Jezebel: Fern Mallis

Fashion Week's Former Head Honcho Is Not Happy

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:07:00 EDT

Possible reasons Fern Mallis looked so dang heartbroken at the Hervé Leger show: 1. The lights were hurting her eyes. 2. Max Azria strangled her puppy with a yard of industrial-strength elastic. 3. She was looking for black models. More »

Diane Von Furstenberg, Resident New Yorker, Doesn't Know Where Queens Is

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:03:33 EDT

Last night, Diane Von Furstenberg confessed she's unaware where her Haiti charity money went, Norma Kamali said her plus-size clothes might inspire her overweight customers to "look at other lifestyle choices," and Prabal Gurung talked Twitter and Demi Moore. More »

Chanel's Resort Extravaganza; Model In Critical Condition Following Car Crash

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Yesterday's Chanel resort show in St. Tropez saw Karolina Kurkova, Natasha Poly, a purple-clad Karl Lagerfeld, and, as rumored, Crystal Renn walked three times. Georgia May Jagger rode a motorcycle with Lagerfeld's bodyguard for the finale. [Daily Mail, Fashionologie]

Naomi Opens Up To Oprah; "Cougars" Drive Sales Of Lingerie

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:40:00 EDT

Naomi Campbell taped an episode of Oprah. It must be tremendously comforting to be able to confess one's blood-diamond-mongering sins with warlords to Oprah's stern-but-spiritual countenance. Oprah also extracted from Campbell a pledge to stop throwing phones. [WWD]

Jourdan Dunn Rules The Runway; Hairy Unibrows Give Us Nightmares

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:40:00 EST

Jourdan Dunn returned to the catwalk at London Fashion Week two months after giving birth. [Vogue UK]
Alexa Ray Joel is the new face of Prell shampoo, 24 years after her mother, Christie Brinkley, had the same gig. [Daily Express]

Snowpocalypse Spells Chaos For Fashion Week; Running Shoe Adjusts To Menstrual Cycle

Sadie Stein — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST

While we assume McQueen's death will add gravitas, Fashion Week is off to a farcical start. "Phones not working because of the snow...Girls have had phone problems because they are using them outside. They forget that snow is WATER!" [NYMag]

Kardashians Do Jewelry; Marc Asks Celebs To Skip His Show; Calvin Criticizes Kate

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:40:00 EST

In case you might have forgotten their existence, the Kardashian sisters would like to remind you that they have not only a Bebe clothing line, but also a jewelry collection. It is, says Kim, "inspired by our Armenian heritage." [People]

Big Stars Inexplicably Celebrate BlackBerries

Sadie Stein — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

See, if I were a celeb, and I got an invite to the "U.S. launch party for the BlackBerry Tour Smartphone from Sprint" at NYC's Thompson Hotel LES, I'd probably toss it. Which is why I'm not a celeb. More »

Victoria Beckham Is A Birkin Addict; Michelle Wears Mizrahi, Alaïa

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Victoria Beckham reportedly owns 100 Birkins, with a $2 million value. Although Posh's penchant for the carryalls isn't in question, we do nonetheless note this story has two pictures of her holding Kellys. [Daily Mail]

Amber Le Bon Raids Model Mom's Closet; Sienna To Vogue?

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:30:00 EDT

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Yasmin and Amber Le Bon: They share a nose, and a familiar mother/daughter wardrobe dynamic. Only Yasmin, being a supermodel, can parry Amber's incursions by going nuclear with, "Maybe I'll donate to the V&A..." [Telegraph]

Belly Shirts For American Dudes; dVb By Victoria Beckham Dropped

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:30:00 EST

Yes, it's fashion week, yes, there are better things to talk about, and yes, we'll get to them after the jump, but first: Toby Keith's clothing line debuted. It's worse than we thought. [TMZ]

Ms. Obama: Oh, This Old Thing?

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:20:00 EST

Michelle Obama wore Tracy Feith yesterday. She has yet to warn any designer what she's wearing — which is kind of awesomely normal. It must be the best surprise one could get. [WWD]

The Hills' Whitney Port Designs Clothes, Issues Backhanded Compliments

Sadie Stein — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT

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Holy underminer, Batman! Whitney Port on her clothing line: "I'm developing a clothing line. It won't be like Lauren's stuff, which I loved. Mine will be a little more high-end." [Radar]
"Fashion Victims: The Catty Catalogue of Stylish Casualties From A to Z" by Michael Roberts, fashion director of Vanity Fair, sounds like it will be fascinating to the fashionistas he skewers and completely stultifying to everyone else. "Roberts has written a poem for each letter of the alphabet, for instance P for "photographer": "Why am I so fabulous? What makes me truly great? What would life be without me? It's hard to contemplate . . . No billboards straddling city streets with body parts gigantic/Nor me with glass in premiere class crisscrossing the Atlantic." The accompanying illustration is a caricature of Mario Testino. " Sounds like a gas. [NY Post]
Early estimates place the price of Cindy McCain's RNC outfit at $300,000. Well, in fairness $280,000 goes towards her three-karat diamond earrings. [US News]

Great Vogue Editions Think Alike: China Battles Japan Over Coat

Jennifer — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST

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Oh no! The sameJohn Galliano coat appears on the cover of both Vogue China and Vogue Japan this month? You think they got them mixed up??? [Fashion Week Daily]