Lady Gaga May Not Have A Penis, But She Makes An Attractive Man
Latest- Is Lady Gaga getting her butch on modeling for Vogue Hommes Japan under the pseudonym “Jo Calderone”? Nicola Formichetti styled — he works with Gaga regularly — and Nick Knight — ditto — published the pictures online. So. [ONTD]
- At the Gucci‘s men’s show in Milan, Sartorialist snapper Scott Schuman was reportedly removed by security after he attempted to sit in the front row. [Racked]
- Gucci hired Frank Miller to direct Evan Rachel Wood in a commercial for the fragrance “Guilty.” [WWD]
- Here are some of Britney Spears‘ new ads for Candie’s. In case you don’t know what Brit-Brit looks like Photoshopped and wearing all-synthetic accessories. [TLF]
- “First, I met with the Candie’s designers and told them what my favorite styles are. Then, we sketched the items together. I loved it when I saw the samples for the first time.” Britney Spears responds to such hard-hitting questions as, “Studs are still a big trend. Were there any other trends you wanted to incorporate?” and “So, it was love at first sight. Do you have a favorite item from the collection?” [InStyle]
- Johnny Weir keeps a vintage Chanel jacket around as a “sort of an art installment.” [The Cut]
- Shopping receipts have now been found to contain dangerous levels of Bisphenol A, a chemical that is thought by scientists to be an endocrine disruptor in humans. Great. (Naturally, this article takes the shopworn “Wimmin be shopping! Shopping emasculates teh menz!” angle. For a more nuanced but frightening take on BPA, read this.) [Telegraph]
- Tory Burch shot a denim campaign on New York’s High Line, a park built on a disused elevated railway line. [Coutorture]
- After we noticed Dove‘s casting notice for its famed “Real Beauty” ad campaign called for women who met a long and precisely defined list of criteria (“Beautiful arms and legs and face will be shown! Must have flawless skin, no tattoos or scars! Well groomed and clean…nice bodies…naturally fit, not too curvy, not too athletic. Beautiful hair and skin is a must!”), the brand’s advertising agency released a statement saying the casting notice was “not approved” by Dove. [StyleList]
- Nadja Auermann: “The 70s was a fun, bold period in fashion. I loved it. There was lots of colour, prints and strangely shaped trousers. But then I’ve always loved Abba, so that suited me just fine. I spent my childhood dressed like Agnetha.” [Guardian]
- U.K. high street knockoffs store Peacocks knocked off the Mulberry “Alexa” bag. Their vinyl version costs £14. And it has a waiting list. [Telegraph]
- Business Insider tours Gilt Groupe‘s 30,000 square foot Brooklyn Navy Yards warehouse Headquarters. Like everything in fashion, it’s less glamorous than it is designed to appear to the public. [BI]
- Eighteen life-sized Mario Testino photographs of Kate Moss, shot in 1996, are to be auctioned in London. [Telegraph]
- Georgina Chapman and Harvey Weinstein have not yet chosen names for their daughter, due in August. “I want to meet her first,” says the Marchesa co-founder. [The Cut]
- Lara Stone, on her wedding dress: “It was very romantic without being too sweet — and sexy, but in a very simple, understated way. I know it sounds cliché, but I found it timeless. I’m sure I’ll still love it in 50 years. It was perfect.” [Vogue UK]
- Jean-Paul Gaultier‘s gorgeous lingerie collection for La Perla, which hits stores in November, costs $600-$1,200. Won’t be buying that, then. [HuffPo]
- One of our favorite magazines, Lula, is hosting a pop-up store at Harvey Nichols filled with Rodarte, Erdem, Rachel Antonoff, Miu Miu, and Lover. If only we were in London, we could browse, and feel materially poor but aesthetically enriched. [Fashionista]
- Aldo‘s cheaper brand, Call It Spring, will open up to 500 stores-within-stores at J.C. Penney in the next year, according to the terms of a deal announced today. Call It Spring shoes cost $29.99-$69.99. [WWD]
- Prada‘s new U.S. e-commerce site launches to the public tomorrow; Fashionista got a preview and posted some screenshots. Next, the company plans to bring Japan an online store. [Fashionista]
- The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned two Diesel ads from their execrable “Be Stupid” campaign that feature women flashing cameras because the ads promote anti-social behavior. [Daily Mail]
- Anne Christensen, T‘s fashion director, was once promoted as a front-runner for the editor-in-chief job vacated by Stefano Tonchi. Then, after months of dithering, the Times hired Sally Singer away from Vogue. Singer has now replaced Christensen. And some of Christensen’s colleagues are angry. “They put her up for the job. They pushed her as their candidate, and then they hung her out to dry,” says one anonymous staffer. [NYDN]
- Daisy Lowe is doing a one-off namesake mini-collection for the French chain Morgan. It will hit stores in November. [Vogue UK]
- Uniqlo is going English-only. The Japanese chain wants all of its employees to speak English fluently, and its executives to conduct meetings and prepare all documents in English. The rule applies both to employees in Japan and those overseas. [Telegraph]
- Someone’s been burgling Kelly Klein‘s apartment, says Kelly Klein. [P6]
- “It is no small secret that an elite handful of homosexual men are responsible for the self-esteem of millions of women worldwide,” writes DIS magazine. And now, this nefarious gang of gays has determined to focus our insecurities on our inadequate shoulders. “The ever-expanding exacerbation of shoulder silhouettes in women’s ready-to-wear will not only continue on its grotesque path into the grim future, but consumer anxieties over natural shoulder inadequacy will skyrocket, forcing women to undergo startling new surgical procedures.” We link this dystopian editorial spread not just because we volunteered for it (Alexander McQueen cartilage extensions, yo!) but mainly because it is hilarious and nightmarish in equal measure. Fashion is pain, dearies. [DIS]
- Conundrum: If you pay $150,000 for your diamond shoes, can they still be too tight? Or will they magically adjust? [TLF]
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