June 27, 2008 by Milan Westin
Being left here in New York because I’m 16 and needed my parents permission to travel out of the country sucks. Okay, I could have gone on my own. Yet, Imadge is right, I should tell my parents. She is so polite all the time and must follow all the etiquette of good behavi...
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June 26, 2008 by Napster
Move over Balthier, Barack Obama could be the next Fashion Icon
After FashionWindows wrote that the fictional hero Balthier of Final Fantasy XII, can easily well be the next fashion muse, Barack Obama enters a new race – the next male fashion icon! Surprising as it mayb...
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June 23, 2008 by Napster
Milano Moda Uomo Spring 2009
Day 1: June 22, 2008 Evening
While Imadge was attending Versace and Evisu with Lisa, I went to see Les Hommes and Romeo Gigli. This is my freshman season in Milan and I am finding out that we have to play things by ear a lot, not because we d...
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June 22, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Milano Moda Uomo Spring / Summer 2009
Day 1: Afternoon, Saturday June 21, 2008
I feel like an apprentice with Imadge bossing me around. But, I guess between Imadge and Milan, I really don’t have a prayer to get a word out. Though both girls have been my roommates for o...
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June 22, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
“For a decade now, menswear has been taking on the attributes of women’s wear with feminine colors, embellishments and details becoming a larger part of collections. Now though, those seeds have already grown roots and the newly planted seeds hope to grow a mélange ...
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June 21, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Milano Moda Uomo Spring 2009
Day 1: Morning, Saturday June 21, 2008
For the first time, I appreciated the fact that I was not traveling alone. Having Napster around made navigating around Milan by subway and by tram made it so much easier. Actually, we could have rented ...
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June 6, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Very early morning phone calls from my mother since the death of Yves Saint Laurent is almost expected. A big fan and also a client of the late couturier, Celine Fonteray’s distraught over YSL’s death is very understandable. And of course, she is my mother and I know tha...
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June 5, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
On the day of Yves Saint Laurent’s funeral, I did not receive a phone call from my mother; I received a forward email from his friend Jean Paul who, like her, attended the final rites for the French designer at the Eglise Saint Roch. The email is very touching that it made...
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June 2, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
‘Yves Saint Laurent died last night at 11:10 p.m. Paris time,’ my mother, who was calling from Paris tearfully told me over the phone. It was unlike her to call very early in the morning, but the news was worth it. I looked at in my calendar. Today was June 2. I’ll rem...
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June 1, 2008 by Napster
Balthier who? A character in the video game Final Fantasy XII, Balthier, the sky pirate plays the part of a debonair young man running away from his past but dons the most fashionable threads in Ivalice, the location where the video game takes place.
Why did I...
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