MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS | RAG & BONE S/S 09

On the men’s side, it translated quite literally, the rocker element was represented by biker leathers and zippered jeans, or a jacket-and-jeans outfit in indigo denim. Mod was covered by an elongated Edwardian-style jacket, a shrunken schoolboy-proportioned suit in tweed, or a khaki parka. (The only thing missing was the Union Jack bull’s-eye.) The plaid shirt with the tiny button-down collar worn with suspenders, cropped pants, and boots was quintessential early seventies skin.

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RAG & BONE OPENS IT'S FIRST STORE

Rag & Bone opened its first store in the West Village yesterday. Designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville selected a cozy 1,600-square-foot space at 104 Christopher Street in a mainly residential area. But with the always busy, Bleecker Street a block away, the new location isn't entirely removed from the Marc Jacobs and Magnolia Bakery foot traffic. When I went to check it out yesterday afternoon, customers continually filled the shop: Fashionistos shopped the menswear, a mother with a stroller stopped in, and a few stylish downtown girls were lured inside after a long look at the window displays. The predictably rustic interior includes showed brick walls, artsy furniture, and vintage trunks. And the clothes… oh, the clothes!!! Wardrobe staples like a black shirt jacket ($445) pairs nicely with the charcoal-gray cigarette trouser ($315) and a selection of buttery-soft cotton and cashmere tees and cardigans were more affordable. For women, work-friendly charcoal pencil skirt ($295) hung just a few feet from a pair of leather leggings that are so dope. That is if you have $1,440 to shell out for a pair of leggings. Be it leather or not. A double-breasted black blazer ($510), high-waist tuck pants ($370). And of course, a large selection of denim fills up the back wall. I dare say that I will definitelty return … after that holiday bonus rolls in.

Rag & Bone, 104 Christopher St., NYC, (212) 727-2990, rag-bone.com