Archive for July 2011

Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Claudia Schiffer On German Vogue, the Next Uniqlo Collab and Topshop Goes Out Vegas-Style

Claudia Schiffer Looks Amaaazing On The Cover Of German Vogue: She casts eyes at us from under a black lace mask and we are struck with envy at her absolutely flawless waves (and lips and skin and everything because she’s Claudia and she’s perfect…). This image rocks. {Models.com}

Undercover Will Be Uniqlo’s Next Collaboration Line: Uniqlo sent out a press release heralding Jun Takahashi’s Undercover as their next collaboration line, which will take the place of +J (so sad). No details yet, but we have awhile; the line won’t be out until Spring 2012. {The Shophound}

Topshop Adds An Eveningwear Line And Is Building A Vegas Store: Called Dress Up, the new line is comprised of “elaborate, embellished pieces in fine silks and satin with beading and sequins” to target the “going out” market, says director Philip Green. It will do well in the sequin capital, Las Vegas, where they have a store coming in March 2012. Other future store plans include Chicago and Toronto, plus ones in Brazil, Australia and Mexico. {Racked}

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Entertainment

Snooki Loves Light-Up Heels, Nicki Minaj and Says Her Own Cocktail Would Consist of Pickle Juice, Vodka and Wine

Footwear News, WWD‘s shoe-focused supplement publication, apparently takes Snooki somewhat seriously as a footwear designer. This year, the beloved Jersey Shore castmate launched a line of slippers called Snooki Slippers, followed by a line of pickle print flip flops. The trade publication seems to have some sort of fascination with the pint-sized reality TV star (or she has a really good publicist), as they’ve published multiple stories on topics ranging from the launch of her flip flops line to the creation of her pickle princess Halloween costume.

Today’s Footwear News features a Q&A with Snooks called “Snooki’s Good Taste,” in which she doesn’t really reveal anything particularly newsworthy, but does tell us about her favorite things.

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Beauty

Watch: This Woman Is “Addicted” To Her 24-Inch Nails Which She’s Been Growing for 22 Years

By Cheryl Wischhover Monday, Jul 18, 2011 / 11:15 AM

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The Proenza Schouler/Andrew Rosen Deal Might Finally Go Through

Looks like Proenza Schouler and Andrew Rosen are finally teaming up.

It’s been over a year since we first learned that Theory ceo Rosen was interested in buying Proenza Schouler. The label is part-owned by Permira Group, a London investment firm that also owns Valentino. Permira put its 45% stake in Proenza on the block in February of 2010.

At the beginning of 2011, we heard that the deal had been penned for months but that Permira wasn’t happy with the terms, resulting in severe delays.

Then Mark Holgate pretty much confirmed on the pages of Vogue that it was all happening!

Now WWD reports that it is indeed happening, probably by the end of this month. The partnership will be structured similarly to the agreements Rosen has with Rag & Bone and Alice and Olivia, which are also personal investments. Rosen runs Theory and Helmut Lang, but they’re owned by Uniqlo.

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Beauty

Jessica Stam and Legendary Makeup Artist Pat McGrath Are Collaborating on Makeup Tutorial Videos…and More?

Makeup tutorials have become a bit of an internet phenomenon. YouTube is flooded with how-to guides on everything from getting the perfect cat eye to emulating the look of [insert famous person here]. And despite the fact that most of them are done amateur-style, uploaded by non-professionals with nothing but a mirror and a MacBook, they are ridiculously popular.

Apparently CoverGirl wants in on the phenomenon–they’ve tapped legendary makeup artist (and CoverGirl Global Creative Design Director) Pat McGrath and ultimate makeup canvas Jessica Stam to shoot “major how-to videos.” A shoot took place yesterday, as did a @COVERGIRL / @Jess_Stam / @patmcgrathreal Twitter love fest, which is where the above behind-the-scenes photograph came from. Also, there were some indications that this collaboration will extend beyond just how-to videos.

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Entertainment

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are Staying Together…At Kohl’s

When word broke Friday evening that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were ending their seven year marriage, your first thought probably wasn’t ‘But what about their line for Kohl’s!?’

If that thought did occur to you, as it of course did to WWD, never fear, Kohl’s is pressing along with the couple’s line despite their recent split.

In November Kohl’s announced that the celebrity couple would design men’s and women’s lines for the store as well as a line for home, to launch this coming September. According to WWD, Kohl’s heralded Lopez and Anthony as “the first celebrity couple to simultaneously design collections for one retailer.”

Kohl’s says they still plan to release collections by Lopez and Anthony, only with a slightly different billing.

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Shopping

Good News for Mini Fashionistas: Gwen Stefani Does a Kid’s Line for Target and Madonna’s Material Girl Expands (Now Includes Beauty)

Whether you’re a hip parent with a newborn or a teen on the verge of leaving the juniors’ department, pop star mommies Madonna and Gwen Stefani have you covered.

Gwen Stefani‘s Harajuku Lover’s line is shrinking down for the diaper and preschool set; Stefani is taking her pop-arty ode to Japanese street dressing and making it kid friendly for Target. Called Harajuku Mini for Target, the line will be introduced in November and again in January 2012. While she’s designed children’s clothing and shoes for her contemporary LAMB line, this is a first for the younger Harajuku line.

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News

Image of the Day: Victoria Beckham Posts First Photo of Baby Harper Seven (and It Will Make Your Ovaries Hurt)

By Leah Chernikoff Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 / 12:04 PM

Photo: @VictoriaBeckham


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Best Dressed

Best Dressed: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Dolce & Gabbana, Amber Heard in Westwood and More

By Alaina Hernandez Saturday, Jul 16, 2011 / 8:39 PM

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Parties

Fashion Folk Pick Their Favorite Vintage Playboy Pix

Playboy is (finally) putting their entire archives online at iPlayboy.com, accessible through phone, iPad, and laptop. Yes, the entire archives. Are you drooling yet?

To celebrate, the mag asked some fashion/art/film folk to pick out their favorite images from Playboys of the past for an exhibit which opened last night at Partners and Spade (and lives online too). This group of fashion-y curators included: Simon Doonan, Waris Alhuwalia, André Balazs, and Sarah Shotton, the creative director of Agent Provacateur among others. Unsurprisingly everyone played it safe–less lady bits and more culture.

The party, however, featured large prints of Playboy bunnies on the wall for sale at $1500 a pop. Naturally the retro styles and naked woman were a conversation topic among the trillions of guests. (Seriously, was all of the East Village there to make up for Simon Doonan’s absence?)

There was such a large young crowd, so I did some investigative journalism and ask the guests what makes vintage Playboy so alluring to twenty-somethings today. (Hint: no one said the articles.)

So click through to see the images selected by big shots (plus their commentary from the exhibit) and to find out what motivates contemporary readers to revisit Playboy’s past. (Obvs NSFW)

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Parties

Barneys’ Amanda Brooks Shares the Secrets to Her Flawless Hair

It’s a weird fangirl-ish thing to ask Amanda Brooks, Barney’s impeccably well-heeled and well-coiffed fashion director, about her hair. But enough people had told me they were “obsessed” with it so I sucked it up, channeled Emily Weiss at Into the Gloss, and asked her about her locks after we had finished chatting about $39,000 crocodile backpacks at Barneys launch event for The Row’s new luxury handbag line.

Brooks was caught a little off guard by the question, laughing at first, but then, in a very refreshingly down-to-earth way, delved into her surprisingly low maintenance hair care routine.

“I do my hair myself,” Brooks said. “I have to say, I have good hair–my dad gave me his hair.” Which, she confesses, is a blessing and a curse. “I have a lot of hair–which means I also have a lot of hair on my legs, so there is a pay off. I shave them don’t worry.”

And in keeping with fashion’s latest trend of not washing your hair, Brooks only washes it once a week.

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Fashion Is Fun

Fashion House Musical Chairs: A Visual Guide

Usually, it’s editorial shakeups that get us all confused and inspire us to create befuddling charts and guides to recap and (at least attempt to) make sense of movement within the fashion industry. Lately, however, it seems that most of the movement is taking place at big fashion houses. Whether it’s the economy or designers getting burnt-out, it seems like a top level position opens (or gets filled) every week.

From Galliano’s exit from Dior to Marios Schwab’s from Halston (which happened so recently we didn’t have a chance to include it), here’s our little visual guide to the recent ins and outs at major fashion houses.

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  • Dhani Mau and Alaina Hernandez
  • Friday, Jul 15, 2011 / 5:00 PM
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