Alexander McQueen RIP

This blog has been far more technology focused in the last few months. I'm not sure why since I've been as interested in all of the other topics that I have written about in the past – fashion, cars, architecture etc.

I've decided to pay homage to Alexander McQueen. I've always found his work to be intriguing. He managed to capture the zeitgeist coupled with impeccable tailoring. I will miss his vision. I imagine working on his final collection was difficult for him emotionally. Seeing pictures of it and the motifs he used – the afterlife – clearly this was a man who wanted to leave this earth and go into the next. It's ironic because he managed to foretell the future with his vision.

Thanks to Gilt Groupe, I own an Alexander McQueen overcoat. It's not very warm so it's really doesn't do the job that I wanted it to do. But it looks stunning. I will treasure it until I reach the place where he is now. RIP McQueen.

Photo credit: Catwalking.com via NYT

Top Shop opening

Was Marc Jacobs and his husband at a Top Shop opening dinner yesterday? Really? Top Shop? Really??

New York has gone Top Shop crazy. I intend to check it out myself in a week or two, once the broohaa has simmered down a lot. At least another cool store has opened in my neighborhood. Whether it will be my neighborhood in a couple of months, remains to be seen.

Anyone else think these two look like twins? Well, twins separated by a few years.

H&M and Comme des Garçons

Interesting article from the NYT on the pairing of H&M and Comme des Garçons. 

From a branding perspective, this is an interesting match-up and may be a perfect case study on how to expand one's brand without damaging its' exclusivity. I can see the wisdom of limiting the number of H&M stores that carried the line to just 8 in fashion forward locations. My only irritation is that I have to travel to Midtown to get it when there's a perfect good H&M in SoHo. I can't stand Midtown and most of the Downtowners I know feel exactly the same way. 

H&M, throw us Downtowners a bone and don't make us to go to Midtown.