SNL has this new skit where relatively brain dead former porn stars hilariously try to shill luxury goods they can’t pronounce.
Saturday night, they (and Ben Affleck as “Girth Brooks”) took on Hermès. Or is it herpes?
A new investigative report reveals some juicy new details on the methods through which LVMH came into its 22.6% stake in Hermes. And those details don’t exactly support Bernard Arnault’s recent claims that LVMH came into those shares “unexpectedly.”
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}
Part of a trio of magazines that launched in 1980–which also included i-D and The Face–Blitz was the subversive fashion brainchild of university students Carey Labovitch and Simon Tesle.
Former Blitz fashion editor Iain R. Webb has combined his impressive archive of photos with personal anecdotes from the models, photographers, and artists involved with each shoot for this unique take on the history of the mag in As Seen in BLITZ, out this month. Many of the images (including a rather unforgettable collage of Vogue editor Hamish Bowles in a Chanel twinset, a fresh-out-of-Parsons Marc Jacobs) haven’t been seen since they were first published in the pages of Blitz 30 years ago. Here’s what Webb had to say about Blitz‘s heyday.
LVMH and Hermès are in the midst of an ugly legal battle over LVMH’s apparent relentless pursuit of Hermès and the potentially unlawful ways in which the luxury conglomerate came into 22.6% of the heritage brand.
While LVMH’s investments have been described as a gradual hostile takeover, Bernard Arnault now insists that is not the case. In fact, it wasn’t even on purpose!
Last week, China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan made headlines in the fashion world when she accompanied President Xi Jinping on his first official trip abroad to Russia wearing an understated, elegant coat, light blue scarf and black leather handbag. Comparisons to Michelle Obama, Jackie O and Carla Bruni abounded and the Chinese and International press alike were singing her praises.
Liyuan’s most headline-making move has been to do something we, in America, have come to expect (demand?) from our First Lady: She’s embracing domestic, homegrown designers.
Be the Mane Event: From Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar chignon to Jessica Alba’s classic Hollywood waves, we scoured YouTube for the ten best red carpet hair tutorials.
It’s a Fashion Rainbow! By compiling images from all of the Fall 2013 collections, we mapped out the color trends in each of the fashion capitals–and created some gorgeous graphics in the process.
The Greatest Designer Comebacks Ever Staged: In fashion, one day you’re in, and the next day you’re out… and occasionally, you find your way back in again! From Marc Jacobs to Coco Chanel, here are fashion’s greatest designer comeback stories.
Would You Rather Go to College or Buy This Hermès Shirt? Seriously: They both cost around the same amount.
1. Does Layana not realize that pitting the boys against the girls would automatically put her on the same team as Patricia?
2. Do the designers never get a single day off between challenges to go explore NYC museums and the like?
3. Why did Tim Gunn have two big white spots on his forehead while explaining the challenge? Anyone?
4. Why do the designers seem so much more bitter and overall dishonest this season?
Is there a better chronicler of fashion history and all-around-beloved fashion personality than Cameron Silver? As the new star of Bravo’s Dukes of Melrose, Silver, the man most credited with making it cool to wear old clothes and co-owner of Los Angeles vintage emporium Decades, now has the adulation of a nationwide and global audience.
At a Vidal Sassoon Pro Series event last week, Silver exhibited his usual charm as we talked about vintage history, how more informed consumers have affected his business, and which modern designers he sees as having vintage appeal.
It may not literally be the world’s most expensive t-shirt (since it is not diamond-encrusted), but it’s definitely up there.
The artist luxury conglomerate formerly known as PPR is making moves.
The just-christened Kering has acquired a majority stake in one of the world’s largest tanneries, WWD is reporting.
I test out a lot of fragrances, but only a few find their way into my refrigerator. (Sidebar: One time one of the perfumers from Le Labo, who happens to be very cute and charismatic, told me I should store all my perfumes in the fridge and I’ve done it ever since. It’s next to the yogurt.)
Jour d’Hermès has a place of honor there now.
