Jezebel: Fendi

The Best Of Carine Roitfeld's Reign

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:53:00 EST

In February of 2001, an ex-model, stylist, and fashion writer named Carine Roitfeld released her first issue as editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris. Today, she announced her resignation. In the intervening decade, she made French Vogue a creative powerhouse. [NSFW] More »

Black Friday Promises To Be A Great Day For Staying Home And Reheating Leftovers

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:10:00 EST

Retailers are crossing their fingers that you will buy some shit on Friday. Pretty please? Sam's Club is opening at 5a.m. — with complimentary breakfast. Target and J.C. Penney open at 4 a.m., with the latter offering 300+ "doorbusters." [WWD]

Dolce & Gabbana's Tax Evasion Case Is Getting Serious

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:30:00 EST

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have reportedly been indicted on tax evasion charges in Italy. In 2004, the duo transferred their brands to a holding company; they could be found liable for $1 billion worth of taxes and fines. [WWD]

Karl Lagerfeld Thinks It's OK Kate Middleton Is A Commoner, Because She's Fashionable

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EST

Krazy Kaiser Karl, on Kate Middleton and Prince William: "For the royals, apparently the royal blood is not in demand any longer." But no matter, because Middleton is "beautiful and elegant," and "chic in a way the position needs." [WWD]

JWOWW's Clothing Line Gets Killed

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:37:00 EDT

Sad news for those who were eagerly awaiting our Boob Slings in the mail: JWOWW's clothing line will not go into production, due to a trademark dispute. All customers who pre-ordered Ms. Woww's spangled wares are to be refunded. [Radar]

Michelle Obama Fundraises With Donna Karan, Pisses Off PETA

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:54:00 EDT

Michelle Obama wore Donna Karan to the $10,000-a-head fundraiser Karan threw her. PETA protested the event, because Karan uses fur, and PETA will do anything for a headline. "She is gorgeous and smart," said guest Diane von Furstenberg. [WWD]

Fendi's Shoes Are Not Made For Walking

Margaret Hartmann, Sadie Stein — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:55:00 EDT

So what did the Kaiser give us? Color, sophistication, and some really odd suiting. Naturally, this being Fendi, shoes and bags were kind of the stars. For good and bad... More »

Balenciaga Gets Trippy, Courtesy Of Cindy Sherman

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:32:00 EDT

Balenciaga asked Cindy Sherman to create a series of six of her trademark in-character self-portraits for the brand. In each, naturally Sherman wears Balenciaga head-to-toe. [The Cut]
Pop covergirl Britney Spears might perform at the magazine's FNO party. [DFR]

Why Won't Chanel Talk About Their Plus-Sizes?

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Women with $4,000 to spend on a designer dress who wear sizes 10-20: Saks Fifth Avenue will soon deign to accept your cash. In an unexpected move, the retailer will begin stocking plus-sized women's wear from many top designers. More »

Why One Model Makes It Big When Others Don't

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:30:03 EDT

What makes a successful model? By what process is it decided that Coco Rocha will walk in 55 shows and grace the cover of Vogue Italia, while so many peers languish in models' apartments arguing about who used whose shampoo? More »

Gwyneth Paltrow Continues To Talk Cooking, This Time In August Vogue

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:40:00 EDT

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Gwyneth Paltrow made the August cover of Vogue. At least this time, they got her head screwed on right. The cover disproves the rumor that Paltrow would be the September covergirl, leaving that slot potentially open for Halle Berry. [JustJared]

Australia Kinda Cracks Down On Skinny Models; Tom Ford Making Another Movie

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EDT

The Australian government has developed a vaguely worded, voluntary code of conduct for designers, modeling agencies, and fashion magazines intended to foster healthy body image among consumers. The code includes these provisions:

Jersey Shore Stars Aim High; Vera Wang Designing Chelsea's Wedding Gown

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:30:00 EDT

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JWOWW wants Snooki to collaborate on a sunglasses collection. "I'm a good designer, but she's great with ideas. She tells me…and I can put them on paper," said JWOWW. Also, JWOWW would like Lady Gaga to wear her swimsuits. [People]

Lindsay To Pose Nude For Fashion Line; Play About Isabella Blow Produced

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:30:00 EDT

To promote her new accessories line for 6126 — the handbags cost $200-$600 — Lindsay Lohan plans to pose nude except for her SCRAM ankle bracelet. It might be airbrushed out, unless Lohan goes for that sexy-court-monitored-alcoholic look. [People]

Karl And Claudia Do Blackface; Rihanna Might Book D&G

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:30:00 EDT

To fête the 60th anniversary of the German photography magazine Stern Fotografie, Karl Lagerfeld shot six different covers featuring Claudia Schiffer. We could have done without the blackface one and the yellowface one. [SB]

Bargain Buys Are Not Rachel Zoe's Forte

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:00:24 EDT

When Rachel Zoe started her newsletter, The Zoe Report, one of the first missives contained an erroneous and hyberbolic statement. In the eight or so months since then, TZR has been hit and miss. And the misses are way off. More »

"Investing" In Your Closet Not Recommended By Actual Investment Experts

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EDT

If you've opened a women's magazine recently, then you probably know what's in this season. "Investment" fashion! More »

Channel Your Inner Cruella At Fendi

Sadie Stein — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:30:00 EST

Fendi, of course, is all about luxe. And Fur. Enter the realm of the furries, if you dare... More »

Lady Gaga Wears Prada; Kate Spade Rips Off Indie Designer

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:20:00 EST

Lady Gaga wore a custom Prada dress on her Monster Ball tour stop in Dublin.
And Fergie wore a tiny corset dress by the Blonds, whose fashion week show we so much enjoyed. [JustJared]

Carey Defies Vogue Editrix; Steve Madden, Misunderstood Creative Genius Of Footwear

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:40:00 EST

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Carey Mulligan isn't taking Anna Wintour's sartorial advice. "Anna said I should wear short for the Oscars. I was like ‘No, that is so not what I had in my head when I was 6!" Once bitten, twice shy. [People]

Annie & Mikhail Pose For Louis Vuitton; Snooki Loves Ed Hardy And Armani

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST

Louis Vuitton proposed Annie Leibovitz do an ad as a solution to her financial problems. Leibovitz instead offered her fee to Mikhail Baryshnikov; Louis Vuitton wouldn't hear of it, and ended up paying them both. Rich people: so lucky. [WWD]

Weirdly, We Find Ourselves On Team Paris; Designer Goods Got 600% More Expensive In The Past Decade

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST

Gwyneth Shoes is suing Paris Hilton for copyright infringement. Her alleged offense? Giving her shoes, in the heiress's words, "a heart-shaped comfort pad...so you can dance all night!" Gwyneth apparently considers all heart-shaped design features on insoles its property. [NYP]

Eva Longoria Wants You To Buy The Perfume She's Allergic To; Anna Sui For ANTM

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST

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Eva Longoria's perfume ad is a total Photoshop of Horrors. "I have always been somewhat allergic to all perfumes," admitted the actress. The scent was produced with the Falic Group, the company that recently shuttered Christian Lacroix. Priorities. [WWD]

Elle's Photoshoot With Amber Rose: Asinine, Ass-Centric

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:00 EDT

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Model Amber Rose has her own photo spread in the October issue of Elle magazine, but unlike some of the other celebrity types inside, Kanye's ladyfriend didn't exactly get the "high fashion" treatment. More »

More Women Being Shilled Friskies Instead Of Fendi

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:40:00 EDT

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In today's Times, Stephanie Clifford notes that the average More reader makes about $93,000 — $30,000 more than the average for Vogue, Allure or Bazaar. Yet More has hardly any luxury ads. Because More's for women over 40. More »

Gwyneth Does Designer Duds; Posh Hires Doppelgänger

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Gwyneth Paltrow's clothing line with Zoetees is hitting stores this month. The collection includes tee shirts, studded tank tops, and a grey oversized blazer — fine basics, but there's no indication why the line should start at £100. [Elle UK]

Beth In The Believer Or, When Queer Feminist Punk Bands Meet Paris

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EDT

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Writer Michelle Tea followed Beth Ditto through the whirl of Paris fashion week, and lived to tell The Believer. What's interesting about Tea's account is that it places front-and-center one of the fashion industry's biggest unstated issues: Social class. More »

Anna Wintour: The Early Years

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:20:00 EDT

In the summer of 1981, a young British stylist who'd worked at Harper's Bazaar and Savvy landed at New York Magazine. Her job was fashion editor; her name was Anna Wintour. Peep that staff portrait! More »

Banana Republic Partners With Mad Men; Watch & Learn With Chanel Couture

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EDT

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The return of Mad Men is a mere 37 days away, and the AMC show has struck a deal with Banana Republic:

Charlie Brown Finds Balance; Controversial Calvin Klein Billboard Replaced

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

How cool are these Charlie Brown New Balance sneakers? Cool enough that we wish they weren't just for kids. [WWD]
A London artist has created Kate Moss and Agyness Deyn paper dolls which look frighteningly like the real thing. [Pipeline.Refinery29]

Vogue's Eco Economics

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:20:00 EDT

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As discussed, Vogue's "green" issue is more about cash than the environment. So even though Cammie Diaz is wearing organic cotton on the cover, the last page features a $5,900 bike with $975 "basket." More »

"Investing" In Your Closet Not Recommended By Actual Investment Experts

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:00:00 EDT

If you've opened a women's magazine recently, then you probably know what's in this season. "Investment" fashion! For the new economy, editors and luxury advertisers have been throwing around terms like "value," "quality," "green," "key pieces" and "timeless" as though they had some, well, timeless meaning. More »

Beth Ditto Strips, Stage-Dives; Anna Wintour Maybe Makes Up With PETA

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EDT

The Gossip played an hour-long set at the Paris Fendi party. Beth Ditto stripped off the five-piece stage costume Lagerfeld made her until she was performing in a sequined bra and thong. [Telegraph]

Karl Relaxes His "Fatty" Fatwa, Chills On His Stoop With Style Critic

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Is former overweight person and current size-o-phobe Karl Lagerfeld changing his Hedi Slimane stripes? Beth Ditto, who in addition to being very talented, weighs somewhat more than 100 lbs, is playing a Fendi party. [FWD]

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]

Remember how Vogue India put a $100 bib...

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Remember how Vogue India put a $100 bib on an impoverished child for a recent shoot? The same one where a barefoot man held a $200 Burberry umbrella? Well, the former features editor of the magazine, Sameer Reddy, has written a piece for Newsweek, and he says: "The reality is that, for some Indians, the world has become a playground, and luxury goods that the West has coveted for generations are now within their grasp… Perhaps this particular story could have been handled differently, but the idea that a fashion editorial, or the eager consumption of luxury products by extension, plays any serious part in the problem of Indian poverty is ridiculous; overpopulation, underdevelopment, caste stigma and lack of adequate education infrastructure are more like it." [Newsweek] More »

Is Rumer Willis A New Style Icon?

Sadie Stein — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Elle UK is, for some reason, all agog over the 20-year-old celeb spawn, who they say has had some kind of chic makeover since turning 20. "It's official. We have a new style crush here at ELLE in the shape of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis' daughter Rumer." Well, to each her own, we say! [ElleUK]
Rihanna models a look from Kanye West's new "Pastelle" clothing line. It kind of looks like she's wearing her dad's sweatshirt. [The Life Files]
Designer John Varvatos (recently known for taking over punk emporium CBGB in New York and turning it into a high-end boutique) has a new baby girl: Thea. [P6]
Remember that community garden Forever21's destroying in L.A.? It gets worse: "It's the former site of the South Central Farm - "where low-income, indigenous/immigrant Latino farmers grew food in the midst of a toxic industrial area for 14 years." Wait, Forever21's not an ethical company? But it's so cheap! [Feministe]

Kareful Karl

Maria — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:45:00 EDT

Road safety is so hot right now! Iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has deigned to appear in a French ad promoting road safety. The copy reads: "It's yellow, it's ugly, it doesn't go with anything, but it could save your life," referring to a yellow reflector vest. You're supposed to wear it when your car craps out on the side of the road so you don't get hit by other cars driving past you (or when helping schoolchildren cross the road!). Of course, the thought that Karl would get out and try to fix his car if it broke down (let alone the thought of him driving himself) is kind of far-fetched. Oh well, at least he's promoting a good cause! (Click the picture to see the full ad.) [Sassybella] More »

Harvey Weinstein's Out To Get Nina Garcia, But In A Good Way

Jennifer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:30:00 EDT

"We'll get her," says Harvey Weinstein of ELLE's Nina Garcia (Weinstein) is being sued for breach of contract for taking Project Runway from Bravo to Lifetime. While Weinstein is probably the first person to say anything about wanting to continue to work with Garcia, we find his statement more creepy than encouraging. [WWD, 2nd item]

Keith Richards For Louis Vuitton: Old And Leathery

Jennifer — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:30:00 EST

Keith Richards for Louis Vuitton = Awesome. [WWD, sub req'd]

Amy Winehouse played a Fendi party in Paris and talked about her mumps onstage before offering some gratitude to, like, someone: "Thanks for asking me to play. Whoever asked me to play." [WWD, sub req'd]

Meta Kate Olsen came dressed as Karl Lagerfeld for the Chanel show Friday. [WWD, 4th item]

Miss J (Alexander of Top Model) to WaPo fashion critic Robin Givhan on a Nina Ricci model: "She has that hungry walk. She's mad because she's so hungry!" [Off the Runway]

Formerly anorexic model Crystal Renn on why a girl's gotta eat: "How can you be happy if you're working out for five hours a day? People want to hire happy models. You need fat to think!" Um, modeling requires thought? [Telegraph]

Who is the man who would wear Juicy Couture cologne? [BellaSugar] More »