“I’m just a Chi-town n-gga with a Nas flow
And my bitch in that new Phoebe Philo
So much head, I woke up to Sleepy Hollow,”
Kanye West in “Dark Fantasy” from his new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Archive for October 2010
Bieber Fever continues to afflict the nation’s tween girls (and some of their moms, too), so the marketing of Bieber rages on. This time, it’s in the way of scented dog tags and wrist bands, WWD is reporting.
The Biebs recently launched Bieber-branded nail polish so it follows that he should make a foray into the celebrity fragrance market. We expect hair products to drop any day now. Of course, Bieber’s fragrance, “My World,” won’t be a traditional spray-on scent. That would be so un-Biebs. The unisex scent will be infused in dog tags and wrist bands that can be stacked and traded just like Silly Bandz (and jelly bands before them). We shudder to think what sex acts Bieber dog tags might come to represent.
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Over the past 10 years, Style.com has become the fashion industry’s resource for runway images.
Now, as its sister site Vogue.com expands, the property is switching teams. It was announced this morning that Style.com would leave Conde Nast Digital for the Fairchild Group, which includes WWD, WWD.com, Footwear News, conferences, Fairchild Books and trade shows. (In March, W magazine moved from Fairchild into Conde Nast’s consumer group.)
The switch makes sense for Style. While it’s still sold as a consumer property, the industry uses its fashion show database as a library. What’s more, several of Style’s staffers–including executive editor Nicole Phelps and writer Meenal Mistry–hail from WWD.
Publisher Gina Sanders insists that the properties will not become intertwined, but we see plenty of opportunities for cross-pollination here. It’s doubtful that a pay wall will come into play, but if it did, we do believe users would pay $25 to $50 per year to access the database.
Our question for you: if Style.com does put up a pay wall, would you pony up?
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Leave it to TMZ to have sources from within the Betty Ford clinic where La Lohan is doing her latest rehab stint. So what’s Lilo been up to while in rehab?
She’s been sketching for her leggings line, 6126. According to TMZ, Lohan has been sketching “like crazy” for the Fall 2011 and Spring 2011 collections. It seems she’s worried about her line. Probation documents obtained by the gossip site stated that “The defendant says her clothing line is falling apart because she is not available to monitor the product.”
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People & Parties
Tommy Hilfiger Honored at Pratt Legends Gala, Tells Aspiring Designers to “Never Give Up”
Pratt Institute’s Board of Trustees conceived the Legends Awards in 1999 to honor icons within the worlds of art and design, whose accomplishments and values resonate with those of the school. The event is also a scholarship benefit for Pratt students, 80% of whom require financial aid to pursue their educations. Marc Jacobs, Julian Schnabel, Takashi Murakami and Bruce Weber are among past recipients.
In the 25th year of his brand, Tommy Hilfiger was one of the night’s honorees. He told us the best part of the night was reuniting with friends and supporters who believed in him since the very beginning, including his original backer Mohan Murjani, and George Lois, who created his first advertising campaign. “It’s kind of a fun, special night because I have a great group of people with me. It’s all about the people you surround yourself with.”
The night culminated in a performance by Johnny Cash’s daughter Rosanne Cash. Music has played a major part in Tommy’s branding lately. The Strokes performed at the designer’s fashion week bash and he recently launched a music-themed fragrance and and accompanying digital radio station called LOUD, on which he collaborated with the Ting Tings, who will headline a LOUD European tour.
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The world’s two most powerful luxury brands are getting a bit chummier.
My WWD idol, European editor Miles Socha, reports that LVMH has taken a 14.2% stake in Hermes International. The stake is worth about $2 billion.
Hermes is a public company, but the family behind the brand still owns a controlling stake. (Their share is 71%, to be exact.) LVMH will announce on Monday that they’ve invested in Hermes to “be a long-term shareholder of Hermès and to contribute to the preservation of the family and French attributes which are at the heart of the global success of this iconic brand.”
Does this mean they’re going to try and buy all of Hermes?
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That Miu Miu dress that covered four magazines this August still won’t die. While it hasn’t made a cover since W, British Vogue, Swedish Elle and British Elle all used it in the same month (because that would be repetitive), it has made it its way into the editorials of American Vogue, Muse and The Block. Click through to see the dresses on Tiah Eckhardt, Eniko Mihalik, Crystal Renn and Anne Hathaway.
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Reviews
Express Runway: Rock The Sidewalk
Express decided to do things differently for their Spring/Summer 2011 show. Hitting the streets of Manhattan’s Flat Iron District, the brand turned the corner of Broadway and 23rd Street into a public fashion show, inviting everyone to watch. As curiosity built up, a crowd of tourists, teens, and even nearby food vendors started to gather along the catwalk. By the the time the first model stomped the runway, we had ourselves a full-on outdoor fashion show–eclectic crowd and all.
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Streetwalker
Street Style: Luz Loves German Disco
Name: Luz Pavon
Occupation: Designer/Model/Producer and sometimes DJ
What are you listening to? Studio 54 music
Any examples? Silver Convention and so many others
What is your favorite dessert? Green tea ice cream…I just love it!!
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LONDON–Fashion East, the London launchpad for raw young talent, celebrated its 10th year with the launch of a 10-piece range under new label Lulu & Co. Each look, some of which were only seen on the runway–never in stores–were handpicked by Fashion East founder Lulu Kennedy from the archives of alum like Richard Nicoll, Roksanda Ilincic, Jonathan Saunders and Henry Holland.
To mark the occasion, the East End fashion pack brought the party West to Harvey Nichols in London’s posh Knightsbridge neighborhood for a Mexican-themed disco replete with fish tacos, hibiscus margaritas, and wonderfully kitsch gold palm trees. Everyone from Roisin Murphy and Pixie Geldof to supermodel/presenter Jade Parfitt spun around in their favorite pieces from the range, while a tagteam set was DJ’d by Princess Julia, House of Holland and Hazel. We nabbed the ageless fairy godmother of London fashion, Lulu Kennedy, dressed in a fiery organza gown by Jonathan Saunders, to talk disco and a decade of designers.
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Gratuitous Taylor Momsen Post of the Day
Last Night’s Party: Taylor Momsen Flashed Her Tits While Performing at Don Hill’s; Stoned Models Didn’t Notice
Paper Magazine and Express threw a party last night at fashion hot spot du jour Don Hill’s to celebrate the wrap of the brand’s Spring 2011 spring campaign and runway show. Never mind how Paper and Express make sense together (they don’t really)–Taylor Momsen’s band, “The Pretty Reckless,” performed. So we had to go.
The expectations for Momsen were high: She recently told Revolver that she likes a good sex tape but “wouldn’t fuck Tommy Lee,” so we were counting on her to do something obscene. And she didn’t disappoint. During “Make Me Wanna Die,” she caressed herself and then pulled down her low-cut shredded rock concert tee down to flash the audience. Don’t worry, her nipples were covered by duct tape x-es (it might have been electrical tape–either way, ouch). Which also means this was a premeditated move. Unless Tay just walks around with duct tape x-es over her nipples, which, considering her proclivity for stripper-wear, is entirely possible. Either way, I was a bit taken aback. I know she’s trying to be super punk rock right now but she is only 17. The models however, the ones who walked in the Express show earlier (including Jessica Hart, Eniko Mihalik, and Erin Heatherton), were completely unfazed. Probably because they’re all the around the same age as Momsen, have to get naked a lot for their work, and mostly because the handful crowded in front of us (we’re not sure which ones) were too busy smoking a joint.
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Effie Trinket Wears Alexander McQueen in the Hunger Games, Plus More Fashion and Beauty Reveals
Alessandra Ambrosio Walks the Runway 5 Months Pregnant for Colcci 