The Internet is cracking up at Prada’s new money clip, which is made from sterling silver and available at Barneys. One Twitter user wrote, “By the time I buy the paperclip, there
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It started in a dorm room at
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Et tu, outlet malls?After years of being seemingly insulated from the ills affecting department stores, the
Michael Kors Factory Store country’s 200-plus outlet malls are starting to show signs of strain.Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, which owns 43 centers in 22 states and is the largest publicly traded pure-play outlet operator in the US, is throwing off some warning signs, experts tell The Post.The Greensboro, NC, company, seen as a bellwether for the sector, is not
Coach Factory planning any outlet openings for 2018, one industry watcher said — noting it was the first time in recent memory that no new opening has occurred.Plus, Tanger isn’t attracting the shoppers that it was used to, according to RS Metrics, a satellite data company.Tanger used to lead all outlet centers in drawing consumers but now,
Coach Purses like all centers, is seeing only a modest increase in shoppers, according to RS Metrics, which uses satellites to monitor cars in scores of shopping centers.“They are no longer outperforming the sector,” said Mike Gantcher, managing director of RS Metrics.At investment bank Boenning & Scattergood, analyst Floris van Dijkum predicts that base rentals will rise
Longchamp Bag 3.5 percent next year, down from a 6.6 percent bump in 2016.Tanger shares are down 31 percent over the past 12 months, and the company earlier this year said profits for 2017 would be lower than expected.Bank of America analyst Craig Schmidt recently downgraded Tanger to underperform from neutral.Many of the same shoppers who filled
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When Greg Lauren got his hands on shiny Moncler puffer jackets and vests, scissors flashed and feathers flew.The designer and artist reinvented
Michael Kors Outlet Online Sale the brand’s nylon performance pieces, disassembling and putting them back together with vintage materials. The unexpected collaboration (dubbed “Collide — Greg Lauren & Moncler”) represents his artisanal take on luxury Alpine activewear.“I love taking the fabric from a piece and using it in a completely different and unexpected way,” the 47-year-old tastemaker tells Alexa. “Mixing
Michael Kors Handbags the classic and the elegantly destroyed, the old and the new, the perfect with the imperfect … this excited me.”Fashion scion Lauren (his uncle is the legendary designer Ralph Lauren and his father, Jerry, has been Ralph’s creative director for men’s design for almost 45 years) has always been a fan of textiles with age
coach factory and personality, integrating them into his own eponymous men’s and women’s lines.“My favorite approach to my own collection is to begin with something iconic, something classic and known by everyone at first sight, and to deconstruct it and rebuild,” notes the former actor, who appeared in “Boogie Nights” and “The Wedding Planner” and is married
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coach purses merged with an olive field jacket, and a red hoodie finished with a frayed-jean cuff and trim. The limited-edition collection hits Moncler flagships in New York and Beverly Hills (as well as Moncler’s website and select Barneys stores) early next month. Only 572 garments were produced.The mashup is just the latest in a string of
Coach Outlet Online Moncler collabs with experimental designers, including Sacai, Visvim and Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh. Each time, the objective is to update and innovate the brand’s staples. For his effort, Lauren incorporated well-worn military canvas, distressed denim and antique indigo. “I handpicked each piece which told a story: the most interesting fade, remnant of a scribble, a
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Guess these celebs aren’t afraid of coffee stains.White jeans are hitting their perennial peak, and stars are breaking theirs out like there’s no tomorrow — or like it’s Labor Day tomorrow.Though most opt for the usual skinny-fits, there are a few quirky pairs. Most noteworthy are the kind-of-weird but kind-of-cool detachable
Longchamp Sale pant-shorts, worn by Bella Hadid and her sister Gigi.The jeans in question are by Paris-based label Y/Project. Bella donned them first, with a python belt and white Dior T-shirt, in a photoshoot for Elle France’s May issue. Then, in June, Gigi stepped out in the same pair, but blinged her look out with Jacquie Aiche
Coach Outlet Store Online jewels and a slinky pair of Aquazzura heels.Click through the gallery above for five celeb-approved ways to style white denim. It’s not the freshest trend, but it’s a classic — and we’re quite all white with it.
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