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The new stewards of Valentino, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, have got their red-carpet bona fides in order, so for Resort, they’ve extended the line deeper into daywear. The accessories, no surprise, are going in the same direction. (Chiuri and Piccioli, after all, began their careers at Valentino in the accessories department.) Yes,Replica Dsquared Shoes, you can still find the most embellished evening bags, the satin pumps, and Chantilly lace pieces, but what really caught my eye were the more casual pieces, like these nylon backpacks. They’re done in the same soft floral prints used for many of the ready-to-wear pieces, and finished (of course!) with the Valentino bow. Adorable—if maybe a little too glamorous for a picnic in the park.

—Marina Larroude

Photo: Steven Torres

(Reuters) A federal judge has ordered the immediate removal of a Christian prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a Rhode Island high school, saying it violated a U.S. constitutional ban on state-sponsored prayer in public schools.

U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux rejected the school’s claims that the message in the mural - which opens with “Our Heavenly Father” and closes with “Amen” - was purely secular.

“No amount of debate can make the School Prayer anything other than a prayer, and a Christian one at that,” Lagueux wrote in a 40-page opinion.

Jessica Ahlquist, a student at Cranston High School West, sued the city of Cranston and its school committee in April 2011 to remove the banner, which dates back to 1963.

As an atheist, Ahlquist said the mural made her feel excluded and ostracized. She accused the school of violating the Establishment Clause of the Constitution’s First Amendment, which prevents the government from promoting one religion over another.

School officials responded that the banner was a historical memento of the school’s founding days and did not serve any religious purpose. The prayer encourages values of honesty, kindness, friendship and sportsmanship.

Joseph Cavanagh, a lawyer for the city and school officials, said they were analyzing the opinion to determine whether to file an appeal.

“We were hoping this banner would be viewed as a neutral, secular, historic display,” Cavanagh said. The mural, donated by the class of 1963, had evolved historically in the community and never had a religious purpose, he said.

The court relied on a 2005 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court called for particular care in separating church and state in public schools. In that case, the high court ruled that a monument displaying the Ten Commandments was acceptable on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol.

But the court added that the same monument on the grounds of a public school would be impermissible, “given the impressionability of the young.”

Lynette Labinger, a volunteer lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union who represented Ahlquist, praised the judge for recognizing that Supreme Court precedent.

“Placement of a public government display of a religious message in a place with impressionable young students has not been upheld,” she said.

(Reporting by Terry Baynes; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Walsh)

Photo: Courtesy of Faster

“It’s like Wolford on acid,” Mark Fast said last night at Milk Studios, where he was presenting his new diffusion line, Faster. This was Fast’s first NYFW event, taking place just about a week before his main collection runway show in London. While Faster has been around for a few seasons now, the designer’s reason for showing in New York this time was his new capsule shoe collection with Aldo (the brand also sponsored the presentation), which featured the same perforated styles you find in his clothes. Models dressed in Fast’s fine-gauge knit dresses, bodysuits, and separates in a variety of electric shades-orange sherbet, sea foam, persimmon, and ultraviolet-looked alien-esque (”a new hybrid of women,” he called them) while posing android-style on a turntable platform. Faster has the same DNA as the designer’s namesake collection, which takes an innovative, couture approach to sweater dressing. With fringe, perforated holes, cutouts, and cobweb mesh, Fast’s body-con looks (touted as “luxury basics”) aren’t for everyone, but look killer onstage, as seen on a pre-pregnant Beyoncé at this summer’s Glastonbury music festival. Faster is slightly more accessible price-wise, but made for the same girl who wants to make a bold sweater statement.
-Brittany Adams

Description: Low Heel (0 to 1.5 in.)

For more information, visit the Aldo Web site.

This season, go urban-chic with these tall boots featuring rounded toe, pull-on silhouette and wraparound strap with eyelet and stud detail. Also with suede upper and flat heel for added comfort.

I love these Aldo “Yuma” boots because they’re priced really well at $140 and they look fierce. They come in taupe — my new buzz color — and black. The shoe also features a cool stud and eyelet bracelet that hugs the boot shaft and it looks like these won’t discriminate on a wider calf. Sometimes I find that these high boots are lovely as all get out, but I can’t fit them over my calf!

Black and taupe

Sizes 5-11

PRODUCT DETAILS

These boots would be perfect to wear with a cute denim mini and also with Fall’s hottest item: leggings.

You know, I don’t always like to wear high heeled shoes and boots. I’ve been trained since I was a junior fashion editor to wear the highest of high footwear, but every once in a while, I prefer something that can actually get me around town a lot faster that also provides a lot of fashion kick.

YUMAS

Rubber DCS: 13-05-04

Material: Suede Sole

PHOTOS: Celebs step out in fall’s hottest denim hues

I have been hemming and hawing over a pair of slightly flared jeans so I can jump on what is most definitely my favorite era of fashion history: the 1970s. I love that airy bohemian time period when we had movies like Superfly, donned fox boas over leather coats with wide-brimmed hats, and listened to Stevie Nicks and Ziggy Stardust.

Surprisingly, Munn’s hip huggers won’t cost you an arm and a leg: you can score the Flare Leg Stella Regular Fit Jean in Deep Rinse at EXPRESS for a budget-friendly $69.90!

By Sasha Charnin Morrison for Us Weekly. To read more of the Recessionista blog, click here.

The low-rise style and cotton/polyester/spandex mix will flatter your hips and lengthen your legs. Now that’s express at your service!

PHOTOS: See which other fashionista loves her jeans

From red skinnies to boyfriend jeans, celebs are embracing some of fall’s hottest denim trends. And Olivia Munn is one star who loves stepping out in another hot style for this season: flares.

Photo: Courtesy of T by Alexander Wang

If you’re out and about in New York City, you may already have spotted Alexander Wang’s new T campaign stars. Guerrilla-style posters featuring rockers Santigold and Spankrock have already begun papering the city. The duo follows Ashley Smith and Diplo as the new faces of T for Fall ‘11, shot by Dan Jackson and styled by Alastair McKimm. They also appear in Wang’s new campaign video, a remix of Santigold’s single “Go” by Switch, Diplo’s partner in Major Lazer, debuting exclusively below.

Why Santi and Spank? “Their endless talent, incomparable energy, and most of all, down-to-earth personality make them the perfect representation for T,” Wang told Style.com. All of those qualities are on display in the behind-the-scenes video the label created surrounding the campaign, which arrives today at AlexanderWang.com. That’s not all that you’ll find on the site. The Fall ‘11 T collection hits the designer’s e-commerce boutique today as well.

—Matthew Schneier

“I started the season being inspired by a couple of Beardsley illustrations,” Doo-Ri Chung says of her Spring 2012 collection. “Using that as a starting point, I did some sketches that became the foundation for the prints, and throughout the development of Spring, the idea of illustration really played a part in not only the prints but how I chose the fabrics.”

Her collection will make its official debut tomorrow afternoon at Eyebeam, but Style.com got a sneak preview of the designer’s sketching process. In the video (above), she is sketching the first look she ever created for her Spring collection. “I was thinking of a single piece of fabric that was anchored by the belt,” she tells Style.com. “I wanted to create a soft yet tailored look by adding the pleats to the draping.”
—Kristin Studeman

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