December 2011
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Winter Skin Wonders
Courtney, our casting manager and resident skin-care connoisseur, shares her tips on how to protect your skin against winter’s worst.
BODY BEAUTIFUL The products: Kiehl’s Crème de Corps Soy Milk and Honey Body Polish + Kiehl’s Crème de Corps Light-Weight Body Lotion The process: Use the body polish at least three times a week to keep your skin buffed and smooth. You should always use body...
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Behind the Seams: All Buttoned Up
we talked to our trimmings expert, Danielle, to get the backstory on our beautiful buttons
The process: Our designers bring me their inspiration (usually vintage buttons) and I study their markings and materials to determine which details we can incorporate into our own designs. I’ve been doing this for 20 years, so I can usually figure out right off the bat which manufacturers will be able...
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Tweed, If You Please
we plucked Harris Tweed From Land to Street straight from the bookshelf of our men’s design team for its stunning pictures of the fabric with a cult following’s home (for those of you not in the know, this tweed has been handwoven for centuries on an island off the northwest tip of Scotland)
The ultimate gift idea: pair the book with either our Harris Tweed sportcoat in Ludlow fit...
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Holiday Helper: The Laundress
using the festive activities from this month’s Looks We Love as inspiration, the ladies behind The Laundress New York® reveal their tried-and-true tips for solving those uh-oh moments this holiday…
1. Makeup: “Blush on your shoulder? Lipstick on the collar? (Too much
mistletoe!) No worries—apply The Laundress New York for J.Crew collars &
cuffs stain bar and work the stain out with a...
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Our Handpicked Holiday Gift Guide
attention, last-minute gifters: we polled a few of our departments for a roundup of their guaranteed-to-please presents. here’s what they came up with—we’re positive these gifts won’t disappoint anyone on your list…
Visual
1. Vintage chandelier: “This snowflake chandelier was made in Finland by Paavo Tynell circa 1950. It’s arguably the coolest chandelier ever and available at Wyeth,...
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Eye-openers
this week’s roundup of delightful discoveries
Liv, accessories designer:
“I love the color contrast of this tiny neon belt and this red dress! We’re loving superskinny belts again, and what a great way to introduce a second color into the mix!”
Inspiration found here.
Lauren R. K., graphic designer:
“I love the contrasting textures in this photo by duo Aurélien Arbet and Jérémie...
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D.I.Y. Design: Caught Blue-handed
our crewcuts designers set up shop in a Brooklyn backyard to try their hand at indigo-dyeing our kids’ Converse® Jack Purcell® sneakers. here’s how they created these one-of-a-kind kicks…
Indigo’s origins: Indigo is a natural dye that comes from the indigo plant and has a long and beautiful history as a dyestuff—it was mentioned in manuscripts found in India that date back to the 4th...
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Woolen Wonderland
we asked the knitting aficionados from Wool and the Gang™ to create the window displays for our crewcuts Madison Avenue store (get ready to feel all warm and fuzzy…)
WOOL AND THE GANG For Crewcuts on Vimeo.
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From the Beauty Shelf of: Julie
we felt our beauty regime lacked a little je ne sais quoi, so we asked Julie, our web designer and impeccably preened Parisian transplant, to share her beauty secrets (c’est magnifique!)
FACE NUXE Crème Fraîche Concentrée: My everyday moisturizing cream. Santa Maria Novella Rose Water: One of my favorite things in the world! I love to spray it on my face before going to bed—the smell is so...
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Eye-openers
this week’s roundup of delightful discoveries
Nikelle, web designer:
“The holidays are coming and I have an overwhelming urge to cover everything in the shiniest, most sparkly material I can find. I’m completely obsessed with anything metallic, especially when it comes to decorating for a festive get-together.”
Inspiration found here and here.
Liv, women’s accessories designer:...
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Vacation Files: Nikelle’s Camping Essentials
Nikelle, one of our web designers, shares her secrets to mastering the great outdoors…
Every now and then I need to get out of the city and hit the refresh button, so this fall a few friends and I took a camping trip near Bear Mountain—nothing clears my cache like layering on mounds of clothing and waking up under a brightly colored canopy!
Here are some of the camping classics I never...
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From the Desk of: Nichole
after getting caught listening to the American Idol soundtrack one too many times, we begged Nichole, our resident music buff, for a playlist that won’t get us ridiculed. she went above and beyond the call of duty…
THE TRIP
My new tradition is to spend the week before Memorial Day in Barcelona for the Primavera Sound Festival. Friends fly in from all over the world and we spend a week...