Recently by Melissa Colgan

When the documentary Unzipped came out, I had to scour the small town I grew up in to find a copy. It was 1995 and still a few years before words like YouTube, NetFlix, and amazon.com would become a part of popular vernacular. The Douglas Keeve-directed film, which follows designer Isaac Mizrahi through the process of creating a fashion collection, was my first real look inside the fashion industry. It provides a witty peek into the life Mizrahi while he searches for muses, refines fabrics, and fits models. Unzipped removed the veil on the fashion industry and what it really takes to create a beautiful collection—even if it was, as one critic at the time put it, “a line of Eskimo fashion knock-offs.”

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Macy's Glamorama, the year's best fashion and music show, is just a few short weeks away! While I have yet to decide on what I'll be wearing, I've already received a preview of the fashions that will be coming down the runway at the Orpheum Theatre. A week ago, I dropped in on Macy's fashion and trend corespondent, Laura Schara, to take a look at what she is pulling together for the show.



Make sure to buy your tickets for Glamorama now.

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There are some serious perks to having a job like mine, and even though I would consider myself in either the "out-of-the-loop" or "could-care-less" camps when it comes to celebrities, I would be lying if I said that I don't occasionally get excited when certain stars come to town. 

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Star of The Hills, fashion designer, and now author, Lauren Conrad, was at Mall of America yesterday for the signing of her book, L.A. Candy. While I was originally supposed to do a video blog with her, her handlers decided last minute that we couldn't shoot any video.

Le sigh.

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In today's New York Times Thursday Styles section, Eric Wilson wrote on of the most succinct stories I've ever read on how trends are created. If you've ever seen The Devil Wears Prada, you might remember Miranda Priestly's lecture directed at Andy Sachs's ignorance in regards to the fashion industry:

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Of all the people I look up to, no one inspires me more than Anna Wintour. I've been reading Vogue since before I can remember, and her unique ability to promote the very best of everything is unsurpassed.

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Avid readers of Style Parlor and the LifeStyle section of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine are no doubt familiar with Jayne Haugen Olson's eye and point of view. Both came to life on the pages of our glossy for seven years. And although she may have moved on to new adventures as the editor-in-chief of Delta Sky magazine, her presence can still be felt all over the fashion, retail, and home content of our website and magazine.

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I was lucky enough to meet and interview the dynamic husband-and-wife team behind glassware and ceramic company Juliska. I have long admired their designs and have put them on the pages of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine a number of times, but after listening to them recount the tedious and time-honed way in which their products are made, I became infatuated with the beauty of Juliska all over again.

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I, unfortunately, missed the presentation of Monique Lhuillier's Fall 2009 collection at the Plaza back in February (a late flight), so I will no doubt be heading to her 50th & France salon to see first-hand what the designer is feeling for fall. Although only twelve of her thirty plus looks were shown at the Plaza that night, her dark, lush, and romantic take on fall 2009 feels right for the times.

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To: shopping@mspmag.com
Subject: Wallpaper
From: Lisa



Hi Style friends,  I really enjoy your design work in Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and on the website, especially with all the design mags recent demises!  I have a quick question.  A few months ago, I fell in love with some Designers Guild wallpaper that I wanted to use in our main floor's guest bathroom.  Just after that, I saw the same wallpaper in an East Harriet girls bedroom that you profiled online.  The wallpaper is amazing, and hard to forget, but is it worth it?  No one else who comes to our house is going to know how special it is!  Our house is a pretty regular suburban house with little natural charm.  I try to pretend it is the charming cottage of my dreams, but that is only in my head.  Should I try to find a less expensive alternative, (and if so, have you seen one) or should I just get the one I love?  Suggestions?
 
Thanks. 
Lisa Sheppard Pearson
 

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