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Was There Really a Street Style Famine During Fashion Month?
By Lauren Sherman
You might have seen them around. But it felt like, this fashion month, there was less original street style photography published.
Sure, Scott Schuman rarely puts images up immediately, and Garance typically does one meaty piece a day anyways. But in general, we felt like there just wasn’t as much content as in the past few seasons. Even Tommy Ton of Jak & Jil, who was pulling double duty by working for his own site and Style.com, proclaimed via Twitter: “There’s a famine of street style this season!”
But was there really? It’s pretty difficult to prove, given the fact that there are seemingly more photographers circling the tents each year. So we went straight to the source–Phil Oh, also known as the Street Peeper–for his take on the situation.
He says that, yes, there probably was less from your favorite photogs. But why? For one, they need to save a lot of the images they take for paying publications. What’s more, pure street style photography is increasingly difficult to accomplish.
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Miuccia Prada Doesn’t Like Twitter
Miuccia Prada: “It’s not that I don’t want to embrace the Internet, but I don’t want to just throw random answers out there. In that case, I’d rather not answer.”
Patrizio Bertelli: “You don’t get it, do you? Communications move fast and fast communication compromises quality. It’s inevitable, and you have to accept that.”
-Prada and her husband/business partner Bertelli talk Internet and web strategy in an interview with WSJ.
Over the last weeks I’ve received about five emails from a man named Omar Cunningham, a representative of public relations firm Mannfolk. The pitch is for Period Undies, which are apparently underwear that “provide a comfortable layer of extra protection at the height of your menstrual cycle.”
Really? Those are necessary?
Necessary enough to launch a new business off of? I truly thought I was being punked, but apparently these padded panties are for real. Omar got back to me–Period Panties have been featured on The Tyra Banks Show. We don’t typically run personal hygiene stories here on Fashionista–not even in the beauty section–but I truly am curious. (PS, you’re supposed to wear them in conjunction with a tampon or pad. Not in lieu of.)
Would you use these? Are these the next Spanx? Am I just being a prude?
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Pop Art vs. Pop Star: Analyzing the Fashions of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé in “Telephone”
By Steff Yotka
The premier of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s video “Telephone” last night rocked the pop culture world.
Aside from the incomprehensible plot and the platitude of product placement, including 1950s mainstay WonderBread, Gaga’s own headphones, and a dating website… the fashion in the video was truly the star.
Today, Nicola Formichetti, Gaga’s stylist (and genius in his own right), posted still images of the video on his blog, detailing the looks and crediting the designers.
Some are sheer brilliance, like Gaga’s Thierry Mugler ensemble. These are careful plays on what it means to be a pop artist in a truly pop society. Others are classic pop, like her studded bikini, embodying the volatile video star look.
Click through to see more.
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Backstage at Valentino
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Is The New: Designer Collaborations and Designer Bridal Collections
By Lauren Sherman
It seems like fashion has never been more obsessed with getting married.
J.Crew’s been doing bridal for years now. Anthropologie recently hopped on the bandwagon. Cynthia Rowley just announced that she’s creating a collection of bridesmaid dresses. Even Rodarte–hardly the brand you’d associate with weddings–showed several chapel-appropriate gowns for Fall 2010.
In a sort of a grand finale to all the bridal commotion, haute flash sale site Gilt Groupe is throwing a wedding extravaganza, with discounts on ecru dresses from Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs and of course, Vera Wang.
Since the well for designer discount collaborations may be drying up, expanding into to bridal seems like a great way to for brands to diversify product right now. And hopefully make more money.
We’re dreaming of an Acne bridal collection, just in case….
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Fashion News Roundup
Fashion News Roundup: American Apparel Makes a Lookbook, The Selby Shoots for Cole Haan & A Fight Breaks Out in Paris
Lookbookin’: American Apparel loves seeing customers wear their clothes. In fact, they made a 64-page lookbook starring real people who style their AA pieces in creative ways. The book was a collaboration with Lookbook.nu and features 132 looks by 77 Lookbook.nu members. It’s available in stores worldwide, or online if you pay shipping. {American Apparel}
Men’s Fall Trends: Jim Moore outlines the top 12 trends from NY AW10 that all men should know. {GQ}
Fight Club: Model Rie Rasmussen snapped at photographer Terry Richardson, reports Page Six. At a recent party in Paris, Rasmussen told Richardson she thinks he degrades women. An embarrassed Richardson fled the club and later called her agency to complain about her behavior. {Page Six}
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Girl Talk With the Founders of New Fashion Website eVe Without Adam
By Jennifer Wiebking
BERLIN–The Web might already be filled with more fashion-related content than one could possibly process, but that hasn’t stopped newcomers from eagerly joining the space.
Consider eVe without adam. Just launched last month, the Berlin-based fashion and culture platform aims to bridge the gap between highly personal blogs and news reporting.
But what really distinguishes the site is its list of contributors: A group of 25 girls.
I occasionally wear Prada’s Infusion de Iris, so news of the label’s latest–Infusion de Tubéreuse–in WWD this morning sent a thrill of excitement down my well-perfumed spine. (Find my closely-documented search for the ultimate signature scent here.)
This perfume includes Indian tuberose and Italian blood orange, amongst other less organic-sounding ingredients. What I like about the new scent–other than the fact that the box is covered in a print from the Prada archives–is that the rose they used is very young, which means it won’t have that old-lady-in-a-church smell.
But for those who just can’t stand roses, the brand’s introducing a vétiver scent, too. Both arrive in stores–including Neiman Marcus and Barneys–come April.
1. When are Maya and Mila going to become blood sisters and make friendship bracelets?
2. Was Lifetime trying to turn us on or gross us out with the KY commercial and multiple breast references? (My favorite, courtesy of Jay: “We are like a Victoria’s Secret Wonder Bra. We lift each other.”)
3. Does Project Runway not realize that embedded shameless plugging actually has the opposite effect? I’m never going to use a Garnier hair product. EVER.
4. All of the judges slammed Maya because her ruffled grey mini dress too closely referenced Nina Ricci, and yet she was still in the top three?
5. Is deciding to put a pile of nasty hair extensions into the bodice of an outfit ever a good idea, Amy? Is there anyone, save perhaps Viktor&Rolf, who could pull this feat off?
6. How many times did Roland Mouret say “catwalk” during the judging? However many it was, it wasn’t enough.
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