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Michelle Dashes CFDA's Hopes; Mr. Gunn Goes To Washington
- Michelle Obama will not attend the CFDA Fashion Awards, despite the fact that she is receiving the CFDA's Board of Directors' Special Tribute (an award they made up especially for her). [WWD]
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Comment by Hooplehead: The AT and ATLoft thing is already happening. Most of their stores carry up to a 14 in most... 8 Responses | Other threads
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black is the new black
"African" Fashion Described As A "Drumbeat"
Last month, The New York Times ran a fashion story titled "Out Of Africa," about trends like leopard print, safari style and a "savage hybrid" of a shoe. Amazing analysis here. [Racialicious]
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By DodaiComment by mharker: I understand and (agree with most of) Racialious' points, but I wonder...is there any way to respectfully have African influences... 16 Responses | Other threads
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stylista
Do You Have To Be Thin To Work In Fashion? Stylista Seems To Think So
A promo for Stylista, the reality show in which contestants compete to become Elle fashion editor Anne Slowey's new assistant, has hit the internet, and we're not going to lie: it looks bitchily delightful. What's troubling, however, is the treatment of the one plus-sized contestant, Danielle (pictured). The promo announces, "Fashion isn't about playing nice, it's war," before launching into footage of a series of fights between contestants. One snotty looking girl says, "If you're going to work in this industry, then you have to change your body for it," after which the producers show a few shots of Danielle looking at herself in a mirror, perturbed. Then Danielle says, "Believe me I want to look different. There are things about me I want to change." More »
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By JessicaComment by KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: She looks just fine. Seriously. I don't think it impedes her ability to do the job.People just look wierd when... 11 Responses | Other threads
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pat mcgrath
Pat McGrath, The "Queen Of Makeup," Creates Couture Faces
If you've ever seen some gorgeous, theatrical makeup and wondered, who does that? It was probably Pat McGrath, one of the most celebrated makeup artists in the fashion biz. She did the faces for the Christian Dior Spring 2009 show, and in a recent interview with the International Herald Tribune's Suzy Menkes, McGrath talks about her work. John Galliano's show for Dior was "lightly based" on "Africa." (Maybe you saw the sculptural hair and fertitlity idol shoes?) In any case, this translates to "very modern, very healthy, very glowing" make up for day and a "smoky eye" and "dark chocolate" lips for evening. But those (rather wearable) looks were nothing compared to what Pat McGrath has created in the past: More »
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By DodaiComment by kellybean: I would kill someone to learn how to do my eye makeup like the woman in the last picture. I've... 8 Responses | Other threads
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critical mass
It's A Bird! It's A Plane! No, It's Anna Wintour's Dress
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute's annual gala: Oh, it happened all right. And though you now know who made it into the the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly category of "fashion's Oscars," we know you're just dying to know what the media themselves had to say about the yearly orgy of fashion and fame. (At the very last you're dying to know what hoity-toity critic-types had to say about Anna Wintour's Princess Amadala outfit, right? Right.) The best of the press' bon mots, after the jump. More »
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By JenniferComment by random_play: @lanouvelleheloise: Illustrator James Jean has indeed designed prints and ads for Prada, as well as plenty of comic book covers... more » | Other threads
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fashion show
Prada Manages To Make Lace Anything But Dainty
Prada is, always, the biggest show of each fashion season. No one manages to be ahead of the trends quite like that PhD-holder Miuccia Prada, whose wares women love and men can't even find remotely sexy. Prada's looks are always "intellectual" and "provocative," but not in the bullshit way those terms are usually banded about: She plays with ideas, perverts expectations, and — sorry, menfolk — knows more about sex than Dr. Drew and Sue Johansson combined. Her fall/winter 2008 collection was done nearly all in lace. But no frou-frou doily shit here. Oh no: This was lace for tough chicks. Dominatrixes never had it so good. Annotated gallery of selected images — there was a black model! — begins below, with the critics' rave reviews after the jump. More » -
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M.I.A. "Owned" New York Fashion Week
- M.I.A. on playing the role of spokesmodel, DJ and popular celeb sighting during NY Fashion Week: "Last year I wasn't let into the Marc Jacobs party and this year I own it!" Ah, groundedness. [Fashion Week Daily]
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By JenniferComment by bantamweight: - OK, so not all of us can afford the status label -- covet it though we may. Thankfully, in the... more » | Other threads
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By Slut MachineComment by lovely nigerienne: I'm glad other people are starting to think she's fab. She's hilarious. Loved her since she and Becks... more » | Other threads
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Marc Jacobs & Suzy Menkes: The Custom T-Shirt For Peace Plan
- OMG! International Herald Tribune fashion critic Suzy Menkes and designer Marc Jacobs have somehow settled their seemingly-insurmountable differences! After their tiff in New York over Marc's really late fashion show, Marc left Menkes a Marc Jacobs T-shirt with a pretty bow on her seat at Louis Vuitton on Sunday. And what was on the T-shirt? A "love letter," says Marc. Coy! [Fashion Week Daily]
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By JenniferComment by builderbyday: @Brianne: ditto@rocknrollunicorn: you speak the truth and i say this because i read her book and it does feel exactly... more » | Other threads
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runway report
McQueen, Chloe, Galliano, Nina Ricci: The Critics Speak
Worried that Alexander McQueen's show, a tribute to his friend and champion, Isabella Blow, was going to be bathed in bathos? Well it turns out that McQueen, who showed in Paris over the weekend, had the collection of the season, or so sayeth the critics. Those same critics were less kind to Nina Ricci and Chloe - except for Suzy Menkes, who seems to love everyone except sworn enemy Marc Jacobs. Below, the major fashion critics take on McQueen, Ricci, Chloe and John Galliano.
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By JenniferComment by Dubnacious: The McQueen dress is amazing and a very fitting tribute to the dear departed Isabella Blow. more » | Other threads
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Marc Jacobs Needs A Time-Out
- Enfant terrible Marc Jacobs stuck his tongue out at fashion critic/mortal enemy Suzy Menkes after his Louis Vuitton show. [Washington Post]
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runway report
Dior, Balenciaga, Westwood, Comme des Garcons: The Critics Speak
The first reports are starting to roll in from the Paris shows and the universal crowd-pleaser seems to be John Galliano's Dior designs for the label's 60th anniversary collection. That said, the fashion press seem much more positive overall about Paris than they were about Milan. [Maybe because Milan is kind of a shithole? -Ed.] Below, the critics weigh in on Dior, Balenciaga, Vivienne Westwood & Comme des Garcons. More » -
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Designer Marc Jacobs Is Something Of A Narcissist
- So all that time at the gym bashing John Galliano paid off! Such that Marc Jacobs saw it fit to run nude photos of himself in the latest issue of the tres exclusif magazine Visionaire in honor of his guest editing stint. [WWD, 1st item]
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