Taylor Tomasi Hill's Fashion Misadventure

Previous Marie Claire style and accessories director, regular fashion girl-about-town, and The Sartorialist street style favorite Taylor Tomasi Hill launched her much-anticipated mini collection for Lane Crawford this week in Hong Kong.

The seven-piece capsule collection, priced from $250 to $510, instantly made Hill's famous trend-setting style accessible to the world masses on LaneCrawford.com, making a lot of girls everywhere very happy.

However, Elle.com's sharp-eyed news editor quickly pointed out that the strapless dress from the collaboration is basically identical to one that Marc Jacobs sent down the runway four years ago for his Marc by Marc collection. The piping, tailoring and asymmetrical ruffle of the Marc Jacobs dress made it easy to spot Hill's knockoff.

Unfortunately, a blue striped shirt with cutout shoulders in her collection also bares a very unsubtle striking resemblance to a Commes des Garcons shirt that she was street-style snapped wearing in September 2009.

The copyright issues and potential lawsuits that Hill will face remain to be seen. A pity, really, because the rest of the collection is pretty darn cute.

Text Olivia Fleming
Source The Huffington Post
Image Fashionologie

Pretty (and Not-So-Pretty) Feet at Paris Fashion Week

At Paris Fashion Week, the shows not only introduced next-season clothes, but also to-die-for shoes. Most designs fit into one of two groups: fearless and wild, or dull and wearable — with a few (including Marc Jacobs and Chanel) that combined fearless with wearable. For example, Comme des Garcons presented plain white boots that looked awfully similar to rain boots, while Versace chose to showcase transparent heels with a shocking height of at least six inches.

Dries van Noten's show included plain, strapped heels, while Chanel's stylish booties were much more chic and appealing. Prada added to the rush with race car–inspired high heels, and Dolce & Gabbana contributed to the over-the-top category with black netting over strapped heels. Jean Paul Gaultier took the cake with tattoo-inspired, heel-in-the-air creations. This design looks impossible to balance on, let alone walk in — but it would be an incredible showstopper if you could!

What were your favorite shoes during Paris Fashion Week? Did you prefer the dull and functional, or the completely out-of-this-world designs? We prefer the latter ... life's too short to wear boring shoes.

Text Brittney Schering
Image courtesy of Style.com