Uniqlo’s been featuring a lot of new collaborations lately–many of which are with Japanese and Korean brands I’ve never heard of and all of which are super cute. One example is a Japanese brand called Beautiful People.
Francisco Costa and Andre Leon Talley may have been the most recognizable names at last weekend’s SCAD student fashion show, but the students themselves made just as big a splash in Savannah.
Before they gather together at the June 3 CFDA Award ceremony, the nine 2013 CFDA Swarovski Award Nominees partied last night at New York boutique Fivestory to celebrate their noms and unveil one of a kind works of art.
Over the past several minutes, both Nora and Hayley have had to ask me what I’m watching because I’ve just been lol’ing all over the place in front of my computer over here. Why? Model Files.
New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week.
This week? A little lesson in art history and the work of Ingres.
Name: Jenny Wang
What do you do? I work for Opening Ceremony.
What would you never be caught wearing? Overalls.
What was the last thing you bought? A sandwich.
What’s your favorite beauty product? Mascara.
What are you wearing?
A new study ranks the leading fashion brands on Pinterest. And while rankings of brands on social media platforms are pretty common–this one is interesting because the brands themselves don’t really have much to do with their presence, since on Pinterest, all content is user-generated. For instance, Chanel, which does not have an official Pinterest account, ranked number one with 150,000 total shares, 58 million total impressions, and an average 56 pins per day, and 1,244 repins per day.
Kim Kardashian’s baby shower invite is a music box with a ballerina spinning to a lullaby version of Kanye West’s “Hey Mama.” It’s actually kind of adorable. {TMZ}
Beyonce knows no bounds. The superstar has curated a Rent the Runway “boutique” full of things she likes. {Rent the Runway}
Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli paints his own likeness into Diego Velázquez’s “Portrait of Pope Innocent X” for the cover of L’Uomo Vogue‘s May-June 2013 issue. {Vogue Italia}
Hold the phones: Victoria Beckham wears sneakers! The designer and former Spice Girl tweeted a photo of her custom Nike ID “Posh” running shoes in neon green. Somewhere, Mel C is sulking bitterly. {HuffPo}
Want to see a sneak peek of Carine Roitfeld‘s Cannes amfAR gala fashion show tribute to Elizabeth Taylor? We figured.
Sometimes less is more, as evidenced by Oscar de la Renta‘s scaled-back Resort 2014 collection, and dialed-down presentation.
With the deadline to sign the Bangladesh safety accord a week past due, Gap is still inching towards a decision.
When Suzy Menkes spoke with Fern Mallis during her “Fashion Icons” series just a few weeks ago, Mallis asked her if she planned on staying with the International Herald Tribune when it’s rebranded as the International New York Times this fall.
“Who knows?” was her glib response.
Well, not only will she be staying on, she’ll be getting an impressive new title.
