BCBG Max Azria: For the Ethereal Dream-Warrior in You
Fashion week has started in New York, and thus the BCBG Max Azria spring/summer collection has glided in gracefully, trailing silk and pastels.
BCBG Max Azria: For the Elegant, Modern Yeti Queen in You
New York Fashion Week is upon us; it's off to an auspicious start with BCBG Max Azria's eye-catching, geometric fall/winter line.
BCBG Max Azria: For the Whimsical Menswear Enthusiast in You
The spring/summer 2014 for BCBG Max Azria — designed by Max and Lubov Azria — was shown yesterday in New York as part of New York Fashion Week. It provides a fresh and dreamy take on deconstructed menswear, featuring light fabrics in light colors. This season was heavy on crisp, masculine tailoring given a feminine…
BCBG Max Azria, for the Artsy City-Dwelling Fauxhemian in You
New York Fashion Week has begun, and one of the first shows today was BCBG Max Azria. For Fall 2013, he showed deep colors: Black, oxblood, burgundy, cobalt, gray — in intricate geometric patterns, rich knits and flowing dresses. You'll also see perforated leather and lots of fur. Silhouettes were boxy, long, and…
What Vogue Actually Pays Its Models
It's not much! Filings made in association with a $3.75 million lawsuit include the earnings statement of one of the plaintiffs, the Polish supermodel Anna Jagodzinska. That ledger tallies gigs for American Vogue, Vogue Paris, and an H&M campaign.
Delusional Max Azria Believes He's The King Of Diversity In Fashion
Max Azria's shows tend to have a few defining features: a flirty aesthetic, a neutral palette of fabrics, and — for the past umpteen seasons — an almost all-white cast of models. Yesterday, I asked him why that is.
Why One Model Makes It Big When Others Don't
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?
Natalie To Do Dior; Tyra Has New Modeling Polaroids
- Natalie Portman will be the latest face of Christian Dior perfumes. She joins a stable that includes Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, and Monica Bellucci. Some common perfume ingredients are hazardous to health; some are animal products. Is perfume vegan? [WWD]
Fewer Models Of Color Work New York's Fashion Runways
After tracking diversity on the runways for several seasons, we took off last September because we thought the fashion industry was finally coming to its senses. Models of color were getting booked! How disappointing, then, to tally this season's numbers.
BCBG: For The Post-Apocalyptic Jane Eyre In You
Always an early major Fashion Week player, today's BCBG Max Azria show started just as the news of Alexander McQueen's death was spreading. And the clothes were, thankfully, somber*:
*And sorry for the confusion of the old show mixup!
Fashion Show: It Is So ON
And...it's started. The tents, the stars, the parties, the models, the hoopla, the absurdity, the agony, the ecstasy. Not the election season, silly, it's New York Fashion Week! Yes, this first show might be BCBG Max Azria, but we gotta work up to the big stuff. And even if it's not the most innovative line in the…
ELLE Nutjob Anne Slowey Soon To Be A TV Star
- Remember the news about the new reality show in which Tyra Banks pits a group of young women against one another to compete for a job at a fashion magazine? Well, it looks like the ladymag in question is ELLE and creative director Joe Zee and fashion news director/calorie restrictor Anne Slowey are going to be…
