Shopping Update: Alexander McQueen's fall/winter collection now on sale

 Today, Alexander McQueen’s critically lauded fall/winter collection, featuring the designer's “dogtooth” version of houndstooth, goes on sale. Prices include $54 for knit tights, $119 for McQueen's Puma sneakers and $599 for a twisted-zipper skull biker bootie. McQueen's trademark skull cocktail rings are $154, and the showpiece “dogtooth” tote is $1,199.

-- Max Padilla

Photo: Dogtooth tote, clutches and shoes. Courtesy of Alexander McQueen

Paris Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen embraces his role as fashion’s reigning provocateur

It was a story of eco-evolution wrapped around an Atlantis theme, combining Hollywood film effects with the latest in digital technology. And it was the coolest spectacle to hit the Paris runway in a long time.

At the end of a month-long, multi-city runway season showcasing the Spring 2010 collections, Alexander McQueen -- a man whose imagination knows no bounds -- fully embraced his role as fashion’s reigning provocateur. He webcast his sci-fi fantasy live through a collaboration with director Nick Knight and Showstudio.com, turning it into an unmediated, international event, instant content for the blog and Twitter-sphere and a powerful advertisement.

From Bing Bang to Brides-to-be, Anna Sheffield creates something for everyone

Anna Sheffield is as versatile as she is busy.  From a diffusion line for Urban Outfitters to a collection  celebrating Cole Haan’s 100th anniversary, the New York-based jewelry designer has had her hands full with a growing brand and more collaborations on the horizon, most notably a line for Target which hits stores Aug. 30.

Sheffield’s has a fine jewelry and costume line, both of which have an old world, hand-hammered feel. The lower-priced Bing Bang collection has antique-inspired charms, draped chains and engraved rings, while her eponymous fine jewelry collection is daintier and incorporates rose gold, champagne diamonds and garnets. The designs have even caught the eye of several brides-to-be who appreciate the Sheffield’s subtle approach to using precious stones and metals in her jewelry. “I’m getting a lot of people asking for wedding rings,” said Sheffield during a visit to the L.A. Times  today. “They’re into using rose gold and champagne diamonds, not the usual stuff, something more unexpected.”  

I’ve noticed this with a few recently engaged friends, who’ve opted for using rose gold and nontraditional settings and stones for their engagement rings. If this trend sticks, perhaps we’ll see a wedding collection from Sheffield in the future…

Until then, check out her Anna Sheffield for Target collection, which hits stores Aug. 30th.

-- Melissa Magsaysay



Photos: Pieces from Anna Sheffield's Bing Bang Collection. Photo credit: Bing Bang

What's more undead than goth fashions? Vampire fashion.

Last winter, we listed the goth resurgence as one of the top 10 fashion moments of 2008, after L.A. fashion house Rodarte went to the dark side in February of that year and brands like Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent and Dior did black lip gloss. Not that the look had gone too far underground, witness the goth weddings we profiled in 2007 (see pictures here).

The sensibility's still emphatically undead. Aside from goth, goth and more goth at L.A. Fashion Week, things seem to be trending toward, how shall we put it -- vampire-specific style.The website Trend Hunter shows us what's at stake with this video.

Trends via TrendHunter.com.

-- Whitney Friedlander

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Sale alert: Elyse Walker men's and women's up to 75% off

If you didn't blow your holiday budget at the mall on Black Friday and you're going to take our advice and head out to Pacific Palisades to shop the local merchants, pencil it in for Dec. 4. We're told that's when the last call starts at Elyse Walker's women's clothing and shoe boutique, with a 75% discount on all sale merchandise (on our last visit, Christian Louboutin and Prada were among the shoes priced to walk).
At the same time, next door at the Elyse Walker Men's shop, the already-on-sale merchandise goes to 50-60-70 -- the first item is 50% off, the second is 60% off and the rest of sale purchases are discounted 70%. When we were poking around the sales rack a few weeks ago, among the notable things we spotted were a Rag & Bone dark navy Svedke coat (at a pre-sale price of $688), a Michael Bastian checked blazer with corduroy elbow patches (originally $2,388), a black leather Alexander McQueen puffer jacket ($3,852), and a wide selection of Barker Black shoes, including $250 sneakers and $850 wingtips with toe-cap perforations that form a subtle skull-and-crossbones design ($850). 
Elyse Walker and Elyse Walker Men, 15300 and 15306 Antioch St., Pacific Palisades, (310) 230-8882, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Photo of Elyse Walker Men courtesy of  Elyse Walker.