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The Good Old Days (When I was Young)
Original at .*.*.wanderlust.*.*.
• Tue, Oct 7
By Jordann In my search for John Varvatos for Converse menswear (available at Urban Outfitters) I stumbled upon the blog Kelli Brown Photography. She's 19 years old and her post on an UO catalog-inspired photoshoot with her friends made me feel ...
Tim Gunn to Host Fashion Forward 2008 Event
Original at nitro
• Mon, Oct 6
By retrogurl Who: Special guest host Tim Gunn, Andrew Buckler, Bethann Hardison, Betsey Johnson, Derek Lam, Italo Zucchelli, John Bartlett, Michael Kors, Stan Herman, CFDA President Steven Kolb, and Sue Stemp. Designers presenting their collections include: Ports 1961 by Tia Cibani, Michael Ba...
Celebrating Anniversaries 1 - 5 With Perfumes
Original at time of beauty
• Sun, Oct 5
The following fragrances for men carry a note of leather: John Varvatos, Polo by Ralph Lauren, Carlos Santana, Chaps by Ralph Lauren, Dunhill Fresh by Alfred Dunhill, Gentleman by Givenchy, Gucci Pour Homme by Gucci, Nicole Miller for ...
Commercial Real Estate Thrives in Downtown LA
Original at 110bank
• Sun, Oct 5
The showroom features 6500 square feet of open floor space, enough to handle Martin’s and Aguilera’s extensive collection of contemporary lines, including AC Jeans, Kain, Shirt by Shirt, Mighty Fin, Converse by John Varvatos, Trunk, ...
Dress me in the colour of incense smoke
Original at Globe and Mail
• Sat, Oct 4
Canada - The one fashion designer who really gets this contemporary colour confusion is the New York-based John Varvatos. Never mind that he only designs men's wear, ...
Hautelook.com Launching Men's Division
Original at eMediaWorld.com General
• Fri, Oct 3
In-Season designer goods will be available during brief 17 - 30 hour sales from brands like Mike + Chris, John Varvatos, and Hickey Freeman. Esteemed vintage clothing boutique DecadesTwo will be hosting an invitation only party to ...
John Varvatos
Original at Financial Times Deutschland
• Fri, Oct 3
Germany - Er brachte Calvin Klein die Coolness, Ralph Lauren die Polo-Jeans und der klassischen Männermode den Rock'n'Roll. Rockstars lieben den lässigen ...
Designated buyers need not apply
Original at GQ
• Thu, Oct 2
- Their discovery: The most successful men's shops, like J.Crew's new Tribeca store and John Varvatos' Bowery outpost, cater to interests besides shopping. ...
HauteLook.com Shopping Site Launching Men's Division
Original at Newswire Today
• Thu, Oct 2
CA United States - HauteLook, the members-only shopping site, is launching men's on October 13th. In-Season designer goods will be available during sales from brands like Mike + Chris, John Varvatos, and Hickey Freeman. Party Oct. ...
Sale Time -- Converse by John Varvatos Wax Cotton Jacket
Original at Asylum
• Tue, Sep 30
By Matt Glazebrook If you're into menswear, you probably love John Varvatos' classically elegant, subtly edgy threads. Of course, most guys can't afford Varvatos gear, which is why we were stoked when the designer hooked up with Converse in 2006 to ...
john varvatos
Original at hampallen (Blogspot)
• Sat, Sep 27
By pH The old CBGB used to reside there and has been replaced by the work of the great American designer, John Varvatos. Sure, it gets a lot of bad publicity, due to the loyal fans of the decadent music club that worshipped the temple of punk ...
John Varvatos’ Smash Hits
Original at BlackBook
• Wed, Sep 24
By bbarna@bbook.com Here, BlackBook asks designer and music freak John Varvatos, whose recent Bowery retail location breathed new life into the iconic but defunct jam space CBGB, to list the 10 items that should have made it into the collection. ...
Red Bull Racing Team and Allmendinger Part Ways for ‘09, Wrangler ...
Original at Backstretch Motorsports
• Tue, Sep 23
By Bram Through its many affiliates, VF Corporation is a leader in branded lifestyle apparel including brands such as Lee®, Riders®, The North Face®, Vans®, Reef®, Napapijri®, Kipling®, Nautica®, 7 For All Mankind®, John Varvatos®, JanSport®, ...
John Varvatos - Spring 2009
Original at Undressing Men
• Thu, Sep 18
By Mikey I just perused his Spring 2009 menswear collection and, needless to say, he doesn't disappoint. Check out the slideshow at: http://men.style.com/fashion/collections/S2009MEN/review/JVARVATOS John Varvatos has to be my favorite designer. ...
Gilt names former Martha Stewart chief as new CEO
Original at BusinessWeek
• Mon, Sep 15
- Gilt Groupe offers men's, children's and women's clothing from about 100 designers ranging from Valentino to Diane Von Furstenberg and John Varvatos through ...
Gilt names former Martha Stewart chief as new CEO
Original at CNNMoney.com
• Mon, Sep 15
- Sep 15, 2008 Gilt Groupe offers men's, children's and women's clothing from about 100 designers ranging from Valentino to Diane Von Furstenberg and John Varvatos through ...
Fashon Week: Varvatos' Rock and Retail
Original at Conde Nast Portfolio
• Thu, Sep 11
By Sara Clemence Now that he's turned legendary rock club CBGB into a clothing store, John Varvatos has to prove that carefully tended vestiges of indie cred can mix successfully with slick big-brand marketing. Sure, Varvatos built a booming business ...
menswear channels Oliver Twist
Original at New York Daily News
• Mon, Sep 8
NY - Lines such as John Varvatos, Trovata, Yigal Azrouel, Endovanera, Rag & Bone and Shipley & Halmos are rolling out rogueish ensembles that call to mind the ...
Top 10 men's fashion trends
Original at Globe and Mail
• Fri, Aug 22
Canada - Ditto the tailored vest, shown underneath a suit at Ralph Lauren, and as a stand-alone piece at John Varvatos. That doesn't mean classic is dead. ...
Is Rumer Willis A New Style Icon?
Original at Jezebel
• Tue, Aug 19
By Sadie Stein Elle UK is, for some reason, all agog over the 20-year-old celeb spawn, who they say has had some kind of chic makeover since turning 20. "It's official. We have a new style crush here at ELLE in the shape of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis' daughter Rumer." Well, to each her own, we say! [ElleUK] Riha...
Speaker box
Original at GQ
• Mon, Aug 18
- It's been a busy year for John Varvatos: The designer's already opened two new stores (including, you might have heard, one in CBGB), and today he debuts a ...
Fall fashion preview
Original at Metromix
• Mon, Aug 18
IL - On John David: Polo by Ralph Lauren shirt, $89.50; at Lord & Taylor. John Varvatos Star USA tie, $98, and jacket, $425; at Bloomingdale’s. ...
Catherine's owner to open men's store
Original at Iowa City Press Citizen
• Mon, Aug 18
IA - So she will be opening Champion's, a menswear store that will bring to Iowa City new clothing lines, such as Converse by John Varvatos, Hugo Boss and Kid ...
Style in the city
Original at canada.com
• Fri, Aug 8
Canada - She hobnobs with the fashion elite, such as American menswear designer John Varvatos, and she helps organize Bella, Calgary's annual fashion fundraiser. ...
Clothing and charity at Varvatos opening
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Thu, Jul 31
USA - The John Varvatos boutique opened with a lavish $75-a-ticket cocktail party and concert featuring a Los Lonely Boys performance that filled the makeshift ...
Fashioning a Men's Week
Original at Conde Nast Portfolio
• Tue, Jul 22
By Lisa Marsh Americans Calvin Klein, John Varvatos and Michael Bastian still show there, and did so last month. Attempts have been made to make the first day of New York's fashion week, usually the first Friday in September, into an all-menswear day ...
What's Hot in the Hamptons
Original at MainStreet
• Thu, Jul 17
NY - Jul 17, 2008 Newton Lane is also home to two other men's-targeted clothing outlets, including a new outpost of John Varvatos and designer James Perse. ...
Where to shop in East Hampton
Original at Virginia Gazette
• Mon, Jul 14
VA - John Varvatos, 54 Newton Lane (631- 324-4440). Clothing, accessories and furnishings from this well-known menswear designer who has dressed the likes of Tom ...
Tim Gunn, Political Strategist?
Original at Jezebel
• Fri, Jun 20
By Sadie Stein Project Runway's silver fox considers the difficult task of making John McCain work: "That’s a challenge," Tim Gunn says. "Give him some color. I'd give him better-fitting suits — Hugo Boss, John Varvatos. I mean, I will say, he's a man of a certain age, so at least he's cleaned up and polished....
Clearly, John Varvatos is also having a moment
Original at GQ
• Thu, Jun 5
- The menswear designer recently expanded his empire to San Francisco, opening a 6500-square-foot store in Union Square. (Playing the official opening party ...
John Varvatos expands fashion empire to SF
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Fri, May 30
USA - He received the Perry Ellis Award for new menswear design in 2000 and was named menswear designer of the year in 2001 and 2005. In 2007, GQ magazine named ...
John Varvatos Sample Sale… For the Men
Original at The Purse Page
• Tue, May 6
By Mariana L. If you’re not familiar with the line, you have probably seen some of the black/white Alice Cooper ads on cabs, GQ designer of the year last year, and they recently made press for taking over the old CBGB space for their flagship ...
CBGB Gets a Makeover
Original at Men's Vogue
• Tue, Apr 22
By Mens Vogue Farrellvarvatosslash. (Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction, John Varvatos, and Slash of Velvet Revolver). Designer John Varvatos proudly took the stage at the restored site of the former CBGB last Thursday night. ...
Breaking: Nautica Womenswear Discontinued
Original at New York Magazine
• Tue, Apr 22
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VF's sportswear coalition, which includes the Nautica and John Varvatos labels, saw North American revenues fall 11 percent during the quarter. Management had anticipated Nautica revenues would decline as a result of one of its ...
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NYC fashion boutique opens in former CBGB space - Salt Lake Tribune
Original at Salt Lake Tribune
• Sat, Apr 19
• 6 related articles
NYC fashion boutique opens in former CBGB space United States - Fashion designer John Varvatos' menswear boutique opened earlier this month in the same spot where bands like the Ramones and Blondie helped spark a punk ...
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CBGB's, say hello to John Varvatos Bowery
Original at IFC
• Tue, Apr 15
Tomorrow, April 17, there will be a party thrown at 315 Bowery (New York, NY) to celebrate the grand opening of John Varvatos Bowery, a brand new contemporary menswear fashion boutique. For those more into punk rock history than ...
Sample sales without the sharp elbow - GQ
Original at GQ
• Tue, Apr 15
Sample sales without the sharp elbow - The site (which launched for the fairer sex last November) will offer 25 styles from the ubiquitous John Varvatos, to be followed Friday with goods from ...
Gilt Groupe Launches Men's Category with John Varvatos Inaugural Sale - PR Newswire (press release)
Original at sev.prnewswire.com
• Mon, Apr 14
• 4 related articles
Gilt Groupe Launches Men's Category with John Varvatos Inaugural Sale PR Newswire (press release), NY - Gilt.com is able to offer the finest designer fashions and accessories by way of its partnership with the CFDA, providing its members a discrete, ...
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John Varvatos takes over ex-punk den - NYU Washington Square News
Original at NYU Washington Square News
• Sun, Apr 13
John Varvatos takes over ex-punk den NY - John Varvatos, a menswear designer from Michigan, set up shop in 315 Bowery. Somehow, a clothing store doesn't seem to live up to the legacy CBGB left ...
Darkness descends as curtain rises on Anna Nicole opera - Times Colonist
Original at canada.com
• Sat, Apr 12
Darkness descends as curtain rises on Anna Nicole opera Times Colonist, Canada - Punk chic: The ultimate accessory -- Menswear designer John Varvatos has opened a trendy boutique at the former site of CBGB nightclub in New York City. ...
Latest & Greatest
Original at Gridskipper
• Wed, Apr 9
By Debbie Lee • John Varvatos: What was once CBGB's is now a retail venue for high-priced menswear. • Monogram: Banana Republic opens a downtown boutique for its new high-end clothing line. • Slurp: A new, slickly designed Vietnamese restaurant ...
CBGB's is now a John Varvatos menswear boutique
Original at Styledash
• Wed, Apr 9
By Cat Lincoln On Monday, CBGB's died one last time and was reborn as a pricey John Varvatos menswear boutique. Hmmm. I'm thinking $130 tshirts are totally not punk. On the other hand, Varvatos has pretty good rock and roll connections, and 315 Bowery ...
How a 100-year-old apparel firm changed course - CNNMoney.com
Original at money.cnn.com
• Wed, Apr 9
CNNMoney.com How a 100-year-old apparel firm changed course CNNMoney.com - Between 2000 and the first quarter of this year, VF spent $2.8 billion to buy 18 brands, among them Nautica, which brought with it the John Varvatos label; ...
Tattle: Series to show Pammy's 'many dimensions' - Philadelphia Daily News
Original at Untitled
• Tue, Apr 8
Tattle: Series to show Pammy's 'many dimensions' PA - In the East Village spot where CBGB once was a premiere performance space for punk, there now stands a John Varvatos menswear boutique with posters and ...
Portion Of Former CBGB Reopens As Menswear Store - NY1
Original at NY1
• Mon, Apr 7
Portion Of Former CBGB Reopens As Menswear Store NY - While many of the clothes at the new store, named for the designer John Varvatos, may be new, much of the décor is familiar. The walls with posters and ...
Former CBGB club getting posh makeover (UPI)
Original at United Press International
• Tue, Mar 25
The site of the famed New York City punk rock club CBGB, which closed in 2006, reportedly is slated to become a new John Varvatos boutique.
Daily StylePointer: Elsworth is open + party invite
Original at ww3.startribune.com
• Tue, Mar 18
By Sara Glassman Never fear, his new menswear boutique is just steps away on the skyway through the men’s shoe department. The shop is a well-edited version of what Dorsett wants to stock. You’ll find a John Varvatos suit ($895), Jason Hammerberg’s ...
Legendary Rock Club CBGB Achieves The Impossible, Sells Out Even More [Rag Trade]
Original at Jezebel
• Wed, Nov 7
By Jennifer Designer John Varvatos has bought the space formerly occupied by rock club CBGB's to open a new store. He's the one who designs clothes for Converse, which is that super-hip iconoclastic footwear brand owned by Nike, and... Move to North Korea if you hate capitalism so much! [Fashion Week Dai...
LL Cool J uses fashion as a metaphor for his beef with Jay-Z
Original at MissInfo.tv
• Mon, Oct 1
By missinfo “We need to meet and figure it out,” LL Cool J said. “It’s tough. Let’s be real. You know, they have an artist running a label full of artists. Okay? That’s like Calvin Klein * running a fashion label and John Varvatos ** and everyone else is underneath him. What kind of sense does that make? This hie...
Shop Making Sense: Alex Kuczynski: 'John Varvatos Is Trying To Live A Death'
Original at Gawker
• Thu, Jun 7
At long last, facially-reconfigured semiotician Alex Kuczynski has returned to her old stomping grounds in the Times' Thursday Styles section, and she's more inscrutable than ever! Yay! Reporting on John Varvatos' new Hamptons outpost, she describes the popularity of the designer...