Archive for March 2010

Shopping

The Best and Worst of Alice in Wonderland Paraphernalia

Excited for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland this Friday? We’re pretty sure everyone is, from Stella McCartney, to Tom Binns, to yours truly. Alice excitement has spawned myriad merchandise, available everywhere from Uniqlo to Betsey Johnson. We’ve collected the best and the worst so you know what’s good, and what’s good to leave on the [...]

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People Are Talking

Fashion Embraces Jersey Shore

The Situation poses with Bar Rafaeli for Interview. The Girls show up in Harper’s Bazaar. And New York‘s The Cut cuts into WWD for its cattiness towards J-WOWW and Snooki. It’s official: Fashion’s Finest heart Jersey Shore. And you know what? They should. The Jersey Shore gang embraces its guido-dom. Unlike tacky types of the [...]

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Fashion Week

Russian Fashion Week Celebrates Its 20th Season With a Little Help From the British Fashion Council

Russian Fashion Week has been around for nearly a decade. In fact, this April 1-7, it’ll produce its 20th season of runway shows. While RFW may fall into the secondary fashion week category–alongside cities like Berlin and Los Angeles–it’s an important way for Eastern European designers to gain attention from the West and for Western [...]

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Rants

Explain: Dressbarn’s Unbelievable Success

One of retail’s biggest recession successes has been Dressbarn, which recently reported second quarter sales of $594.1 million, a whopping 73% increase from 2009. A big reason Dressbarn has done well as of late: Its acquisition of a company called Tween Brands, which includes Justice–a less-slutty version of Rave, a popular mall store when I [...]

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Victoria’s Secret Models Walk a New Runway, Prabal Blogs & Naomi’s Off the Hook

Walk This Way: More Victoria’s Secret regulars will be walking the high fashion runways. Designer Giles Deacon cast Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to walk in his show today. {Vogue UK} Ever Expanding Blogosphere: Prabal Gurung has a blog! Yesterday he talked about his favorite blogs and today we learn that [...]

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People Are Talking

Love is Blind. We are Not. Brutally Rebuffed.

Which well-known stylist attempted to compliment a well-loved photographer in the front row of Milan Fashion Week, only to be blown-off? The photographer is known for being a bit of a social-climber, but still: Why so rude? This styling superstar may not be a Voguette, but praise should always be accepted gracefully.

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Shopping

Paris Fashion Week’s Answer to Fashion’s Night Out

While the city of Paris will participate in the second annual Fashion’s Night Out come September 10, 2010, those eager to do a spot of shopping while there this fashion week should visit Palais Royal’s party this evening. The chic shopping center, which includes stores like Stella McCartney, Acne and Marc Jacobs, will stay open [...]

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Trivia

Fashion Trivia: It’s a Nice Day for a White Wedding

Who did Uncle Karl grace with his presence on her wedding day?

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WANTED: Naomi Campbell

New York City police are after supermodel Naomi Campbell‘s ass yet again. This time, it’s for allegedly slapping and punching the driver of her Cadillac Escalade, according to the Associated Press. However, her publicist says that there’s more to the story than meets the eye. Luckily for Naomi, prison chic is in!

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Fall 2010 Milan

A Few of My Favorite Things: Milan Fashion Week

We’ve shared our loves from New York and London. Here are my top ten picks from Milan: 1. Christopher Kane’s knife pleat reddish-orange dress at Versus. This cupcake-inspired costume needs to get in my wardrobe. Now. 2. A power jumpsuit suit I can get behind at Salvatore Ferragamo. 3. At Marni, a futuristic take on [...]

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People We Like

Twitterverse Freaks Out When Kell on Earth Doesn’t Air

Last night the Twitterverse was sent into a near frenzy when Kell on Earth didn’t air during its usual time slot of 10pm EST on Bravo. Viewers were unpleasantly surprised to find a Real Housewives montage in its place, and they were quick to lament their discovery: kelli1118: @peoplesrev NO #KELLONEARTH tonight?? I might just [...]

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Beauty

My Love–And Hatred–For MAC’s New Pro Longwear Lipcolour

During New York Fashion Week, Fashionista was gifted with a bag of samples from MAC’s new Tabloid collection, which was used on several of the runway shows at MAC & Milk. As always, we were excited to try some new products. I was especially eager to paint on the MAC Pro Longwear Lipcolour in a [...]

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