Fashionista

How to Make It in Fashion: June 21, Dream Hotel Downtown, New York

Thursday March 15th, 2012

Fashionista Turns Five! Fashionista’s Fourth Editor, Britt Aboutaleb, Takes a Look Back
Fashion Is Fun

Fashionista Turns Five! Fashionista’s Fourth Editor, Britt Aboutaleb, Takes a Look Back

Believe it or not, Fashionista turns five years old this month. Which is, you know, pretty old in blog years. To celebrate our big bday, we’ve asked all of Fashionista’s former editors (in chronological order that’s Faran Krentcil, Natalie Hormilla, Abby Gardner, Britt Aboutaleb, and Lauren Sherman) to reflect back on their time at Fashionista from the highs (seeing a Chanel show) to the lows (being chewed out by Arianne Phillips for leaking her fashion week plans and costing her a client).

Last month (yes, we took a break on these nostalgia posts during fashion month), Fashionista’s third editor, Abby Gardner, enumerated her fondest Fashionista memories, Letterman-style with a top 10 list. Before her, Natalie Hormilla waxed nostalgic about afternoon Soho news-gathering strolls, and before her, the site’s founding editor, Faran Krentcil, brought tears (of laughter and just aww-ness) to our eyes with her tales. Next up, my partner in crime, Britt Aboutaleb, the site’s fourth editor and now the fashion news editor at Elle.com.

Read more →

Published at 5:53 PM

Friday May 14th, 2010

A Fond Farewell
Admin

A Fond Farewell

When, in 2007, I asked Faran Krentcil, Fashionista’s founding editor, if I could write a few posts a day for the site while I applied to grad school, she sat me down and gave me an hour long lecture on how, unless I wanted to cover the war, I didn’t need a masters in journalism. Read more →

Read more →

Published at 6:57 PM
Fashion News Roundup: A Double Dose of Marilyn Monroe & Imaginary Gwyneth Perfection
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: A Double Dose of Marilyn Monroe & Imaginary Gwyneth Perfection

The Face That Launched: Constance Jablonski’s rolls around in a seriously colorful wardrobe for Daniel Jackson in Vogue China. {FashionGoneRogue} Somewhere LiLo’s Crying: Michelle Williams and Naomi Watts are both set to play Marilyn Monroe in different films. The Post points out that Michelle’s playing Marilyn while Katie Holmes plays Jackie—oh the ways in which Read more →

Read more →

Published at 11:57 AM
Zac Posen Will Show SS11 in Paris

Zac Posen Will Show SS11 in Paris

Zac Posen used to throw grand nighttime runway shows in the Bryant Park tents, until he scaled back to intimate morning affairs in the Altman Building, but now he’s going even farther back in the other direction and planning to show his SS11 collection in Paris. Why? He says, “they understand my clothes.” They being Read more →

Read more →

Published at 10:20 AM

Thursday May 13th, 2010

Behind the Scenes on Kate Spade’s Twirl Shoot

Last month Kate Spade announced they were launching a new fragrance, Twirl, their first since 2002. They’re going for young and hip this time around, under Deborah Lloyd’s creative direction. Elissa Santisi styled Lonneke Engel and dozens of dancers for the jazz inspired shoot at the Box. The print ads will debut at the end Read more →

Read more →

Published at 2:30 PM
Quote of the Day

André’s So Proud of Chanel

“Lagerfeld had cast the show with a slightly more curvaceous model named Crystal Renn, not seen on any Chanel catwalk before. This in itself was groundbreaking for the house, but there was also the return of personality models encouraged to be themselves instead of robotic look-alikes.” –André Leon Talley on Chanel’s resort show. (We’d like Read more →

Read more →

Published at 1:43 PM
Kate Hudson’s the New Face of Almay
Beauty

Kate Hudson’s the New Face of Almay

Kate Hudson‘s the last starlet we’d peg for a beauty campaign—fresh faced is probably the first thing that comes to mind when looking at her. She’s the ultimate California girl with natural (perfect) blonde hair, blue eyes, shiny skin, and maybe a swipe of lip gloss. We guess that’s why she chose Almay, “Almay is Read more →

Read more →

Published at 11:07 AM
Who Opened Cannes Better, Cate Blanchett’s Alexander McQueen or Salma Hayek’s Gucci Couture?
People Are Talking

Who Opened Cannes Better, Cate Blanchett’s Alexander McQueen or Salma Hayek’s Gucci Couture?

The Cannes film festival kicked off yesterday, and though we’re still basking in the glow of Chanel’s breezy resort show, real life movie stars have moved up the coast of France, where Diane Kruger has some competition. Cate Blanchett‘s there to premiere Robin Hood, she always aces the red carpet, and Alexander McQueen can do Read more →

Read more →

Published at 10:00 AM

Wednesday May 12th, 2010

Life With Derek Blasberg!
Life With...

Life With Derek Blasberg!

Two months ago, Derek Blasberg released his first book, Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady which means he’s a) embarked on a whirlwind book tour hosted by starlets across the country b) enjoyed even more attention than usual and c) gone from a successful freelance fashion writer to a New York Times bestselling Read more →

Read more →

Published at 7:33 PM