Yesterday, I visited best-selling psychic Roxanne Hulderman, who was giving readings to editors in Michael Bolla’s Chelsea Mansion.
I did get a personal reading–Roxanne is amazing!–but more importantly, I asked the well-regarded fortune teller to predict the future for five of New York Fashion Week’s biggest stars. Click through to see what she had to say.
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Designer, dad, husband, breakdancer? – Jason Cauchi does it all. The man behind label Dallin Chase is certainly busy, but it all comes together well in his amazing, wearable collections. Here’s what’s on Jason’s mind pre-fashion week.
The world is all abuzz with news about the Lanvin x H&M collaboration. We couldn’t be more excited, so we picked out our favorite Lanvin looks that we’d like to see translated for H&M. Any looks we didn’t include that you’re jonesing to see in H&M stores?
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Name: Catherine
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
How would you describe your style? Too fancy to be practical.
What are the most prominent colors in your wardrobe? Earth tones
What is your favorite dessert? Lavender Honey Ice Cream, which I actually just learned how to make.
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Tim Gunn‘s scathing words for Isaac Mizrahi almost make us wonder, “Is he effing with the media?”
Today in the Daily News, the Liz Claiborne Chief Creative Officer said that the label’s former creative director Mizrahi really is a “terrible, terrible, terrible person.”
Here’s the back story. Mizrahi joined Liz Claiborne from Target in 2008, soon after Gunn joined. Despite rave reviews, Mizrahi’s gently–but not cheaply–priced collections for the company did not perform that well at retail. To combat weak sales, LC has since teamed up with JC Penney to create a discount collection. Mizrahi has been relegated to designing a collection exclusively for QVC.
So they have a history. But Gunn’s tough words also make us wonder how long he has at Liz Claiborne.
Even if LC feels the same about Mizrahi, we doubt that they would be cool with Gunn spewing hate across the press. They are, after all, a public company.
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This fall will mark the 30th anniversary of Stephen Jones Millinery. In honor of the legendary hat maker, the MoMu-Fashion Museum in Antwerp will host the exhibition Stephen Jones & The Accent of Fashion.
Jones has undoubtedly had, and continues to have, a career worth celebrating. He’s a really big deal in that whole British fashion circle. He has worked with numerous design houses including Comme des Garçons, Vivienne Westwood, Azzedine Alaïa, Dior and Marc Jacobs (remember that turban Kate Moss wore to the Met Ball last year?) and has been responsible for some pretty major moments on and off runways.
In addition to displaying the largest collection of Stephen Jones piece–over 120 items including many of his collaborations–the exhibition is meant to give patrons a retrospective look inside Jones’ world, beyond the hats themselves.
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PARIS–Canada is traveling to Colette. On September 7, Toronto-based leather goods brand Roots will launch a collection designed in collaboration with Vancouver-raised writer Douglas Coupland–whose dry humor and honest style have found immense success through books such as Generation X. The retro-future line–simple apparel and bags–simultaneously evoking progress and tradition, explores Canada’s complex identity. Fashionista.com [...]
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Doonan Leaves Observer: The creative director of Barney’s has written a column for the New York Observer for the past 10 years but he’s leaving print for the greener pastures of online at Slate. It’s a great coup for Slate. Can’t wait to read him over there. Hope he keeps writing gems like this. {Business Insider}
Anna Does Late Night: Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs were on Jimmy Fallon last night to talk about Fashion’s Night Out. When the conversation steered away from FNO, Wintour promptly brought FNO back to the forefront. Other highlights? Wintour complaining about Gaga performing late at the last Met Gala because she was too busy “communing with god,” and Marc Jacobs flubbing his words a bit on why he’s in a sling in Vogue’s September issue promoting FNO: “But, unfortunately, or fortunately, one can’t say no to Anna.” So he got off his morphine drip and posed. {theCut}
Brits to Watch: The British Fashion Council (the UK’s version of the CFDAs) has released their list of nominees. Among them: Victoria Beckham and Burberry for designer brand, Lara Stone and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley for models, and for the all important designer of the year award, it’s between Christopher Kane, Erdem and Phoebe Philo for Céline. {Daily Front Row}
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We’ve been telling you abut the best, coolest, and most fun events for FNO, but this one takes the cake.
Tom Ford, more commonly known as the sexiest man to ever exist, will be appearing at Bergdorf Goodman on Fashion’s Night Out. From 8-8:30pm Tom will be in his men’s shop on the 2nd floor of BG Men.
Even better, you can turn your Tom Ford sighting into an autographed beauty product. All you have to do is buy an item from Tom Ford Beauty at Bergdorf’s on September 10 and Tom will sign it.
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Ok, so this headline might be a little misleading. This edition of American Vogue that just went up on eBay is not super old. There’s nothing truly remarkable about this 2000 edition of Vogue save the masthead. Lauren Weisberger, she of The Devil Wears Prada fame is listed as one of the assistants to the Editor in Chief. Amy Astley’s on there too as the Beauty Director.
“In Short…THIS IS A VINTAGE ISSUE, before The Devil Wears Prada or Teen Vogue even came into existence. Carmen Kass is the cover model, and its 274 pages of good fashion from 2000. If your a magazine junkie like me, this is your time to jump on it guys,” reads the listing.
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XXL: How BBW Became Fashion’s Latest Prey
Fashionista contributor Long Nguyen is the co-founder/style director of Flaunt.
“Life in the Fat Lane,” the third chapter of media studies professor Laura Kipnis’ 1996 book Bound and Gagged, juxtaposed the dilemma of fat fetish pornography and how popular culture confront the issue of fat and desire. On one hand, obese porn, a niche in the vast porn business, is an absolute revolt against the dictatorial and incessant aesthetic of thinness. On the other, the images of these chubby women–often 44-35-44–entice desires that contradict and challenge prevailing cultural norms.
Yet over the past decade, the fat porn market has grown tremendously as acceptance of full size women becomes the norm. At least in the porn industry. Once a province of cheap production titles, big studios have been producing lavish titles with more budgets. The advance of web technology has allowed better quality for those choosing to self-published. Even the nomenclature has changed–the category is now called BBW or Big Beautiful Women. Hardly anyone ever mentions “fat porn” in an age where the “deviant” bodies of April Flores, Karla Lane, Kelly Shibari and Bonnie de la Cruz–some of the industry’s stars–are becoming household names.
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