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more about #helmutnewton more comments → jemandtheholograms: If Rachel Zoe starts a cult, would her followers, "literally die!"? That would be bananas. more » greygreygrey: I can totally relate to the editor with the broken heels. I once wore a new pair of Proenza Schouler heels to the opera, and on my way down the stair... more » PaigeTurner: "I actually think I'm prettier without makeup." I think you're right, Leighton. more » AtelierCeleste: Re the less make up thing: I was never taught by my mother to apply makeup and I have never really made the effort to learn. Now thirty-one, I feel i... more » Mary McCarthyite: Ah, the JC Penney catalogue. When I was in 5th grade or thereabouts, I used to hotly anticipate the arrival of this thick tome, and dog-ear the pages ... more » cate3710: Leighton, I watched your music video the other week. After seeing that, I agree that you WOULD look much better without makeup (or at least with a lot... more » hortense: Elements of Style, By Lauren Conrad, Chapter 1: "Never wear waterproof mascara. Nobody will believe in your fake drama on your scripted reality show ... more » Eleanor Ramilly: Wow, photo #2. The Virgin Suicides called, it wants its concept back. #deadmodels more » miss.terious: so, photography is a new art medium, but artists have been in LOVE with depictions of death since cavemen drew on walls. renaissance art is chock ful... more » RisaPlata: All those boots really make me want to be dead! No, wait... All that death really makes me want boots! No, wait... #deadmodels more » abagatelle: #1 is kind of funny, death by roller skating around a mansion is ridiculous enough to not be gruesome. Just about everything else made me squirm thoug... more » Fatwetdog: I guess no one ever told the photographers that at some point every photographer shoots a dead girl in couture and thinks they're a freaking genius fo... more » Caitlin Petrakovitz: I actually enjoy the first two. They're hilarious and awk and funny and intriguing. Why yes, I do have a morbid fascination with death and crime sce... more » Seize: Hmm...I think it's a little hypocritical of us to get our panties in a twist about this, when every third article on Jez is rape this captivity that. ... more » Jack_Burton: # 1 makes me want to strap on some skates and find those stairs. Lunchtime Poll: Seriously, has anyone here ever seen a crime-scene photo and thought... more » -
#ragtrade
No Blake For Beckham; Supermodel Puts Photos On Display
- Victoria Beckham's team always denies the best rumors. Blake Lively, apparently, will not be the face of her next campaign for the dress line. [UK Vogue]
- Helena Christensen's photographs of climate change in Peru are being exhibited in London. [BBC]
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#deathinfashion
The Problem With Fashion's Obsession With Death
Why, in so many fashion photographs, do the models look dead? It's a theme that's persisted in magazines as long as I can remember. These ads for the New Zealand boutique Superette are only the tip of the violence-glamorizing iceberg.
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#obituaries
Five Reasons To Mourn And Celebrate Irving Penn
Irving Penn died yesterday, the last of the great men fashion photographers of the mid-20th Century. Newton and Avedon each died in 2004. Lillian Bassman is still around; but she doesn't shoot. Here's why Penn's aesthetic will be missed: More » -
#ragtrade
Vuitton Copyright Cops Find Shoe On Other Foot; Tom Ford's Movie Wins Award
- Colin Firth won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in former Gucci designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man. [Vogue UK]
- Did Louis Vuitton make a $590 knock off of this New Balance sneaker? [WWD]
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#filmschooled
Questions About The High Fashion & Domestic Violence In Lady GaGa's Video
Lady GaGa's "Paparazzi" video hit the web about a week ago, but it took a while for us to… digest the high-fashion short film (directed by Jonas Akerlund) — which touches on fame, disability and domestic violence. More » -
#modelbehaviors
The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
The Met's much-hyped "Model as Muse" exhibit opens with a life-sized mannequin in Dior holding Dovima's place in front of two posterboard elephants. It's fashion as ticky-tacky natural history diorama. And it only gets worse.
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