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more about #stevenklein zoethebitch: Victoria and David Beckham interviewed by Sacha Baron Cohen (as Ali G). She smiles and laughs and shows a lot of personality. Very funny clip. more » NoelleBlue: I just finished "The Sisters - Saga of the Mitford Family", so now I'm all "Oo ooo a Guinness/Mitford relation, OMG she looks just like them! Squeee!"... more » Penny: I have probably already said this, but I highly recommend the Valentino documentary, it's amazing. more » RubyPenelope: No! Not the filene's I love best! Don't go! more » shanASS: Didn't plaid come from Scottish clans? How can anyone copyright something that was created centuries ago? #aliciakeys more » LucilleMcGillicuddy: Ian Falconer? Like the guy who wrote "Olivia"? #aliciakeys more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Oh my fucking G! I saw a Rodarte for Target dress in Glamour and it was RIDICULOUS! I don't know if they will make them large enough to fit my fat ass... more » snugbug: Tom Ford and my former best-friend in college are apparently two petits pois in a pod. She too was a raging francofile before she embarked on a junio... more » Penny: Luella is closing. NOOOO!!!! #aliciakeys more » bluetrain84: Does Forever 21 sell anything that's NOT a knock-off? Besides like bobby pins? #aliciakeys more » Tchotchke: Tom Ford shaving off his eyebrows in a mescaline-induced fit is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time. It's heartening to know that ev... more » RenoMartini: Instead of saying, "that's the pot calling the kettle black" I'm going to say, "That's like Express calling Forever 21 unoriginal." #gettypic more » legs benedict: I want that Rodarte skeleton dress so intensely. Gah. #gettypic more » linnyt is a walking cliché: Diane Von Furstenberg dropped a few dresses off with Ikram Goldman during a recent trip to Chicago. We all know what that means! Can someone please e... more » wtfox?!: After this latest round of lawsuits, anyone who wants to outfit themselves in all Forever 21 will find themselves scantily plaid. #gettypic 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 » -
#ragtrade
Victoria Beckham Expands Her Reach; Valentino Doc Financed On Credit Cards
- Victoria Beckham opens up to Women's Wear Daily about everything from the childhood bullying she endured to why she couldn't bring herself to tell Marc Jacobs she was starting a fashion line. Clearly, someone wants to be Taken Seriously:
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#ragtrade
Alicia's Kooky Jewels; Tom Ford Calls Yves Saint Laurent "Evil"
- Alicia Keys has a jewelry line; her bangles and rings come engraved with the words of the Japanese pseudoscientist Masaru Emoto. You can't make this up. [WWD]
- Marie Claire has published some clear pictures of Rodarte's line for Target. [Nitrolicious]
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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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#blackwhite
Madonna: "I Did A Photo Shoot With Steven Klein, And I Painted My Face Black"
As controversy simmers over fashion photographer Steven Klein's choices to use white models made up in blackface in editorial spreads, even as black models continue to face discrimination, it has emerged that Madonna did a similarly-themed shoot with Klein. More » -
#blackwhite
Fashion Photographer Steven Klein Has Done Blackface Before
This ten-page Italian Vogue editorial from February, 2006, features two Caucasian models made up to look like black women. The photographer? A certain Steven Klein.
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#maisnon
French Vogue Must Not Think Blackface Is That Offensive
Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld and American photographer Steven Klein painted Caucasian model Lara Stone in blackface makeup for a spread in the magazine's new "Supermodels" issue — which featured no models of color whatsoever. Their reaction to the controversy? More » -
#funnyhaha
Oh No They Didn't: French Vogue Does Blackface
Seeking ever edgier territory, having dispensed with motherhood and cannibalism as sources of controversy, Vogue Paris took pictures of Dutch supermodel Lara Stone in blackface. Stop me if you've heard this one before!
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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 » -
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#ragtrade
Katie Holmes Designs Dresses For Thetans; 12% Of Designers Not Expected To Survive Recession
- Katie Holmes can add another feather to her designing cap: creative-directing new uniforms for the Church of Scientology. Holmes and Tom Cruise apparently had creative oversight of the religion's new threads, offering direction to designer Richard Tyler. [Daily Mail]
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#ragtrade
Doonan Jumps To Ed Hardy's Defense; Smell Like Kate Moss For Fall
- Barneys' Simon Doonan: "Criticizing Ed Hardy for being cheesy is like saying that Elvis was 'flashy' or that Liberace was 'tacky.' It's a giant case of DUH! Of course it's cheesy! That's the whole point, you doo-doo heads." [NY Observer]
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#maghag
Anna Wintour: The Early Years
In the summer of 1981, a young British stylist who'd worked at Harper's Bazaar and Savvy landed at New York Magazine. Her job was fashion editor; her name was Anna Wintour. Peep that staff portrait!
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#ragtrade
Charlotte To Star In New Perfume Ad; Rihanna Nabs Italian Vogue?
- Nicolas Ghesquière picked the intolerably cool Charlotte Gainsbourg to advertise Balenciaga's perfume. Ghesquière calls his friend "one of the most inspiring girls in the world." Gainsbourg said, "I was secretly hoping to be the face of Nicolas' first perfume." [WWD]
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#infashion
An 80s-Tastic Christy Turlington Retrospective
Christy Turlington's presence on the August cover of American Vogue prompted Style.com to duck into the archives for more of the supermodel's old work for the title. We thought the list lacked for a little seminal 80s campaign oomph, so...
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#ragtrade
Charlie Brown Finds Balance; Controversial Calvin Klein Billboard Replaced
- How cool are these Charlie Brown New Balance sneakers? Cool enough that we wish they weren't just for kids. [WWD]
- A London artist has created Kate Moss and Agyness Deyn paper dolls which look frighteningly like the real thing. [Pipeline.Refinery29]
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#ragtrade
Gwyneth Goes For GOOP; Jesus Luz Earned $100 From W
- Gwyneth Paltrow has tired of the cosmetics contract gravy train; no longer shall the actress concentrate on embodying the qualities of the Estée Lauder brand. Instead, she'll be the new, white Oprah! [Daily Mail]
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#dirtbag
"Lovelorn" Jen Aniston Throwing Herself At Gerard Butler?
- This report calls Jennifer Aniston "lovelorn" and "notoriously unlucky-in-love" but explains that she has "set her sights" on Gerard Butler, which is "cause for renewed optimism." What does all this really mean? It's simple:
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#ragtrade
Dita Von Teese Will Wear As Much Couture As She Wants
- Dita Von Teese wears two Elie Saab couture creations in her limited-run Paris show. Is it strange that the only people who can afford couture these days are burlesque artists and Saudi princesses? [IHT]
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#disturbia
February French Vogue: Steven Klein Model Zombies & NSFW Nan Goldin
I promised you all some more Lara Stone, and I haven't delivered. But read on for a spot of mid-afternoon nudity, S&M, red-lit bedrooms, a boy in a cage, and the ethereal, horrifying Lara. More » -
#maghag
Madonna & New Boytoy Get Intimate In W
We knew Madonna met her new guy, Jesus Luz, at a photoshoot in Brazil, but we didn't know that the shoot required Jesus to be mostly naked. Not that we're complaining. He's hot: More » -
#ragtrade
Theyskens Sticks To His Guns At Nina Ricci; Retail Bigwigs Trade Insults
- Olivier Theyskens is holding true to the fundamentals. “When the economy changes, it’s not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate,” he said, after showing his pre-fall collection for Nina Ricci. [WWD]
