Terry Richardson's full letter denying the sexual harassment claims against him is now online, both at Page Six and on the Huffington Post under his byline. In the letter, Richardson doesn't actually say exactly what he's been accused of, but he does compare the sexual imagery in his work to that of Robert Mapplethorpe …
Betabrand Uses Female PhDs to Model Their Clothes
Betabrand is best known as the company that makes fancy sweatpants, interesting boxer shorts and shiny discopants. They're also famous for their Vagina blanket made with Vagisoft technology. But for their new spring collection, they have a different gimmick: using certified smarties to model their clothes.
New York Fashion Week: Diversity Talks But White Faces Walk
The conversation in the fashion world about diversity has been amped up over the past few seasons, but unfortunately, designers haven't really broadened their minds about what faces to cast — there hasn't been a drastic difference on the runways.
Farewell to a Fashion Critic: Cathy Horyn's Greatest Hits
New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn resigned Friday, mere days before New York Fashion Week begins. WHAT?! The fashion world has been rocked to its very core.
V Magazine Wonders Aloud Why Kate Upton is Always Naked
"Model. Actress. Icon." V Magazine is celebrating "the year of Kate Upton" by putting the model/actress/icon on their cover and asking "Why Can't Kate Upton Keep Her Clothes On?"
Mindy Kaling's Elle Cover Looks Different Than the Others
Four of television's brightest female stars — Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Allison Williams and Zooey Deschanel — were chosen to individually cover Elle's February issue, but only one got the up-close, cropped treatment. Can you guess which one?
Models Rally Behind the Cause of Fashion Diversity
Perhaps they've been fired up by the continually low numbers of non-white faces presented during this past New York Fashion Week, but models are particularly vocal right now about the lack of diversity in the fashion world. The latest is Jourdan Dunn, who told The Guardian that it's "lazy" for fashion editors to say that …
New York Fashion Week Was Chock-Full of White Models. Again.
Now that New York Fashion Week is over, we've crunched the numbers. Of the 142 shows out of the 184 that showed at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2014*, there were 4637 looks. Of those close to 5,000 looks, around 80 percent were modeled by white women. (80 percent. That's a number that, if you look at…
Kenneth Cole Explains Himself, Just Wants You to Think About Syria
In a helpful Instagram video addressing his Thursday tweet about how we should all make shoes, not war, Kenneth Cole cleared up any confusion about his motives surrounding his often insensitive tweets.
Kate Moss's Collection of Cell Phone Accessories Is Here at Last
Kate Moss's licensed collection of cell phone and tablet accessories may be one of the most random celebrity branding ventures we've ever heard of, but it is also inoffensively nice-looking. The brand is an anchor, like that tattoo Moss has on her wrist. [DM]
Working with Nicki Minaj Was ‘Hideous Torture’ for a Mag Editor
Paper's Mickey Boardman has a few choice words about the celebrities he's worked with for covers over the years. Apparently, Prince, Lindsay Lohan, and Mariah Carey were all professional and easy-going. Marisa Tomei and Ben Stiller, on the other hand, were not. And as for Nicki Minaj, who appeared on the Spring,…
Vogue Dedicates Spread to Daft Punk
That time Karlie Kloss and the members of Daft Punk were spotted on the streets of Manhattan wasn't for a Saint Laurent campaign — it was a Vogue shoot, and the results are in the magazine's new issue. It's one of those annoying "clothing for every age" editorials where they style a 20-year-old model in a long dress and…
Shocking Details From the Alexander McQueen Race Discrimination Suit
A former security guard at a Alexander McQueen boutique in Manhattan has filed a lawsuit against the company after two store employees allegedly subjected him to racist harassment. Othman Ibela, a 22-year-old immigrant from Gabon, says store clerk Kimberly Mahnke, “repeatedly made jokes about me running nude in…
Michael Kors Sues Costco Over Handbag Ad
Michael Kors is suing Costco for including images of Michael Kors handbags and logos in an ad touting the discount retailer's "designer handbags starting at $99.99 delivered" — but, allegedly, not actually offering any Michael Kors handbags for sale. (The company checked Costco's Web site and 19 Costco stores for the…
Karlie Kloss Poses Nude for Weird Vogue Weight-Loss Spread
American Vogue sent Karlie Kloss to an Austrian health farm to shoot an editorial. The resulting photos — and their captions — really deserve to be savored. So does the ridiculousness of seeing Kloss, a woman who is thin for a living, pretending to lose weight by submitting to the treatments of a place called the Viva…
Naked Project Runway Billboard Too Hot for L.A.
This billboard for the eleventyeth season of Project Runway, featuring a gaggle of nude models prostrating themselves before Tim Gunn and the Marie-Antoinettish Heidi Klum, was deemed too nekkid for public display in Los Angeles. But not New York. (Don't ever change, New York.) [Racked LA]
Here Is Beyoncé Wearing Nothing But Glitter
Beyoncé appears on the cover of the new issue of Flaunt wearing nothing but body glitter. A lot of body glitter. Inside the magazine, the singer comes out in favor of gluten ("I'm okay with gluten") and the city of Paris ("Paris is a beautiful, sexy city.") In case you were dying to know. [Flaunt]
Anna Wintour Buries the Hatchet, Endorses Hillary Clinton 2016
Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and Oscar de la Renta welcomed such fashion leaders as Anna Wintour to Little Rock, Arkansas, last night, for the gala opening of an exhibition of de la Renta's work at the Clinton presidential center.
Former Vogue Editor Trashes ‘Dangerous’ Size Zero Standard
The Guardian has published an excerpt from former Australian Vogue editor Kirstie Clements' new memoir, The Vogue Factor. Clements focuses on fashion and body image in the chapter, and while many outlets will no doubt focus on the "shocking" details she shares (fashion models who are regularly fed by I.V. drip because…
Elle MacPherson Recreates Her Iconic ‘90s Playboy Cover
Elle MacPherson took inspiration from her May, 1994 Playboy cover — which was itself inspired by a famous photo of Brigitte Bardot — for this new cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia. Spoiler alert: MacPherson still looks incredible. [StyleCaster]