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Tuesday January 17th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Michelle Williams Covers This Month’s GQ as Marilyn Again, Taylor Swift Wants to Bake With Karlie Kloss, and Megan Fox May Play Elizabeth Taylor
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Michelle Williams Covers This Month’s GQ as Marilyn Again, Taylor Swift Wants to Bake With Karlie Kloss, and Megan Fox May Play Elizabeth Taylor

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Michelle Williams Is Still Marilyn Monroe, This Time on GQ‘s Cover: While we await the day magazines will get sick of the Marilyn Monroe theme they so adore, we will bask in Michelle Williams’ editorial shots for GQ, which are quite beautiful. {GQ}

Zappos Gets Hacked: 24 million accounts were affected Monday when a hacker let loose on the online shoe store. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and partial credit card numbers were accessed, causing the e-tailer to encourage its customers to change their password information for the Zappos site, as well as modify passwords for accounts on other sites if they were the same. We will never understand the motives behind hacking, but whoever caused all this trouble better have ordered themselves a good pair of Nikes to run in once the cops come looking for them! {CNN Money}

Taylor Swift Wants to Bake Cookies With Karlie Kloss: The Vogue cover girl (interrupted) reveals this and many more fascinating tidbits like how “awkward” she was in middle school and that her next album will be about (surprise!) heartbreak. {Vogue}

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Published at 2:00 PM

Friday January 13th, 2012

Thursday January 12th, 2012

The Sartorialist’s Scott Schuman and Garance Doré Take Pictures of ‘True Love’
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The Sartorialist’s Scott Schuman and Garance Doré Take Pictures of ‘True Love’

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What could say “I love you” better than a fat, blingin’ rock from Tiffany & Co.? The famous jeweler seems to think you can. For years, couples have looked to Tiffany’s to provide them with tangible symbols of their love, and now, just in time for Valentine’s Day, the retailer wants its customers to help them define the emotion.

Yesterday, Tiffany & Co’s whatmakestruelove.com, a “unique guide to matters of the heart,” launched an interactive photo blog, “True Love in Pictures.” The retailer tapped the talents of street style photographer Scott Schuman (of Sartorialist fame) and his girlfriend Garance Doré to curate a collection of images that will serve as a source of inspiration for future users. The blog features snapshots of canoodling couples (not them sadly), his and her housewares (like “S” and “G” mugs ahem), and handwritten love notes. Aw.

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Fashion News Roundup: Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Babies’ Clothing Line, Kate Moss’ Rimmel London Lipsticks Make US Debut, and a Bald Barbie May Be in the Works
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Babies’ Clothing Line, Kate Moss’ Rimmel London Lipsticks Make US Debut, and a Bald Barbie May Be in the Works

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Dolce and Gabbana Deny Discrimination Charges: After being accused of discriminatory practices barring Hong Kong residents from snapping photos outside their Tsim Sha Tsui store, Dolce and Gabbana has released a statement assuring the population that they are indeed not prejudiced. “Controversial statements reported in the Hong Kong press have not been made by Dolce & Gabbana nor its staff, and we strongly reject any racist or derogatory comments…we wish to underline that our company has not taken part in any action aimed at offending the Hong Kong public.” {WWD (subscription required)}

Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Clothing Line for Babies: Taking cues from Lanvin and Versace, Isaac Mizrahi is expanding his brand and designing for mini fashionistas! The 25-piece collection, fit for only the chicest of drooling, pulverized-carrot-throwing babies, will debut this fall in department stores. {WWD (Subscription required)}

Kate Moss for Rimmel London Comes to America: The supermodel chose five random colors designed a five piece collection of lipsticks for Rimmel London, set to drop stateside this week. {ELLE}

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Tuesday January 10th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Christina Aguilera Is This Month’s Marie Claire Cover Girl, Lucky Fantasizes About Designer Collabs, and Jay-Z’s ‘Glory’ Features Blue Ivy Crying
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Christina Aguilera Is This Month’s Marie Claire Cover Girl, Lucky Fantasizes About Designer Collabs, and Jay-Z’s ‘Glory’ Features Blue Ivy Crying

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Christina Aguilera Covers February’s Marie Claire: …and doesn’t give a damn what you think about her body! She tells the glossy, “I’ve been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It’s noise I block out automatically. I love my body. My boyfriend loooves my body. My son is healthy and happy, so that’s all that matters to me.” Let ‘em know Ms. Aguilera! {Marie Claire}

Blue Ivy Carter is Jay-Z’s “Glory”: You are most certainly a robot if you don’t shed a tear to this track by doting father Jay-Z, telling the story of his new daughter’s arrival, ending with a sample of her first cries. We’re getting a little misty just talking about it! {Hello Beautiful}

Moschino Cheap & Chic Showing at London Fashion Week This Season:Moschino’s little sister line is moving from Milan to London this season. Maybe this will help to make peace between Milan and London in the war for fashion week dates? {WWD, subscription required}

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Published at 1:24 PM

Thursday January 5th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Kardashian Barbie Dolls Coming Soon, Kate Middleton Chooses Her Royal Charities, and Arizona Muse Covers February Vogue UK
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Kardashian Barbie Dolls Coming Soon, Kate Middleton Chooses Her Royal Charities, and Arizona Muse Covers February Vogue UK

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Kardashian Sisters to be Barbie-fied: The Kardashian family’s way of combating the bad publicity following the end of Kim’s 72-day marriage is to continue their overexposure, as if the public isn’t already sick of them. The Kardashians struck up a deal with Mattel to create Barbie dolls which will not only look like them, but, as a source tells Us Weekly “reflect their measurements.” Barbie with a booty? We’ll have to see it to believe it! {UsMagazine}

The Duchess of Cambridge Chooses Her Charities: As part of her royal duties, Duchess KMidd has finally chosen the four charities she will patronize: the National Portrait Gallery (so they’ll be sure to paint her looking extra fierce), Action on Addiction, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, and The Art Room, which provides art classes for at risk teens. All noble causes! {WWD (Subscription required)}

Apparently, People Are Buying Paris Hilton’s Fragrances: The socialite told FHM she’s made 1.3 billion in revenue off her fragrances since 2005. Yeah, we’re just as confused as you are. {JustJared}

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Published at 1:45 PM

Tuesday January 3rd, 2012

Britney Spears Rumored to Wed in Betsey Johnson or Jeremy Scott, Here Are Six Potential Gowns for the Bride-to-Be
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Britney Spears Rumored to Wed in Betsey Johnson or Jeremy Scott, Here Are Six Potential Gowns for the Bride-to-Be

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Pop princess Britney Spears announced her engagement to Jason Trawick last month, and like any bride, is wasting no time thinking about the most important wedding detail: the dress.

And rather than doing something predictable, like a choosing gown by the queen of wedding dress designers Vera Wang, or taking a page out of Kate Middleton‘s book and rocking a McQueen frock, the Belfast Telegraph is reporting that Ms. Spears is “thinking about asking one of her favourite designers, someone like Betsey Johnson or her friend Jeremy Scott. If it’s Jeremy, it’ll be more futuristic. If she picks Betsey, it’ll still be edgy but more traditional, with a lot of layering.”

If anything, her unorthodox taste in dress designers makes it clear that Britney wants to make a statement at her wedding. Here are a few pieces from Jeremy and Betsey that might fit the bill for what she’s looking for.

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Published at 7:00 PM
Fashion News Roundup: Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award Winners, Get Your Andrej Pejic Tee Now, and Rachel McAdams Covers February’s Glamour
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award Winners, Get Your Andrej Pejic Tee Now, and Rachel McAdams Covers February’s Glamour

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Ecco Domani Announces Fashion Foundation Award Winners: Haus Alkire, Corell Corell, and Tim Coppens are amongst the seven up-and-coming designers who received the honor along with $25,000 grants to build their brands, and prepare for New York Fashion Week. Good luck! We can’t wait to see what these young designers have to offer. {WWD subscription required}

Marc Jacobs v. Patrice Lataillade Settle Out of Court: The company has settled with former employee Patrice Lataillade, who claimed he was fired after complaining about president Robert Duffy’s inappropriate behavior and sexual discrimination. {Vogue UK}

The UK Telegraph Has Found Suzy Menkes’ Hair Inspiration: We knew that coif couldn’t have come out of nowhere! The Telegraph tweeted a photo of an early 1700s porcelain plate featuring a woman with the same ‘do. Okay, Suzy, we see your colonial era swag! Werk! {Fashion Foie Gras}

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Published at 1:28 PM

Thursday December 29th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper May Be Dating, Kate Middleton Made Reiss a Lot of Money, and Lily Cole Poses With a Scary Cat in Vogue Russia
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Fashion News Roundup: Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper May Be Dating, Kate Middleton Made Reiss a Lot of Money, and Lily Cole Poses With a Scary Cat in Vogue Russia

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Are Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper Dating?: Plenty of sources seem to think so. The rumored couple, who recently filmed The Words together, are said to be planning a lover’s ski getaway in the Rockies. Aw. {ONTD}

Online Retailers Love When You Drink and Shop: The New York Times did a trend report on the growing number of people making impulse online purchases under the influence. One man bought a $10,000 motorcycle tour of New Zealand. Best. Purchase. Ever. {NYT}

The Duchess of Cambridge Better be Getting Some Free Clothes From Reiss Soon: The retailer’s profits are up from £77.7million to £87.6million thanks to Duchess Kate rocking their gear all the time. {Grazia}

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Published at 1:30 PM

Tuesday December 27th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Lil’ Kim is Coming Soon, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Are Engaged, and Anna Dello Russo Dances Awkwardly for Christmas
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Lil’ Kim is Coming Soon, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Are Engaged, and Anna Dello Russo Dances Awkwardly for Christmas

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Lil’ Kim is Coming for You, Nicki: Lil’ Kim tweeted a “Christmas gift” to her fans; a promo shot for what we are assuming is her upcoming album. The Queen B is dressed in black panties and a turtleneck with large, furry pom poms on the sleeves, and of course, the chest area, so her boobs stay nice and toasty. {Lil’ Kim Twitter}

Don’t Go Shopping in Australia: 44% of Australians report the sales staff in their country is rude and pushy, while another 22% say they are lazy. We’re guessing they do a lot of online shopping down under. {WWD (Subscription Required)}

Crystal Renn and Alana Zimmer Pose as Clowns for Vogue Russia: The models are Circus Chic in the January issue of the Fashion Bible. Who knew hula hoops and Cirque du Soleil makeup could be so fierce? Right.Tyra Banks did. {Styleite}

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Published at 1:15 PM