LOOKBOOK: JENNI KAYNE

Well East Coast girls are hip...

Here's the thing about being bicoastal:  If the jet lag and the climate changes don't kill you, it could be the smartest thing you'll ever do.

Take it from Jenni Kayne, the young designer who grew up in California, then moved her fashion label to Manhattan when it was ready to grow.  But clothes weren't the only thing she took with her across the country - she also carried celebrity fans like Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, who went to school with the designer.

But this season, Jenni's clothes are decidedly un-Hollywood.  With wasp-waisted blazers and tulip skirts in blues and grays, this collection is more Take-Over-The-World than Take-Over-The-Tanning-Bed - though rest assured, it's equally fashionable on both coasts (and everywhere in between).
--FARAN KRENTCIL



This story was published on February 19, 2009.