Archive for January 2011

Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Kate Spade Anoints Its First Celebrity, Lil Wayne Wears Jeremy Scott and Taylor Momsen Lands Another Mag Cover

Bryce Dallas Howard Is Kate Spade’s First Celeb Model: Ron Howard’s daughter Bryce Dallas will be the face of Kate Spade’s spring ad campaign. It marks the first time Kate Spade has ever used a celebrity in their advertising in 18 years. {WWD subscription required}

The NYT‘s “Out” List: Cathy Horyn and Eric Wilson came up with the 10 looks they never want to see again. We’re totally on board with the denim diapers but we thought Louis Vuitton’s fall ad campaign was just lovely. {NYT}

Kim Kardashian Posed For Playboy To Be More Independent: Kim Kardashian is on the cover of Glamour’s February “guy” issue. In it she tells the mag that she posed for Playboy to assert her independence. Right… {Glamour}

Lil Wayne In Jeremy Scott: Yep, this is a thing that happened. Lil Wayne rocked Jeremy Scott’s Jeremy Scott x Adidas Originals by Originals Teddy Bear Sneakers from the Spring/Summer 2011 Collection. If you would like to wear teddy bears on your feet, these kicks are $328. {Upscale Hype}

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Magazines

It’s Almost Official: Elle to Hearst

After rumors at the end of the year pinning the sale of Lagardère’s American magazine titles to Bauer Media, the publishers of Life & Style, Daily Front Row is reporting (via Bloomberg) that the the French publishing house plans on teaming up with Hearst instead. After all, rumors of a Hearst partnership have been circulating for almost a year, and we’ve heard that the rumor was pretty much confirmed to Lagardère’s US staffers in December.

Of course, this doesn’t indicate that it’s definitely going to happen–talks could break down–but it probably will. So what does this mean for Elle staffers?

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Beauty

Tamara Mellon Shows Off Her Cleavage To Sell Jimmy Choo’s First Fragrance

After 15 years in the shoe biz, Jimmy Choo is launching its first fragrance, exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue on Jan. 15. And co-founder Tamara Mellon is the chest, er, face of the scent.

The scent will simply be called Jimmy Choo. “We’ve transitioned into a lifestyle luxury brand, and it seemed like the next natural step for us,” Tamara Mellon, co-founder and chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo, told WWD at a London event to launch the fragrance. “Fragrance is such an important accessory for women — I think it will have a very broad reach. Our customer is every woman.”

The juice, three years in the making, was created by Olivier Polge of International Flavors & Fragrances, and it’s a fruity chypre with green top notes, as well as exotic tiger orchid, sweet toffee and Indonesian patchouli notes.

“Fragrance is something that’s very… personal,” said Mellon, to a room full of beauty editors at the New York launch event, where she revealed that her favorites as a teenager included Opium and Anaïs Anaïs. “I love the smell of green fresh notes, they’re in the top notes of our fragrance. I like things that are sensual, so that’s how we came in with the patchouli.”

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  • Lisa Schweitzer for Stylelist
  • Monday, Jan 3, 2011 / 12:18 PM
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People Are Talking

Love is Blind. We are Not. Teenybopper Bribery?

Which pop star hated an image from an upcoming editorial spread so much, she told the fashion editor in charge that she would sing at the his/her kid’s next birthday party if the picture was kept out of the magazine?

Fashion Shows

Watch It: The Video of Tom Ford’s Super Exclusive Spring 2011 Show

By Leah Chernikoff Monday, Jan 3, 2011 / 10:27 AM

Even though images from Tom Ford’s über exclusive über-hyped spring show have been released (first in Harper’s Bazaar UK), and we’re starting to see the collection sweep covers and editorials–from Julia Restoin Roitfeld in V to Emily Blunt in that same blue fringed dress on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK–they can’t convey what it was like to be there like this footage from the actual star-studded show. Read more »

Magazines

Blake Lively Doesn’t Sell Glossies But Lady Gaga Does

Looks like Anna Wintour’s obsession with Blake Lively (she’s covered the mag three times, including Vogue‘s Best Dressed supplement) hasn’t paid off.

According to statistics released by Audit Bureau of Circulations (as reported by WWD), Blake Lively is glossy mag poison. Her June Vogue cover was the third worst-selling issue of the year and her Esquire cover was the worst-seller of the year. (Her Allure cover, however, was that mag’s best selling issue so she’s not a total bomb–who would have thought her amazing bod would sell worse than a close crop of her face?)

Taylor Swift also proved deadly for mag sales, with newsstand sales for her April Elle cover running 60,000 less than average. Her November Glamour cover was the mag’s second-worst selling issue of the year, and Swift’s cover for Marie Claire in July was the monthly’s third worst-selling issue.

So who do you book if you want to sell?

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Sally's Styling Seminary

Sally’s Styling Seminary: The Unspoken Rules of Styling

By working with the best stylists in the world and cultivating my own styling practice over the last decade, I’ve learned the standards of conduct for styling. Contemplating the ethics of our industry, I’ve observed how the power players behave versus the mediocre. For my “Introduction to Styling” seminar, I’ve written a conversation about these ethics (or lack thereof), and I wanted to share a quick sample with you.

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  • Sally Lyndley
  • Sunday, Jan 2, 2011 / 1:41 PM
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Best Dressed

Best Dressed: Florence, Kirsten, Madonna and More Bundle Up

By Dhani Mau Saturday, Jan 1, 2011 / 6:37 PM

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