April 2012
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This Week's Discovery
the Thomas Mason® shirt
Let’s step into our time machine for a moment, shall we? It’s 1796 and the English Industrial Revolution is in full force—ships are docked in Yorkshire harbors, loaded for the first time ever with cotton from the West Indies, and an industrious textile merchant named Sir Thomas Mason heads to Leeds to found one of the first-ever cotton mills. The fabrics quickly...
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the Ella dress in garden floral
On a recent quest to redecorate her Brooklyn apartment, one of our women’s designers snapped up a roll of vintage wallpaper featuring this painterly floral. Working with our in-house print illustrator to reinterpret the design, she played around with the scale and injected lively splashes of color among the flowers to recall “a late-summer garden that’s at...
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A Look Back
we dug through our archives to bring you some of our favorite photos from over the years (feel free to be inspired, humored or a little bit of both…)
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CFDA Playlist: Joseph’s Jams
the design wunderkind may be best known for his fashion chops, but he’s also a secret music buff (and always designs with a soundtrack on blast). check out his stylish song list below…
Bob Marley, “Jamming”
Adele, “Make You Feel My Love”
Lana Del Rey, “Summertime Sadness”
Bach, “Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor (allegro moderato)”
Steely Dan, “Dirty Work”
Gotye, “Somebody That...
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Learn Your Lines: Part II
it’s official: after studying Gayle’s style tips, we’re seeing stripes— and looking to classic screen stars (and some seriously cool rockers) for inspiration. now, about that red sports car…
(image credits: Coco Chanel at La Pausa, Brigitte Bardot in …And God Created Woman, The Ramones, Marilyn Monroe in California, Jean Seberg in Breathless)
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Learn Your Lines
we admittedly love stripes, so when our superstylist, Gayle, showed us how to wear more than one striped style at a time, we were nothing short of delighted (it’s what we call striping it rich)
1. Take the sailor out of your stripes with some sparkle. Juxtapose a simple, slouchy V-neck with a sequined skirt for an easy update to the Saturday jeans-and-a-tee uniform. The color palette of...
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Collection Inspiration: Joseph Altuzarra for...
a closer look at the Paris-born designer’s inspirations: Brigitte Bardot,
Saint-Tropez and always-chic French preppy style
The harbor of Saint-Tropez in 1962 from the book In the Spirit of St. Tropez.
(image credit: book cover, Brigitte Bardot)
SHOP ALTUZARRA FOR J.CREW >
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This Week's Discovery
the envelope dreamweaver clutch
We’re dreaming in Deco…Our classic envelope clutch gets a punch of graphic glamour courtesy of our handbag designers. The collage of inspiration on their mood board? Parisian wicker bistro chairs, Cubist paintings, marble-floored salon interiors— even some great black-and-white photos of expat types spilling out of Left Bank cafés. In luxuriously textured...
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This Week's Discovery
Quiksilver® for J.Crew
We’re taking you back to the sands of Bells Beach, Australia, in the 1970s, when the boards were longer, the waves were cleaner and the shaved ice was sweeter. Aussie surfer Alan Green was tired of the same old surf gear he’d been cruising the tubes of the Pacific in, so with his fellow wave riders, the idea for Quiksilver—board shorts with personality—was born....
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Eye-Openers
this week’s roundup of delightful discoveries
Tracy, our women’s In Good Company guru:
“As a total stripe fanatic, I’m loving these photographs of the inside of Roy Lichtenstein’s studio (they were taken by Laurie Lambrecht, who worked as his part-time assistant from 1990 to 1992).”
Inspiration found here.
Rachel, one of our web designers: “This is from a blog that features cool...
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Gayle's Beauty Tips
our superstylist, Gayle, has us covered when it comes to what to wear with what, but she also has a bevy of beauty tips tucked up her sleeve. we asked her to give us the insider’s scoop on these fresh faces from our May style guide…
Eye spy: “Defined eyes don’t call for tons of makeup. Just darken your brows for a bit of contrast, then curl your lashes sans mascara. My biggest secret?...
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SP '12 Playlist: Music to our ears
spring is in the air, along with some seriously feel-good tunes. here’s our roundup of the sunny-day songs we just can’t get out of our heads…
Kevin, visual virtuoso: Sharon Van Etten, “Serpents”
Emily, superstar stylist: Bill Withers, ” Ain’t No Sunshine”
Travis, window design wonder: Robyn, “Call Your Girlfriend”
Aaron, our denim go-to: Crystal...
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Travel Notes: Blue Jean Baby
our denim designers took a trip to LA’s Rose Bowl— aka the mecca of all vintage cool—to hunt for denim inspiration from throughout the ages
So why the Rose Bowl?
People travel from all over the world to buy and sell there, and we really trust the vendors’ expertise. For example, we always visit one guy who finds his vintage denim in small old mining towns—it’s amazing to see what he’s dug...
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This Week's Discovery
Ah, man jewelry—such a slippery slope and so full of pitfalls—from the engraved silver thumb ring (thank you, 1992) to the oft-lampooned gold chain. However, there’s one piece we’ve stood behind since summer camp: the rope bracelet. Meet Miansai, the line of utilitarian-inspired bracelets designed and handcrafted by Michael Saiger in his Miami studio. Each one is made from military-grade rope...
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Soludos® espadrilles
Move over, flip-flops. With a name that combines the Spanish words sol (“sun”) and salud (“cheers”), indie company Soludos has created the formula for the perfect summer shoe. When founder and designer Nick Brown moved stateside from England, he set out to recreate the simple, sunny-day espadrilles he wore growing up—the ones sold in the markets and along the beaches of the...
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Spring Cleaning: The Laundress
here at 770, temperatures are finally rising—so we sat down with Gwen and Lindsey, the ladies behind The Laundress New York®, to get the dirt on how to keep our spring wardrobe looking good all season long.
TIP ONE:
Hit the spot: “While we love lounging in the park on a sunny afternoon, we’re not crazy about what that can mean for our clothes. Grass stains on our favorite pair of colored...
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Spring Must-haves
A roundup of what we’re craving this season here at 770…
1. Carrie, shoe specialist: “Floral-printed everything: shoes, pants, tees—you name it. I just ordered our floral peplum top and can’t wait for it to arrive.”
2. Lauren, our wordsmith extraordinaire: “New makeup, especially bright red nail polish—I’ve used everything down to the dregs.”
3. Eldia, visual virtuoso: “An electric-blue...
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Real Ludlow Guys: Mikey DeTemple
he’s a professional surfer/filmmaker, a chef in the making and a Moleskine fanatic. check out some of our favorite answers from this seriously cool Ludlow-wearing guy (who knows a thing or two about hanging ten).
Mikey’s tools of the trade (clockwise from left): 6’9” Chris Christenson single-fin board; Bolex Super 8 camera; Grain hand plane; 2-terabyte G-Drive; Rainbow single...
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Let’s Hear It for the (Tom)boys: Part II
tomboy style got us thinking about classic
style icons—and why every woman should own suspenders, a leather bomber and a tie (a vintage Lincoln doesn’t hurt either)
Clockwise from top left: Rita Hayworth; Patti Smith on the cover of Horses; Françoise Hardy; Diane Keaton in Annie Hall.
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Let’s Hear It for the (Tom)boys
our superstylist, Gayle, shows us the tricks of the tomboy trade—since she grew up with three brothers, she knows a thing or two about borrowing from the boys (while still looking totally chic, of course)
WEAR TOMBOY DURING THE WORKWEEK: A strong feminine foundation, like a pencil skirt and killer heels, begs for some menswear touches—
a denim utility shirt or even a tie. It’s a sensible...
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This Week's Discovery
Corgi™ socks
The guys over here at 770 have always believed that style is in the details. Their new obsession? Corgi socks.
For over a century, Corgi has been making socks for the most discerning wearers, including the royal
family and the British military(not to mention, their products have earned them a Royal Warrant from the Prince of Wales).
Isn’t it time you joined the ranks of...
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This Week's Discovery:
Edith A. Miller™
Let’s get horizontal for a minute…When designers Nancy Gibson and Jennifer Murray showed up to a Fire Island picnic wearing the same striped tee, a brand was born. Enter Edith A. Miller, the all-American label with an obsession for all things striped (we too suffer from the affliction). The entire line, from sketch to last stitch, is made entirely in the U.S., from their...
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An Eggcellent Living
when we found out that Jamie, our men’s In Good Company guru, was
the owner of a picturesque chicken farm, we had to know more about
it—and try the “layed with love” eggs. read on for the story (you’ll have
to stop by 770 to get your hands on the goods).
So J.Crew branded buyer by day and chicken farmer by night, huh?
Something like that. A little over two years ago, my wife, Shay,...
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Eye-Openers
this week’s roundup of delightful discoveries
Luther, one of our graphic designers:
“Recently, I’ve really been into the photography of Klaus Leidorf (a German guy who takes nice aerial photographs). The photos are cool because they are like a melting pot of scale, texture, color, pattern and figure/ground relationships.”
Inspiration found here.
Julie, art director:
“I just love how fun...
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Real Ludlow Guys: Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett
he’s a restaurateur, a collector of cuff links
and an avid tea drinker—plus, he can rock a
silver wallet chain with panache. check out
some of our favorite answers from this
seriously cool Ludlow-wearing Brit.
Sean’s tools of the trade (from top left): vintage die-cast model of a London taxi; cuff links; custom Tricker’s brogues; antique “Greedy Gulper” large cup and saucer; Leatherman...
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Behind the Scenes: Crewcuts Windows
our crewcuts visual virtuoso, Graig, shares
some of the inspiration behind the crafty (and cute)
critters that grace our crewcuts store windows
Early birds (clockwise from left): A prototype of an otherworldly bird, inspired by a lifelong obsession with master puppeteer Jim Henson’s quirky and charming creations; critters in the making; artist extraordinaire Sam using Elmer’s glue (every...
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This Week's Discovery
For our latest Rail and Wharf bag, we took inspiration from classic seafaring style and beach-bound ferries (the kind you’d picture in an Alex Katz painting).
What will you pack?
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This Week's Discovery
If we could turn back time, we’d place our new Edie bag on the arm of Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. In crisp black and white, they’re simply two of a kind…
Get your hands on it
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