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DKNY Does Red, White And Blue For Spring

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:40:00 EDT

For spring and summer, DKNY showed clothes that looked fresh and sweet, without getting too cutesy. There were plenty of long, unstructured dresses that swished around the models' legs as they made their way around the long runway. For the dog days, they looked like they would be as comfortable as they'd be elegant. More »

Some Celebrity "Designers" Just Knock Off Clothes From Their Closets

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:10:00 EDT

The news that O.G. socialite-turned-HSN costume jewelry designer Iris Apfel's creations are less than original should — to anyone who pays attention to the celebrity clothing line industrial complex — be less than surprising. The story here is that Apfel, whose taste in jewelry is deservedly famous, was approached to do a line for HSN. Apfel apparently did what most celebrity "designers" do: she turned over some of her own favorite pieces to be knocked off. And when it comes celebrity designers, this is far from the first time that's happened.

Bloodsucking Insects Infest Juicy Couture

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:30:00 EST

After taking down Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and Elle magazine, the dreaded bedbugs are now ensconced at the Fifth Avenue Juicy Couture store. We're picturing bedbugs in tiny velour tracksuits, talking on tiny pink bedazzled cell phones. [Gothamist]

Isabella Blow's Widower Lashes Out At McQueen

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Detmar Blow on Alexander McQueen: "Money changed him and then drugs changed him. I remember reading of how he had flown his boyfriend somewhere for £130,000. What did Issie get? Some clothes. I find that quite shocking."

DKNY, In Which We All Wish To Be Air Hostesses In The '60s

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:50:00 EDT

Welcome to fashion week, easy dichotomy edition. Let me lay this on you: You're probably either a scarf person or you're not. DKNY's spring collection is definitely for that first category of woman. More »

Gabourey Sidibe's Rumored Makeup Line

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:37:00 EDT

Gabourey Sidibe is rumored to be doing a cosmetics collection with Bobbi Brown. [WWD]
Zandra Rhodes wants to dress Lady Gaga. Which designer doesn't? [Vogue UK]

Eva Joins Ranks Of Snuggie Lovers; Anna Wintour Lecture Bans Reporters

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Eva Mendes wore a Snuggie at a party for Flaunt magazine. [P6]
According to one study, the luxury sector is projected to grow everywhere in the world this year, with the exception of Japan. [Independent]

Lindsay Continues To Impersonate A Fashion Designer; Lara Does Armani

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

When Lindsay Lohan decided to expand her leggings line to a 280-piece collection, there was bound to be some chaff. But lace hoodies? Croc-embossed minidresses? A...thing made of sequins that looks like something Pamela Anderson wore? Dangerous precedents, all. [LATimes]

Fewer Models Of Color Work New York's Fashion Runways

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST

After tracking diversity on the runways for several seasons, we took off last September because we thought the fashion industry was finally coming to its senses. Models of color were getting booked! How disappointing, then, to tally this season's numbers. More »

DKNY: Patterns And Platforms And Pleats, Oh My!

Hortense Smith — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:35:00 EST

DKNY's Fall 2010 collection captures several of the trends that seem to be popping up all over New York Fashion Week: pleated skirts, a hint of glimmer, and totally Clueless inspired ensembles for the modern day Cher Horowitz. More »

Usher Sells Scent With Whiff Of Sex; Ashley Olsen To Leave The Row?

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EDT

"I've thought about clothing and jewelry lines," says Usher. "But fragrance stays on when everything else comes off." [People]
Bottom of the barrel? For $8, American Apparel will sell you a bag of fabric scraps. [BF]

House Of Style To Return, Gisele Never To Go Away

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:30:00 EST

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House of Style is coming back on MTV! Israeli model Bar Refaeli or L.A.'s own Chanel Iman are rumored to be in the running to fill Cindy Crawford's old hosting slot. [Page Six]

Scarlett Johansson For Dolce? And Why?

Sadie Stein — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST

Word is, Mrs. Ryan Reynolds née maybe-alien Scarlett Johansson will be fronting Dolce and Gabbana's latest campaign. For what? Um, no one knows. [Style.com]

Style Icon, Designer Victoria Beckham Gets Surreal

Sadie Stein — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST

Wanna see Posh's designs, complete with lampshades and elephant-trunk headpieces? Check out the new commercial for her fashion line. [Fashionista]
"The video sees various models taking inspiration from Posh’s own ads for Marc Jacobs last season by hiding themselves all over a large mansion – behind drawers, in carrier bags, hanging behind doors, turning themselves into lamp shades and transforming themselves into an elephant." [Sassybella]
Says Posh: “Being in the Spice Girls, fashion-wise probably didn't open any doors. If anything it shut doors and I've had to bang them down.” [Times Online]
A New York bridal shop is knocking off the Vivienne Westwood wedding gown in which Carrie Bradshaw was jilted. [New York Post]

Gwyneth Paltrow Tells You How To Dress Like An Oblivious Rich Person!

Sadie Stein — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT

In case Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle blog, Goop, wasn't quite irritating enough, now she brings us a breakdown of how to get her look. Apparently Roger Vivier bangles help. And don't think that one Uniqlo skirt fools anyone, Gwynnie; we've been wise to those tricks since Lucky hit newsstands! [Racked]
Fashionologie claims it's "always a treat" to hear Kate Moss talk. We respectfully disagree. Draw yout own conclusions from this video of her "designing." [Fashionologie]
Here are La Moss's "10 Style Rules": one of them's "Make It Look Effortless." Another is, "When In Doubt, Buy Diamonds." Oh, okay! Maybe this is Gwyneth's secret? [The Guardian]
Karl Lagerfeld is now a proper noun in Le Petit Larousse Illustré. He also designed the cover. [WWD]

Fashion Show: Rachel Bilson's Edie Rose for DKNY

Sadie Stein — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:20:00 EDT

It's hard to know how to feel about Rachel Bilson. On the one hand, she seems to be a completely terrible actress who was in The Last Kiss. And yet, we all admire her style unquestioningly, to the point where it kind of seemed totally logical when she announced she was starting a clothing line. She certainly always looks cute on the red carpet — but is that because she's genetically blessed and dolly-sized, or because she has some amazing knack that can be passed along to us mere mortals for the cost of a pair of stretchy jeans? Well, FabSugar has been kind enough to help us figure this out, bringing us a preview of the ingenue's collaboration with DKNY. My friend Bevin, the Joan Holloway of Brooklyn, provided council. Click on the picture at left to see the gallery. [FabSugar] More »

Fashion Show: DKNY

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:20:00 EDT

Bright and bold were the keywords for the DKNY Spring 2009 collection, shown on Sunday morning. Cobalt blue mini skirts? A dress with a lime bustier, rosy cummerbund and a black skirt? Yes. These are not clothes for wallflowers and shrinking violets. But! Judge for yourself: Click the photo at left for a gallery; then click any picture to start the show. More »

Stylist/Reality Star Rachel Zoe Would Like Some Sympathy

Sadie Stein — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Poor Rachel Zoe! "I thought: I've done blood, sweat and tears for 15 years — why am I the victim here? I have had the nastiest things said about me! I don't understand." [NY Post]
Shockingly, the CFDA's "Health Booth" (which educates fashionistas about eating) is deserted. [NY Mag]
You already knew Sean Lennon was an ass: Spotted at Fashion Week, the modelizer "wore a magisterial women's coat with gold buttons and a top hat decorated with Native American bands. His girlfriend, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, wore a coyote headdress." [NY Mag]
Justin Timberlake brings pissy back at his William Rast show. [WWD]
Punk legend Malcolm McLaren accuses son and Agent Provocateur founder Joe Corre of counterfeiting punk duds. "I think my son actually used – maybe – the original labels, because we didn't use them all up...There'd be a roll of ribbon around in the workroom and maybe my son got a hold of those. I think he did this before he set up Agent Provocateur. Or in order to set up Agent Provocateur and fund it, he made a number of these fake clothes and sold them to dealers in Japan." [Independent]

Socialite Lydia Hearst Supports The Wearing Of Underpants In Times Square

Sadie Stein — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

The Man is cashing in on National Underwear Day, this ridiculous thing they do in Times Square every year with people running around in undies. This year, those wags will be competing with the pros: "Diesel, Natori, Nautica, Tommy Hilfiger and 2Xist underwear brands will have hotties strutting in their skivvies in a runway show at Espace on Aug. 5. "Lydia Hearst [Who models for Myla - ed] be 10 runway shows."" [Page Six]
Speaking of unmentionables, Sadie Frost (aka Jude's ex)'s skivvies co, Frost-French, has gone bust to the tune of owing a ton of money. Sources say the actress is devastated. [Mirror]
Gwyneth Paltrow is teaming up with Saks Fifth Avenue to front its Key to the Cure campaign, a women's cancer initiative. Mrs. Martin will appear in promos and, presumably, sport the tee that Karl Lagerfeld designed for the occasion. [UPI]
Also in celeb endorsements, apparently Solange Knowles is the new face of Armani Jeans. Quoth Girogio, “Armani Jeans expresses my vision of a young, independent, casual lifestyle with a strong and cool, fashion sensibility. Solange epitomises this style perfectly and brings to it that swing so evident in her new single, I Decided." [Sassybella]

Fashion Week Runways Were Almost A Total Whitewash

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

When New York Fashion Week kicked off, we swore to monitor the diversity — or the lack of — on the runways. CFDA president Diane Von Furstenberg sent a letter to designers, model agencies and casting directors last month, encouraging them to create shows "that are truly multicultural." Well, the NY Daily News reports that despite von Furstenberg's efforts (and the numerous summits held by former model and agent Bethann Hardison), the catwalks were sorely lacking in models of color. According to the News, out of 66 shows at the in the Bryant Park tents, 18 designers had no black models. Jezebel editorial assistant Maria-Mercedes Lara, who went through each and every fashion show posted on Style.com, said that the models were overwhelmingly Caucasian-looking. She notes that von Furstenberg's runway "had the most models of color, but then again she did send the letter. Although Peter Som was quoted in The Wall Street Journal as saying 'I do not want an all-white cast,' his show featured a mere 3 models of color out of 18." A breakdown of the models, some examples of "diverse" shows and quotes from industry insiders (gathered by our own Jennifer Gerson), after the jump. More »

Donna Karan's Hideous Orange Fashion Week Bikes Set Free From Chains By Vigilante Jezebel Readers!!

Moe — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST

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Donna Karan does a lot of typically ridiculous fashion industry stuff in the name of not being the average typically ridiculous fashion industry person, but her orange bicycles take proverbial ayurvedic macrobiotic unitarian wedding cake. In the name of reducing our dependence on foreign oil/increasing our dependence on branded objects, DKNY's guerrilla marketing team chained these orange bikes all over Manhattan during Fashion Week. Yeah, chained. Meaning, the bikes were: More »

Heidi Klum Makes It Work; Designs For Jordache Jeans

Jennifer — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST

The facts speak for themselves: Heidi Klum is designing a capsule collection for Jordache, for which she has been modeling over the past year. Think she'll offer hair extensions to cover nipples as well? [WWD, sub req'd]

This Fall, We'll All Be Flappers On Acid In French Boarding Schools

Jennifer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:30:00 EST

New York Fashion Week kicked off on Friday at the tents in Bryant Park, and in the ensuing three days, plenty of big-name designers have given us their vision of what women can look forward to, sartorially that is, once winter passes, summer swelters, and the chill sets in again. Designers as disparate as Diane von Furstenberg and Baby Phat played with the idea of the modern flapper: Dropped hems, deco styling, thoroughly modern (Millie), all of it. But if heading for a night out at your local speakeasy is not your thing, fret not: Fashion-minded females can always play prim and proper (and somewhat naughty) by embodying the French school girl chic shown at DKNY and Tracy Reese. After the jump, and using ten representative images from each show, Dodai and I weigh in on The Good, The Bad & The Ugly from these shows (and others) following Fashion Week's first, incredibly exhausting, weekend. More »

Posh Spice Would Rather Go Naked And Get Cancer

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:30:00 EST

Victoria Beckham is depicted buck-nekkid on a Marc Jacobs T-shirt that supposedly celebrates the prevention of melanoma. But like, Posh is not wearing any clothes and neither Marc nor Posh are exactly a poster children for the tanning bed avoidance movement, so, again, mixed messages! [WWD, 1st item]

A Kennedy Clothing Line At Last!

Jennifer — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:00:25 EDT

Alina Shriver, who is part of the whole Shriver-Kennedy clan, is getting in on the whole rich socialite starting a fashion label thing. We hope it evades the Kennedy "curse"! [NYPost]