
- More rumored changes for The Greatest Show On Earth, Project Runway: Season 6 of the show, the first to be broadcast on Lifetime, may feature "More Than A Pretty Face" magazine Marie Claire in lieu of Elle as the affiliated fashion magazine sponsor. [WWD, 1st item]
- Whoah: Are New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn and Skeletor/stylist Rachel Zoe more similar than we could have ever imagined? Possibly, if it's true that Cathy Horyn was also mysteriously not invited to the dinner and dancing portion of tonight's Costume Institute festivities. [Fashion Week Daily]
- And what does legendary costume designer Bob Mackie not like about the fashion industry? "Doing a fashion show that's on for 20 minutes and then it's over and everybody runs to the next one. Nobody sings, nobody dances, nobody tells jokes. I found it quite unsatisfying." I second that emotion. [WWD, sub req'd]
- It's so hard to be Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley: "I wear a lot of Burberry at events and the brand's been really supportive of me since the beginning. On the show, we wear H&M suits." [Fashion Week Daily]
- Sex and the City costume designer/fun drunk lesbian Pat Field: Now designing Diet Coke bottles. [FabSugar]
- More pearls of wisdom from Tim Gunn: "Always keep your tux jacket closed in photos." [Page Six]
- Starring in the latest Gap ads are actors Ginnifer Goodwin, Liv Tyler, Hugh Dancy, Fabcon Clemence Poesy, Catalina Moreno, Edgar Ramirez, photographers Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist) and Ryan McGinley, and also Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, model Chanel Iman, Visioniare's Cecilia Dean, and Princess Coldstare herself, Leigh Lezark. [FabSugar]
- Leona Lewis: The latest celeb to believe she can be a fashion designer. A vegan fashion designer, that is. Watch your back, Portman and McCartney. [Fashionista]
- Lord & Taylor is launching a new "reality" advertising campaign, with TV and radio spots featuring real customers "ambushed' in their stores by "celebrity stylist" Robert Verdi and quizzed on their shopping experiences. Oh Lord. [WWD, sub req'd]
- WWD asks: "Tax Rebate Checks: Will They Spend Or Will They Save?" [WWD, sub req'd]
- More stars coming to tonight's Vogue and Armani-sponsored Costume Institute gala: Kate Bosworth, Thandie Newton, Audrey Tatou, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jourdan Dunn, Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, and Roberto Bolle will all be there. In other words: Lots of good photos for us to dish on tomorrow. [WWD, 1st item]
- Also: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, Scarlett Johansson, Iman and David Bowie, Sofia Coppola, Karen Elson and Helena Christensen. [Vogue UK]
- Mary Alice Stephenson (formerly the fashion director at Harper's Bazaar and the co-host of America's Most Smartest Model on Vh1) is shooting a special for E! on tonight's festivities, set to air May 8th for the viewing pleasure of us plebs. [Fashion Week Daily]
- Elle editors might have put Kelly Clarkson on the cover of the mag, but that doesn't mean they think she's very fashionable. [Page Six]
- Marc Jacobs: Now in Moscow. [WWD, sub req'd]
- Former model Josie Maran may have fake breasts tits. [Awful Plastic Surgery]
- The fashion on Gossip Girl? Kinda crazy. But that's why we love it so. [EW]
- The rock stars today? The just don't dress like they used to. [LATimes]













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Can you be a celebrity fashion designer if very few people actually know who you are?
I love Cecilia Dean, but Leigh Lezark, really? I thought once misshapes closed we weren't gonna have to see their mugs anymore. Way to get on the bandwagon late, Patrick Robinson.
Okay, I'm not going to stop. Does this means Dan's freaking jacket was H&M!?! I WANT THAT JACKET!
Diet Coke + Pat Field: Improving on Perfection.
I just like saying "Bob Mackie" - especially after seeing the Simpsons episode where Bart is being groomed as heir to Mr. Burns' empire, and Millhouse comes over and admires Bart's hump-inducing jacket: "Wow! It's a real Bob Mackie!"
for the love of all that is good and fashion-forward... NOOOOOOO! drop the shovel, weinsteins. you've dug enough of a hole. also, marie claire has become much more a "pretty face" over the years. i find elle to be a much more interesting read.
Gossip Girl is the most popular show that nobody watches.
Gap: perhaps instead of hiring lots of famous people to promote your clothes, you should begin by making clothes that FIT.
@misssgolightly: Honestly, almost my entire wardrobe is from Gap. It fits me fine, and I hope they neva change.
Ambushing me in Lord and Taylor would only expose my love of their 35% off coupons.
@Macloserboy: This has gone on long enough. We need to get you in touch with wardrobe, stat. Can anyone help a Jezbro out?
I was in the Gap yesterday, it was impossible to find anything worth buying. Even the handbags were ugly and impratical. Thank goodness for H & M!!
WWD's followup article: "Nadarine's tax rebate check: she pre-spent it on WHAT? Seriously, who needs that much ice cream?"
What are Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Simpson conveying? Mystic tans and power squats?
How about they convey what is is to be money and fame hungry whores driven by pure evil who will stop at nothing to brand every god damn thing imaginable with their name or likeness. Oh, and what the article said too.
@angryblackgurl: I miss H & M! When I lived in NH that is where I bought all of my clothes, and since I've moved to NC I have yet to find one.
Believe me: Heidi will not be screwed with. She, and only she will remain the "pretty face" on the show. This lady had the german version of Jay Alexander well...not fired but..gone on Germanys next top model because he became more popular than her.
You do not mess with someone who names their kid henry-günther.
The Gap found its niche for about 15 minutes in 1997 when everything looked cool, crisp, and basic.
Remember the fashion hodgepodge that was the mid-late nineties? JNCOs, tie-dye, platform sneakers? The Gap was one coolly starched, tranquil voice in a universe of chaos, and for some reason it WORKED.
For...like, awhile.
I feel like the Gap is trying to stay in that vein and it's not working anymore. Also, I can't figure out their sizing EVER. None of their jeans have a long enough rise for me, and all of their tops stretch out to GODDAMN proportions after two wearings.
@AthertonMerriweather: I tried. I watched the first two or so and just couldn't force myself to care. Maybe if the acting was better? I don't know, something was off.
@AthertonMerriweather: Really? I feel like everyone watches it except me. I actually just added it to DVR because I don't have any "girly" shows to watch these days.
@TaraIncognita: That's what I'm saying! How difficult can this be!?! See, this is why men don't try to dress. It's a pain in the ass. I should just wear a blue button down with the shirttails out and some khakis.
@angryblackgurl: Whenever I go into H&M, I think, "Damn, I'm too old for this stor--Oooh, now that's cute!"
I smell a "Ten Steals to Blow Your Entire Refund Check On!" from the fashion mags. Because, a $600 pair of sunglasses? That's a steal, y'all!
If this is the way the sixth season of Project Runway is headed, especially the rumor about LA, I don't know if I want a sixth season, which makes me sad.
@KittenFluff: I don't watch it either. Fictional or not, High Schoolers just annoy me.
@LoveNoelG: @KittenFluff: The stars of the show are everywhere and it has huge buzz, but the ratings are horrible. That being said, I've yet to miss an episode. I have no life though.
Great. Now I'm gonna poke my eye out from the 10-in fake flower stuck to my diet coke.
@tscheese: The Gap found its niche for about 15 minutes in 1997 when everything looked cool, crisp, and basic.
Exactly where were you in the mid to late 70's? You might want to rethink your Gap's 15 minutes statement. Just saying.
H&M actually does reaaaally good basics. I'm not so much down for a hot fuschia minidress with enormous leg-of-mutton knit spandex sleeves and ten garter belts hanging from it and a big 8-track tape inexplicably silkscreened on the front, but if you can get past THAT part of the H&M store, you can find some decent lasting stuff. I lurve me some H&M.
Actually, now I kind of want a fuschia dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves.
@misssgolightly: Amen! I have one pair of pants from the Gap that actually fit. And they came from the outlet, so I'm assuming they're irregular.
@PICKLES IN MY TUNA: Haha! Where I was in the mid-to-late 70s? Prolly sitting blissfully content in my mom's OVARIES.
I know the Gap has had its heydays, but lately I haven't the vaguest idea how they're going to revamp themselves to be relevant again.
I used to buy the cutest Gap outfits in college, but lately they don't have anything that will even get me through the doors. And I will shop ANYWHERE, so that's saying a lot.
@es-ki-mo: but it comes with a scrunchie! Collect them all!
Bob Mackie, I wish every part of my life involved singing, dancing, and people telling jokes.
I cannot handle Project Runway without Nina Garcia. She is the bitchy lemon to my Tim Gunn sugar and Heidi's long, tall glass of water.
@tscheese: amen. you said it best. i loved the Gap back in the day. now i just get pissed off when i go in there. it sucks.
@AndThenTheresMaude: I'm imagining the new Marie Claire judge now: "Fashion is about making pretty dresses. Flowers on dresses are very nice for the spring."
@AthertonMerriweather: I had to stop watching Gossip because I couldn't tell who was who. Seriously. Maybe I have some sort of new, exciting brain disease, but they all looked exactly alike and I was so, so confused.
@misssgolightly: Starting with bringing back the Modern Fit boot-cut pants, and ending with losing all th