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Mary-Kate Olsen To Emerge From Hole For Fashion

Jennifer — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST

M-K Olsen is supposedly venturing out of her Salinger-esque hiding to attend the Giambattista Valli show today. [Fashion Week Daily]
Too bad, because also in MK news: she is writing a book! With Ashley, about (what else?!) her inimitable style. We assume this means she'll also go on the road promoting it, as opposed to hiding it away to be unearthed at her death with her bottles of pills and thousands of empty Venti Starbucks cups. [Sassybella]
Meanwhile, Giambattista Valli is a fan of Obama. [Fashion Week Daily]
Erin Fetherston: The movie. Starring Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst. Based on Romeo & Juliet. We're, er, skeptical. [Nylon]
Designer logos made with cocaine. [NY Mag]

Kat Von D (of LA Ink fame) is doing a cosmetics line for Sephora, which will be in stores in May. [Sephora's Beauty & the Blog via BellaSugar]
How did model Gemma Ward prepare for her role in the film The Black Balloon? "I...listened to '90s music (i.e. MC Hammer)." [Chic Report]
"We got here early because this party is usually messy," Julia Restoin-Roitfeld on the Balenciaga afterparty. Ew. [WWD, 1st item]
M.I.A is starring alongside Karen O, Joan Jett, Billy Idol and other in the new ad campaign for Converse. But it's cool because Converse is owned by Nike now. [Chic Report]
What the fuck? Norma Kamali for Wal-Mart?! And it's going to be licensed through Cherokee?! [WWD, sub req'd]
Oh yay: model Coco Rocha to try acting. [WWD, 3rd item]
Pepe Jeans wants to be the brand that denim whores run to instead of the so-called "premium" denim brands. [WWD, sub req'd]
Limited Brands' profits are down by a whopping 11.6% this quarter. That ain't good. [WWD, sub req'd]
The funnel-neck: It's back. Oy. [WWD, sub req'd]
Why don't models brush their hair? I assume because they are like me: Lazy. [BellaSugar]
Oh no: The cold is killing the pashmina goats! [Reuters]

Nothing Says "Maturity" Quite Like Heidi Montag

Jennifer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST

Clothing line Anchor Blue has signed Heidi Montag to be its new face. Because execs want to appeal to a "slightly older" demographic. No, really. [WWD, sub req'd]
Would you like to be Erin O'Connor's escort to a show during London Fashion Week? Well lucky for you she's holding a contest with Vogue UK. To win her hand (or, you know, the seat next to her) all you have to do is compose her a poem. Start work-shopping those dirty limericks here! [Vogue UK]
Thrilling/disturbing news: Steve & Barry's has inked a licensing deal allowing them to create and sell t-shirts bearing images and logos from The Little Rascals, The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Brady Bunch, The Love Boat, The Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Cheers and Beverly Hills 90210. And if you feel a twinge of sadness that the average Steve & Barry's customer has probably never known the joy of watching an episode of Laverne & Shirley, just think of the poor children in China who will be sewing them. [WWD, sub req'd]

So the family of the actual Ossie Clark, whose namesake label was just revived during the opening of London Fashion Week, says they never gave anyone permission to use the house's name. And are now taking legal action. Awkward. [WWD, 4th item]
Talk about expensive shit! Remember those Van Cleef & Arpels-Earnest Sewn jeans we told you about? They retail for between $9,700 and $11,300. Also, they are fug. [Fashion Week Daily]
"I couldn't fit into my [Bill] Blass sample. I guess it's because I'm not an 18-year-old Russian." Socialite Plum Sykes: just like us! [Fashion Week Daily]
Ooh la la: Heidi Klum and Seal on the cover of French ELLE! [Sassybella]
Alessandra Gucci (daughter of dead Maurizio) is launching her own accessories line under the label AG, since the Gucci clan won't let any of its usurping-relatives use the family name to promote their own half-wit businesses. But Alessandra's business sounds less half-wit than most: It's all alligator handbags in pretty colors. And the girl does have a degree in economics, so good for her? [WWD, 2nd item]
Perry Ellis revenues are down. Insert instinctual defensive remark about the halycon days of Marc Jacobs and his grunge collection. [WWD, sub req'd]
Jones Apparel also doing not so good. That's a recession for you, folks! [Reuters]
Liz Claiborne is thisclose to selling off Ellen Tracy to (who else) a private equity firm. The sale will fetch $50 million, which...seems kind of low, albeit to someone who will never see that kind of cash ever. [NY Post]

Amy + Ozzy = Match Made In Hell?

Dodai — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:30:00 EST

Amy Winehouse is moving with the Osbournes. She's friends with Kelly, so Ozzy and Sharon are opening her guesthouse at their estate outside of London. Because, you know, the Osbournes are the perfect family to take in an addict. [Page Six]
Jennifer Lopez wants her twins to be born on Valentine's Day, since she'll be able to make the deadline for the weekly magazine covers. Always so practical! [MSNBC]
Sam Lutfi is hiding out somewhere in L.A. but did contact E! News to claim: "I'm not worried about what Lynne is saying" about cutting Britney's phone lines. "It's not true." He does admit he made Brit take pills: "I said these pills are working wonders — they are miracle pills." [MSNBC]
Kevin Federline is attending the Marc Jacobs show tonight, let us repeat, KEVIN FEDERLINE is attending the Marc Jacobs show tonight. Meanwhile, Grandma Lynne Spears has weekend custody of the kids. [E!]

As reported yesterday, Kirsten Dunst is in rehab, sources say she was "awful with her liquor." [Page Six]
Uma Thurman is not pregnant, she just quit smoking, says her boyfriend Arky Busson. Stop staring at her tummy! Also, "Arky," LOL. [Page Six]
Not-so-blind item! "Which former congressman was spotted taking an interest in a very young dancer at a gay club in Fort Lauderdale? You'd think by now he would have turned the page." [Gatecrasher]
Heidi Fleiss was arrested in Nevada on DUI, driving without a license and possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription. From the looks of her mugshot, homegirl was waaaaaaaaaaasted. [TMZ]
Fergie on stars who hide that they're knocked up: "It's so stupid. It can be obvious a girl is pregnant but they still deny it. It's as if they want the attention and press it causes. I wouldn't be part of all that nonsense." Never say never! [Mirror]
If you've got £100 and you ask nicely, Pete Doherty will play your birthday party. That's either a great deal or slightly overpriced, can't decide which. [The Sun]
Oprah ($260 mil), Tiger Woods ($100 mil) and Jay-Z ($83 mil) are at the top of the list of Forbes' "Top Earning African-Americans". Take a moment and think about what you would do with the mere $27 mil raked in by Lebron James, #10. [Concrete Loop]
Andrea Peyser of the New York Post wrote a column calling Heath Ledger "reckless and greedy" and "selfish." She claimed: "There is nothing noble or beautiful about the so-called accidental death of Heath Ledger, a man with everything to live for - a beautiful daughter, a blossoming career, and a Victoria's Secret catalogue-full of willing babes. He threw it away, as gamely as if he had put a gun to his mouth and pulled the trigger." [Sydney Morning Herald]
Kanye West is selling his Beverly Hills home for $8 million, less than a year after her bought it for $7.5 million. The price probably includes the black angel he had painted on the ceiling. [Wall Street Journal]
Kanye might be performing at the Grammys, and if he does, it will be an "emotional tribute" to his mother. [People]
Pepe Jeans is suing a charter airline for canceling Sienna Miller's fight from London to New York. She missed a photo shoot and the company had to hire a "replacement model." Like Sienna can be replaced! [Reuters]
Leona Lewis, winner of the UK singing competition X Factor, says most of her friends from the old neighborhood have been shot, knifed or beaten. [Mirror]
Kyle (Sex And The City, Twin Peaks) MacLachlan and his wife, Project Runway producer Desiree Gruber, are expecting their first child. Congrats! [Page Six]

Posh & Marc: 1. Haters: 0.

Jennifer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:30:00 EST

The new Marc Jacobs ads featuring Victoria Beckham have finally been made public. And they're awesome. Also: We seem to remember a certain Glamour magazine beauty editor who took to doing this with a Gucci bag. [WWD, 1st item]
Madonna swears that the Fox News reports aren't true and that she didn't screw Gucci over and trick them into hosting a fundraiser for the Kabbalah Centre of Los Angeles. [WWD, 1st item]
Giles Mendel's thoughts on Project Runway after serving as a guest judge on Wednesday night's episode: "OK...The authority of a TV show might not be good enough at the end to make a successful fashion house. That's a different ball game." Whoah — he didn't just question The Greatest Show on Earth, did he? [WWD, 5th item]

Donna Karan on her experiences as a fashion student at Parsons: "Failed typing, failed draping, you know. I had a little ADD problem. Sewing? Oh, forget it. I burnt my dress. They told me I would never make it as a fashion designer at all." Oh, kooky Auntie Donna! It all worked out now, didn't it! [Page Six]
Abercrombie & Fitch is launching a lingerie brand under a separate label, Gilly Hitch, and separate stand-alone stores. Given as A&F catalogs are supposed to be selling clothes and in reality, show models in their underwear, we can only assume that Gilly Hitch catalogs will feature models fucking each other naked. [WWD, sub req'd]
Is it wrong that we're pulling for the success of the Joan Rivers makeup line? [BellaSugar]
(Faux) rocker Bryan Adams is everywhere nowadays: He shot Tia Cibani's Ports 1961 presentation at the Chateau Marmont on Wednesday. [Fashion Week Daily]
Betsey Johnson is starting up a separate line of outerwear. Lots of tulle and a corset on a raincoat, please.
Narcisco Rodriguez's line is turning 10, and to celebrate ,the designer is doing a limited edition collection featuring 20 pieces celebrating the best of the line's history. [Chic Report]
Fashion designer Bella Freud will be showing her upcoming collection via a short film. We're sure that great grandpappy Sigmund would have made some joke about screen memory. [Fashion Week Daily]
Sign that Daria Werbowy is actually a good model: Even looks good in ad campaign for Pepe Jeans! [Vogue UK]
Phillip Lim: now designing kiddie clothes. Which, to our dismay, makes us like Phillip Lim a tiny bit less. [Fashion Week Daily]
The Missoni Spring 2008 ads: Scary. [Sassybella]
Katherine Hamnett's "Clean Up Or Die" bags: Sure to be the next "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" bags. Sadly. [Vogue UK]
Though it declared bankruptcy in 1999, Fruit of the Loom's insurance company had to cough up $42.5 million after the company got slammed with charges from the Environmental Protection Agency in regards to four of its factories. [UPI]
Fruit of the Loom may be bankrupt, but the luxury underwear market's never been bigger! [Telegraph]
St. Ives, they of the dorm-fave Apricot Scrub, has decided that maybe it needs to expand its brand and reach the oldies. Hence it's new line for "aging" women, named "Elements". Aging = women age 29 and up. Ouch. [WWD, sub req'd]
Armani: now doing a skincare line for men! We wonder if the brand will find a way to tie the face of David Beckham into this one, too. [WWD, sub req'd]
It saddens our hearts that there's already a waiting list for the Burberry Warrior Bag. Also, if you don't feel like shelling out $23,000 for it in it's croc skin glory, you can get a plain leather one for a mere $3,150. [WWD, 3rd item]

Donna Karan Has A New Boyfriend (Emphasis On "Boy")

Jennifer — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:30:00 EST

Donna Karan's in love! The lucky guy is a male model, and a full two years older than "half her age." [Page Six]
Barney's New York Creative Director/bon vivant Simon Doonan has a new book coming out in April 2008 titled Eccentric Glamour. Tagline: "Say no to ho." And yes to fashion appreciated exclusively by homos! [Fashion Week Daily]
Diane von Furstenberg to Amex cardholders who forked over $550 to hear her speak at her NYC flagship store, "For those of you who don't know, this is the Meatpacking District. A lot of Japanese tour buses go around and say, 'Oh, this is where Diane von Furstenberg lives.'" Uh, they do? [Fashion Week Daily]

French Connection UK is abandoning FCUK to focus on more traditional, "high fashion" ads. We think a better idea would be if they were to just tag a bunch of their ads FUCK, and restore some of that initial brand-defining dyslexia, but no one listens to us. [WWD, 2nd item]
"We're bringing uptown downtown, and teaching heiresses how to wear flip-flops and young SoHo girls how to invest in a fabulous python handbag." Big goals, brought to you by Michael Kors. [Fashion Week Daily]
If you live in New York and if you care, alum Emmett McCarthy is having a sale at his store tomorrow. [Blogging Project Runway]
Elle Macpherson to host Project Runway Australia. [Sassybella]
Attention PETA: Anna Wintour is hosting an "intimate" pre-Christmas dinner at her home tomorrow night. We heard she likes foie gras! [Fashion Week Daily]
Iman's jewelry line: one more reason to flip to the Home Shopping Network! [Vogue UK]
Lazy shoppers are expected to spend $30 billion on gift cards this year. [WWD, sub req'd]
Ooh! The incredibly brain-eroding "Which Supermodel Are You? quiz! I am Linda Evangelista. [BellaSugar]

Marc Jacobs Hires Victoria Beckham As Spokesmodel. Because He Can?

Jennifer — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST

The rumors are true! Victoria Beckham is the face of Marc Jacobs' spring 2008 collection and has already been shot by Juergen Teller for her print ads. Fashionista says it means Posh is now "officially and undeniably cool." Others within the fashion community are, um, bound to disagree! But they disagreed when he showed up two and a half hours late for his New York show, and he still hasn't filed for Chapter 11, so... [Fashionista]
Kirsten Dunst, meanwhile, has been selected to be the face of the Miu Miu spring collection. God, is Kirsten Dunst still passing as some sort of style icon? She makes Sienna Miller look interesting. [WWD, 1st item]
And speaking of! Ashton Kutcher is ousting Sienna Miller as the face of Pepe Jeans. We're pretty sure this doesn't mean great things for Ashton's career, but it means good things for us! [WWD, 1st item]

And Matthew McConaughey is set to be the new face of Dolce & Gabbana's new men's fragrance. Gay, anyone? [Fashion Week Daily]
Whoah: French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld was Tom Ford's muse when Ford was designing Gucci?! Yikes. [Sassybella]
The poor, long-suffering Stella McCartney won designer of the year at the British Fashion Awards, which gives us some hope that there is a God, as she beat out "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" slag Anya Hindmarch for the title. No, nevermind, we take that back: Agyness Deyn took home model of the year and Hindmarch did win best designer brand. Marchesa (co-designed by Harvey Weinstein's special lady friend Georgina Chapman) won best red carpet label and Christopher Bailey won best menswear designer for Burberry. The totally insane Dame Vivienne Westwood won for outstanding achievement in fashion design, which we guess means that the voters just decided to pretend that her incoherent "manifesto" about the state of culture today never happened. [Vogue UK]
The woman who brought us J Brand jeans is now moving into the world of dresses, launching a line of all-jersey dresses called Riller & Fount. They'll retail for between $100-$156, which we're pretty sure is still cheaper than a pair of fucking J Brand jeans. [WWD, sub req'd]
The designers of the label Rodnik started a rock band. Also called Rodnik. And their first single just dropped in England. And Rei Kawakubo is throwing them a party to celebrate at the Commes des Garcons flagship store in London. Who wants to bet whoever DJs it will make more than Rodnik ever will for a gig? [Vogue UK]