Jewel & Jewel

Arielle Kirk, 15
Far Rockaway, N.Y.

Arielle’s high school doesn’t require a uniform, but for the past year or so, the rising sophomore has sported one of her own creation: Starburst-colored polo shirts by Ralph Lauren and Le Tigre (she owns 11), a pair of snug jeans and one of 18 pairs of pristine Nikes (she scrubs them down with soap, water and a toothbrush after each wearing).

“It’s ridiculous,” groans mom Deloris Kirk, 45, gazing at the seemingly identical orange shoeboxes neatly stacked on the floor of her daughter’s tidy closet.

“It’s like a filing cabinet,” says McBratney of the display below the double-dutch medals hanging from the doorjamb. And when collared shirt after collared shirt emerges from within, Mom, an assistant preschool teacher, shakes her head: “I would love to see you out of that polo, Arielle.”

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Fashion designer and retail marketer Calvin Klein is going to open a new store at the Ocean City Factory Outlets in West Ocean City.

Calvin Klein will occupy the 5,000 square foot space. Calvin Klein store is expected to open by mid-September.

What Calvin Klein offers are accessories, shoes, sleepwear, hosiery, socks, swimwear, belts, eyewear, watches, jewelry, coats, suits and fragrances, as well as products for the home.

Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.

It was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy, who retired in 1995. John Galliano succeeded him as designer, but he was later replaced by Alexander McQueen. In 2001, designer Julien McDonald was appointed Artistic Director for the women’s lines, while in 2003 Ozwald Boateng was appointed the designer for the men’s range. Clothing lines include haute couture as well as ready-to-wear men’s and women’s fashions.

The reins for both haute couture and women’s ready-to-wear were ultimately passed on to Riccardo Tisci in 2005 when he was named chief designer of womenswear. Tisci’s apparent fascination with gothic touches (dark, languid dresses on sickly-looking models for fall couture) and space-age minimalism (one ready-to-wear show featured white-clad models drifting aimlessly around a sterile-white sphere) have drawn new attention to the brand. Reviews and output so far have been mixed and inconsistent, but many, including influential fashion critics (such as Cathy Horyn of the New York Times and Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune) have homed in on Tisci’s conceptual leanings, as well as his future potential for revitalizing the Givenchy brand and infusing it with his precision and imagination.In May 2008 he was named as the menswear and accessories designer of the menswear division. Making him as the entire brand overall Designer.

Givenchy couture took a tour of the Andes this week in Paris, as the house’s creative director Riccardo Tisci sent out a phalanx of models in alpaca en route on a motorbike tour of Peru.
These were Chez Guevara’s wealthy grand nieces in perfecto biker jackets lined in alpaca and hefty tobacco hued pants, ideal for riding sidesaddle on the revolutionary’s Norton 500 motorcycle La Poderosa, or The Mighty One. Incan princesses in sleeveless mink blousons, waxed leather redingotes and lambskin shirts; tough romantic chic at its best.

No designer has a bigger reputation in Hollywood than Giorgio, and one could fully understand why after enjoying his fall 2008 Prive collection, his latest, and largely successful, attempt to remake couture in his own image.

Armani striped back the collection this season, eschewing the arty hats he normally favors, and opening with a great series of fall suits and separates, designed for the Ladies Who Rule, rather than the Ladies Who Lunch. His devilishly well draped jackets in everything from mango leather or puckered silk and pleated pants with high waists in bird’s silk or grisaille all looked snazzy and posh, yet never stiff.

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Models are presenting creations by Lebanese designer Elie Saab during Fall-Winter 2009 Haute Couture collection show in Paris.

Models take the catwalk at the end of the presentation of the Men’s Fashion Spring-Summer 2009 collection by Emanuel Ungaro in Paris.

Model present creations by designer John Galliano at Christian Dior Fall 2008 / 2009 haute couture show in Paris.