Taking It To The Streets
"[The Sartorialist] still stands as an antidote to what we so mindlessly call "celebrity style" – in other words, the alleged individuality of TV and movie stars who hire people to dress them." [Salon]
Bow Down: Michelle Obama Inaugural Outfit Hits The Streets
Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit is on display for the first time! Obviously, we had to go see it.
"Tingling Thigh Syndrome"
Experts say they've been seeing young women with meralgia paresthetica — which happens when constant pressure cuts off the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, causing a numb, tingling or burning sensation along the thigh. The culprit? Skinny jeans. I might have this, but because I sit in a crappy chair. [MSNBC]
The Dollar May Be Low, But Heels Are High, And Getting Higher
Yesterday's Independent featured a story by Harriet Walker about skyscraper heels. Prompted, of course, by Victoria Beckham making an appearance in spindly 5 inch stilettos. Writes Walker: "Just when you thought heels couldn't get any higher, guess what: they have." This season, Prada, Louboutin and Dior all have…
"I don't believe in fashion faux pas. Every look I did was important at the time. When I was in the Lady Marmalade video it was all about being over the top, sexy and playful... Would I do that today? Probably not. It was a different time, a different place for me... I've had so many wardrobe malfunctions on stage.…
There Are Five Types Of "Extreme Shoppers," And They're All Horrifying
Today's Women's Wear Daily bemoans the five types of dysfunctional "extreme shoppers." These women live where conspicuous consumption and pathology meet. You know them, surely — or, at least, you've seen them: They demand attention. They cry in the dressing room. They cry outside of the dressing room. They cry outside…
Is Vera Wang the next Martha Stewart? Wang has just announced the launch of her own bridal registry. "Our authoritative position in bridal and bridal registry has allowed us to leverage this [consumer] trust into a lifestyle brand. The next logical step is to capitalize on our relationship with the client over the…
In today's Times of London, Keith Richards, for some inexplicable reason, is allowed to free-associate on, of all things, fashion. Behold: "Fashion thinks more about me than what I think about it. I just wore what I wore and people noticed. The sexiest thing a woman could wear? Being stark f***ing naked....I don't do…
Fundamentalist Fashion: Not So Different Than High Design
The question that keeps coming up again and again with regards to the Eldorado, Texas branch of the FLDS isn't "Where are all the men?" or even "Where's Sarah?" but rather, "Have you noticed what the women are wearing?" The media has even dubbed the phenomenon, somewhat crassly, "polygamist fashion", and the stories…
Is Nina Garcia's PR Company Using Interns To Promote Her Cause?
Though neither Elle nor publisher Hachette Filipacchi nor Nina Garcia will confirm Garcia's having been "let go" from the magazine last week, WWD reports that Garcia hired Rubenstein PR to speak for her. And! A little birdie tells us that Rubenstein has handed off some of the Garcia damage control work to its interns,…
Aliza Shvarts: The Halloween How-To For Harvard Students
Aliza Shvarts '08 is more than just an alleged abortion-inducer; according to our commenters, she is also a style icon of sorts. In fact, we predict that come Halloween, students all over Cambridge and other rival Ivies will be dressing up as the suddenly-notorious art student from that other East Coast institution of…
Marc Jacobs Isn't Crazy — He Just Has Issues
"Why is there this division all of a sudden between people in support of me and people against me? How did this happen? I haven't done anything to anybody! I look at Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano—everybody has their shtick. And just because this wasn't my shtick two years ago, it's a problem."
Marc Jacobs is…
Naomi Campbell is boycotting British Airways and Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 after having been arrested there for getting physical a few weeks ago. Call us crazy, but we're not sure how you boycott an airline that already declared you unwelcome on any of its flights ever again. [Times of London]
Feminist Thinks Women Should Boycott Marc Jacobs
The "Fashion & Style" section of Today's New York Times features a story about the Juergen Teller photographs Marc Jacobs uses for advertising purposes. The ads are unlike ordinary fashion ads because the photographs are raw, overexposed and kind of mysterious. Cathy Horyn writes, "Buying something from Marc Jacobs is…
Star Power Is Not (Yet) Enough To Make Liz Claiborne Stylish
Does anyone buy Liz Claiborne? In December 2006, following years of financial troubles, the company brought on William McComb, a swaggering CEO who knew nothing about the fashion industry but soon realized that a little makeover out of the pages of Management 101 were not going to be enough to revive the struggling…
Fug Footwear: A Step In The Wrong Direction
"What do you think of these?" I asked my boyfriend, showing him an image of the It Shoes of the season, the Prada sandal platforms that, according to a story on hideous heels in today's New York Observer, look "like the work of someone on acid, or at least weed". "I dunno," replied boyfriend. "Guys don't notice…
Women Who Love Fashion Are Not Inherently Idiotic
"Quick," writes Jessa Crispin on TheSmartSet.com. "How do you tell if a woman in a movie is supposed to be intelligent? First off, she'd probably be brunette, but past that. Glasses, yes. Little to no makeup. Her hair is probably in a ponytail. Clothes she probably bought at the Gap in a size too big. You know she's…

