Archive for January 23rd, 2008

Admin

Read more »
Models

Read more »
Shopping

“Blue Jeans are the Most Beautiful Things Since the Gondola”

Shopping trips, no matter the goal, inevitably turn into another leg of my neverending quest for the perfect pair of jeans. My biggest denim issue has always been length – it seems like every pair is made for the Elle McPhersons of the world, while I hover just above the 5’0″ mark. Oh, just get [...]

Read more »
Fashion Is Fun

Read more »
Models

Lily Cole in Movie Limbo

Today’s Variety reports the expected news that The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is now on hold. The film was to star Heath Ledger, though of course now that can’t happen. His romantic lead in the movie was Lily Cole, and although her scenes were scheduled to be shot soon, there’s a good possibility that now, [...]

Read more »
Fashion Is Fun

B for Beauty, Breakfast, Bendel’s

Like every other beauty obsessed editor in the city, we hit up the Bendel’s Beauty Breakfast this morning, and it was totally worth it. The big news: -Laura Mercier is opening a lash bar (think Shu), only at Bendel’s, the second week in February. (Britt, at press time, is applying her new pair in the [...]

Read more »
Quote of the Day

“Clients were breathless with excitement. ‘I want everything – it was made for me,’ the actress Diane Kruger said, while Sofia Coppola uttered one joyous word: ‘Flats!’” – Suzy Menkes, on the wave of approval at Chanel’s S/S ’08 couture show, in IHT.

Read more »

Natalia + DVF = Magic

WWD unveiled the new Natalia Vodianova ads for Diane Von Furstenberg, and we’re just like, wow. The ads were styled by Diane and designed with help from François-Marie Banier, the French artist who’s known the Belgian-American style icon for years. We’re usually not fond of artwork in place of fashion photos, but because Diane’s iconic [...]

Read more »
Fashion Week

Ben Cho Does Body Paint

We hear the body painting trend has gone beyond international Vogue spreads: Ben Cho has hired a crew of air brushers to paint his models before they hit the runway for his Fall ’08 show. We’ll try to be backstage taking photos of the color war, and we desperately hope Lara Stone’s in the lineup [...]

Read more »
Fashion Week

Project Runway Alumns At Fashion Week

OOPS, DON’T READ IF YOU HATE SPOILERS. Christian, Jillian, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named aren’t the only Project Runway designers showing during the week: Season One alumna Alexandra Vidal has shipped herself from Miami for the occasion, and she’ll show her Fall ’08 collection at the Bryant Park Hotel on Tuesday, February 5. Ms. Vidal stacks her appointments [...]

Read more »
Models

Karlie Kloss to Next? Riley Keough to Elite!

We hear from a model agent that Karlie Kloss is making the move from Elite to Next, effective pretty much immediately. “They offered her family a lot of money to switch,” says the source, “And they couldn’t turn it down.” Next represents some incredible talent (Petra Nemcova, Anja Rubik, Catherine McNeil, Joy Bryant), and adding [...]

Read more »

Sarah Michelle Gets Greased

Sarah Michelle Gellar made out with Selma Blair in Cruel Intentions – now she’s getting naked and smearing herself in Vaseline. The actress announced today that she’d star in the lubricant’s latest campaign, which will show her nude body but not her face – in the photo, she buries it in her knees. We wonder [...]

Read more »