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Women Rule At The Time 100 Party
Last night in New York, Time magazine hosted a reception honoring its self-selected 100 Most Influential people of the year and, I have to say, the women in attendance were a cool bunch: Arianna Huffington, Martha Stewart, Angelica Huston, Wendy Kopp, Tina Fey, Madeeha Hasan Odhaib, Elizabeth Gilbert, and others. And since today's my last day as a full-time Jezebel, I've decided to focus less on the clothes and more on what they've accomplished. On the whole, these are women sans stylists: They're all Good in my book! (Though Wendi Deng's dress is a little unforgivable.) More »
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Is Marie Claire Taking Over Elle's Sloppy Project Runway Seconds?
- More rumored changes for The Greatest Show On Earth, Project Runway: Season 6 of the show, the first to be broadcast on Lifetime, may feature "More Than A Pretty Face" magazine Marie Claire in lieu of Elle as the affiliated fashion magazine sponsor. [WWD, 1st item]
- Whoah: Are New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn and Skeletor/stylist Rachel Zoe more similar than we could have ever imagined? Possibly, if it's true that Cathy Horyn was also mysteriously not invited to the dinner and dancing portion of tonight's Costume Institute festivities. [Fashion Week Daily]
- And what does legendary costume designer Bob Mackie not like about the fashion industry? "Doing a fashion show that's on for 20 minutes and then it's over and everybody runs to the next one. Nobody sings, nobody dances, nobody tells jokes. I found it quite unsatisfying." I second that emotion. [WWD, sub req'd]
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Anna Wintour: 1; Rachel Zoe: 0
- OMG: Rachel Zoe has been disinvited from the Anna Wintour-hosted Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala, taking place Monday night in New York. This is what you get when you tempt the gods and proclaim yourself more important than Vogue. [Fashion Week Daily]
- Also, Wintour has instructed Vogue staffers that they may only wear white, silver, or other "pale shades." Just like the colors of faces that she likes to see on her magazine's cover! [Fashion Week Daily]
- French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld and designer/Chanel creative director "Krazy" Karl Lagerfeld were both named to the Time 100 List, as influential members of the fashion community. Something about the way they both made fashion about "the street" or something. [Vogue UK]
- Gisele Bundchen is still the top-paid model, according to Forbes. Heidi Klum is the second. Take that, Moss. [Sassybella]
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New Yorkers For Children Know How To Dress Like Adults
New Yorkers for Children is a really amazing organization, providing social service programming for kids in the New York City foster care system. Also, Vogue editor Anna Wintour is one of its lead supporters, which is why the who's who of fashion and Hollywood all turned up for the organization's annual gala last night. Emmy Rossum, Kim Raver, Georgina Chapman, Hana Soukupova, Virginia Madsen, Eva Amurri, Joy Bryant, Leighton Meester, Mary-Kate Olsen (left), Rachel Zoe and others were there, some, of course, looking better than others. (Okay who am I fooling: Olsen and Zoe terrify me.) The full Good, Bad, and Ugly of the New Yorkers for Children's fete, after the jump. More »
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The Fashion At My Blueberry Nights Was Past Its Prime
My Blueberry Nights is a film about love lost and love found starring Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn, and, most interestingly, jazz chanteuse Norah Jones. But romance wasn't in the air at the New York screening of the film last night — bad fashion was. Jones paired an old-lady haircut [Ouch! I think it's awesome. -Ed.] with a juniors dress, and Chloe Sevigny (left) also took a page from middle-school, wearing boots more commonly seen on disgruntled teens. Also there and not looking their best? Agyness Deyn, Susan Sarandon, Erin Fetherston, Zoe Kravitz, and others. The full Good, Bad, and Ugly of My Blueberry Nights, after the jump. More »
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Luke Wilson Golf Wear: What The World Needs Now
- Luke Wilson is "designing" a line of golf products and accessories for Puma. Ah, the insatiable American hunger for the consumption of stuff and celebrity! Or the perception of the insatiability, or whatever. [WWD, sub req'd]
- Speaking of! Rod Stewart is launching a clothing line. [Guardian]
- Donna Karan is doing Passover with Demi and Ashton in Miami. [Fashion Week Daily]
- Really, how much longer can Christian Siriano hold congratulatory celebrations for himself? [Fashion Week Daily]
- Elle Macpherson is the latest face of Revlon. [WWD, sub req'd]
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Stars Look Spot-On At BAFTA Awards
While music types flocked to California for the Grammy Awards, the movie types were assembling in London for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, also held last night. And wow, were we, well, wowed: Sienna Miller, whose style we normally loathe, looked drop-dead gorgeous in black (with a fabulous cut out back), Jessica Biel made like a modern-day Marilyn Monroe, Keira Knightley (though ghastly thin) wore a beautiful tiered gown, and Laura Bailey's one of the most beautiful expectant mums we've ever seen. Off the mark, though, were Marion Cotillard, Thandie Newton, Diablo Cody, and Sally Farmiloe. [Who? -Ed.] The fully annotated good, bad, and ugly (or shall we say the sharp, the naff, and the shite?) guide to the BAFTAs begins after the jump. More »
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Marchesa designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are known for much more than being in bed with Hollywood. (Chapman is married to film producer Harvey Weinstein and there are always rumors circulating that the reason so many starlets wear Marchesa on the red carpet is because Harvey demands it of them.) Their over-the-top eveningwear designs are never dated, always decadent, and frequently divine. If you love the almost-absurd glamour of the Marchesa label, than this season's offerings will not disappoint. Ruffles and tiers and feathers: Oh my! From their signature Grecian draped gown to full skirted sculptures, the Fall/Winter 2008 collection is luxe (and only a little laughable). An annotated image gallery of the looks you'll be seeing this fall on the red carpet begins below.
Marchesa designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are known for much more than being in bed with Hollywood. (Chapman is married to film producer Harvey Weinstein and there are always rumors circulating that the reason so many starlets wear Marchesa on the red carpet is because Harvey demands it of them.) Their over-the-top eveningwear designs are never dated, always decadent, and frequently divine. If you love the almost-absurd glamour of the Marchesa label, than this season's offerings will not disappoint. Ruffles and tiers and feathers: Oh my! From their signature Grecian draped gown to full skirted sculptures, the Fall/Winter 2008 collection is luxe (and only a little laughable). An annotated image gallery of the looks you'll be seeing this fall on the red carpet begins below.
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Heidi Klum Makes It Work; Designs For Jordache Jeans
- The facts speak for themselves: Heidi Klum is designing a capsule collection for Jordache, for which she has been modeling over the past year. Think she'll offer hair extensions to cover nipples as well? [WWD, sub req'd]
- Kathy Hilton just released her own perfume. It's called "My Secret." We don't really want to think about what Kathy Hilton's secret might smell like. [BellaSugar]
- Gloria Steinem would not approve: Georgina Chapman, Marchesa designer and wife of Halston co-owner Harvey Weinstein, was named "Georgina Weinstein" on her front row seat at Halston yesterday. Only, as Chapman herself put it, "I didn't change my name, they did it for me." [WWD, 1st item]
- Jimmy Choo's CEO Tamara Mellon thinks that boyfriend Christian Slater should take a more active, or acting, role in fashion. Mellon says Slater would be "perfect" to play Halston in any upcoming biopic on the designer. [WWD, 1st item]
