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Colonial sea punk? New wave Marie Antoinette? Rococo Revival? All of the above came to life as Karl Lagerfeld rocked Versailles with his CHANEL Resort 2013 presentation. Some of the most inspiring eras of fashion came together with current tumblr trends to get the resort season started with a bang. Creepers? Check. Cotton candy hair? [...]

 Here at JC we are currently obsessed with Nepalese fashion model Varsha Thapa. She’s not only stunning but smart and sweet too! Prabal Gurung used his Facebook account to say so himself, now that’s when you know you’ve made it! Varsha is signed to prestigious modeling agency, Wilhelmina Models making her the first and only [...]

Today THE DAMNED hands out the summer reading syllabus, but you won’t find any boring textbooks on this course reading list! THE DAMNED proudly presents their best fashion reads to tide you over until the big fashion editorials of fall. Check it out HERE.

What is a pinterest? JC is officially on the Pinterest board, (pun intended). When I first got word that Jeffrey Campbell was going to make a Pinterest and I was going to be pinning my life away, I didn’t know what to think of it, solely because never have I ever used the magical Pinterest [...]

Hi all! I’m going to keep this short and let you get on to the good stuff because trust me- this post has a lot of it! It’s eye-candy galore my friends, and it’s all thanks to internet sensation, fashion blogger and J.C girl extradordinare Courtney Clark of The Style Playlist (http://thestyleplaylist.blogspot.com/) and Dirty Little [...]

What are the kids of JC NYC listening to these days? We made it easy for you and put together our newest mix tape of what we have been getting in to during the month of April! Propperly titled APRIL SHOWERS, this mix tape is filled with dance tracks and chill wave that have been [...]

Coachella 2012; an event I had been looking forward to for years. I missed my chance by a smidge in 2011 when Kanye West was the headliner (tickets literally sold out the day before I planned to purchase) and in 2010 because quite frankly, I didn’t have the cash. It was an event I had [...]

After rolling around and drowning in my own sorrows long enough from the abundance of media from Coachella that VERY inconveniently is taking place on the other side of the country, I decided to wipe my tears, get a bagel and head to Willamsburg, Brooklyn with a couple of friends. Last Monday was Brooklyn Zine [...]

Our very own JCXDJ Amanda Rose is back this week treating us with a Friday dose of Kate Nash! I hope some of you had the opportunity to spit some fake blood this past weekend, but if not, this week’s shoe and song are a little less aggressive…well sort of. In celebration of the Black [...]

Three of our favorite up-and-coming style icons just happen to be the daughters of some of the coolest and most stylish musicians of our time. We’re talking of course about Lourdes “Lola” Leon, Zoe Kravitz and Frances Bean Cobain daughters of Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, and Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain respectively. Not [...]

As a pre blog birthday treat, I took a trip to one of my favorite places, Meatball Shop, with one of my favorite ladies, Indira. I decided to leave Brooklyn for this jaunt, and visited the West Village location. I love Meatball Shop because their confines are cozy and their menu is filled with delicious [...]

BLACK MAGIC LOOK BOOK shows the dark side of Black Litas and Everst through the eyes of our Polish friends from High Life. The session is the result between our Polish JC friend with Warsaw’s young designers: Maldoror, Charlotte and Zuo Corp. The participants were of The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp! Photographer: MANIEK [...]

  Hi all! Jeffrey Campbell Girls from Around the World is BACK, and since it’s absence, I’ve managed to scout out two memorable JC fans who claim that they live their life in Litas in just about everything they do. Meet fashionistas Chantal Li and Cassandra Liu, who both hail from Asian descent but due [...]

  Happy Coachella eve! Though we are stuck in the NYC office, suffering from severe jealousy of all you that are heading out tonight and tomorrow, we still managed to snag Sarah of @totallysarah to cover the event for us via instagr.am! Sarah will be wandering around the event wearing one of our JEFFREY CAMPBEL [...]

Our guest blogger Andrea K. Castillo from A Life in the Day of Andrea is back with some more Brooklyn loving! The weather has been slowly warming up, and I felt it was just fitting to take a little trip to the park. With my cousin in town, we took a stroll around Prospect Park [...]

It’s official, we’ve given in and signed up with Pinterest! Who doesn’t love a good mood board? Make sure to follow us under the name JEFFREYCAMPBELL and check out some of our first boards!

Love. I’ve deemed this one word sentence as the ONLY appropriate way to begin this post. I mean,  I should probably go into a little more detail right? I should should start out with a dictionary definition of the word, or some clever quote or socially acceptable anecdote to jog your memories and make your [...]

Meet Andrea Castillo: Brooklyn-bred writer, blogger, fashion designer and our latest guest blogger for the month of April! Andrea will be introducing us to her favorite restaurant spots around Brooklyn as well as traveling to California for the much anticipated music festival, Coachella! Founder of A Life in the Day of Andrea, a lifestyle blog [...]

Cher Horowitz was a young girl way ahead of her time. Her style, car, attitude, boyfriend and electronic closet were they envy of every girl in the 90s. In a time where grungy oversized plaid shirts and high-waisted ‘Mom jeans’ were all the rage, Cher was flaunting a timeless style that was undefined by a [...]

So as always, a JC shoe is talking to me. Not only is it telling me to buy them and wear them all day everyday, they’re also telling me to listen to some old-school rock and roll. When I see the Shadow I obviously think of the epic 70s rock band, KISS. A band that’s [...]

(Audrey Platform, Dusky Platforms, Nude Foxy Platforms, Ivory Crochet Lita Platform boot, Midler Platform Pump, Nude Studded Night Walk Platform, Nude Perfect Platform, Pizan Platform Wedge, Rockin Lace Platform, Taupe Suede Night Walk Platform –Images via Nasty Gal) For those who avidly follow fashion and seasonal trends we all know that there is an extreme [...]

Hear that? That’s the sound of our jaws dropping to the floor after seeing the new slide-show at NASTY GAL featuring the new collection from Mink Pink and some new spring updates to some of our bestest JC styles. Check out the entire slide-show on the landing page of NASTY GAL right HERE.  

Here at the NYC showroom, we’re eagerly awaiting the release of Madonna’s new album MDNA next week. Last night, the Queen of Pop released her latest video “Girl Gone Wild”, and we’re more excited about the new record than ever. Evoking her 90s Erotica days (one of our favorite Madge albums), and referencing “Like A [...]

Check out these amazing photos from Greek designer STELIOS KOUDOUNARIS’ latest runway presentation featuring our very own SHADOW! We love the styling and are so honored to be included in this show! We absolutely love our Greek JC GIRLS and JC BOYS. We think we might have to plan a visit to come hang out [...]

Welcome back! Part 2 of this week’s JC PASSPORT: WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS is officially here. After LA, we road tripped with our BFF Joe from Karma loop up the CA highway, ending up in the city that never sleeps. Tumble weeds are real, and we have pics to prove it! Take a look at [...]

With SXSW in Austin, Texas happening this past week this only means the festival go-er’s guide is in full gear now. More street style, more street food, and way more music, what could possibly be better? Festivals have become such a prominent part in show-going. Now, not only can you go and see all your [...]

G’Day mates! I told you all I’d be back with some amazing inspiration and the best part about it, is that it stretches far beyond your computer screen. I’m on a mission you see, to bring you the best of the best of the BEST J.C inspiration and wearers. Thus, I present to you… J.C [...]

We’ve been following sister act THE PIERCES (Catherine and Allison) for quite a few years now. Since their first since “A Way To Us” through their guest spot on Gossip Girl where they sang “Secret” and “Three Wishes” to their newest offering “You’ll Be Mine” the girls have made their mark as both tumblr-era fashion [...]

Welcome to the newest section of our blog: JC PASSPORT. One of the best parts of our job, is the fact that we get to travel the world and meet so many great people in each city. Last month, our main destinations were LA, to meet with our best west coast stores, and Vegas, for [...]

The star of iconic movies like “Heathers” and “Edward Scissorhands”, Winona Ryder has tried every look in the book. From her gothic wardrobe and too-short bangs during her days in “Beetlejuice” to her grunge ensembles on and off the set of “Reality Bites” her wardrobe choices have often defined an era. Winona was doing vintage [...]

Hi JCers! I know I did a “fashion week round up” last week for the JC blog, but that was before!… Before Dolce & Gabbana and Balmain stole my heart… and this is now. These two collections channel the inner, decorative interior designers we’ve always wanted to be. From Dolce & Gabbana where it seemed [...]

One of the things we love most about the SPICE GIRLS is that each member of the group has a totally unique style. They’re a group of misfits, really, but together they are collectively one of the most important style icons of the last 20 years. Never before and never since has a pop group [...]

Check it out. We teamed up with designer – and our friend – BCALLA on three exclusive men’s styles for his New York Fashion Week presentation. If you don’t have plans this Monday evening, RSVP to the address on the flier above and get your first look at these exclusive BCALLA x THE DAMNED styles, [...]

Red carpet season has officially begun, with the GOLDEN GLOBES last Sunday. With the GRAMMYS, SCREEN ACTOR’S GUILD AWARDS, and OSCARS not very far off, we know we’ll be seeing tons of major looks coming down the red carpet, and we’re excited to tell you which ones we loved the most. Our picks for best dressed at the GGs all have one thing in common: each best dressed star heavily played to their personal style strengths, and rocked looks that only they could get away with… at least get away with as well as they did.

At the tail end of 2011 two new female MC’s made their debut in the game with similar names, but vastly different flows and styles. Azaelia Banks burst onto the scene with “212″ an infectious and relentless hard-hitting and wonderfully meandering ode to her Harlem roots. Meanwhile, Iggy Azalea the Amazon from Australia came hard with her mix-tape ignorant art featuring heavy beats, and a mile-a-minute flow. While the most similar thing about these two rappers is their name, we’re fans of both and can’t wait to see how their style, both musically and fashion-wise evolves in the new year. Check out some of our favorite looks from the two so far.

Looking ahead to 2012 is very exciting for a number of reasons. We’ve got a lot of surprises in store for you in the new year, that will begin to unfold in the coming weeks. One of them is an in-the-works collaboration with one of our favorite style websites, STYLE LIKE U. We can’t tell you too much more about it, but we thought we’d whet your appetite with their latest profile, MIA CHRISTIANA from our good friends at WASTELAND. Check out these amazing photos from inside Mia’s closet, and for more from STYLE LIKE U check out their website HERE, and keep your eyes peeled on our website for more info on the collab…

We can’t believe the year is merely days away from being over. We’re so excited to see what 2012 brings us, but we need to take a moment to look back at what amazing year 2011 has been. From music to fashion, it’s been a game-changing year. We even threw in some of our favorite JC landmark moments too!

We’re loving the new LF winter 2011 look book. The blues and whites are the perfect compliment to the warmer holiday colors you see everywhere. And the look book cover itself looks like the lost holiday album cover of a late 90s/early 00s pop-star in the best way possible AKA this look book makes us feel super nostalgic for our middle school years, which were always super warm and fuzzy during the holidays.

Check out this blog post from our friends over at KARMALOOP. It’s a very Gaga Holiday season for our K-Loop buds, and we LOVE it! Plus we can’t get over how good our Lita-Flame looks against pine trees and a red and green backdrop. Check out some of the pics below, and read the whole thing HERE!

There were two very fashionable Manson’s in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Marilyn: shock/glam rock extraordinaire, and Shirley: lead singer of fashion pop output Garbage. While their music may have been vastly different, they both shared a love for fur, eyeliner and plenty of fashion-goth moments. Both artists have been rather quiet in recent years, but we would gladly welcome them back with open arms to the fashion scene, as both of their personal styles were extremely influential and eye-catching in the late 90s. Which Manson do you think had the better style?

It was only a matter of time before our JC Girls took their creativity to the next level like this. We’re talking about the muy, muy major new tumblr CUSTOM-LITAS of course. We’re always coming out with new colors, fabrics and patterns on our #1 style, but we’re not quite sure how we’re going to keep up with this! We love it! A Nicki Minaj Lita? A unicorn-in-the-clouds Lita? Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes. Sadly they aren’t real, but maybe one day we’ll be able to make one or two of these! Check out some of our favorites below, and for the whole she-bang head on over to CUSTOM-LITAS.TUMBLR.COM. Werrrk!

Our last ALBUM COVER POST was such a hit, we decided to do another one. We LOVE a good album cover here at JC NY, and there truly are too many great ones to keep track of. We decided that for this round we would focus on our women who rock from the past through the present. Keep in mind, these are just SOME of our favorites, and we know going into this that we are missing a ton of amazing album covers from our favorite songstresses. We hope you like these posts, as we will most likely be doing many more like this in the future.

Like many of you out there, our closet is half new, half vintage and we don’t know what we’d do without some of our favorite one-of-a-kind vintage and thrifted finds. Sometimes a vintage piece can really make an outfit, and since no one else has it, you’re guaranteed instant uniqueness while strutting about town. LES VINTAGE, named after the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York, is now online with some amaaaazing pieces at extremely affordable prices. What’s more is that they were kind enough to feature our very own Lita platform in ALL of their shots. You’ve probably seen them posting on our Facebook wall, so we thought it was time to give them an official shout-out on our blog. Check out some of their major vintage pieces below (some unfortunately have sold by now), and check out everything they have available on their website WWW.LESVINTAGE.COM!

Okay, we know we’re a little behind on Patti Smith’s Just Kids, but we’re busy folks, okay? We finally got around to cracking open the flawless Ms. Smith’s compelling and touching memoir about her relationship with fellow artist Robert Mappelthorpe, we’ve had a hard time putting it down. From their first meeting in Brooklyn, to their Chelsea Hotel home, this book is not only about the relationship between two people, but also the backdrop of late 1960s and 70s New York, and the explosive artistic and political climate of the time. We’ve said a few times before that if we could go back and live in any time period in any place, it would be tough not to pick 70s New York, so reading this is quite a treat for us. A rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of two of the most influential artists of the last century, Just Kids is JC approved!

We have to admit, this was probably our album of the week a few weeks ago, since we began familiarizing ourselves with an advanced copy, but now that it’s out, we have to give it up for M83′s latest Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. Sticking with synths and an ethereal aesthetic, M83′s Anthony Gonzalez gave us a little more bang for our buck with this amazing double album, that may just be his best offering yet.

Award shows got a little out of control around the millennium. It seemed as if every month brought a slew of new award ceremonies on TV. We’re sure there was a difference between the Radio Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards, but really, did it matter? As the years went by the volume of these shows subsided a bit, and we were left with the majors that we really looked forward to: Oscars, Grammys, VMAs and a few others. One that we do really miss however, are the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. With trophies handed out to stylish musicians, actors, models and designers alike, we’re super nostalgic for this over-the-top indulgence of a show that ran from 1995 to 2002. In the spirit of fashion fused with music, we decided to do a little music video retrospective of our own, highlighting some of our favorite and most fashionable music videos from years past and today featuring some of our favorite new arrivals from Nasty Gal

The countdown to the debut (and inevitable selling out) of the first Versace for H&M collection is officially on. With the collection hitting stores in less than a month, you can feel the excitement in the air. We can’t wait to raid the New York H&M stores on November 17th in hopes of getting our hands at at least something from this milestone collaboration. We love when designers bring the goods to more affordable stores (see Missoni and Proenza for Target, Lanvin and Comme des Garcons for H&M etc), and we’re IN. LOVE. with some of the 187 looks from the Versace collection. Here are just a few of the things we’ve got our eyes on, modeled perfectly by Abbey Lee Kershaw. Are you as excited as we are? See the entire collection HERE and tweet @JCSHOES and tell us your favorite look from the Versace for H&M collection! We have a feeling the new Night Walk in black snake at Solestruck will fit perfectly with these threads.

Remember that opening scene in Drive with “Nightcall”, that killer song by Kavinsky and Lovefoxxx? Well we’ve had it on repeat since we downloaded the soundtrack, and now our good friends at SOLESTRUCK just got in a shipment of something we can finally strut to that song in. That’s right, the Night Walk can now be yours in BLACK SNAKE, ROYAL BLUE VELVET, WINE VELVET, NUDE SUEDE, and of course, MULTI GLITTER! This new shape has been selling out everywhere, and we don’t see that slowing down any time soon! Not only are they ferosh as hale, they’re actually quite easy and comfortable to walk in. What do you think? Do we have another Lita on our hands?

The platinum locks, the studded wrists, and all that Margiela and Helmut Lang…we’ve got to give it up to Kate Lanphear, the senior style director for Elle magazine for her signature style that always keeps us breathless. Starting her career at Australian Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, Kate has evolved into a major power player on the fashion map, and has spawned a cult following among young fashion enthusiasts, us included! We’re sure you’ve seen plenty of “copy-Kates” around, and she’s even inspired a few fan blogs, including our favorite, FEAR LANPHEAR. If we had sum up this style icon in one word, it would simply be: Lanphearce!

We LOVE Britney here at the NYC showroom. On any given day you can catch us listening to any one of her six flawless pop records (our favorite is either Britney or In The Zone). We’re so happy to see her back on top of her game, and we can’t help feeling nostalgia for some of those classic Britney looks from yesteryear. Sure, Brit wasn’t always the most fashion-forward, but she was always doing her own thing, and wearing something uniquely Britney. Looking back, she started more trends than we realized, for better or worse, and whether it translated well to the general public, Ms. Spears always looked flawless. Join us on a trip down memory lane, through the many different fashion faces of this week’s style icon, Britney Spears…

Hey 20-somethings! Remember those up there? Remember how they used to scare the bejeebus out of you and keep you up all night, but every year around Halloween-time you’d bust them out and read them with your friends? Forget Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is the end all be all of young adult horror literature. Okay, we love the former two works just as much, but SSTTITD always sent a chill down our spine on those cold autumn nights.

We’re always looking for new music that grabs us on the first listen. That’s why we’re so excited to feature or latest AOTW inductee, The Year of Hibernation by Boise output Youth Lagoon. The melodies are dreamy, but won’t put you to sleep, and are the perfect companion to a fall day. We could cozy up with our favorite sweater, a cup of hot tea and a stack of magazines and listen to this on loop, no problem! So far our favorite track is “Daydream” but it’s hard to pick a true standout on the album.

Day-trips to the beach may be over, but we love that we’re staring to break out the fall looks, which include lots and lots of sweaters! This year it’s all about bright colors and prints (like Biggie’s Coogi sweater) to brighten up those darker fall and winter months. In the spirit of tapestry prints and patched sweaters we’re proud to introduce two new styles of our very own Addison boot, available now at SOLESTRUCK.

We’ve been glued to STYLE.COM’s up-to-the minute coverage of the Paris runways. What have we been seeing for Spring? Reds, Whites and Oranges took front and center in many shows like Hermes and Chloe, but the most surprising use of color came in the burnt oranges at Rick Owens. The retro-futurism of the 60s popped at Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, while underwater-chic was big at Chanel and McQueen. Givenchy went for a refined western look, and Kenzo beautifully executed sophisticated sport. And we must admit, cameos from Kate Moss, Chloe Sevigny and Gisele Bundchen on the runway made us squeal with delight.

Scandinavia has long been a place to turn for what’s next in fashion. From Acne to Cheap Monday, whatever your price range is, the sleek and simple approach to Scandinavian style is one of our favorites to watch for new inspiration each season. One of our favorite Swedish style bogs is CAROLINE’S MODE: STOCKHOLM STYLE. Check out some of our favorite looks from our Swedish JC Girls, rocking their pairs of JCs.

Jeralyn Mason, our good friend, and co-owner of RESCUE – an amazing buy-sell-trade boutique on Newbury Street in Boston, MA – took some time out of her busy schedule to let us interview her for the second edition of our new style post series. Named one of Boston’s 25 most stylish (with her brother, and the other half of Rescue, Paul Mason), when Jeralyn isn’t selecting used designer goods and vintage rock tees for Rescue, you can catch her djying at any one of many new wave nights…

We’re feeling pretty generous around here and we wanted to give YOU the chance to own a piece of JC history. One of our favorite styling pieces we’ve come across over the years is the tribal blazer Lara wore in front of the historic (and now sadly closed) MARS BAR in our Downtown Girl look book.