Vintage Alexa Chung. Best of Pop World.

Fall '09 Lookbook, Current/Elliott.

Quicktake: Rodarte.

via WWD - The designs of Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s Rodarte label will be featured at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum next year. Francisco Costa beat the sisters to win this year’s Fashion Design Award, but the girls from Pasadena, Calif., will get their due. The fashion installation, “Quicktake: Rodarte,” will be on view in the museum’s billiard room from Jan. 29 to March 14. It will be the second in a series of “Quicktake” installations spotlighting up-and-coming designers from around the globe. The Cooper-Hewitt’s director of retail, Gregory Krum, is curating the installation with Susan Brown, assistant curator in the Textiles Department.

5 Buys From Piperlime. Fall Trends.

Trina Turk Albers blazer $328


Rich & Skinny boyfriend jeans $189


Pour La Victoire Cassandra boot $285


Foley + Corinna Moto hobo $450


Belle by Sigerson Morrison over-the-knee boot $545
Enjoy free shipping and free returns on all the must-have shoe styles from Piperlime.

Buy Me. NARS.

NARS Duo Eyeshadow (*click on the image to BUY)

Gucci Spring 2010. Milan Fashion Week.

*photos by Mauricio Miranda

Design Your Own Bag, Win $1,000.

Designer Lesa Wallace is always open to new ideas. So, to start off a novel fall 2009 season, she is looking to collaborate with a fresh talent by way of Design Your Own Bag Contest. The inspiring designer chosen will receive $1,000 and the handbag to be featured in the Lesa Wallace Handbag collection. ENTER HERE.

Insider: Janel Molton

name: Janel Molton

occupation: Founder & President of RelicNY.com, a new online vintage and designer boutique

hometown: Born in New York City, raised in Montclair, New Jersey
homebase: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

describe your first vintage: My first vintage piece was my Grandmother’s fabulous Gotti style to the floor white mink coat. I still wear it all the time in the winter.

how did you come up with the idea of Relic? I have always loved exquisite crafted clothes. It is so rare in today's mass produced market to find something finely made. When you do, you usually need to pay exorbitant prices. After moving to LA to attend the University of Southern California I discovered the city's hidden fashion hubs looking for fabulous frocks at college budget prices. Soon, my closet was bursting with posh once-used finds bought at below-market prices. I started taking and dressing my friends who couldn't believe my designer finds. I moved back to NYC last summer and discovered the city and web lacked the quality vintage clothing that I had become accustomed to. Every time I went online to search for designer vintage I ended up at mostly eBay related sites with awful photography and no styling. It was then I decided to open Relic NY.

what are some tips on how you can tell it's good vintage just from seeing it online? First and foremost, good photography is incredibly important. It shows that the seller really cares about the vintage piece and wants to display it as its best rather than sell it off quickly. It is also imperative to describe the item in meticulous detail (including sizes, problems, etc).

Christian Dior vintage canary jacket

what is your favorite september issue so far? (obviously, not for the novices, I mean actual september issues.) I always love the standard September issues from the top dogs (Vogue, Elle, Bazaar, etc) but I was really surprised by how good Marie Claire’s issue was. Nina Garcia (in a little over a year) has truly transformed the magazine into a top fashion contender.

best party you attended during new york fashion week? Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Andy Valmorbida & Giorgio Armani’s exhibition & party for 80’s artist Richard Hambleton was by far the best fashion week party this season!



there's literally five minutes to change from day look to cocktail party attire ...what's your default attempt for a well-groomed-ever-so-chic-without-trying look for this time restricted feat? (accessories included) Little black backless dress (chic, sexy & classic rolled into one garment), long blazer, YSL pumps, costume studs & bangles.



who are you following on twitter? All the major fashion magazines! Also my fabulous magician brother; @jaredmolton & filmmaking mother; @VoicesVisions.

what is your bag and what is in it right now? Right now I am carrying around a Kara Ross Nola bag. It fits everything (Blackberry, keys, wallet, Blueberry gum, Burt Bee’s balm & extra jewelry & heels) but looks so chic! I walk in flats but always have an extra pair of heels because in NYC you never know when you will need to go to an impromptu event.

*profile photo by NY Social Diary