She's Big in Japan

Apr 10, 2008 @ 1:20pm

New York fashion insiders have a reliable stable of crushes: Alber Elbaz, the brilliant Lanvin designer who resembles a talking teddy bear; Kate Bosworth, the slightly too-thin but always charming actress (whom Vogue’s Sally Singer calls a “muse”), and Kate Lanphear, the spunky, punky Senior Fashion Editor at Elle, whose winning tough-girl outfits are the envy of pretty much everyone.

But it turns out the American fashion pack aren’t the only ones with a crush –

Kate’s got a following in Japan, too.

“Tiffany’s is flying her out to Tokyo for an autograph session,” reports a fellow editor. “She’s as popular as Ashley Olsen out there.”

Ooooh, Kate's cooler than the Olsen's - there's something we already kinda knew.

One more thing: Perhaps Kate will have her own jewelry collection eventually?

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 1:29PM

which kate are you talking about k bosworth or k lanphear?

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 2:18PM

She's also super nice and down to earth!! :)

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 2:24PM

Ditto previous poster who asked which Kate you're talking about.

Also, small point, but after "muse" you should have a semicolon, not a comma.

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 2:33PM

seriously... confuse much?

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 2:33PM

kate bosworth - "slightly too thin"? *slightly*?!?!

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 2:37PM

The hype around Lanphear I can understand.

Bosworth, however leaves me confused. She played a cute surfer 6 years ago and has a decent stylist. Why is she everywhere?

posted by Chic Inspector

Apr 10, 2008 2:43PM

You Fashionistas gals are funny!

The editor with a jewelry collection coming out soon was a blind item which I totally got.

Kate Rules!

Kate Lanphear that is.

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 2:44PM

the people who are confused are the people who for some reason cannot tell that the picture is obviously kate lanphear. even if you don't know what she looks like, you'd think you could at least put together that it's not kate bosworth in the picture, and move logically from there. geez.

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 3:07PM

I was confused, but only one Kate is tagged on the "tags" section

posted by socialista

Apr 10, 2008 3:38PM

Kate Lanphear is so awesome and really down to earth-- she deserves all the attention she gets!

posted by guest

Apr 10, 2008 4:37PM

what? kate b. "slightly" too thin, remarkable actress as in remember the titans and blue crush, now socialite/partygirl/non-eater professional. yeah she's my idol! just like paris hilton, except paris actually works.

posted by izumi

Apr 11, 2008 3:45AM

i remember seeing this photo on the sartorialist a long time ago. i love her hair.

posted by guest

Apr 11, 2008 4:45AM

I love Kate! she's so impeccably dressed and so pretty. but it makes one feel a bit crap.

posted by guest

Apr 11, 2008 8:04AM

She looks A LOT like i-D Fashion editor Francesca Burns, identical in fact!! You can see pics of her also on Sartorialist and on dirtydirtydancing.com

posted by etoilee8

Apr 11, 2008 10:52AM

I saw Kate Lanphear walking down the street in Soho last September. She was with an old co-worker of mine. She stopped my breath. . . she was just so cool and impeccably dressed. The girl I was walking with said "how on earth do some people in New York just look endlessly cooler than the rest of us?" I still smile when I think about that day.

posted by guest

Apr 12, 2008 3:23AM

i interned at elle in the fall and kate lanphear is hands down the coolest girl ever. not only is she basically who you want to be in life, but she's so nice, personable, and incredidbly kind. i can't say enough about her.