Archive for June 2011

Entertainment

Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men’s Sally Draper) Designs Her Own Dresses

The Coveteur recently profiled the closet and home of Kiernan Shipka, better known as Mad Men‘s Sally Draper. The precocious tween dresses a lot like her TV counterpart–favoring early ’60s Peter Pan-collared girly silhouettes from a Portuguese brand called Papo d’ Anjo. But when she’s not wearing Papo d’Anjo (which is hardly ever, it seems), she makes her own dresses (see above, left).

“This dress is actually an original design of mine,” Shipka told the Coveteur. “I love the color and the fabric, which is a raw silk taffeta. I spent days going through all the fabric shops in downtown LA to find this fabric… I made many changes to the dress along the way. It took about a year to finish. It turned out great!” We agree. Shipka has already got her own signature style down pat–do we smell another actress-turned-designer?

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Fashion Careers

Jumelle in Brooklyn Needs a Store Manager!

Jumelle, a women’s clothing boutique located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is seeking a manager with a strong background in retail sales, customer service, clientele managing and merchandising.

Some of the primary responsibilities include:

Maintaining sales goals and projections
Providing exceptional and friendly customer service

Overseeing and resolving all customer issues
Managing inventory and communicating inventory performance to management
Assisting in all visual merchandising
Managing all store operational issues, including opening and closing store, administrative duties, physical inventories, etc.
Staff scheduling

Qualified candidates should forward their resume to femmes@shopjumelle.com

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Campaigns

The Rest of Prada’s Fall/Winter 2011 Campaign

Last week, we got a sneak peek of Prada’s fall/winter 2011 ad campaign starring modeling newbie Kelly Mittendorf. This morning, Prada sent us two new images from the campaign featuring those crazy fuzzy swim caps and plastic paillettes and models Ondria Hardin and Frida Gustavsson. With a backdrop of multi-colored tile and green and blue velvet couches, the campaign solidifies Prada’s maximalist take on fall. Yep, it’s a lot, but somehow also super pretty. Take a look.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: More Dior Rumors, An Interview With Jean Paul Gaultier Plus His New Campaign and Bergdorf’s Braiding Service

Azzadine Alaia Was Called To Take Over For Galliano: He was flattered but declined (he is in his 70s, after all). However, as the Financial Times observes, given Alaia’s rejection of the industry’s hyper-speed and the accompanying pressures, this may indicate that Dior is looking to change its ways. {Financial Times}

CreatetheGroup Aquires Morpheus Media: The digital media companies, which develop strategy, creative content and marketing on new media platforms, will now operate under the same umbrella. Clients include Burberry and Marc Jacobs (considered fashion’s digital pioneers), Net-a-porter, Louis Vuitton and others. {WWD}

A Woman Went A Month Without Looking In A Mirror: The Daily Mail’s Marrianne Power decided to test studies that show women are their own harshest critics by going a full month without using or looking in a mirror. Turns out, she looked more relaxed, got more compliments and felt loads better about herself . {Daily Mail}

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Image of the Day

Image of the Day: Justin Bieber Wears Dolce & Gabbana and Kelly Kapowski

By Leah Chernikoff Monday, Jun 20, 2011 / 12:15 PM

Photo: WireImage


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For Tavi’s First Post for XOJane She Shows Us What’s In Her Locker and It’s Really Gross

Tavi’s first piece for XOJane.com is up! The 15-year-old blogger is currently working with Jane Pratt on a website geared towards people in her own age group. But, that doesn’t mean Tavi and the contents of her bag locker aren’t relevant to XOJane readers. Hence “What’s in My Bag: Locker Edition.”

Tavi may not have a Sofia Coppola X Louis Vuitton duffle full of moleskins, passports and Chanel makeup, but I wouldn’t exactly call her “What’s in my bag” piece boring. There’s some normal high school locker stuff, some really gross stuff and some really random stuff that does not make sense in a high school locker, like the blue wig she wore all over last fashion week, for instance. It was so messy, it took her well over the 20 alloted minutes to clean out at the end of the school year. In addition to the aforementioned wig, there were old tap shoes, deodorant, Play-Doh and a black lace veil.

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Lack of Black Models At Sao Paulo Fashion Week Sparks Protest

SAO PAULO–Showgoers at Sao Paulo fashion week were greeted by a group of about a dozen protestors from non profit organization Educafro Brazil, who had chained themselves together in front of the Fundação Bienal (Sao Paulo fashion week’s official venue), to call for more black models on the catwalks in Brazil. While 12 protestors outside an event might not seem like enough to raise a stink, the story was all over Brazil’s papers and news sites for the rest of the week.

Brazil is known for its beautiful models almost than for its fashion. While Gisele, Brazil’s most famous model, didn’t walk in Sao Paulo fashion week this season (she walked last season for Colcci), Brazilian models Raquel Zimmerman, Daiane Conterato, Bruna Tenorio, and Viviane Orth walked countless shows. The pervading look of the models on the runways in Sao Paulo is undeniably blond, white, and European. As Educafro Brazil pointed out in their literature, the models do not reflect Brazil’s population, which is over 50% black.

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Nicola Formichetti Will Post Videos For His Spring Men’s Show For Mugler On Porn Site XTube

The Thierry Mugler menswear show is scheduled for this Wednesday and, like his last show, promises to be quite a spectacle. As far as we know, Lady Gaga will not be making an appearance. However, creative director Nicola Formichetti plans to reveal some rather provocative videos to make up for it. Titled “Brothers of Arcadia” and inspired by Greek gods, the two-part series was directed by Branislav Jankic and features music by Brooklyn-based Jessica 6, whose front woman makes an appearance in the vid.

According to WWD, Formichetti plans to upload an “uncensored” version onto porn site Xtube, so that should give you an idea of the general direction of the series. However, if you need more of a visual, click through for a few teaser snaps that Mugler’s creative director uploaded onto Facebook. Also, The Moment plans to release an exclusive clip from the video tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.

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News

Exclusive Video: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Launch StyleMint

By Lauren Sherman Monday, Jun 20, 2011 / 9:12 AM


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Reviews

Osklen Spring 2012: The Royal Black Collection

SAO PAULO–Osklen’s spring 2012 was easily one of the standout shows of Sao Paulo fashion week. While Osklen has a US presence, and a store on Wooster Street in SoHo, I didn’t know much about the brand until I saw their show this past week. Their show show made me want to know more–and buy their clothes.

The label’s got a real urban sensibility–clean, simple yet sophisticated silhouettes in luxe materials–so their brick-and-mortar location on Wooster makes perfect sense. For spring, Osklen paid homage to African culture in Brazil, hence the title of the show: the Royal Black Collection. While Sao Paulo fashion week mandates that at least 10% of the models in each show are black, Osklen’s show opened with seven black models.

The collection was elegant and flowing and comfortable.

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Fashion Is Fun

The Ten Best Fashion Illustration Blogs

Fashion photography may have trumped illustration a while back, but hand sketching is anything but dead. The blogosphere is full of talented artists who take runway looks, magazine editorials, and street style images and reinterpret them by hand into whimsical creations.

We’ve rounded up ten fashion illustration blogs that we adore. Click through, and prepare your eyes for a fashionable feast.

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Models

Andrej Pejic Walks In Both Mens and Womenswear In the Same Show at Sao Paulo Fashion Week

By Leah Chernikoff Saturday, Jun 18, 2011 / 3:10 PM

Photo: Agência Fotosite/Zé Takahashi

SAO PAULO–Outside the fashion world, folks aren’t quite sure what to make of androgynous male model Andrej Pejic. Borders and Barnes & Nobles censored his topless cover for Dossier Journal, and men’s mag FHM appallingly referred to him as a “thing” when listing the in-demand model as number 98 on their “Hot 100 Women” list.

Thankfully, within the fashion world, Pejic is accepted and in demand. He’s served as muse to Jean Paul Gaultier, landed Marc by Marc Jacob’s spring campaign, and been featured in numerous high fashion editorials. Last night, at Brazilian designer Lino Villaventura’s spring 2012 show in Sao Paulo, he proved he is also a catwalk star. Pejic walked twice: first in menswear, and then he closed the show in women’s evening wear–holding the packed room rapt as he vogued at the end of the runway. From my seat below the photographer’s pit, I could see that Pejic was trembling a bit even as he nailed pose after pose at the end of the runway.

Watch Pejic do his thing.
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