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very special episodes
Female Reporter Dons Fat Suit, Attends Fashion Show
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model behaviors
How Did New York Fashion Week's 116 Shows Treat Models Of Color?
Everyone's been talking about whether this season, designers and casting directors would be putting more faces of color in their runway lineups. Well! We have the facts and we're voting a qualified yes. Let's explore.
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Project Ruinway
The Tragedy That Was The Project Runway Show
The general consensus about Project Runway's half-assed Fashion Week show? Sad. Very, very sad. More » -
modelslips
Fashion Week: The Party's Not Over Yet
Before fashion week, there were reams of stories offering dismal outlooks on the party scene. Nobody was having an after party. Nothing would be the same. The Economy. Etc. I haven't found this the case. More » -
snap judgment
60 Minutes Mainstay Accompanies Anna Wintour To War Zone
[New York, February 20. Image via Getty]
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blind item
Ugly Beauty
Which "fashion market editor" at a beauty mag says she felt "bad" for the models (left) at Brian Reyes, who, she adds, were an "ugly batch"? One possibility (stress on "possibility"): Allure's Tanama Castillo. [Jossip] More » -
snap judgment
Former First Daughter Takes Her Eyes Off The Prize
[New York, February 18. Image via Getty]
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snap judgment
Kate Bosworth, Nicole Richie Sit With The Common-ers Near Catwalk
[New York, February 17. Image via Getty]
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fashion show
Badgley Mishcka Fall '09: Recession? What Recession?
"We just did pretty clothes that people want to wear," says James Mischka. In other words, plenty of red carpet pretty and the usual dash of glitzy bizarre. Play starlet, after the jump. More » -
fashion show
Marc Jacobs Fall 2009: Relax, Don't Do It
On the Marc Jacobs runway last night, the year was 1984: Aggressive shoulders, bold neon colors, Flock of Seagulls hair and sunglasses at night. This is what it sounds like when doves cry. More » -
snap judgment
Kellie Pickler Graduates From The Stefani School Of Style
[New York, February 13. Image via Getty.]
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De-Luxe
Will 'The Yuck Factor' Sabotage Luxury?
Now that everybody's getting squeamish about luxury, where will we get our vicarious thrills? More » -
rag trade
Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
- There's the usual gloom, sex, scandal and, ahem, 50 Cent's makeup line - today, but first, brace yourselves: Michelle Obama has not RSVP'd to Fashion Week. This woman's priorities are way out of whack! [WWD]
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Celebrity Death Match
Who Will Win The Hello Kitty Vs. Barbie Sartorial Smackdown?
According to today's New York Times "Thursday Styles" section, Hello Kitty and Barbie are in a feud. (Just call 'em Puss 'n Boots"!) More » -
model behavior
Will Milan Fashion Week Be Colorless -- Again?
Last July, the "all black" issue of Italian Vogue hit newsstands, but as Milan Fashion Week kicks off this week, it's a "whiteout," says Guy Trebay of The New York Times. More » -
rag trade
Dear Vivienne Westwood: SATC Probably Isn't That Into You
- Vivienne Westwood wants to write the sequel to the Sex and the City movie. Westwood, who critiqued Patricia Field's costumes, is "obsessed" and has allegedly contacted producers and SJP about the scenario. [Telegraph]
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rag trade
Model Sues Google After Random Blogger Calls Her "Old Hag"
- Versace model Liskula Cohen is suing Google after a blogger called her a "skank" and "old hag." Cohen hopes the defamation suit will unmask the mudslinger. [New York Daily News]
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plastic fantastic
Barbie Goes to Fashion Week
Designer Jeremy Scott has announced that he plans to send a Barbie-inspired collection down the Paris Fashion Week runways this spring. -
In Brief
Barbie World
We've been hearing intriguing rumors about a "Barbie fashion show" since September, and now: Details! It seems, in honor of Barbie's big 5-0, Mattel's wrangling a heap of life-sized designers — mentioned so far: Jeremy Scott and Vera Wang — to create people clothes "that reflect the world of Barbie" for a show at New York's fashion week in February. And if that sounds ominous, wait until you hear about the Barbie makeup line. All this swag will be available at Shanghai's "House of Barbie flagship store" where, says Mattel, women can "nibble on truffles, smear on pink-tinted mud masks and shop for clothes for themselves and their dolls." We have nothing to add to that. [ElleUK] -
Rag Trade
Bruno Crashes Paris Fashion Week!
- Apparently emboldened by last week's success in Milan, Bruno — aka Sacha Baron Cohen — crashed Stella McCartney today. "With his red thong clearly visible above his jeans, the comedian — who was virtually unrecognisable in a flamboyant leather gilet, with his slicked-down hair dyed blonde and brown — sucked Tampax, clapped along to the music and generally disgruntled the front row by continually pushing aside those sitting in front of him for a better look at the models." He then delivered a "lone standing ovation." [VogueUK]
- In total radness: DVF to design a comic book in connection with her Wonder Woman-inspired collection. Really hoping she has to make the rounds of the comics conventions. [Fashionista]
- Chloe Sevigny gets into menswear. Well, Gallo will wear it. [Nylon]
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prada
At Fashion Week In Milan, Prada Was A Real Problem
New York Fashion Week is over, but Fashion Week in Milan has just gotten underway. Yesterday, the biggest of the biggies, Prada, showed on a runway painted with fish. Those little suckers must have been slippery — or perhaps the unwieldy, chunky, wooden platform shoes were a poor choice? — because several models tumbled. And, horrors: Anna Wintour was there to witness the debacle. The New York Times has video of the end of the show — one model's ankles wobble so much, so hard, she gives up, turns around and heads backstage instead of doing the final walk. Additionally, one model Miuccia Prada sent down the runway in a cropped burgundy sweater was so thin that her ribcage is all you really notice. It's as though her bones are on display. As if all this were not bad enough: The clothes sucked. More »


























































