Why Are Fashion Designers So Ridiculously Touchy About Press?

Yves Saint Laurent's treatment of the press under new creative director Hedi Slimane has been perhaps the most talked-about event of this fashion season. It's a perfect case study in how not to do public relations — but it's also an illustration of the broader problems that dog fashion, a field of endeavor that is…

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Frances Bean Cobain Is All Grown Up & Beautifully Sullen

Former Dior Homme designer Hedi Slimane has posted a gorgeous gallery of images on his blog, featuring a young woman with large eyes, dark hair and delicate text tattoos. She is Ms. Frances Bean Cobain. Huh? What? Why? We don't know. We only know she's stunning.

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Street-Style Photographers Are Making Serious Bank

Move over, paparazzi: street-style chroniclers can now command up to $1,000 for choice shots. But don't get too excited: we're talking the "Bloggers Walk" at Paris Fashion Week — and apparently these require pap-level aggression and commitment. In other words, more than a casual interest and a digital cam. [

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Was Carine Fired? And Who Will Replace Her?

French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's shock announcement that she's leaving the magazine has spurred one juicy rumor: that she was fired. As the story goes, luxury brands were threatening to pull their advertising, and so Roitfeld was pushed out.

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Lanvin For H&M Continues To Look Suspiciously Good

  • Lanvin and H&M have released another campaign image from their forthcoming collaboration, which hits stores November 23. Lanvin's signature hot-pink leopard print is well represented. Could this be the mass-market designer collection that looks most like the real thing? [VogueUK]
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Crystal N' Karl, Sitting In A Tree: A Symbiotic Relationship

After Crystal Renn walked in Chanel's resort show last week, looking beautiful and fierce, there was a flurry of "OOH GROUNDBREAKING!" buzz about the pictures, given that Crystal is nominally plus-sized and Karl Lagerfeld has made some colorfully fat-phobic comments.

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