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“H&M”
11/09/07 ·

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Handy Work, Plaid Stallions, H+Madness, Rugby Shines

Manual Labor: Men.Style picks Tretorn’s new line as perfect for men who work with their hands-whoever they are. [Men.Style]

Giddyup: More Plaid Stallions for the people. [Plaid Stallions]

Back of the Line: Blah, blah, Roberto Cavalli at H+M, blah, blah, blah.

The Scrum: The Wall Street Journal covers the strange meeting of rugby and fashion. We imagine lots of waxing and awkward stares. [WSJ]

11/27/07 ·

The Biz

This Week in Synergy

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The ink flies again as even more brands and designers become new pals. As you were metabolizing turkey, Italian denim domo Diesel shook hands with Germany’s Adidas, American institution Levi’s partnered with Nike’s Jordan line and H+M survivors Viktor + Rolf teamed up with luggage maker Samsonite. According to our calculations, this latest round of cross-market collaborations means we’ll only have to wait a year or so before there’s a Marc Jacobs section in every Uniqlo, a Starbucks in every Herm‚àö¬Æs and a Crazy Robertson in every Foot Locker.

01/17/08 ·

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Prada's Revenge, Squiring Bosworth and The Fur Flies

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Vengeance is Hers: Guy Trebay reports that Miuccia Prada called her new collection, “revenge on men for the social and sartorial contortions they impose on women.” Run you fools. [NY Times]

Blue Crush: Kate Bosworth’s beau asked if she was Kate Hudson when they first met. Great “neg” dude. [NY Observer]

Wooly Bullies: There is no escaping the fur. [AFP]

Shoe Shine: The bestest sneaker polish kit ever. [Cool Hunting]

Hot Wrap: “Gossip Girl” character drives sales of polka-dot J.Press scarf. [Racked]

Hip Waders: The new Levis Red line—jeans for anime characters.[Denimology]

Bye Bye, Miu Miu: Prada discontinues the men’s side of their bridge line. [WWD, 1st item]

Designer Knocks Off: Margareta ven den Bosch, the longtime head of design at H+M is retiring and being replaced by pupil Ann-Sofie Johansson. Now, maybe, that Ma and Pa shop can finally sell some clothes. [DNR]

07/09/08 ·

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Guitar Heroine, Do The Brady, and Crushing on Squash

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Picture Perfect: The only thing hipper and wackier than Adam Kimmel’s clothes are Ryan McGinley’s lookbook shots. [Selectism]

Newly Available: These starlets are all suddenly single. Have at it boyos. [Radar]

H&M is Pushing Menswear: Yes, but where to? [Fashion United]

Pull The Blinds: There’s something deeply creepy about Hussein Chalayan’s new T-shirt. [Men.Style]

Lanvain + Acne: Equals one very cool, very classy hightop. [Scotch and Plaid]

How to Get The Tom Brady Look: Giselle Bundchen not included. [Valet]

Squash is The New Golf: Yes! We can finally make good use of our super tight shorts! [Vanityfair.com]

Chic Rock: When we boot up Guitar Hero at home, we can only wish things like this happened. [Crave Online]