TFG Exclusive: Book of the Month
Thursday, July 19, 2012 As mentioned before, the summer days have been keeping us pretty busy here at TFG and as a result, we are a bit late in announcing our fashion book of the month for July. So we're going to keep the reading light this month and encourage our readers to pick up a copy of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.
Memorializing one of the most successful and moving fashion exhibits, the book's photographs will keep you in awe and remind you of the genius that was Alexander McQueen. Last summer, I was lucky enough to attend the exhibit at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art after meeting with the general counsel to discuss the planning of the exhibit, and bought a copy of the book to add to my collection. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is single-handedly one of my favorite fashion finds. The book covers the full breadth of the beloved designer's career, contains memorable quotes, and includes narratives behind each of his collections. The images are stellar in detail, proving that Alexander McQueen was not just a fashion designer- he was a master sartorial story-teller. Even my pragmatic fiancé got it when I had him glance through the book. To purchase a copy, click here.
TFG Exclusive: Fashion Quote of the Day
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 
“Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It’s not about brands. It’s about something else that comes from within you.”
—Ralph Lauren
TFG Exclusive: Judging Fashion
Saturday, July 14, 2012 Julie Zerbo, founder of The Fashion Law, has done it again. You may remember our previous post on our friend and fashion lawyer/blogger after she called out Chanel for producing a jewelry collection that contained pieces that were "eerily similar" to those in Pamela Love's collection. In response to The Fashion Law's post, Chanel chose not to produce the designs out of respect to Pamela Love.
This week, The Fashion Law called out an emerging designer, Nuj Novakhett, whose capsule collection with Jaspal proved to be a copy of most of Cushnie et Ochs 2012 collection. As a result of her post, Jaspal took down the Facebook pictures of the line. We here at The Fashion Grid were pretty stunned to see the similarities in the designs and to learn that the infringing party was another emerging designer and not a fast-fashion retailer. We are dedicating this "Judging Fashion" post on The Fashion Law's story to see what you think. Is the design below from Novakhett's capsule collection for Jaspal a line-by-line copy? You know where we stand.
Novakhett for Jaspal (left) & Cushnie et Ochs F/W 2012 (right)
