Archive for May 2011

Models

Meet the New Stars of Ford’s Plus Size Model Board

Ford+, the plus size division of Ford models, just put out a new promotional book featuring some of their top models. What’s striking about Ford’s latest promotional push is that it’s simply comprised of beautiful high-fashiony images of models who happen to not be straight size (that means they are not a 0 and can be anywhere from a size 8 to 18). It seems to be (and hopefully is) part of trend of incorporating models who aren’t 0s and 2s–not just Crystal Renn–into the high fashion world, beyond catalogues.

Gary Dakin, the head of Ford’s plus board, has been with the modeling agency for the last 13 years. In that time span, he says the market has changed dramatically for plus size models.

“There are better clients, jobs, photographers, rates, etc.,” he says. “The girls have evolved too…they are challenged now more than ever to be better and they challenge the industry right back.”

Dakin pinpoints the moment the industry began shifting to embrace plus to around 10 years ago.

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Jobs

Lesa Wright McHale + company, a Boutique PR Firm, Needs an Intern!

Lesa Wright McHale + company is a boutique public relations agency specializing in accessories and fashion. The company founder is looking for an intern to help assist in all daily activities.

Responsibilities will include:
• Track and manage samples in and out of the office
• Coordinate press loans between editors and clients

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People We Like

Reed Krakoff Watches Ultimate Fighting and Six Other Unexpected Answers to Our Seven Questions

Reed Krakoff is having his banner moment. From the launch of his eponymous brand to that New Yorker profile to being honored by Parsons, the Manhattan designer is the talk of the industry. And maybe more importantly, the talk of those working and living outside of fashion’s bubble.

While we’ve heard lots about Krakoff’s social life and his work at Coach, we thought it would be fun to discuss a few more intimate topics, including the creative director’s love of…Ultimate Fighting? (Seriously. It’s kind of amazing.) Click through to read Krakoff’s often-surprising answers to our seven questions.

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Events

Last Night’s (Other) Party: WGACA Fetes Made Her Think and Resin’s Blinged Out Jeans

We’re nuts about Meredith Kahn‘s accessories line Made Her Think, and when we learned Kahn was working with Resin’s Chantel Valentene on several summer denim essentials, our jewelry-hungry ears perked up.

Last night, Soho vintage emporium What Goes Around Comes Around hosted a laid-back, intimate launch to celebrate the collaboration pieces. With Teen Vogue‘s Andrew Bevan playing deejay (nobody spins ’90s hits better), guests including Becka Diamond sipped Kanon Vodka cocktails and flipped through racks of amazing vintage tees.

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Beauty

Today in Weird Beauty Products: Candy that Makes You Smell Like Perfume

Beauty products are all about multi-tasking these days. Lipstick with SPF. Eye cream with attached undereye concealer. The next big thing that may be hitting your cosmetics counter? Candy that turns into perfume.

An American ingredients company and a Bulgarian candy company got together to make candy that will make you smell like roses. It’s a different mechanism than what happens when you eat a Reese’s peanut butter cup and everyone knows you just ate it. This candy, called Deo Perfume Candy, contains geraniol, the source of the scent. It works just like garlic; you eat it and there’s a chemical there that can’t be digested, so it leaks out through your pores.

Geraniol is an ingredient found naturally in a lot of essential oils, like rose oil, citronella, and lemon. It has a rosy scent and is commonly used in perfumes. Oh, and it has been shown to repel mosquitos (bonus!) and potentially attract honey bees (eek!).

Unfortunately, the candy will not taste like chocolate and make you smell like Chanel No.5.

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Streetwalker

Street Style: Amanda Likes to Dress Like a Hippie in the Summer

Name: Amanda

Age: 25

Occupation: Fashion designer for Rachel Rachel Roy

How would you describe your style? Most days, Bohemian. I like to be a hippie in the summer, I layer and accessorize a lot with simple clothing.

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Campaigns

Behind the Scenes at David Yurman’s New York-Inspired Fall Ad Campaign With Alex White and Arizona Muse

If there is such a thing as fashion heaven, it was the set of David Yurman‘s fall ad campaign last week. Imagine budding models Arizona Muse and Joan Smalls, styled by Alex White, posing in front of legendary fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh‘s lens. In a word, epic.

On a sunny Friday morning, we were lucky enough to sneak onto the set at Fraunces Tavern in the Financial District of Manhattan with this all-star team. When we first arrived at the historic tavern, we expected to be intimidated and awestruck, but instead, we felt as if we had walked into a family get together. Both White and Lindbergh have worked with the Yurman clan, who were also on set, for many years.

But though the brand assembled all of their usual suspects, there was one something different about the campaign–New York.

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Would You Rather?

Would You Rather: Disney Royal Wedding Edition

By Sarah Ferguson Thursday, May 12, 2011 / 3:30 PM


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Jobs

Alice & Trixie is Looking for a Public Relations and Online Media Coordinator!

Alice & Trixie, the upscale contemporary women’s line, is looking for a public relations and online media coordinator to continue to expand the brand’s print and web presence.

Duties will include interfacing with editors and bloggers while maintaining the Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr accounts. Will have to pitch stories to editors, send out and track samples, and draft press releases. Knowledge of the contemporary market a must.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Get Donald Trump’s Hair Style, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli Broke Up, and How Kate Moss Was Discovered

The Donald’s Hair Styling Regimen Revealed: How does Donald Trump get his glorious comb-over each morning, you wonder? He combs it a little forward, and a little back. His shampoo of choice? Head & Shoulders. {Telegraph}

Styling Cannes: Stylists Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn (who work with Rachel McAdams) say that they go for edgier, high-end looks when dressing stars for the film festival red carpets versus award ceremonies like the Oscars. {WWD, Subscription Required}

Leonardo DiCaprio Breaks Up With His Second Model: The actor, who previously dated Gisele, has called it quits with girlfriend Bar Refaeli. The split is reportedly over their busy careers and both of their unwillingness to settle down. Which lucky model will Leo go after next? {Page Six}

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Events

Last Night’s Party: NAHM’s Debut is Even Cooler Than Its Hilfiger Genes

Nary Manivong made waves a few seasons back for his jump from relative obscurity (and, uh, homelessness) into the heart of fashion darlings. Among the converted fans was designer Tommy Hilfiger’s daughter, Ally Hilfiger, who met Manivong in 2008 after the show for his eponymous line. The two became fast friends, and Hilfiger started styling for the new brand.

It wasn’t long before Hilfiger’s recessive fashion gene kicked in, and after two seasons the two fell into a styling-cum-design partnership, with the eventual result being a joint collection: NAHM, an it-girl-cool line influenced by Poe’s “The Raven” and centered around the classic shirt dress.

The pair presented their line last night at West Village boutique A Man and a Woman to a host of friends and fashion insiders, with musical accompaniment by DJ Chelsea Leyland and champers by Nicolas Feuillatte. Raised platforms in the center of the space showcased the sheer asymmetrical button-downs and burnt-sienna dresses that fell like water off the mannequins.

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Beauty

Kelly Bensimon Makes a DIY Hair Martini (Yes, There’s Vodka In It)–But Does It Work?

Kelly Bensimon, in case you don’t know her, is best known as the Real Housewife of New York who went crazy on one episode (also she was a model and is an ex-wife of Gilles Bensimon). She bounced back from that pretty well, and just made a YouTube video to teach us how to take care of our hair, all with convenient ingredients that you probably have in your liquor cabinet.

Kelly claims her hair stylist told her to mix olive oil, salt, vodka, and lemon juice to make her hair look glorious again. She then demonstrates mixing it up in her bathroom, dips her hair in it, and says, “Wish me luck!” The end. So what happened to her hair?! We may never know. Unless she gets bored this weekend and shows us.

My hair expert said that 50% of the ingredients could be helpful–olive oil for hydration and salt to clean your scalp.

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