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Presence Of Plus-Size Models Cause Consternation At London Fashion Week

Sadie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:20:00 EDT

Oy. Vey. When Mark Fast chose to use three plus-size models in his Friday show, one staffer allegedly quit in protest and the stylist was so abusive to the models that she was fired; a Telegraph stylist stepped in. [Fashionista]

And it gets worse! Because some claimed that "the larger models were in need of supportive underwear beneath the tight dresses." [Guardian]
Ashley Dupre - otherwise known as the hooker who brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer - was not welcome at the Tommy Hilfiger store opening. [NY Post]
Gisele is getting her helicopter pilot's license. [TMZ]
She's also been named a United Nations Environment Programme Ambassador. Maybe that's why she needs the license? [New York]
And she's taking on the Brazilian government over Amazon deforestation! [AP]
Agyness Deyn is reportedly back on with Albert Hammond, Jr. Does this count as fashion news? [Daily Express]
Pringle of Scotland is remaking its trad tweeds image in time for London Fashion week. [Independent]
Burberry's pinning its economic hopes on Spring 2010, premiering tonight in London. [TimesUK]
A good sign: Mary-Kate and Ashley will reportedly be at the show. [Sassybella]
Celebrating a quarter century, London Fashion Week doesn't feel a day over 24: "London fashion has been iconoclastic and edgy for a quarter of a century, and the shows on the runways - from wacky 1980s revivals to whimsical romance - are bringing a gust of energy to a chastened fashion world." [NYT]
La Wintour agrees: "I love the spirit of London, it is such a place for original talent. I love the way they can makes clothes out of nothing, conjure up an atmosphere out of nothing. It's very special." [Telegraph]
Who needs nothing when you've got Naomi Campbell? "The supermodel took the Issa Spring/Summer 2010 show by storm, revealing the same flawless figure she debuted 20 years ago." [Daily Mail]
The word on Jimmy Choo for H&M: it's ok. [Racked]
Speaking of "democratic" collabs, Ruffian is designing for Anthropologie. [WWD]
Norma Kamali does them one better: she's designing for Wal-Mart. And eBay. On an iPhone. [WWD]
Which is nice for eBay, because they were just fined 80,000 euros for ripping off LVMH. [Reuters]
LVMH can use the money, because they may be investing in fashion It girls Rodarte. [Fashion Week Daily]
Donna Karan is launching her own line of Spanx. Except they're not called Spanx, they're called Smoothies. [WWD]
Also in packaging news: Brian Reyes is designing condom wrappers, the proceeds of which go towards Planned Parenthood. [Sassybella]
This is clearly going to sell out instantly. "The YSL Edition New Vintage collection will comprise a numbered range of archival styles in various fabrics from the Paris firm's inventory." Okay, probably not to us. [WWD]
DVF talks about her husband's sexuality, which we thought was acknowledged to be gay, but whatever. "He doesn't know why (he never dated women.) He was very held and reserved. And with me it's like, shumm! [She mimes a door bursting open.] So I was flattered." [TimesUK]
Are we ready for The Real Kate Moss? Apparently a new documentary on her friend, celeb stylist James Brown (not the dead one) will show us "how funny and warm and caring she is." [WWD]
Twiggy: "I'm careful what I eat now as I'm older but I love food and I love cooking. I've definitely changed shape...When I was younger I weighed six and a half stone but ate like a horse. I'm now eight and a half stone and at last I have boobs – I never had those in the Sixties." [Daily Express]

Is George's Clooney's New Relationship Just A Trivial Pursuit?

Margaret — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:30:00 EST

George Clooney is dating a semi-professional game show contestent who goes by either Katie, Kate, or Stephanie Moeser. There are videos of Moeser in action on The Price is Right and Trivial Pursuit. [TMZ]

The funny thing about Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore isn't that she's a "cougar", but that he's actually incredibly immature for his age. Exhibit A: This video Kutcher made when he was awoken this morning by his neighbor's construction project at 7 am. Yes, it's annoying, but the rest of us don't blog about it from the back porch of our mansion. [TMZ]
When Faye Dunaway heard that Hilary Duff had been cast in her former role in the Bonnie and Clyde remake, she said, "Couldn't they at least cast a real actress?" [The Chicago Sun-Times]
The lawsuit over Heath Ledger's $10 million life insurance policy has been settled for an undisclosed amount. The insurance company tried to argue that Matilda, the beneficiary, shouldn't be paid since Heath's death may have been a suicide (even though it was ruled accidental) and he may have lied on the application when he said he didn't use drugs. [TMZ]
More celebs have been added to the Grammy guest list. U2, Rihanna, Kid Rock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Duffy, and Josh Groban will attend. [People]
The autopsy of Paula Goodspeed, the fan who killed herself outside Paula Abdul's house, reveals that she had Abdul's name tattooed inside her mouth. [The Smoking Gun]
Patrick Swayze says reports that he stopped treatment for his pancreatic cancer are not true. [People]
Spike Lee's next film may be about World War II (again). He has optioned a book about the manhunt for a black soldier working on the Ledo Road who, shot a white officer after being mistreated and survived for months in tribal villages until he was captured by the army. [Publisher's Weekly]
Diane Keaton is shopping a memoir about her relationship with her mother who died of Alzheimer's disease. [Crain's]
Chad Lowe is going to be a dad. His producer girlfriend, Kim Painter, is expecting a baby. [People]
Elliott Gibson, a 21-year-old man who looks like Prince Harry says he's been getting mauled by girls since Harry broke up with his girlfriend. In the past week he was chased by 50 U.S. teenagers. "I seriously thought I might be injured. I couldn't even begin to think what they'd do to me if they caught me," he said. [UPI]
Evan Rachel Wood says she isn't hooking up with Mickey Rourke despite rumors that they were making out at a SAG Awards after party last weekend. "I'm not attracted to him, he's too old for me," said Wood. [Perez Hilton]
Jennifer Hudson went back to work on Wednesday to shoot her new music video for the first time since her family members were murdered. [Perez Hilton]
Scarlett Johansson says she is a big Tim Burton fan and would love to work with the director. [The Star]
Robert Downey Jr. initially turned down his Oscar-nominated role in Tropic Thunder because he thought it would be too controversial. He says: "My reaction was, like, find someone else who needs to take some big ass risk and get crucified for it. But then I thought there really is a way if people understand the concept of the movie - to make it entertaining and not make it stupid or offensive. Did I nail it or am I in trouble?"[The Daily Express]
Does this behind the scenes look at the construction of Jimmy Fallon's new set make you want to watch his late night show? How about his "hilarious" joke about Hillary Clinton's ankles? [New York Magazine]
Naomi Watts says early in her career she kept getting rejections so she'd go to auditions and try to be "the pretty girl, the funny girl, the sexy girl, be whatever it was they wanted." "You get to a point where you’ve become that person for that day, and you dilute your personality to the point where it’s actually nonexistent. You walk into a room, and you don’t know who you are or who you should be, and they can’t connect with you because it’s not a truth," she says. [Parade]
Katy Perry discusses the "brothers" and "gardner guys" who yell at her and try to pick her up from their trucks in this video. "I'm like, 'Oh yeah, I really want to hang out with you," she says. [Pop Dirt]
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson say that they did not exploit the children in the film, as the father of one child actor's father claims. "The children had never attended school, and in consultation with their parents we agreed that this would be our priority. Since June 2008 and at our expense, both kids have been attending school and they are flourishing under the tutelage of their dedicated and committed teachers. Financial resources have been made available for their education until they are 18. We were delighted to see them progressing well when we visited their school and met with their teachers last week." [People]
American Idol has issued an apology to a dismissed contestant in Kentucky who told the judges to "be careful" on his way out. Paula and Simon accused him of threatening them, but the statement says they've now realized that's a common local saying. [People]
"I love to be driven... When I was a teenager and and I was miserable or things were difficult, my mom and I would pile into the car and she would drive me. I've always been really chilled by that." - Kate Beckinsale on why she won't learn to drive. [The Daily Express]
Brad Pitt on what he realized while working on Benjamin Button: "I don't know if I have a day or 10 days or 10 years or 40 years. Am I halfway or am I close to the end? I don't know, so I have to make sure I don't waste those moments in any kind of pettiness or bitterness or laziness, and that I surround myself with the people who are most important to me ... Angelina and I are together because we can enhance each other. I don't want to waste any time because I'm with company I really, really love." [The Telegraph]

Bruno Crashes Paris Fashion Week!

Sadie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT

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]

Andre Benjamin's clothing line is for the modern fop. "To create a persona for his fashion line, Mr. Benjamin combined his surname with that of Bill Bixby. The character is a world traveler whose wardrobe includes things like a $995 cotton corduroy blazer, a $350 felted waistcoat and a $95 newsboy cap." [NY Times]
Whoever wears that will surely be the intended demographic for "J. Crew's first book." "Written by Max Blagg and illustrated by Hugo Guinness, What a Man Should Know is a collection of 50 (very) whimsical tips for the modern male. So what should you know? Chess, wine, and figure-drawing." [Men.Style]
Some people claimed Heidi stole the Project Runway premise — aka the same setup every single competition reality show has ever had ever. A judge, not surprisingly, dismissed it. [wwltv]
Michelle Obama sports H&M on the campaign trail. [BlackBook]
Lagerfeld video. Nuff said. [NY Mag]
Scary Spice Mel B wants a Project Runway-style reality show. Get in line, kid. [E]
Rather than going bargain basement, Target courts recessionistas. [Business Week]
More on Miss Sixty's woes. [BBC]
Sorta It-Girl Cory Kennedy to replace Kinda It-Girl Daisy Lowe as the face of Docs. [Fashionista]
Levi's tries way, way too hard: "The San Francisco company has launched a new viral effort it hopes will attract young men to pass along videos of customized "beasts" emerging from the button-fly of Levi's jeans. At Unbuttonyourbeast.com, visitors can choose from nine different animated characters with names like Trout Troutman, Paul the Pincher and Sock Nasty, then customize the beast's message by calling a toll-free number. The effort, unsurprisingly, is geared to young men just out of college." The emails are titled, "Do you dare to unbutton my beast?" [AdWeek]
India eases the way for the burgeoning luxury market. [IHT]
Guy Ritchie's first hit since hooking up with Madge: a Nike ad gets big on YouTube. [Telegraph]
Naomi Campbell's gonna walk for Hermes; everybody flips out. [Fashion Week Daily]
I wish these celebs would stop calling their mix tapes "albums." Anyhoo, Heatherette designer Richie Rich's, "Celebutante," is about to drop. [Fashionista]
"If there were a gold medal for marathon modeling, Shalom Harlow would surely win it for the Viktor & Rolf fashion film that will begin today on the Dutch duo’s Web site. 'It was like the fashion Olympics,' said Rolf Snoeren, who, with Viktor Horsting, reenacted a high-tech version of 'Funny Face' to showcase their spring collection. 'It was 14 hours a day on high heels, but she was a champion.'” [WWD]
80's power shoulders are big (sorry) on the Paris runways. [WSJ]
That gold statue of Kate Moss was just unveiled. [Mirror]
UGGS are like cockroaches: all that will be left after a nuclear holocaust. While everything else is foundering, UGGs is way up! [WSJ]
The Lauren Conrad line forlorn and unbought. [Page Six]
Bossy new bikini has "decorative beads" that change color when UV rays grow dangerously high. [Telegraph]
Screw Jimmy Choos. Cheap shoes make more sense for actual walking. [Daily News]
"Margherita Missoni, meanwhile, has experienced some teasing for wearing vintage sparkling Harper’s Bazaar frames — due to an eye problem. 'Suzy Menkes says it’s my Sarah Palin look,' she laughed. 'It is definitely not inspired by her.'" [WWD]