Archive for March 2009

Trivia

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Fashion Is Fun

Sprout-ing Artists?

Sprout’s holding a design competition – not Sprout in Williamsburg that sells seeds but Sprout, the committee of artists and designers dedicated to finding new talent. They’re looking for photographers, painters, illustrators, scupltors and any other kind of artist who feels they have something important to say. If that’s you, you’ll enter the competition and [...]

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Quote of the Day

“En ce moment, je regarde Shakira et Beyoncé. Je vais sur YouTube à 2 – 3 heures du matin, je mets Single Ladies de Beyoncé et je fais danser tout le monde. Je monte sur la chaise et je danse pour me doper. Souvent, je ne me couche pas. Alors, je vais me brosser les [...]

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Models

The Freja & Catherine Experience

Did you know Freja and Catherine made a movie together? Well, sort of. The short film helps promote the work of designer Mads N√∏rgaard, and includes Freja walking around like she’s in a music video until she runs into Cat and they play sexy eyes at each other for about a minute. The second, and [...]

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People Are Talking

Love Is Blind. We Are Not. Dangerous Liaisons.

WHICH fashion business partners and former couple have been mixing work with pleasure despite one of them having a steady boyfriend/girlfriend for a while now?

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Slideshows

Luella Gets in on the Pre-Action

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Beauty

Explain: The Fake Tan

Lindsay Lohan’s about to make zillions selling the spray version, and Rachel Bilson’s just been signed by Jergen’s to help promote their Natural Glow lotion via a campaign about sun safety, but we’re still confused – why do some people persist in pursuing the fake tan? From girls readying themselves for junior prom all the [...]

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Magazines

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The Big (?) Designer Price Drop

At the end of last year, during Super Sale Season 08, we were wondering what would happen after everyone got used to even the big stores discounting deeper than we thought was possible. And here’s what: Believe it or not, some brands are reportedly dropping their prices. According to WWD, both Oscar de la Renta [...]

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Shopping

The It-Bag Antidote

Here’s what a lot of people seem to be looking for in a bag: 1. Amazing, and yet no-name, or at least a name that’s too small for the person across the subway platform to read without binoculars 2. A great quality, preferably handmade, and hopefully not constructed in a sweatshop 3. And if it’s [...]

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Quote of the Day

“The spot is a subtle tribute to the genius of Serge Gainsbourg and to the sensuality of Brigitte Bardot.” – So says the director of this commercial, in WWD.

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Fashion Is Fun

How Do You Spot a Banker?

For those of you who only read WWD for the news, you might not know that Thursday’s the start of the G20 Summit in London, a yearly meeting between the world’s largest national economies to discuss an agenda that usually includes IMF reform and strategies to revive the global economy. Naturally, this attracts protestors of [...]

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