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- Holy fuck: George Clooney, fashion designer?! [WWD, sub req'd]
- No: Just a prank pulled by some douchey Italians. [WWD, 1st item]
- Says Clooney: "This is a hoax. I have no connection whatsoever with any clothing line bearing my name, and more specifically GC Exclusive by George Clooney." Ok,ay well now we know. [Vogue UK]
- And how did Vivienne Westwood celebrate Easter? By marching for nuclear disarmament, of course. [Vogue UK]
- Whoah: they serve cake every Friday at the H&M design offices?! [WWD]
- The Banana Republic green line is, um, literally green. [Nylon]
- Nicole Richie is starting a jewelry line. Which is only a bit less offensive than starting a handbag line. [Off The Rack]
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the greatest show on earth
Dear
Christian Siriano: We're sorry (okay,
I'm sorry) for making disparaging comments about your ego and your hairstyle during the beginning of the most recent
Project Runway. We (okay,
I) now understand the error of our ways. Because truth be told, you seem like a totally nice guy; the kinda guy we would probably be friends with. And if the
interview you gave with
The Advocate, is any indication, you are one earnest, humble, hard-working, fierce tranny mess.
I was actually pretty surprised I won. I wanted it so badly, but I needed it more than I wanted it. I'm just getting started....I'm not looking to make hundreds of thousands of dollars. I want to brand myself as well, but I want my clothes to be high fashion, avant-garde. It's easier to take inspiration from something that's creative than to build on something that's not. I don't want to do QVC.
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- Whoah. Prada Fall 2008 Menswear: Now featuring skirts! Oh yes, this is something guys would totally buy. [Chic Report]
- RIP Miu Miu menswear: The line will be discontinued as of the Spring 2008 collection. What, Miuccia just couldn't top skirts for men? [WWD, 1st item]
- WWD headline on Isaac Mizrahi's move from Target to Claiborne is: "Will He Hit Or Miz?" [WWD, sub req'd]
- And in other Claiborne news, the company is rumored to be in talks to license of its Dana Buchman label to Kohl's. [WSJ]
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A report from the
International Herald Tribune states that 20-something men are mad excited about
shopping! And not shopping for gadgets, shopping for
clothes. Suits, in particular. "It's that post-'metrosexual' generation. They read
Men's Vogue or
Details, and it's not considered 'gay' to be interested in fashion. Going shopping with a girlfriend is an activity like going to the movies," says Michael Macko, vice president at
Saks Fifth Avenue. Macko also insists that this shift in shopping trends is a direct effect of the new skinny-suit silhouette, which straight guys just
adore. In other words, Macko's judgment is not to be trusted. [
IHT]
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- So that's what Naomi Campbell was doing in Venezuela: interviewing Hugo Chavez for British GQ. Now they're sending her to talk to Fidel Castro. Is this a fucking joke? And if not, does she realize the whole Latin American socialist alliance thing is like, kinda last season? [Vogue UK]
- Selling real fur as "faux": clever move, Neiman and Saks! [Consumerist]
- On the heels of an ELLE redesign, Vogue is undergoing some design "tweaking" of its own. [WWD, 1st item]
- Agyness Deyn is the face of — well, the whole entire fucking universe, including the Armani cell phone. [Sassybella]
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- Tom Ford has purchased a large tract of land near his New Mexico home to prevent it from being sullied by oil harvesters. For what did we invade Iraq, if not to preserve the nation's country homes? [Vogue UK]
- The rumor mill reports that Jessica Simpson has inked a fragrance deal, and the scent will be on shelves by this summer. Top notes of Chicken Of The Sea, perhaps? [Sassybella]
- "I don't like cheap things usually, but this collection is nice and of good quality," says Anna Della Russo, who styled the Roberto Cavalli for H&M ads. [Fashion Week Daily]
- English designer Luella Bartley has decided that what the world needs now is...a line of femme-only surfwear that is both totally "street" and totally "70's" Ummm, whatever. Brazilian dance band CSS' frontwoman Lovefoxxx will be the face of the nonsensical line. [Vogue UK]
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