Chloe Sevigny Launches Her Collection Partying at Don Hill's

 

Downtown New Yorker's have always claimed this not-so-indie actress as her own.  Her Bohemian-waif chic is now a new clothing and shoe collection at hipster store Opening Ceremony.

The actress/designer launched the collection with a party at the classic West Village spot Don Hill's.  Celebs and other notable Downtown figures came out to support like film director Spike Jonze and Benjamin Cho.

The clothing itself is a collection short, feminine dresses in dainty prints.  The shoes are chunky heeled clogs and platform shoes.  Accessories included tinted sunglasses, patterned berets and half-moon handbags.  There are a few slim leather pants and cozy cardigans.  Each look represents Chloe quite well, it looks like everything came directly out of her closet.

Photos by Bettina Chin and Opening Ceremony

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Monster Chic - Big & Furry Makes the Cut?

For anyone who observed the runway offerings for Fall 2010, you probably noticed that fur was making a comeback. At first, I was excited that it signaled a return to luxury. Now, as I look over the past year, I realize that it has less to do with decadence, but an excuse to be a beastly ogre.

While I expected movies like Young Victoria and Coco Before Chanel from 2009 to inspire fashion trends for this year, I never expected Shrek and Where the Wild Things Are to make the cut. The cast of the Green monster movie starred in a photo spread for VMAN magazine. Downtown chic boutique Opening Ceremony offered an entire collection around the wild ones. In Paris, right there on Chanel's icy catwalk, was the Abonimable snowman. I suppose when you are over-sized and covered in hair, it hides all sins...

That's just what every girl needs...To have her boyfriend's Star Wars Wookie fantasies validated.

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