If you saw Mad Men last week (and you should be seeing it every week), you were able to catch a rare glimpse of Don actually making Betty happy. And all he had to do was take her on a surprise, all ...
Whoa! Back away from the lady and drop the scissors. File under “dudes we do not want to be trapped in a tanning salon with”: Tom Ford. We are genuinely frightened of this whorange him...
There were a few shows from NYC last week that were pretty much universally praised and Rodarte was definitely one of them. But, Lance une Mode is coming down with a split decision on this one. Whi...
Lance une Mode loves color! Maybe this comes from living in an environment that is mostly shades of concrete grey. Although we post a lot here about wonderful styles of yesteryear, we can appreciat...
We love trying to keep up with the various Fashion Weeks happening this month, but after viewing a couple of shows in a row, L.u.M. tends to get E.T.M. fatigue. (That’s Emaciated Teenage Model...
The Selby recently did a series of photos of Robert Longo’s studio. Longo’s been popping up on our radar a lot recently, especially at the great show The Pictures Generation at the Met (...
We love dressing our best every day, but sometimes that perfect outfit just doesn’t come together in the morning. That’s why it’s important to have some go to pieces that you can j...
Back in high school, you could find me sulking around the cafteria rocking approximatley 300 black rubber bracelets, tattered, dirty, paint splattered jeans and a buttload of teen angst. My footwear...
The LIFE Archive has some great photos shot by Peter Stackpole for the opening of Earl Carroll’s Sunset Boulevard Nightclub and Theater. This place had a massive stage, patent leather ceilings...
Just when you thought eBay was only good for hard to navigate, Web 1.0 style listings for custom made bobblehead wedding cake toppers, along comes a great seller like Damsel Vintage. They offer a ni...
Here’s a new feature for Lance une Mode: Ladylike Rides! As a couple of New Yorkers, we do not drive much and we definitely never even contemplate owning a car. But, for most of the planet, d...
Grace Jones: musician/singer/actor/model/st yle icon. She is the consummate multimedia pop star. Her main artistic output has been through music, starting in late 70s disco, evolving to early 80s New...
They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. Case in point: MTV’s House of Style. Here’s a show produced by a megacorporation hosted by a supermodel that promoted a multi-bil...
pic from the Met's flickr page Recently, we went to check out The Model as Muse, the latest exhibit at the costume institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Out of the oodles of cool fashion ...
Aaaaannnnddddd here’s another monsieur that knocked our berets off at last week’s Paris couture shows: Jean-Paul Gaultier. Taking inspiration from popular film (a source often mined by th...
For the Christian Dior Fall 2009 Couture show John Galliano took it back to 1947, when the New Look arrived as a welcome and extravagant change from the more restrained fashion of wartime rationing. ...
File under “Things That Will Always Be Rad”: human skulls. Whether its a momento mori in an old oil painting, a tattoo on the left boob of some biker babe named Bertha or the head of He-...
Not too long ago in this very space, we were part of the internet rumor mill that speculated on the retirement of one Karl Lagerfeld. Well, today in the The New York Times, Herr Karl himself refutes...
Coming out of Australia since 2005, MinkPink unabashedly takes inspiration from high fashion lines and combines them with current street style and early 90’s D.I.Y. thrift store aesthetics. Th...
I love living in the city. I also love wearing white. This combination can be problematic, as the former and the latter just can’t seem to get along. Case in point: My favorite pair of whit...
Douglas Sirk directed films that modernized melodrama for the suburban housewife in the 1940s and 1950s with a strong burst of creativity at the end of his career. Now considered a master of mise-en...
These sexy little stilettos from Kathryn Amberleigh are a distinctly cocquettish and feminie interpretation of the current cage heel craze. Sometimes the hottest shoes can be (moderately) practical a...
Zeke Leonard is a furniture designer working out of Rhode Island. He uses only reclaimed materials to form his pieces that range from beautiful and functional tables to art objects such as birdhouse...
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