About this time every year, we find ourselves spending an inordinate amount of time day-dreaming about our summer vacations–and even more time fantasizing about what we’ll wear on them. Somehow dressing for vacation is just always more fun than dressing for real life. That being said, it’s often hard to find exactly the right of Read more →
So you love fashion—but fashion design? Not so much. And that has you wondering what kinds of other fashion careers might be right for you. As a fashion-phile with practically zero designing skills myself, I’ve struggled with this very dilemma (I’ve cycled through various fashion internships from styling to PR before finally arriving at fashion writing).
Luckily, we’ve got our first-ever conference, “How to Make It in Fashion,” coming up to help you out. And one of the panels is devoted to alternative careers in fashion.
Here’s what we have in store for you:
Emma Watson really is all grown up, as evidenced in her June 2013 W cover shoot, lensed by Michael Thompson. {W}
We’re not sure who got luckier–Prince Harry or Karolina Kurkova. The two shared a chaste smooch at a polo match on the last day of the prince’s US tour. {US Weekly}
Here’s the 16-piece Kate Bosworth-inspired collection by Topshop, which the actress herself wore at Coachella in April. {Vogue UK}
Rita Ora–who is kind of Madonna’s doppelganger–is the new face of Madonna’s clothing line, Material Girl. {The Sun}
Excited for tonight’s Revenge finale? The costume designer for one of our favorite prime time soaps answers all of our questions about the characters’ stylish and red-heavy wardrobes.
Beyoncé’s not the only one nabbing Vogue covers left, right, and center this year. Along with Miss Vogue‘s debut issue this month, Cara Delevingne is on the June cover of Vogue China. {Fashion Gone Rogue}
If you were watching the Met Ball red carpet like we were, you probably noticed Beyoncé’s personal dress train manager (ie her stylist Ty Hunter) fabulously lurking in the background, making sure that her Givenchy gown’s train was in place with her every move. {PopSugar Fashion}
It’s a boy? Excited uncle Prince Harry reportedly can’t seem to keep mum about the birth of the royal baby, telling friends that his brother and his sister-in-law Kate Middleton are expecting a boy.(Guess it’s a 50/50 chance, right?) {Daily Mail}
Dating got you down? A new clothing line called “Gutzy” wants to match up singles wearing its t-shirts. {HuffPo}
Galliano’s not going. See who is.
“PUNK: Chaos to Couture,” the latest exhibit organized by Andrew Bolton for The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, opens to the public tomorrow. The press got a first look today. And I have a feeling reactions will be mixed. (The International Herald Tribune‘s Suzy Menkes already panned the exhibit for being too “sanitized and bloodless.”) Here’s why:
The Met Ball is like the Oscars for the fashion industry: all the best people in all the best dresses.
This year’s theme, punk, presents an interesting conundrum: will people go all out, liberty spikes and Givenchy nose rings and all, or just throw some studs on a Chanel suit and call it pseudo-punk?
We’re hoping for the former, and so in the spirit of going the distance, we’ve picked out our favorite punk fashions and paired them with Met Ball regulars like Anna Wintour and Julianne Moore and some fantasy guests (Bjork, anyone?).
Click through to see the looks we want to see on the red carpet, and let us know what you’re hoping for in the comments.
Here’s a first look at Amanda Seyfried’s Very Irrésistible Givenchy campaign. {Grazia Daily}
Topping Glamour UK’s annual “50 Best Dressed Women” list (and beating Kate Middleton!) is… Kristen Stewart? Umm… {Glamour UK}
Carla Bruni talks about the difficulty of being pregnant at 43, which made her feel ugly and want to throw away all her clothes. {Daily Mail}
Vogue just can’t seem to get enough of Beyoncé. For the third time in the last three months Queen Bey graces the cover of the magazine—this time for its Indian edition. The shot used for the cover of Vogue India’s May issue is an outtake from her Vogue US shoot. {Fashion Bomb Daily}
And speaking of Vogue, you can now major in the magazine at Condé Nast’s newly-opened College of Fashion & Design in London. The school offers two courses: a ten-week Vogue Fashion Certificate and a yearlong Vogue Fashion Foundation Diploma. {The Cut}
Kate Middleton-favorite Issa London launches its first-ever handbag collection in straw and satin in collaboration with Banana Republic. {SheFinds}
Ready to try to squeeze into child sizes? GapKids is releasing its second collab collection with Diane von Furstenberg this week. {WWD, subscription required}
Tara Reid was thrown out of All Saints after getting upset that the retailer wouldn’t give her a discount. {NY Post}
Looks like Elle Woods is going to need her own attorney. Reese Witherspoon and hubby Jim Roth were arrested in Atlanta for disorderly conduct and driving under influence, respectively. {US Weekly}
Florida has a python problem, and designers see an opportunity there. New handbag, anyone? {TheCut}
A new fashion tribute to Elizabeth Taylor is in the works that will hopefully erase last fall’s Liz & Dick from our memories.
Read on for details of the Cannes AmfAR gala Carine Roitfeld is organizing.
