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Bill Cunningham, the legendary Times street-style and nightlife photographer, was hit by an S.U.V. outside the Reed Krakoff show yesterday afternoon. Cunningham, who is in his mid-80s, was reportedly uninjured, and continued shooting. The former milliner and beloved presence at fashion week was the subject of last year's excellent documentary, Bill Cunningham New York. [@misternewton] More »
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Last night, MAC Cosmetics threw a party and for some reason, the only drag queen that showed up was Nicki Minaj. Even weirder, there weren't any particularly amazing displays of makeup on the red carpet. It was actually all about the shoes. More »
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It's strange that on the occasion of her Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition cover, so much of the coverage of model Kate Upton has centered around her weight. The always-reliable organ of controversy the New York Post has a scary article about how last year, Upton's friends had to stage "an intervention" about her weight gain and "scare her straight," because there is nothing scarier than a swimsuit model with a few rolls of flesh: More »
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So here's something interesting — for $250 you could have rubbed shoulders with Cory Kennedy at the Nicholas K show last week, and for $199 you could've checked out the Nanette Lepore show. This is all thanks to fashion industry insiders like publicists, freelance editors, and stylists who are more than willing to exploit their clout and make a quick buck by selling their unwanted tickets to many of the smaller shows (no Rodarte or Ralph Lauren — yet) for a pretty penny on Craigslist. And apparently, there are plenty of people more than willing to pay up. More »
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I'd always just assumed that if you had a great body you could basically wear anything and you'd look amazing. However, the red carpet for last night's launch party for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue proved that hot or not, ugly is ugly when it comes to dresses. More »
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Marc Jacobs sent out a fall collection last night that just dared you to call it ugly. Dr. Seuss hats? Check. Oversized grandma shawls, secured with oversized kilt pins? Check. The confounding audacity to flout fashion week's age guidelines by hiring two 14-year-old models, even while claiming backstage after the show that the decidedly grown-up blog Advanced Style had been an inspiration? Check. What to make of it all? More »
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Council of Fashion Designers of America chief executive Steven Kolb says he is "disappointed" that Ford models reneged on its pledge to not put girls under 16 forward for runway work. He says that although the CFDA would "of course not" punish any designer member who used underaged models in a show, but that the organization does give designers a little talking-to. "In the instances where we might see a girl under 16, we'll let the designer know that," said Kolb. "A lot of times the designer doesn't know." [Fashionista] More »
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Prabal Gurung's fall collection started off somber, dark, and restrained, with 14 straight all-black looks. But the models' eye makeup — a shimmery peacock blue — hinted at the delight of color to come. The show unfolded precisely, an ordered progression from darkness to light. You could see Gurung introducing his ideas, one by one, and they made for some beautiful clothes. Tailored, hip-slung, skinny flared pants were sexy. So were the dramatic gowns, particularly the black gown in embellished tulle worn by Jourdan Dunn. More »
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When I woke up this morning, I was pretty sure that I had dreamed the whole part of last night where I went to a remarkably friendly and not-too-crowded fashion party at the Standard hotel and drank vodka from a beaker that was served to me by a bartender in a white lab coat and danced to the Spice Girls and "Mmmbop" and watched an eight-minute animated film voiced by Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd and listened to Tavi Gevinson sing a rendition of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" that left the room basically speechless. But it seems video documentation has emerged. So I must accept that these things did happen sometime last night around 11 p.m. The crowd was Internet-heavy — Gevinson and her blogger friends share a collegiality that gave the event a rare warmth, unless that was just the martinis I drank and the cupcakes I ate — so I guess it was appropriate that I went with two friends I "met" on Twitter. Internet friends are the best friends, aren't they? The film is called Cadaver and it packs a punch. Also, the Winklevii were there. But I didn't see either of them. I was too busy twirling around on the dance floor. More »
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Marc Jacobs president Robert Duffy says his life has changed drastically since he and his husband Alex Cespedes adopted their daughter Victoria. He was home on a Friday night just days before the Marc Jacobs show, for one thing. Victoria, who will have the option of knowing her birth mother in later life if she so chooses (the couple opted for an open, domestic adoption, which took a year to arrange), is now six months old. Marc is her godfather. "Our biggest fight was that she was getting really heavy," says Duffy. "I'd say, ‘She is being overfed.' He'd say, ‘No she's not, all babies are fat.' Then I took her to the park one day and had her on a swing, and this lady said to me, ‘Why don't you let your baby walk?' I said that she can't walk yet and she was like, ‘Oh, I am so sorry.' The lady thought she was two years old. I came home and was like, ‘Alex, she is eating too much.'" They consulted her pediatrician and stopped feeding Victoria milk at night. "I keep saying childhood obesity starts in infancy, and Alex says, ‘So does anorexia.'" [WWD] More »
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Fuck the Oscars: the Grammys are the red carpet event of the year. Creativity trumps beauty every time, and everyone gets a pass because they're "artists." It was unclear how Whitney Houston's untimely event would affect anyone's wardrobe decisions (can you dress for mourning on a red carpet?) but, fortunately for us, the freak flags were definitely not flown at half-staff. More »
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The only good thing about Kayne West's debut as a "fashion designer" last season was that he didn't cry when he took his final bow — we're looking at you Lindsay Lohan. Reviews went from terrible ("Good thing Kayne West has a day job") to merciless ("Kanye West's fashion debut was like being subjected to an hour long MRI scan — but not as much fun"). More »
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When Buddy Holly finally conceded to glasses, his vision was already 20-800. He had tried some of the earliest contact lenses. They became unbearable after about 10 minutes. So he got glasses. His first frames had thick plastic at the top, with a thinner, less obtrusive metal frame for the bottom half. More »
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The Telegraph newspaper has issued a rare apology and full retraction of an earlier article. The reason? The newspaper claimed that Michelle Obama had had an Agent Provocateur store in Manhattan closed down during business hours so that she could go on a $50,000 lingerie shopping spree in privacy. Also with Obama at this event was a high-spending Qatari princess. The story seemed fishy — Agent Provocateur released a statement saying it never commented publicly on its high-profile customers, and the White House issued a flat denial — but with this retraction comes an acknowledgement that the whole shopping trip described by the Telegraph was actually a complete fiction. "We would like to make clear that the 'shopping spree' involving Her Highness Sheikha Moza and Michelle Obama that we referred to in fact never occurred," writes the editors of the paper. "We apologise for the distress and embarrassment this article caused." [Telegraph] More »
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For last night's premiere of Think Like a Man—the biggest nightmare of a romantic comedy for so many reasons—the red carpet fashions seemed to set the tone for what's sure to be a cinematic shitshow. More »
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Fashion week isn't just about pretty dresses and champagne: it's also about long hours for the people who work it. And some of those workers are children. The Times is reporting on the Council of Fashion Designers of America's efforts to ensure all models who work New York Fashion Week are over 16 years old. Last season, at least two agencies — Ford and Women — flouted those guidelines, and models aged 14 and 15 walked for a number of top designers, including Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch, BCBG, and DKNY. Ford, despite pledging to honor the CFDA age guidelines, has apparently not changed its practices this season: More »
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Because it was kicking off New York's Fall Fashion Week, the red carpet of the annual amfAR Gala—a black-tie event that raised money for AIDS research, prevention and education—was at once elegant and fashion-forward. Well, for the most part. Lindsay Lohan showed up. More »
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But there is a pregnant bunny. Significantly less suggestive than the last cover of the oversized art/fashion glossy, which featured [link NSFW] a butterfly sticker that peeled off to reveal a Damien Hirst butterfly tattoo on the labia majora of a young London woman, but in that bunny's pregnant belly there is still the hint of rabbit sex, so there's that. More »
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Internationally recognized weight-management expert/robot Karl Lagerfeld is walking back his comments to Metro that singer Adele is "a little too fat." The Chanel designer, who guest-edited an edition of the free daily paper (how's that for a high/low collaboration?) was quoted as saying: More »
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And if you're a ladymag, that's a problem. The entire magazine industry saw a circulation slump in the second half of 2011, with newsstand sales declining by 10% on average. But many ladymags fared worse: Elle was down over 18%, year-on-year, InStyle fell by over 14%, and Allure declined by over 13%. Glamour, Marie Claire, and W were down by 10%, 9%, and 7%, respectively. The "winners" in this dismal six months were Vogueand Lucky , which still saw their newsstand sales fall by 5% each. Aside from terrible cover lines, stories that underestimate the intelligence of their readers, and predictable fashion spreads that present an extremely narrow idea of female beauty, what's wrong with today's ladymags? [WWD] More »
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One of the many privileges that Peggy McIntosh identifies in her famous essay on "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" is that, as she writes, "I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented." This statement resounded when I saw the images below from a 2011 Scottish Woolovers catalogue. Further, I was reminded that it's not only a matter of whether we see people of our race widely represented, but also of how the media makes these portrayals. More »
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"Excuse me, miss. Miss? I'm so sorry to bother you out in public like this. I know you don't know me, but I would want to know. This is embarrassing— I'm going to come right out and say it. Your adductor muscles are showing. Don't freak out! I know how it goes. You're rushing around getting ready in the morning and somehow you forget to put on your skin. It's like losing your sunglasses or forgetting to set the alarm. In fact, it happened to me the other day, only no one was nice enough to say anything. I didn't even notice until I was leaving work and felt wind on my biceps femoris. Talk about humiliating. I mean, my boss saw me that way! My boss! Anyway, I thought I should let you know. Have a great day." More »
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I was just "talking" with Dodai about what to do for a Rag Trade lede. "Dodai," I said. "Karl Lagerfeld said some krazy shit again!" More »
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Last night in London, famous athletes (and a few actors and models) attended the Laureus World Sports Awards and for some reason, nearly everyone wore black, making it one of the more depressing red carpets we've seen in a while. More »
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People love to get worked up about breastfeeding in public, but now a smart Etsy seller has the perfect solution to please both the lovers and the haters: The Boob Beanie. This clever deception will thrill people who are pro-exposed breasts, and provoke people who aren't—while also blocking your real boob so that the negatrons have nothing to actually complain about. The best part? If anybody says they don't like your baby's cozy and adorable hat, you can tell them to suck it. More »
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We're all well-versed in the predictable shenanigans of The Devil Wears Prada. It's really no secret that assistants in the fashion and media industry work long hours, slogging away well into the night to complete menial assignments dished out by their superiors with little or no thanks, and some of the time, little or no respect. But to be fair, that's their job. Heck, many would say they're lucky to have the job at all. They get paid to "start somewhere." Interns on the other hand, do not. And this, it seems, is where the lines get blurry and lawsuits get filed. More »
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A grumpy-looking Gisele Bündchen endured heckling from Giants fans as she left the VIP area at the Super Bowl stadium last night, following her husband Tom Brady's team's loss. Bündchen did not respond as men shouted "Eli rules!" and "Eli owns your husband!" But when the supermodel reached the elevator bank, she was caught on video saying, "You have to catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball. My husband cannot fucking throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times." [The Insider] More »
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Linda Evangelista is on the cover of the new LOVE — and inside, the supermodel talks about that child support lawsuit she filed against luxury chief (and husband of Salma Hayek) François-Henri Pinault. Evangelista had never previously revealed the identity of her 4-year-old son's father, but says that Pinault's total refusal to pay her any child support forced her to sue him, and therefore publicly reveal his identity. She says she otherwise never would have brought her son into it. "I need to protect him," she says. "I never, ever used my son for publicity. He'll have his say one day if he wants it. He'll have the last word. He has time to defend himself." Pinault, who conceived a child with his then-girlfriend Hayek around the same time Evangelista's son was born, told People that he "recognized" the child. Evangelista is seeking $46,000 a month in child support; François-Henri Pinault, the head of PPR, reportedly has a personal fortune of $11.5 billion. [Vogue UK] More »
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A former Harper's Bazaar intern is suing the Hearst corporation for failing to pay her. The intern, who is seeking to make the lawsuit a class action, argues that because she worked full time but was not paid, Hearst violated minimum-wage laws. Everyone knows unpaid internships, or internships offered in exchange for college credit, are common in the media (and, for that matter, in fashion, public relations, and a good many other fields besides). Unpaid internships are legal, but only if they are the equivalent of educational training — unpaid interns are not supposed to perform the duties of entry-level employees, and the employer is not supposed to derive any benefit from an unpaid intern's labor. The lawsuit argues, More »
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Because it's a Wednesday, so why not? We already knew Tavi Gevinson could sing, but the 15-year-old editor-in-chief of Rookie — along with Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd — also voices a forthcoming animated short film called Cadaver. In one scene, her character sings Neil Young's "Heart of Gold," the favorite song of sensitive young people who sometimes have trouble with emotional directness. (Okay, second-favorite, after "Only Love Can Break Your Heart.") The 2-D short is apparently about an elderly cadaver (Lloyd) who comes back to life, seeking a last goodbye from his wife, as he's being dissected by medical students (one of whom is played by Gevinson). Here's the trailer. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5881320&view=rss&microfeed=true Go ahead and click through if you want to see a dress that looks like a sea creature alien with claws and a giant single exposed breast. More »
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After French Elle ran a racist online column congratulating black people for becoming "chic" through embracing "white codes" of dress, a firestorm of criticism ensued. Now the magazine is facing hard questions about its editorial leadership, and its history of excluding women of color from its pages. More »
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The Cut has side-by-side comparisons of unretouched paparazzi shots from a recent Victoria's Secret shoot featuring Candice Swanepoel — and the airbrushed versions that ran in the chain's catalog. While the swimsuits are different, indicating these were from different shoots, what allows for comparison is that the posing is virtually identical (that swimsuit modeling relies heavily on the same three poses should be news to nobody who's ever taken a gander at VS's advertising). Is anyone even slightly surprised that Swanepoel looks great without the help of Photoshop? The changes Victoria's Secret does make — erasing the crease that occurs when a human body bends sharply at the waist, for example — mostly just serve to make the final image look uncanny. [The Cut] More »
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For red-carpet watchers, it was what we've been waiting for. At the SAG Awards last night, we were treated to interesting and unexpected dresses, resulting in a perky, pretty display of fashion that didn't bore (well, for the most part). For once, celebs didn't really play it safe — and for this, we are glad. More »
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Gird yourselves for the arrival of the youngest installment of the Kardashian Klan: Kendall and Kylie Jenner seem to have scored the new cover of Teen Vogue. Representative line: More »
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Tabloids put a lot of effort into humanizing celebrities, showcasing messy love lives, spotlighting lumpy and bumpy "beach bodies" and gleefully exposing bad hair/skin/makeup days. But when you consider a celebrity's red carpet look, it becomes painfully obvious that a star is not like a regular human being. The star is elaborately clothed, elegantly coiffed and dripping with jewels… Without ever whipping out a credit card. More »
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Starting tomorrow, students at Pottstown Middle School in Pennsylvania won't be allowed to come to school wearing their Uggs (or any fuzzy, open-top boots, for that matter). No, the boots have not been banned because they cause sluttiness, and it's not by order of the fashion police either. The school has forbidden them because they're a popular place for students to hide their phones, which they're not supposed to have in class. More »
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O, the pressures and intricacies of modern life! Sometimes you want to escape the complexities and machines and the traffic and the voices and be surrounded by soft, simple humanity. And sometimes you want to kill someone. Why not turn to Esty, the handmade (and vintage) marketplace, and search for your (delightfully affordable) weapon of choice? More »
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Jean Paul Gaultier's latest couture collection was, says the designer, inspired by Amy Winehouse. Models sported drawn-on versions of Winehouse's beauty spot, signature winged eyeliner, and beehive hair. And Gaultier's collection shows the influence of some of the late singer's style, given her propensity for pencil skirts, preppy-looking colors, wide belts, and other Rockabilly-type touches (although sadly none of Gaultier's models wore ballet flats, another sartorial choice Winehouse was known for). More »
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The style on the red carpet of the premiere of NBC's Smash was like jazz hands but without the fingers. More »
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