Jezebel: fashion targets breast cancer

"Designer" Peaches Geldof Is Inspired By Bram Stoker, The Cure, Privilege

Sadie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST

It girl, celeb spawn, columnist and designer Peaches Geldof's design inspirations: “I looked at icons like Siouxsie Sioux and Robert Smith, and took notes from Gothic novels like 'Dracula' — the cape came about while I read this.” [WWD]
Eric Clapton apparently has a custom Hermes, alligator-skin guitar case. It's "lined in blue silk velvet and is rumored to have cost more than $100,000." [Fashion Week Daliy]
Marc Jacobs has designed a stroller. It's black, exorbitant, and will turn your baby into the biggest snob in the world. Luckily, there are only 15 in existence. [Racked]
Matthew Williamson is doing not one but two lines for H&M! [WWD]
In her Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute voiceover, Sarah Jessica Parker "talks about art history with the same breathy relish and melodic rhythm she might deploy to deliver a pun-soaked voice-over as Carrie Bradshaw." [New York Times]

Some designers are staying out of the presidential inaugural fray: Michael Kors hasn't submitted designs, while a rep for Carmen Marc Valvo says, “we feel that she’s probably being inundated by designers." She is! [WSJ]
Zac Posen to guest-star on Ugly Betty. Is this considered compulsory? [New York]
"It’s practically impossible to turn on a TV without seeing a designer." [WWD]
Should you need to soak your clothing in water for two months straight (and surely some kind of marine scientist must), you're in luck: a new nanotech fabric, "made from polyester fibres coated with millions of tiny silicone filaments" that cause water to roll off, awesomely, like marbles, is the most water-repellent clothing-appropriate material ever created. [New Scientist]
Too bad fast fashion makes up 30% of Britain's landfills. [Daily Mail]
In addition, a new study finds that abuse of garment and textile workers is rampant. [WWD]
Downtown darling Imitation of Christ (Chloe S was a creative director) is folding. [Racked]
What does Salvador Dali have to do with breast cancer? Not much, but when has that stopped fashionistas? 12 designers have designed Dali-inspired pieces which will be auctioned for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. [Telegraph]
Stacey Bendet Eisner has given birth to a girl. "The alice + olivia designer, who spent the day before doing yoga and getting a pedicure, was supposed to deliver on Thanksgiving but got induced early because, 'If I wait 'til a holiday no doctors will be around!'" [New York Post]
Coco Rocha: “There are enough models out there who are gorgeous and good looking, but have nothing to bring...They can take good pictures, but after that, when you take the pictures, what do you have to say for yourself?” [WWD]
Italian designer Alessandro Dell’Acqua is launching a capsule collection, Alessandro Dell’Acqua Black Dress, composed exclusively of LBDs. [WWD]
A stylist who worked on Annie Liebowitz's Disney shoot is suing the famed lenswoman, claiming she wasn't compensated. [New York Post]
Fashions at the Crillon debutante ball seem undimmed by the economy. And that's what's important! [WWD]

The Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Commercials Are A Real Bust

Dodai — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT

If you've got a big rack and are sensitive to people staring at your chest, you might not like the new ads for the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer T-shirts. While they're tongue-in-cheek and ultimately for a good cause, both involve a man staring (and/or pointing) at a woman's chest and making comments. In a retro-styled spot called "Office," a guy points at a woman's bust and exclaims, "Say! Are those for sale?" It's a faux-training video, so the guy tries a few different times, saying things like, "Those are swell!" And "Do those come any bigger?" The catch is: He's really asking about her Fashion Targets Breast Cancer T-shirt, not her breasts; the spot ends with the tagline, "Bring breast awareness back to the workplace." Hilarious, right? So why am I so uncomfortable?

There's another Fashion Targets Breast Cancer ad called "Elevator," in which a woman gets on an elevator and has her chest ogled by a dude who proclaims, "Nice." The camera reveals, of course, that he's talking about her FTBC T-shirt. But again, this ad makes me uneasy: Why have a man in it at all? Breast cancer is a serious disease that has far-reaching effects on women, children and families — and men, obviously. But taking the age-old stereotype of a man gawking at a woman's tits and trying to twist it into a positive message just rubs me the wrong way. Can't women tackle a life and death issue without being gaped at by dudes? (Commercials below.)

Breast Awareness Doing Great At The Office [AdFreak]

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer With Lots Of Hose, Pointy Boots

Sadie — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT

I love the title of this charity; it's like, Science had its shot, now we're bringing in the big guns! Fashion Targets Breast Cancer celebrated 10 years in Australia last night with a gala in concert with IMG Fashion at the Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival Marquee. I thought the clothes were pretty strange, but then, maybe a different aesthetic is necessary for the targeting of breast cancer, so I didn't want to apply my normal judgments to the situation. Accordingly, a wholly objective reporting of the guests' battle gear, after the jump!

Model Paneer Rose works a mod dress/coat combo. The sheer hose confuse me slightly, but I'm easily confused.
Radio presenter Blanca Dye targets breast cancer with a cocktail dress, lab coat, and boots.
Singer Tiffany Wood's weapon of choice: an aggressively printed maxi.
The pernicious fiction that a camisole increases a wrap's modesty is laid to rest by television personality Charlotte Dawson. Also in her arsenal: hose, pointy booties.
Model and TV presenter Sarah Murdoch seems to say: If the slit won't get the job done, by god, the cleavage will!
Kelly Smyth targets breast cancer in white, elf-toed go-go boots, mucho cleavage, and shocking pink mod. Who can withstand that? I know I can't.

Images via Getty