Archive for January 2009

WHICH indie designer darling may not have a full collection this season because his drug habit’s in the way? Maybe that explains last season’s underwhelming runway.

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Beauty

“The job is, in many cases, the second one a girl has after working in a fast-food chain, and the wage scale reflects that short step up the career ladder. The frenetic pace of the drive-thru is still there, as are the constellations of acne breakouts (due, I guess, to a promiscuous level of cosmetic [...]

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The first image from Miu Miu‘s Spring 09 campaign with Katie Holmes is out – thanks to Vogue UK – and ready for the tribunal. While some might go the “feline” description route, we’re struck by how much she looks like Joey Potter giving Dawson a disapproving face (probably because he’s giving her shit for [...]

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If you happen to know Kate Bartle, Starworks’ Director of Accessories, then you may or may not already know this: Kate’s left her PR job at Starworks as of yesterday. Her mega destination? Working in the PR department of DVF. Which, I’m sure you’ve all put together by now, means she’s Whitney Port’s newest co-worker [...]

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There have been a lot of sad faces over New York Fashion Week encroaching on London Fashion Week’s turf (now down to just a few days), and now, Paris Fashion Week may be cut a bit short, too, due to the cuts in everybody’s cash flow: According to WWD, Alber Elbaz has moved his longstanding [...]

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There was a little line tucked into WWD today: Bumble & Bumble’s Meatpacking District location is not an option this season. But, um, macaroons? Big windows? Amazing photo ops? We got in touch with Bumble and apparently, after eights seasons of housing emerging designers they love – Cat Holstein, Ohne Titel, Victoria Bartlett, Liz McLean, [...]

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Designers are falling into two very different camps these days. On the one side, we’ve got those pulling out of the tents for Fashion Week (Vera), consolidating stores (Marc), and focusing on accessories (Olivier). On the other, we’ve got those moving from womenswear to menswear (Roland, Gareth, Carlos, Decarnin, Ferré), womenswear to kidswear (Gaultier) and [...]

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Those of you still worried about what will happen with Lynn Yaeger‘s career, take comfort – She’s been hired by New York magazine to blog Fall 09 Fashion Week. Which means: 1. More of Lynn’s spot-on reactions (all day long!) 2. Mickey can stop looking for a front row buddy But Lynn seems pretty neutral [...]

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Would You Wear

Would You Wear a Name On Your Ass?

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009 / 1:57 PM

this chloe swimsuit would be cute if it weren't for.jpgThis morning, while perusing the Net-a-Porter sale’s Newest Reductions, I noticed a simple bandeau one-piece that would be perfect for Florida family events. But upon further inspection, I saw that my cute suit blared the name “Chloe” right from where the ass cheeks usually go.
Now, you probably have a good idea as to how I feel about huge logos anyway, but words on my ass? I hadn’t given this much thought since the first time I was assaulted by someone’s terry-clothed butt cheeks informing me of their Juicy-ness between classes. Needless to say, I did not think this was something in which Chloe partook.
So am I just being a prude? (Britt says words on the butt-area of clothes wouldn’t stop her as long as they were small enough / she loved the individual item enough.)
Or do words on people’s asses scream “I’m trying to look hot for dodge ball” to you as much as they do to me?

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Pop Quiz! This really weird video that starts out with Taylor Momsen and ends with an equally bleached blonde stunt double is: a) Part of Nike’s new underground campaign – note gratuitous shots of Little J’s sports bra’s swish and insanely bright Nike sneakers. b) Part three of Gossip Girl‘s sneaker invasion, Ed for KSwiss, [...]

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