With the launch of giuseppezanottidesign.com, news, pictures, video clips, plus services designed and devoted to the designer’s most faithful customers are available with the swish of their mouse. Even better—the designer’s coveted creations can be purchased at the brand-new online store operating in Europe, the United States, Japan and many other countries.

The site has three notable sections: first and foremost is the “e-collection,” featuring two unique and exclusive pieces created in a limited edition for the launch of this new website, and available only by ordering online. Essential and elegant, the superflat sandal made of black nappa leather sparkles with a band of iridescent crystals and the matching clutch bag is also covered with a cascade of small shining stars. These two jewel accessories come in three shades of color: crystal, aurora borealis and cobalt.

The section “Special request” is devoted to fashion addicts. It’s a simple and handy solution for making often hard-to-find pieces available, with a special form that lets visitors send requests for certain items and, once ready, they can be picked up at the closest boutique.

Another innovation on the giuseppezanottidesign.com website is the “Your wedding shoe” section devoted entirely to brides. Giuseppe is showing special attention to the matrimonially minded by not only offering his stunning bridal accessories for purchase, but by also giving brides the opportunity to order items made-to-measure. The customer can set up an appointment with a Giuseppe Zanotti Design boutique online and, once in store, a personal shopper at the boutique will assist the customer in picking out the model, material, and color that goes best with the wedding dress. Sophisticated brooches, elegant embroidery work and expertly decorated heels will make the bride’s look truly extraordinary on the most special day of her life.

I promise just visiting the website will make any shoe lovers heart skip a beat.

—Kyle Anderson, Senior Accessories Editor

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Great fashion minds think alike; and, yesterday, three in particular were thinking head-to-toe black. Malina went minimalistic (not generally a habit of hers), Jade channeled a gothic school girl, and Sarah toyed with androgyny in her rare but directional skirt-pant…or is it skant? No matter how it's worn, all-black is a strong fashion statement to make. Sometimes mistaken for gloom, it's a look that's chic in its simplicity and embodies an intangible, subtle toughness without being too literal. In the eluxurylive fashion department, we rarely get to flex our math muscles, but we couldn't resist this happy coincidence cum fashion algebra equation: Malina + Jade = Sarah!

From left: Malina Joseph, Fashion Bookings Editor; Jade Frampton, Market Editor; Sarah Schussheim, Assistant Fashion Editor

—Jennifer Gach, Assistant Fashion Editor

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You can tell more about a woman by the shoes she wears than by reading her palm," said legendary shoeman Herman Delman, who’s being honored in a wonderful exhibit that opened yesterday at the Museum of F.I.T. called “Scandal Sandals and Lady Slippers: A History of Delman Shoes.” A laundry list of iconic women such Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, and Marlene Dietrich all wore Delman shoes, and thanks to the exhibition, Delman's special allure is very much on view this spring. Innovative shoes from the Museum and Delman's own archived footwear is shown along with classic Delman ads by Russian artist Erte, and photographs by John Rawlings and Man Ray. “Delman showcased fine craftsmanship as much as promoted beautiful design," wrote the  co-curators Sarah Byrd and Laura Mina, who produced the show with their graduate colleagues at FIT.

The exhibit continues through April 3rd at the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology, which is located at 227 West 27th Street at seventh Avenue in New York City.
Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 12pm-8pm, and Saturday 10-5pm.

—Kyle Anderson, Senior Accessories Editor

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An elegant fur and a statement bag offer a double dose of luxe style.

Photo: Anne Ziegler

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A sophisticated print stands out against black basics.

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Leggings offset a heavy fur topper.

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The house of Valentino has had a star-studded year so far. First, designers Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri dressed Chloë Sevigny for the Golden Globes (as the Big Love star went up to accept her award for Best Supporting Actress, someone stepped on her lovely ruffled lilac train), and then,  most recently, Kate Bosworth wore a ruffled red gown for an Oscar party on Sunday night. Young starlets rejoice—the fall 2010 collection is filled with red-carpet ready stunners made for the kind of girl that likes her eveningwear with a little edge.

—Violet Moon Gaynor  

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Someone recently accused me of being “in love with love,” as if that were not entirely a good thing. True or not, I sure am in love with music that falls squarely into that category. Last week, when the San Francisco-based band The Morning Benders was brought to my attention (ironically, by the person defiantly not in love with love), I fell hard and fast for the originality, the honesty, and for lack of a better word, the sweetness Chris Chu, Julian Harmon, Tim Or, and Jonathan Chu infused into all 10 tracks on the band’s second studio album, Big Echo, which hits stores today.

The boyishness with which lead vocalist and primary songwriter Chris Chu delivers the album’s first single, “Excuses” (featuring a ragtag orchestra of the band’s musician friends, the unique concept behind which is explained here), has a dose of Ben Gibbard’s Death Cab For Cutie charm but more than anything harkens back to the sh-boom, sh-boom era when The Everly Brothers and The Crew Cuts crooned the perfect musical translation for how it felt to find a new crush. Some of Big Echo, “All Day Day Light,” for example, is as lightweight and breezy as the Hannah Hooper seascape featured on the album’s cover. But the majority of the tracks, from “Cold War” to  “Stitches” to your author’s favorite, “Excuses,” uncover an in love with love innocence (“We’ll still be best friends when all turns to dust”) laced with the sobering realization that heartbreak is often the direct result of one’s own behavior (“I made an excuse/you found another way to tell the truth”). Like finishing a Milan Kundera book or Éric Rohmer film, at the end of a full-listen of Big Echo, you’ll feel both utterly romantic and helplessly fatalistic. In short, very, very alive.

Starting tomorrow in Philadelphia, The Morning Benders boys will embark on a two-month tour, passing through just about everywhere from Costa Mesa, California to Ames, Iowa, wrapping up in New York City on April 22nd.

Available in stores and online today, Big Echo is also for sale on vinyl for those who prefer the oldie-but-goodie-fashioned experience.

—Johanna Cox

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The new Louis Vuitton Fox Bag Charm in Rose. Available also in Vert and Orange via LouisVuitton.com.

I covered the Be&D Genesis first during NY Fashion Week, when Bryan Boy, Olivia Palermo, and Mena Suvari were spotted carrying it. I will be posting more of the available options, but wanted to note that the classic black version Bryan Boy carried is now available online at Bloomingdale’s.

This bag entails two aspects of many Be&D bags; whipstitched detailing and supple washed leather. Lately, I have really been digging the Be&D bags I have seen. I still love the studs that they offer, don’t get me wrong, but their Americana feel which much of their line showcases pulls me in. It seems so perfectly fitting for spring and summer, which is just touching most of the world with a slight warm up and knocking the snow off our boots.

The bag offers a single shoulder strap along with a longer detachable crossbody strap. The silver tone hardware always lends a casual touch to a black leather bag. The inside is equipped with a zip and cell phone pocket along with a key ring. Buy through Bloomingdale’s for $1095.