For a guy who claims he knows nothing about fashion, Rogan Gregory is doing pretty well for himself in high-style circles. The man behind premium denim and contemporary sportswear brand Rogan, as well as eco-friendly offshoots Loomstate and Edun (the brand he launched with Bono and wife Ali Hewson), recently won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award, entitling him to $200,000 and one year of mentoring from an industry insider.
Don’t let the eco-friendly label fool you though—Gregory believes in aesthetics over green-ness any day. In fact, he’s not a fan of much color at all. We caught up with Gregory last week at a special VIP party to preview an expanded selection of the Rogan Spring/Summer 2008 line, now available at Stel’s. Talk turned to beards, Lost, and the importance of finding a perfectly flat black. Continue reading “Flat Black is the New Black: 5 Questions for Rogan Gregory” »
For spring, hemlines aren’t the only thing on the rise: High-rents are kicking small boutiques when they’re down.
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Stel’s on Newbury Street is hosting a Rogan trunk show today. On hand last night to kick off the event was the designer himself, Rogan Gregory, controversial winner of the 2007 CFDA award.
Forget the credit card or Comcast gripes
As we should, Fashion Week Mom and I typically differ on the type of Hollywood hunk that gets our reels going. She dreams of Dennis Quaid and Sam Shepherd, while I prefer the male cast of Friday Night Lights and even Michael Cera. But there’s one leading man that we both drool for, and that’s Eric Bana.
Talk of possible recession has left some of us over here at Bostonista quivering in our Prada flats. Blowing your rent money on a dress — no matter how special and eminently wearable you convince yourself it is — just isn’t as much fun when you’re too broke to wear it out of the house. Which is why we’re especially excited for Target’s next round of high-end partnerships. 
Seeing as he is practically a leather handbag himself, it seems mighty appropriate that Keith Richards is the new spokesperson for Louis Vuitton’s core values campaign, which aims to appeal to an older clientele that the company fears they have lost with the trendy confections Marc Jacobs produces each season. You might remember the company’s ads featuring Mikhail Gorbachev that debuted last year, which garnered a fair amount of publicity, but which we doubt inspired many people to clamor for five-figure damier canvas trunks.
Designer sample sales may be a rarity in the Hub, but thanks to the web, we can get the goods without ever stepping foot in a femme fashion frenzy.
