Weekend Sales

Who: Obedient Sons & Daughters
What: Last chance you'll have to stock up on Obedient Sons & Daugthers as the brand is shutting down. Discounts on samples from the men's and women's '09 collections
When: January 23rd-24th. noon—6pm.
Where:110 Greene St between Prince and Spring Sts, suite 306.
RSVP to press@obedientsons.com.

Who: Taschen
What: Thousands of slightly damaged and display copies of fashion, design and art books for 50-75% off.
When: January 23rd-25th. Fri, Sat 11am—8pm; Sun noon—8pm.
Where: A Taschen Store Near You. For NYC, 107 Greene St between Prince and Spring Sts (212-226-2212). Also coming to Beverly Hills, Brussels, Deutschland, Hollywood and London

Who: Le Sous Sol
What: Closeout sale, with up to 80% off clothing and accessories from hard-to-find Belgian lines like A.F Vandervorst and Nathalie Verlinden
When: January 22-24th. Daily 1—8pm.
Where: 137 Rivington St between Norfolk and Suffolk Sts (212-477-7723)

Who: Costume National
What: 75% off men’s & women’s RTW, accessories & shoes!
When: January 22nd-23rd; 11am to 8pm daily.
Where: 160 Mercer Street between Prince & Houston. 212.431.1530

Wangtastic!

The baby faced designer Alexander Wang has been one of my favorite contemporary designers since I stumbled across his clothes at a sample sale in late 2007. He launched his first full women's wear collection in 2007 comprising predominantly of knits. Still famous for his luxe cashmere, he has come a long way in the last couple of years to become an in demand designer, who despite a tough economy had his floor space at Barney's actually increase.

The Alexander Wang look is full of contrasts: luxe vrs street, sexy vrs androgyny, vagabond meets street-smart modernist. It is based on his intrigue of how women dress when they're not trying to dress up. I think it equates to effortless cool; versatile, simple, classy, all-occasion but with an edge.

Now, Alexander Wang has some serious fashion cred behind his name as he was just chosen as the fifth CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund recipient. With funding & support for his label, I can't wait to see what the future has in store for his label.

WWD reports:
At Monday night’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund dinner gala, Wang took home the top honors, pocketing $200,000 and a year’s worth of mentoring. Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai of Vena Cava and Albertus Q. Swanepoel of Albertus Quartus were this year’s runners-up, and will each receive $50,000 and a business mentor.

The winners beat out finalists Richard Chai, Jason Wu, Irene Neuwirth, Alejandro Ingelmo, Juan Carlos Obando, Obedient Sons & Daughters, and Organic.

Founded by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue, the fund is seen as an accelerator of fashion careers. Previous winners were Rogan in 2007, Doo-Ri in 2006, Trovata in 2005 and Proenza Schouler in 2004. Past runners-up were 3.1 Phillip Lim, Philip Crangi Jewelry, Rodarte, Thakoon, Derek Lam, Thom Browne, Cloak and Habitual.

Click to see how I've worn Wang.


Check out this amusing interview with Grazia Magazine where Chase Crawford thinks Alexander Wang is married to Vera Wang.