Archive for January 2009

Yesterday, the big department store news late in the day was that Saks had to let go 1,100 members of its company, which is about 9% of its workforce, and announced that they may be closing some locations in the next year. This was on top of Neiman Marcus having let go 375 people earlier [...]

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From a conversation last night: “Did you know there’s dissent in the Gossip Girl wardrobe closet? The main costume designer is clashing with the other stylists and producers on set because they think he’s making Blake look like a “trashy whore” and they’re convinced he was responsible for her awful Golden Globes dress. Very funny.” [...]

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For those who doubt Topshop is serious about coming to America, listen to this: We hear the mega brand is scouting a few American designers to head up a small satellite “studio” for Topshop in New York. The designers are young, cool, and totally unknown, and after a two week initiation in London that begins [...]

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Trivia

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Nylon Holding Inc (the publishing company of, yup you guessed it, NYLON) just bought Tokion magazine. They’ve even started a new company, Fotomedia, which will “operate” the 13-year old publication. There won’t be any staff or location changes made to the magazine that’s featured Cassette Playa, Sophia Kokosalaki and Ohne Titel, but Tokion‘s site will [...]

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Today, the good people over at Nitrolicious put up the lookbook from Alex Wang’s first diffusion line, T by Alexander Wang. As usual, we talked. Natalie: Oh, did you see this? Britt: Yes. I want it all. Natalie: Me, too. But don’t you think this is all very James Perse-y? Britt: Yes, boring and perfect. [...]

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We don’t know how or when we’ll finally get to see all of The September Issue, but as long as juicy bits like this keep leaking, we might be ok. Producer and director RJ Cutler talks about when he met Anna, what happened when Grace wasn’t into the idea of film crews at 9am, and [...]

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Last year’s rather girly, aka floral, House of Holland show was punctuated by a few pairs of jeans here and there – a small price to pay for massive amounts of Levi’s money. This season, DKNY will benefit from the denim dollars, too. Donna’s collaborating with Levi’s on three styles of jeans: a skinny, a [...]

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When we posted the first images of Blake Lively’s February Vogue cover, the discussion took a quick turn from does she or doesn’t she look amazing to who’s landed April’s cover. Thanks to a few readers and some sneaky emails / texts, we think we have the answer. But since it isn’t nearly as fun [...]

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Fashion Is Fun

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Good news if you’re a fan of Nina Garcia on Project Runway, and Stylista on the CW. Bad news if you think ELLE should lay off cable-related publicity: ELLE has just hired on Creative Artists Agency as a consultant. Why? Because they need someone to look for “TV shows and film properties that can elevate [...]

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Two days ago, Reuters reported that the closing Virgin Megastore in Times Square will be replaced by a Century 21, the famous mega outlet in Lower Manhattan. But today, the New York Times says that Virgin will be replaced by Forever 21, which is obviously a completely different store, though both sell clothing at astonishingly [...]

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