux f urt r end.Wi l laddabi tof f unt oaneut r alc oat . 5.Boot s ,Pedr oGar ci a.Anr l eboot s ar eawi nt ers t apl e.Ibuyatl eas tone new pai rev er yy ear . 6.Sweat er ,NLST.Thi ss weat erwi l ll ook gr eatwi t hboy f r i endj eansort r ac k pant s . 7.Wat c hes ,Shor ePr oj ect s.Af i nal t ouc ht ot hepas t elwi nt erout f i t .Hope y ou’ r enotwear i ngt ot albl ac kt hewhol e wi nt er ,r i ght ? 8.Cul ot t es ,Chl oe.Mi r r ort her unway l ookandweart hem i nat onalgr ey pal et t e.Per f ec twi t hapol onec kand t r ai ner sf oreas yc hi c . 9.Bag,Fendi .I ’ dus et hi sbagt oadd c ol ort omymos t l ymonoc hr ome war dr obe.
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Chl oe
Ac neSt udi os
Bur ber r yL ondon
T ommyHi l f i ger
Adam L i ppes
MUS THAVE
T oc el ebr at et heopeni ngoft henew 5t hAv enues t or e,t heI t al i anf as hi onhous e hasdes i gnedas pec i aledi t i onc aps ul ec ol l ec t i onofc l ot hesandac c es s or i esal l ador nedwi t has mal lhear tmot i fi nt hef as hi onhous e' ss i gnat ur er ed,t o s y mbol i z et hedes i gner s 'l ov ef orNew Yor k .Thec ol l ec t i onwi l lbes ol dex c l us i v el y att he5t hAv enues t or e.
TREND Her mes
Dol c e&Gabbana
Gar et hPugh
Val ent i no
Sal v at or eF er r agamo
CapeTown
We ’ v ee nc ount e r e dt hegr e atr e t ur nont hec ape ,af i r mf av our i t eamongde s i gne r s f orFal l / Wi nt e r201 4.Whe t he ri ti ss t r ai ghtf r om Gr i mm' sFai r yTal e s ,ass e e nat Dol c e&Gabbanat oov e r t l ymi l i t ar y ,t hec apei sac ompl e t emus tf ort hene w s e as on.De s i gne di nav ar i e t yofmat e r i al s ,f r om l e at he rt of urandbr oc adet o t we e d,t hec apec ome si nawi der angeofl e ngt hsands hape st oo.
TREND F endi
T om F or d
Mi c haelKor s
Sai ntL aur ent
Pr ada
Thi si sFurreal
Whe t he rwor nasadr e s s( noj oki ng)orasac oat ,f uri st hebi gwi nne rt hi s s e as on.Thi st i mei tc ome si nav ar i e t yofs pe c i e s :r abbi t ,f ox,s he ar l i ngand l e opar dt onameaf e w.Fr om mi xandmat c he df ur st oov e r s i z epouf yc oat s t he r e ’ snodoubtt hatf uri sbac kandi sgoi ngt os t ayf orl ong.
TREND L oui sVui t t on
EmmanuelUngar o
Gi ambat t i s t aVal l i
Ant oni oMar r as
Dr i esVanNot en
Wi nt erBl ooms
Wi nt e ri si nbl oom.Fort hene xtc ol ds e as on,i nf ac t ,f l owe r si nv adeout f i t sofal l t hede s i gne r s .May bei t sgl obalwar mi ng,butwej us tc an’ ts e e mt oge te noughof Spr i ngbl oomsanddon’ twantt ol e tt he m gof ott hewhol ewi nt e r .Pr i nt e don dr e s s e si nav ar i e t yoff abr i c sande mbr oi de r e donc oat sandt r ous e r s ,wi nt e r bl oomswi l lbr i ght e nt hec ol dgl oomyday s .
St ealt heLook St eppi ngi nt ot hespot l i ghtofst r eet st yl ephot ogr apher s i snotabi gdeali fyouf ol l ow ourr ecommendat i ons.
Furc oat ,DKNY J eans ,Cur r entEl l i ot t
Ek at er i naMuk hi na,s t y l i s t
Sweat s hi r t ,Al ex anderWang
Shoul derbag,SeebyChl oe Boot s ,I s abelMar ant
battlefi eld
TREND Boot s ,I s abelMar ant
I t ' st i met os t epi nl i neasmi l i t ar y hi tt her unwayf ort henew s eas on.Wi t hk hak iast he domi nat i ngc ol or ,t her ul esoft he ar myc apt ur eddes i gner s ' Ear r i ngs , at t ent i on,i ns pi r i ngaf as hi on Mel i s s aJ oyManni ngs s ol di er ' suni f or m ofs t r i c t er s i l houet t esands t r uc t ur edl ook s . Pant s ,Guc c i
Dr es s ,BandofOut s i der s
Wat c hes , L ar s s on&J enni ngs
J ac k et ,Bal mai n
Br ac el et , Gi v enc hy Boot s ,Gi us eppeZanot t i
Shoul derbag,Bur ber r y
Sweat er ,F endi Emi l i oPuc c i
TREND
Br a, Mi miHol l i daybyDamar i s
Sweat er ,Mar ni
Boot s , Chl oe
Hat ,Duf f y
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Pas t elPri nces s J ac k et ,Mi uMi u
Nots ol ongagopas t el swer ewor ns t r i c t l yi n s pr i ng.Butt hi ss eas ont her unway swer eawas h wi t hmanyunus uals hadesofpas t el sf ort he t i meofy ear .Ther e’ snobet t err ec i pef or s t andi ngouti nac r owdt hant hes eas on’ sbl us h pi nk ,babybl ue,andbut t er c upy el l ow c oat s , dr es s esands weat er s .Wearpas t el sast ot al l ook sorasac c ent sonamor eneut r alpal et t e.
Bomberj ac k et , Gi v enc hy
Nec k l ac e, EkThongpr as er t
Wat c hes , Shor ePr oj ec t
T r ous er s , Adam L i ppes n
Dr es s ,DKNY
Cl ut c h, Bot t egaVenet a
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OVERTHEKNEE They’ r es ubt l ys ex yandwi t h s omanyheelopt i ons -f r om l ow t os t i l et t osandmor ec hoos ey ourpai randweari t dayt oni ght
El c he Si nt a
Wi l mar
Guc c i
St uar tWei t z man Bur ber r y
Br i anAt wood
TREND ReedKr ak of f KENZO
Dol c e&Gabbana
Ti bi
S TACKED HEEL Thec hunk yheelgi v est he boot samoder nf eel ,whi l e s l eeks i l houet t esandhues k eept hem c hi c /
T od’ s
Guc c i
J i mmyChoo L aur enc eDac ade
TREND Ri v erI s l and
L UG S OL E
SeebyChl oe
Vi c i niT apeet
Boot i esgetat ot alc ool updat ewi t hs por t y ,c hunk y s ol esands t ac k edheel si n r i c hr i c hmi x edmat er i al s andamut edc ol orpal et t e
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St ev eMadden
Al ex anderMc Queen Pat r ol
Ev i t a
KENZO
Shel l y sL ondon
COMBAT Unex pec t edpr i nt sand ac c ent s ,l i k ec hai ns ,buc k l es ands t uds ,gi v ea t oughy et t r endyv i bet o t hes epunk i ns pi r edboot s .
Ser gi oRos s i
TREND
J i mmyChoo
Val ent i no
Kar lL ager f el d
Mi uMi u
Al ex ander Wang
Gi us eppeZanot t i
Sai ntL aur ent
MI CHAELMi c haelKor s
OBJ ECTOFDES I RE
Thenew SS15Dol c e&Gabbanac ol l ec t i oni si ns pi r edby Spai n’ soc c upat i onofSi c i l yandasus uali tc el ebr at est he her i t ages t y l e.Thi sbl ac kj ac quar dpumpf eat ur esac apt i v at i ng hi ngedheelwhi c hopenst or ev ealas ac r edhear tador nedwi t h pear l sandbeadi ng.Wec oul dn’ tex pec tl es sf r om t hef as hi on menofgeni us -Domeni c oDol c eandSt ef anoGabbana.At r ue mas t er pi ec e!
Shoes ,Dol c e&Gabbana
BEAUTY
Chanel
BEAUTYNEWS
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Mak i ngt hemos toft hec l as s i cc ol our soft hes eas on, Bur ber r yBeaut yhasr el eas edi t snew c ol l ec t i onf ul lof gol dengl owsandr i c hr eds .Thebr andi nt r oduc edt henew pr oduc t-bas ec al l ed' Fr es hGl ow Fl ui d't hatwi l lens ur e y ourmak euphol dsunt i lt hemor ni ng.T wol i ps t i c k s , c ompl i ment i ngnai lpol i s hes ,c r eam ey es hadowswi l ladup t oy ouepeer f ec tf es t i v el ook .
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I n2014Val ent i nopr es ent edi t snew f r agr anc e-Val ent i naRosaAssol ut o.I ti s t henew v er s i onoft her omant i cf r agr anc e Val ent i na,whi c hi sbei ngr el eas eds i nc e 2011.Ac c or di ngt ot hehous e," Ros a As s ol ut oi sanew c hapt eri nVal ent i na’ spat h t ot heOr i ent .Res pec ti ss hownt ot hemai n i ngr edi ent —pr ec i ousor i ent alr os e,i ns pi r ed byt hec ol or soft heMi ddl eEas t ,t hei rhi gh qual i t yf r agr anc esandpr ec i ousi ngr edi ent s . "
BEAUTYNEWS
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M. A. CCosmet i cshav eannounc edanot herc r eat i v e c ol l abor at i on–t hi st i mewi t hNas t yGalf ounderSophi a Amor us o.The' Nas t yGal 'wi l lc r eat eaf our pi ec ec ol our c aps ul ec ol l ec t i onf ort hec os met i c sgi ant ,t hatwi l l f eat ur et hr eel i ps t i c khues-dar kpur pl eandt wor ed v ar i at i ons .Thec ol l ec t i onwi l lbeav ai l abl eonl i neandat s el ec ts t or ess t ar t i ngf r om Dec ember4.
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Chanelhasr ec ent l yr el eas edt hr ee new s hadesofnai lc ol our .The ChanelLesRougesCul t ec ol l ec t i on i sar er el eas eoft hr eer edpol i s hes f r om Chanel ' sbeaut yar c hi v esand f eat ur ess t at ementhuesf r om 1980, 1981and1987 .Thes hadesar e l i mt mi ededi t i onandwi l lbeav ai l abl e f r om Nov ember3atal lChanelbeaut y c ount er s .
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Af t ert hel as tMoschi noc ol l ec t i on c r eat edbyJ er emySc ot t ,wewer e ex pec t i ngany t hi ngf r om hi sf i r s t f r agr anc e-as mel loff r enc hf r i esor hambur ger s .Howev er ,t hedebut e f r agr anc eent i t l edSt ar st ur nedoutt o bequi t ef emi ni ne.Wi t ht opnot esof peonyandr os et oppedwi t hj ui c y c i t r ongr ani t a,t hef l or als c ent sf ur t her unf ol dwi t hl i l l y of t hev al l ey ,or ange f l owerandj as mi nei nt hehear t .
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YvesSai ntLaur ent' For everYout h Li ber at or 'Ser um c ont ai nst hehi ghes t c onc ent r at i onofGl y c anAc t i ft os t i mul at e r egener at i ondeepwi t hi nt hes k i nandt o boos ty out hpr omot i ngf unc t i ons .I t t r ans f or mst heappear anc eoft hes k i n,s o i tl ook smor el umi nousands of t .Af t erone week ,s k i nf eel smor emoi s t ur i z edand s uppl e.I dealf ort hec ol dwi nt erday s .
BEAUTYTRENDS
Al ex anderWang
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Nai lPol i s h, Gi v enc hy
Heavymet al s
Met al l i cs hadeswi l lal way sbebi gf orpar t y s eas on.I twass eenont hec at wal k sofBadgl ey Mi s c hk aandDs quar ed2.Buthow t ogetgl i t t er of fwhent hepar t y ' sov er ?Wr api nac et one s oak edc ot t onands ec ur ewi t ht i nf oi l ,l eav ef or t enmi nut esandi ts houl df al lawaywi t heas e.
Li keaboy
Weal r eadygotus edt owear i ngov er s i z ed menl i k ec oat s ,j eansands weat er s .Now i t ’ s t i met ol ookl i k eaman-mi ni mum mak eup ands hor thai rc ut .I fy ou’ r enotr eadyt oget r i dofy ourl ongwav es ,us et het r i c kf r om Al ex anderWang’ sr unways how.
Di or Ey es hadows , May bel l i ne
Col ormebri ght
Thenew s eas on’ sc ol l ec t i oni sc har ac t er i z ed byawar m wi nt er ypal et t ei nt er msof f as hi on.Thes amepal et t ewar mst he mak eupwi t hhuesofgr een,pur pl e,or ange andbl ue.Don’ tov er dos e-t hes hadows s houl dbet heonl yc ol or f ulac c entony our f ac e.
BEAUTYTRENDS Of f -Dut yBal l eri nas
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Li nei tup
Whet hery oupr ef eraheav ys mok y ey el i k eatT om F or d,as of t er v ar i at i onoras l eekwi ngedef f ec t ( Rag&Bone) ,t hebot t om l i nec r eat i ngdef i ni t i oni sk ey .
Dol c e&Gabbana
J eanPaulGaul t i er
BobbyBr own
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Gi f t Gu i d e 2 0 1 4 1 5
Col our sc ans peakv ol umesaboutus-j us tas kas t r ol ogi s t sordes i gner s .Whenc hoos i nga pr es ent ,k eepi nmi ndf av or i t ec ol our sofy ourf r i endsandr el at i v es-andl ett hehol i day sbe br i ght .
Ey es hadows , Kj aerWei s
Bag, M2Mal l et i er
Ear r i ngs ,Mar ni Wat c hes , Mi c haelKor s
Bl ous e,Kenz o Candl e, Ci r eT r udon
Fr agr anc e, J oy a‘ F ox Gl ov e’ Dr es s ,Al i c e+ Ol i v i a
Br a,pant i es , St el l aMc Car t ney
GREEN
Fl at s ,Char l ot t eOl y mpi a
Cl ut c h,Char l ot t eOl y mpi a
Fr agr anc e, Dol c e&GabbanaTheOne
Shoes , Gi anv i t oRos s i
Br a,t hongs ,AgentPr ov oc at eur Wat c hes , L ar s s on&J enni ngs Dr es s ,Mai s onKi t s une
Nanc yMac Donel l ‘ TheShoeBook ’
L i pgl os s ,Hour gl as s
Car dhol der ,Sai ntL aur ent
RED
Sk i r t , Hous eofHol l and
Boot s ,Es qui v el Headphones , Beat sSt udi oChampagne Key c hai n, Dol c e&Gabbana
Wat c hes , L ar s s on&J enni ngs
Sc ent edc andl e, Neom Or gani c s
Sk i r t ,MSGM
Br ac el et , Paul aMendoz a
Ear r i ngs , Os c ardel aRent a
GOLD Fr agr anc e, Vi c t or i a’ sSec r etAngelGol d
Sungl as s es ,Kar enWal k er
Cl ut c h, Char l ot t eOl y mpi a Shoes ,L uc yChoi
Ear r i ngs , Er i c k s onBeamon
Pumps , Char l ot t eOl y mpi a Not ebook ,Smy t hs on
Shi r t ,Eac hXOt her
Ey es hadows , Bur ber r yMak eup
Bi k i ni ,Hei diKl ei n
Cr eam, L aPr ai r i e
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BLUE Bag,YMC
Sc ar f ,ChanL uu Sneac k er s ,Mi uMi u
Bel t ,Al a誰 a
L i pPr ot ec t ant , ByT er r y
Cl ut c h,Cl ar eV
Dr es s ,T or yBur c h
L i nger i es et , Mi miHol l i day
F eagr anc e, SibyGeor gi oAr mani
Wat c hes , Mi c haelKor s
PASTEL Kni c k er soft heweeks et , St el l aMc Car t ney Shoes ,Mar ni
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ALEXANDER WANG On l y3 0y e a r so l d , Al e x a n d e rWa n gh a sa l r e a d yt u r n e d h i sb r a n di n t oag l o b a l p o we r h o u s ea n dl a n d e dt h e c r e a t i v ed i r e c t o rr o l ea tBa l e n c i a g a . Co meNo v e mb e r , h e ’ l l a l s ob et h ef i r s tAme r i c a nd e s i g n e rt oc o l l a b o r a t e wi t hH&M, a n dt h ey o u n g e s te v e r ! Al ex anderWangi saper s onbur s t i ngwi t h i nf ec t i ousent hus i as m.I t ’ snowonder–s i nc e l aunc hi nghi sepony mousNew Yor kbr andi n 2007att heageof23,Wanghasgoneont o bui l dawi l dl ys uc c es s f ulempi r ear oundi t .I n 2012,hewasmadec r eat i v edi r ec t oroft he l egendar yPar i s i anhous eBal enc i aga.ThatWang i soneoft hemos tt al k edaboutnamesi nf as hi on r i ghtnow i sundeni abl e–he’ sr eal l ygotak nac k f ornai l i ngt hes pi r i tofourt i mes ,andc r eat i ng wear abl e,s ought af t erpi ec est hatc aus eaf r enz y amongf as hi oni ns i der s ,aswel lasc el ebr i t i esand s hopper s .Al ex anderWangc ol l ec t i onsar eal way s i nf us edwi t hur bans t y l eandanel ementoft he f ami l i ar ,al bei tex ec ut edi nanunex pec t edway . Wi t hs uc hpos i t i v e,c r eat i v eener gyand undeni abl ec oolf ac t or ,Wangat t r ac t sl i k epeopl e. [ l aughs ] ,I ’ m des i gni ngwi t hi nt hos ek i ndofr es t r ai nt s . Hi sdes i gnsar ewor nbyc el ebr i t i ess uc has F abr i c at i onandt ec hnol ogyi swher et henewnes sc omes Ri hanna,Kat yPer r yandZoëKr av i t z ,and,of f r o m. B u t a s mu c h a s t h i n g s c a n b e i n n o v a t i v e , t h e r e’ s c our s e,al egi onofc at wal kmodel s . al way sanos t al gi cf eel .Whet heri t ’ sgl owi nt hedar kor heat s ens i t i v e[ whi c hWanghasus edi nbot hhi sc at wal k Whydoyout hi nkyourdesi gnshave c o l l e c t i o n s a n d o n mo r e a c c e s s i b l e a c c e s s o r i e s ] , f o r me i t r esonat edsost r ongl ywi t hpeopl e? br i ngsbac kc er t ai nmemor i es . I t ’ saboutf unc t i on,butal s oac onnec t i ont o s omet hi ngt hati sf ami l i ar ,t hatpeopl es eeas par toft hei rwar dr obeandc anbec omf or t abl e i n.Ihav et hi sout l ookonf as hi ont hati s unpr ec i ous .Whoev erpar t ak esi nourbr and, t her e’ sal way sas ens eofnev erc onf or mi ngt oa f as hi ons y s t em oft r ends ,how y ouhav et owear t hi ngs ,ort hedef i ni t i onsof‘ l ux ur y’and‘ s t r eet ’ . Ther e’ sani r r ev er entappr oac ht of as hi on. Sohow doypukeept hi ngsf r esh? Att heendoft heday ,humanshav et woar ms andt wol egsand,unt i lt henex ts pec i esev ol v es
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