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Victoria Beckham Condemned To Wear Flats

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:30:00 EDT

Victoria Beckham, who reportedly has a slipped disc, is under doctor's orders not to wear her customary high heels until her back gets better. That's what Posh would be punished with if she were an uppity mortal in a Greek myth who got on the wrong side of Aphrodite. [Daily Mail] More »

Katie Holmes, Face Of Ann Taylor, Coming To A Billboard Near You

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST

Ann Taylor replaced Heidi Klum with Katie Holmes for the spring season. The brand says it sought Holmes, who's also modeled for J. Crew and been the face of Miu Miu, for "her intellect, kindness and enduring personal style." [WWD]

Rachel Zoe Sees Her Fashion Line Sitting Beside Alexander Wang And DVF

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST

Rachel Zoe is seven months pregnant, and in possession of a brand-new fashion line. She has a new assistant, and gets followed around by a team of 20 for her Bravo show. Also, she's having a boy. But the clothes:

Blake Lively For Chanel?

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:35:00 EST

Blake Lively is rumored to be the face of an upcoming Chanel handbag campaign. [E!]
Having Linda Evangelista in its ads has apparently driven up Talbot's quarterly profits by 17%. [WWD]

Tom Ford Thinks A Lot About Fat Women And Their Rolls Of Fatty Fat

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:39:00 EST

Tom Ford, a man who immobilized his forehead with Botox, thinks people should go naked. Especially, well... "Fat women almost always look better without the constraint and lumpy pinching of clothes, all the straps and elastic squeezing and sucking." [ContactMusic]

Proof That Ladymags Cater To Designers Who Advertise

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:35:00 EST

Here is an internal Harper's Bazaar document that lists the brands to feature in upcoming editorial spreads, ranked according to priority — and helpfully divided between "Advertisers" and "Non-Advertisers." This is how your ladymag sausage gets made. More »

Gap Wisely Scraps Crappy New Logo

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:36:00 EDT

Gap, which last week announced it would be switching to a logo it had been trialling, immediately faced vituperative criticism. It first asked customers for better ideas, and then apologized. Now Gap has reverted to its boring old logo. [BBC]

Gisele And Tom Share An Awkward Car Ride

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:45:00 EDT

After Tom Brady's game on Monday night, maybe-cheating Gisele Bündchen called shotgun for the ride home while he was relegated to the back seat. (They have a driver.) Clearly we can infer that she is a castrating Brazilian super-harpy. [People]

Lindsay And Ungaro Part Ways; YSL Designer Sues Paper For Reprinting His Racist Comments

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:40:00 EST

"She's not involved in this collection," said Ungaro owner Asim Abdullah just before his show commenced this afternoon, Paris time. He was referring, of course, to "artistic adviser" Lindsay Lohan, whose future at Ungaro had long been in doubt. [WWD]

Stylist Says V's Plus-Size Issue Goes Too Far; St. John Drops Angelina Jolie

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:30:00 EST

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A London stylist says the upcoming V size issue is "such an extreme response to the size-zero hoopla...I don't think using outsize models is really the way to change perceptions." Others, however, are more positive:

Spring/Summer Fashion Ad Campaign Leaks: Shades Of The Last Decade

Irin Carmon — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST

Certain European fashion houses are upset that blogs have posted their Spring/Summer ad campaigns before they break in February fashion magazines. Are we really still having this debate? More »

Emma Watson Does Burberry Again; Lindsay Lohan In Intellectual Property Conundrum

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST

Emma Watson has returned as the Spring face of Burberry. This time, she brought her younger brother, Alex, along for the ride.

Yoko Ono Fetes Beatles Fashions; Louboutin Stuffed Shoes With Raw Meat

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:20:00 EST

Yoko Ono turned up to the Tokyo launch of Comme des Garçons' Beatles-inspired line. [WWD]
Christian Lacroix may not have a confirmed buyer for his bankrupt fashion line, but he will design a tower in Dubai. [AB]

Sophie Théallet Wins 200K; Lindsay Not Doing Jewelry Line

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST

Designer Sophie Théallet has won the $200,000 Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund Award. "Thank you for making my American dreams come true," said she. [Style.com]
Skating at an outdoor rink in London, Lily Cole knocked over a small child. [Daily Mail]

Lily Sings For Chanel; Claudia Quits Catwalk

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Handbag model Lily Allen performed live at the farming-themed, hay-strewn Chanel show this morning. [Fashionista]
Claudia Schiffer has formally announced she will no longer do any runway modeling. She plans to fill her downtime with a trip to Iraq. [Sun]

Calvin Klein Models Too Sexy For Their Pants; Demi's Daughter Exploited By Bazaar?

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

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It seems Calvin Klein put up a billboard in SoHo which some find a little too sexy. We sure hope this kerfuffle ("It's borderline pornographic!") and all the media coverage of it doesn't hurt the company's denim sales! [NYDN]

First Lady And Topshop Engage In Trans-Atlantic Exchange Of Fashion Know-How; Angry Mob Surrounds Luxury Goods Chief Exec

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Michelle Obama wore tidy Thakoon in D.C., and vivid yellow Jason Wu in London. New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn wonders what it all means. [On The Runway]

Elle MacPherson To Play Model Agency Director; Barack's Watch Selling Briskly

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EDT

80s supermodel-turned-businesswoman Elle MacPherson will star in the CW's Beautiful as an 80s supermodel-turned-businesswoman. The show revolves around models living in agency housing. It'll be MacPherson's first television gig since her stint on Friends. [THR]

Dolce & Gabanna's Domenico & Stefano Are Devout Designers

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:30:00 EST

Sometimes the morning brings good news: Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are going to play Italian priests in the movie version of Nine, which was inspired by Fellini's 8 1/2. Priests! [Elle UK]

Fashion Weak

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:30:00 EST

Editorial assistant Maria tallied up the models of color at Paris Fashion Week, and, much like New York, London and Milan, the runways were pretty white. Here are how some of the most influential designers cast their shows: Ann Demeulemeester: 29 models, all white. Balenciaga: 34 models; 2 dark-haired Spaniards, zero black, zero Asian. Celine: 42 models; 1 Asian, zero black. Chanel: 36 models; 2 Asian, zero black. Chloe: 28 models; 2 Asian, 1 dark-haired Spanish, zero black. Christian Dior: 58 models; 1 Asian, 1 black. Christian Lacroix: 30 models; zero Asian, zero black, 1 indigenous Brazilian. Jean Paul Gaultier: 36 models; 2 Asian, 2 black, 1 Latina (Omahyra). John Galliano: 52 models, 1 Asian, 1 black. Louis Vuitton: 49 models; 2 Asian, 2 black, 1 indigenous Brazilian. Vivienne Westwood: 25 models; 2 Asian, 5 black, 1 Latina. Yohji Yamamoto: 25 models, 1 Asian, zero black. Junya Watanabe avoided the blatant runway racism by covering all his models' faces with pieces of black fabric. That's one way to deal with it! More »

Sofia Coppola's Clothing Line "Milkfed" Still Producing!

Jennifer — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:00:17 EST

Remember how, before Sofia Coppola was a fashion icon and Marc Jacobs muse and celebrity spokesmodel for numerous fashion labels, she actually worked in fashion and had her own clothing line? Yeah, well the clothing line actually still exists, in Japan. [Sassybella]