Archive for November 2010
“The first [mistake] was when she said ‘Not one man I have spoken to likes a woman in mini skirts’. I think no one dared to tell this 86-year-old lady that miniskirts are great and really sexy. Number two was when she decided blue jeans were horrible. This was the fashion of the world at that particular moment – it was the Sixties. No one wanted to be told by an old lady that miniskirts and jeans weren’t chic. The result was that she lost her power and in the end no one cared about what she did.”
Fashion News Roundup
Fashion News Roundup: China’s First Gap, Gisele To Model For Balenciaga, & The Selby Book Preview
The First Chinese Gap!: Last night was the grand opening of China’s first Gap store in Shanghai. Like most stores in China, it’s big and shiny. Apparently they had to resize all their clothes to fit Asian body types. {WWD}
Gisele And Balenciaga? Rumors are circulating that Gisele Bundchen will be starring in Balenciaga’s Spring 2011 campaign. We don’t doubt this. After all, she did close their Spring 2011 show. {Elle}
Summer Strauch’s eBay Tips: Lauren wrote a piece for The Inside Source interviewing Summer Strauch, the director of our P.S I Made This videos. Strauch gives some amazing tips on vintage and eBay shopping. {The Inside Source}
Turbans Are In: According to The New York Times, turbans are in. We, of course, already knew this. {The New York Times}
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Halston CEO Bonnie Takhar has been let go, and Sarah Jessica Parker, the label’s chief creative officer, is not happy about Takhar’s departure, Page Six is reporting.
Takhar has been with Halston since its relaunch in 2007. She got the job for her extensive experience and success growing luxury brands. Takhar’s last gig was as the Chief Commercial Officer of Jimmy Choo. Before that she took Earl Jeans from an unknown British denim line to £15 million in US sales within four years. Despite her previous successes, the board wanted Takhar out–which is not shocking given the label’s embattled state.
Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Co. is one of the co-investors and principal owners of Halston said in a statement, “Sarah Jessica is a huge supporter of Bonnie’s, but it was time to change direction. It was the rest of the board that made the decision. No one was more steadfast to Bonnie than Sarah Jessica.”
According to reports, SJP was “visibly upset” upon learning that Takhar was out.
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What goes on backstage at the Victoria Secret runway show? I spent yesterday afternoon hanging with the models, makeup artists, and hairstylists, trying to figure out the difference between bronzer and self-tanner. (Haha, just kidding. Kind of.) Some quick numbers:
68: The number of hair extensions used by stylist Sam McKnight
15: The number of days Alessandra Ambrosio works out each year. (“And all before this!” she says.)
40: Total number of hours the styling team spent working yesterday.
8.5: Bottles of body bronzer used.
Click through to see the show’s major players at work, from Lily Aldridge to Tom Pecheux and back. And don’t forget to watch everything come to life Tuesday, November 30th at 10pm EST on CBS.
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If you, like us, flipped through the December issue of Lucky magazine and missed former Creative Director Andrea Linett’s illustrated Fashion Babble page, get excited. Linett has brought the page back to life on the web.
I Want to Be Her launched yesterday and it will feature a few stylish women each week drawn by Anne Johnston Albert, illustrator and designer of Martin Clothes, who drew Linett for Lucky each month. Similar to Fashion Babble, every piece in the illustration is attached to real product, but unlike the magazine page, you can now click to buy.
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Name: Ashley
Age: 25
Occupation: Intern at The Guggenheim
What was the last good exhibition you went to? I loved the Monet exhibition at Gagosian.
We’re not sure whose idea this was, but the collaboration between the CFDA and Lexus is certainly a bizarre one. Regardless, their goal is definitely one we can get behind. They established the inaugural Eco Fashion Challenge as a platform to recognize and support the industry’s leaders in sustainable design. From the press release:
“To qualify as a finalist, each designer had to demonstrate a commitment to ecologically responsible design and production practices, with a minimum of 25% of their collection being produced in an environmentally friendly manner. The judges selected the three honorees based on design credibility, business acumen, and eco-commitment, with attention paid to eco fabrics, materials, processes, and packaging.”
Last night, the winners were announced at a packed event dj’d by Fabrizio Moretti of the Strokes. Congrats to Costello Tagliapietra, Maria Cornejo and jewelry designer Monique Péan, who won amongst some pretty stiff competition: Behnaz Sarafpour, Marcia Patmos, Organic by John Patrick, Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Subversive, and Rogan. All ten finalists’ work was shown in gallery style displays with blurbs about what they do to keep their design process eco-friendly.
We also got a chance to congratulate winners Monique Péan, Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra and ask them about the challenge.
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We’ve been watching beauty sample and e-commerce site Birchbox with great interest since its inception this past September. In case this is the first time you’re hearing about it, the site offers a box of deluxe beauty samples for $10/month. You can then purchase the full size products directly from Birchbox. The site itself is rounded out with beauty stories and a loyalty point system that gives you discounts on purchases.
To celebrate a recent infusion of $1.4 million into the company, thus ensuing new growth, Birchbox threw a party last night at Lani Kai in NYC. Its founders were on hand to dish about the company and their new challenges.
Katia Beauchamp, one of the site’s co-founders, told us that they now have about 2,700 paid subscribers, and were on track to double again. Their November box has sold out. Right now her biggest concern is trying to make sure they can meet demand. Good news: Customized boxes (based on hair color, skin type, etc) will definitely be coming in December.
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This afternoon I caught up with model-turned-fashion editor Anja Rubik as she prepped for tonight’s Victoria’s Secret runway show. Of course most of the discussion focused on angel wings and body glitter, but I did manage to sneak in a couple of questions regarding 25, the magazine she launched with her boyfriend earlier this year.
According to Rubik, they’ve moved the operations from Vienna to New York, and plan on publishing the next issue within the year. “We really wanted to have it for September fashion week, but there’s just too much to do,” she told me after her face makeup session. Apparently, the response was so great that the mag has transformed from a side project into a full-blown operation. Oh, and they’re hiring. “We’re still assembling our team.”
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