my new crushes

As though I don't have enough. (And just so you know, Tom, Alber, Lazaro, and Thom, I still love you all the same.)


This is David Neville and Marcus Wainwright, Rag & Bone designers, and Jessie Randall of Loeffler Randall, at the CFDA new members party. I'm a preppie at heart, so I love Rag & Bone's tailored but downtown cool look. And Jessie Randall is just so cute-- she came shopping at the store I work at a few months ago, right before she won the CFDA accessories award, and she was incredibly pregnant and just adorable.


Above left: Rag & Bone, fall 2007. Above right: Loeffler Randall.

The new inductees:

• MICHAEL BALL - Rock & Republic
• VICTORIA BARTLETT - VPL
• MONICA BOTKIER - Botkier
• TORY BURCH - Tory Burch
• RICHARD CHAI - Richard Chai
• GEORGINA CHAPMAN and KEREN CRAIG - Marchesa
• WENLAN CHIA - Twinkle
• KEANAN DUFFTY - Slinky Vagabond
• PINA FERLISI - Generra
• JUSTIN GIUNTA - Subversive Jewelry
• HENRY JACOBSON - Henry Jacobson
• PHILLIP LIM - 3.1 Phillip Lim
• ADAM LIPPES - Adampluseve
• ANDREAS MELBOSTAD - Phi
• KATE MULLEAVY and LAURA MULLEAVY - Rodarte
• DAVID NEVILLE and MARCUS WAINWRIGHT - Rag & Bone
• JAMES PERSE - James Perse
• MARY PING - Mary Ping
• LAURA PORETZKY - Abaeté
• JESSIE RANDALL - Loeffler Randall
• LELA ROSE - Lela Rose
• RACHEL ROY - Rachel Roy
• PAUL SINCLAIRE - Tevrow & Chase
• MICHELLE SMITH - Milly by Michelle Smith
• MIMI SO - Mimi So
• MICHAEL SPIRITO - Exhibitionist
• JEAN YU - Jean Yu

I'm glad to see Laura Poretzky of Abaeté made it -- I think we're going to see some really cool things from her.

Above: Abaeté, fall 2007.

Props also to Victoria Bartlett of VPL, Andreas Melbostad of Phi, and the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte (but really, why weren't those girls there already? I think they're two of the most talented new designers in the business, really).

Above, left to right: VPL, Phi, and Rodarte, all fall 2007.