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Yves Saint Laurent Dies At 71

6/02/08 11:30am

Fashion giant and world-famous monogram Yves Saint Laurent dies in Paris. [NY Times]
Unfortunately, his legacy is honored by the hiring of legally-challenged Naomi Campbell. [Daily Mail]
But then she goes bald! [The Sun]
NY Times employs appropriately dated Herbal Essences reference to describe SATC fashions. [NY Times]

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God Bless Ridiculous Fashion Folk, Every One Of Them

5/06/08 11:30am

God bless Vivienne Westwood for being so undeniably herself. Says the fashion designer-cum-philosopher: "I'd like to do less, but there are people dependent on me now. My thing has always been, just let me finish this pair of trousers and then I can read my book. We've all got to wear something, I suppose. So my…

Nina Garcia And ELLE: In? Out? Or In?

4/14/08 12:30pm

You knew this already, but Project Runway judge/style tome author/ELLE fashion director Nina Garcia has parted ways with the magazine that made her. At least, ELLE has yet to tell anyone the rumors are false.
Our sources say Garcia came in Friday morning around the hour fashion people usually get to work Friday…

Winehouse + Cavalli = Animal Prints And Cigarettes

3/31/08 11:30am

Oh sweet Jesus: Is Amy Winehouse going to be the new face of Roberto Cavalli? And if so, who would be sullying whose image? Though the rumors are still unconfirmed, Cavalli has said in the past, "She is a fashion icon because she is unique." [Vogue UK]
This weekend, American starlets flew to Shanghai to celebrate…

Is Anna Wintour Taking Money From Charity To Pay Amy Linehouse?

3/19/08 11:30am

Does Anna Wintour love Amy Winehouse even more than Karl Lagerfeld does? Word on the street is that the singer who wouldn't go to rehab only to go to rehab has been offered $1 million to play at the Wintour-hosted Costume Institute Gala. But a rep says that can't be true since the Costume Institute Gala is supposed…

March Vogue: Just Us, Or Does Drew Look Scarymore?

2/19/08 11:30am

(Photoshop of) Horrors! It's Drew Barrymore on the March Vogue and something just does not look right. [Just Jared]
You won't be seeing Lily Allen in her underwear anytime soon: the rumors about her being the latest face of Agent Provocateur are allegedly BS. [Sassybella]
The Gap's spring advertising campaign features…

Posh Spice Would Rather Go Naked And Get Cancer

1/28/08 11:30am

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]
Marc Jacobs to…

Kiki For Miu Miu: We're Not Buying It

1/14/08 11:30am

Kirsten Dunst looks almost as evil in these Miu Miu ads as we somehow believe she actually is. [Sassybella]
The latest ads for British lingerie label Agent Provocateur features model Vahina Giocante playing "a bored housewife drawn into a love affair with a reform school tomboy." Um, based on this image, she doesn't…

Kate Winslet Thinks Repping Lancome Is No Big Thing

11/16/07 11:40am

Lancome spokeswoman Kate Winslet managing to sound annoying while dissing the celebrity product endorsement business: "I remember five or six years ago, it was really a big deal to be the face of a campaign or a spokesperson for a particular brand name. Now, it just doesn't seem to matter so much." [WWD, sub req'd]

Screw Soccer! David Beckham's Time Spent Sitting Around In Boxer Briefs Pays Off

11/12/07 11:30am

David Beckham has a new endorsement deal: Armani underwear in the United States! And you were afraid he and Posh might go broke... [Vogue UK]
Erin Fetherston for Target: Sorta secretly sorta available for purchase online. [Fashionista]
Karl Lagerfeld: "I am a popular figure for Halloween. Last year friends of mine…

Legendary Rock Club CBGB Achieves The Impossible, Sells Out Even More

11/07/07 10:05am

Designer John Varvatos has bought the space formerly occupied by rock club CBGB's to open a new store. He's the one who designs clothes for Converse, which is that super-hip iconoclastic footwear brand owned by Nike, and... Move to North Korea if you hate capitalism so much! [Fashion Week Daily]
Project Runway Season…

Sofia Coppola's Clothing Line "Milkfed" Still Producing!

11/05/07 10:00am

Remember how, before Sofia Coppola was a fashion icon and Marc Jacobs muse and celebrity spokesmodel for numerous fashion labels, she actually worked in fashion and had her own clothing line? Yeah, well the clothing line actually still exists, in Japan. [Sassybella]
Also, Marc Jacobs' new fragrance Daisy has its own…

Marc Jacobs Needs A Time-Out

10/08/07 10:00am

Enfant terrible Marc Jacobs stuck his tongue out at fashion critic/mortal enemy Suzy Menkes after his Louis Vuitton show. [Washington Post]
And yeah, did we need to report that he started his show late? We probably didn't need to tell you that. [WWD, 4th item]
Here's a sentence we never thought we would write:…

Hilary Swank Chops It Off

7/20/07 10:20am

Hilary Swank is the face, or rather the hair, of Pantene's 'Beautiful Lengths' campaign, which raises awareness for cancer and for which everyone's most winsome trailer-park veteran will grow and cut her hair to be made into a wig for a cancer patient. Which is highly courageous for someone who has already once…

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Style Ditto: Shove Over Lily Allen, Look Who's Coming To 'New Look'!

7/03/07 10:28am

"If I could just do one thing for 24 hours it would be [have sex] . . . or sew. Or have sex while sewing. Or sew an outfit to have sex in." So says singer Beth Ditto, which is why the plus-sized Ditto is now collaborating with New Look to become the most unlikely (and kinda awesome!) celebrity clothing endorser yet. [

Kate Moss Sheds Her Agent Provocateur Skivvies

7/02/07 10:09am

Kate Moss is out as the face (and body) of lingerie line Agent Provocateur. Why, you ask? Because the company's co-owner Serena Rees had an affair with Moss's friend's husband. [Vogue UK]
Poor Sadie Frost. The ex-Mrs. Jude Law's clothing line FrostFrench (co-designed with friend Jemima French) isn't doing so well…

Sienna Miller Attends "Kitchen Sink" School Of Fashion Inspiration

6/21/07 10:22am

Sienna Miller on the inspiration behind the first collection of her clothing line 'Twenty8Twelve by s.miller': "Dickensian London, French peasant style and Seventies New York rock 'n' roll." And, uh, what else? WAF Pilots, cavemen, scuba gear... [WWD]
Bag designer Anya Hindmarch caused quite a stir with her …