CEO Out at Moda Operandi?
Moda Operandi CEO Aslaug Magnusdottir is rumored to be leaving the company she cofounded with Lauren Santo Domingo.
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Friday May 17th, 2013
Thursday May 16th, 2013
Vogue‘s Billy Norwich Tells Us What Really Goes Down at the Met Ball
What we now know as the Met Ball–the over-the-top celeb-saturated red carpet spectacular–began quietly 65 years ago when superstar publicist Eleanor Lambert thought up a “Party of the Year” to raise money for the newly formed Costume Institute at the Met. Until recently, the party was a society event and a celeb siting was rare. Today, it’s a massive media event. It happened a week and a half ago and we’re still talking about it. In today’s short-attention span media cycle, that’s quite a feat.
In response to the increased interest in the Met Gala, Vogue is, for the first time ever, releasing a special edition devoted to all things Met Gala. The issue is on newsstands now.
In it, Billy Norwich, a Vogue contributor whom you probably know best as the host of Vogue‘s Met Gala red carpet livestream, pens a piece called “A Night at the Museum” which is meant to be a “bird’s-eye view behind the scenes of some recent Met-Ball standouts.” What it is, in fact, is a surprisingly dishy tell-all about some of the near-disasters (one of the peacocks flew his golden cage hours before the gala in 2007) and incredible celebrity diva moments that have gone down at Met Balls past.
Woody Allen, Grimes, Turn Out for J.W Anderson x Versus Versace Rave
Donatella Versace revealed her new vision for Versace’s little sister brand Versus at what was essentially a rave held at the Lexington Avenue Armory last night.
Tuesday May 14th, 2013
Karl Lagerfeld Sketches Cleavage-Bearing Maternity Look for Kate Middleton
Noticing that Kate Middleton hasn’t been wearing maternity clothes during her pregnancy (neither has Kim Kardashian for that matter), WWD asked a bunch of designers to sketch maternity looks for the Duchess.
Apparently Karl Lagerfeld feels the Duchess should show off her pregnancy boobs because he sketched an awfully low-cut number for her.
Monday May 13th, 2013
Maiyet Launches Most Ambitious Philanthropic Project to Date
While the recent tragedies in Bangladesh’s garment factories are a reminder of how far the retail industry has to go in terms of reform, it’s important to highlight those rare stories of fashion brands that do support the communities they work in. The latest project from Maiyet, the creation of a state-of-the-art weaving facility in Varanasi, India, to preserve the ancient silk-weaving tradition there, is one such story.
The Fannings are Not Collaborating with Rodarte
No question about it, the Fannings love them some Rodarte. The fashionable sisters have long been fans of the Mulleavy sisters’ creations, and at last week’s Met Gala, both Dakota and Elle wore Rodarte.
Still, when the Daily Mail reported yesterday that Elle, 15, and Dakota, 19, were designing for Rodarte we raised a collective eyebrow.
Thursday May 9th, 2013
What Brands, Workers, Governments and We Must Do in the Wake of the Tragedies in Bangladesh
I woke up this morning to news that there had been yet another garment factory fire in Bangladesh, which killed 8 night shift workers. A collective shaking our heads is in order, before we get into the very necessary next steps that fashion brands, the Bangladeshi government, garment labor groups, and we, the “fashionistas,” must take. With 900 garment workers dead and counting, the Rana Plaza factory collapse on April 24 is the worst disaster in the garment industry’s history. Sadly, there are no guarantees it is the last. Just after the collapse, I’d called for brands to start holding their factories accountable, and for us to resist buying fast fashion.
The glaring truth: boycotting brands does further damage to this delicate situation.
Oscar de la Renta Teams Up with Paperless Post to Create Stationery Inspired by the Runway
Girls who are interested in buying nice clothes also tend to be the kind of girls who like really nice stationery. We write thank you notes and send them out snail mail.
So it makes sense that a fashion label–Oscar de la Renta–would team up with a stationery company–Paperless Post–to create a seriously gorgeous line of all the things you need to correspond in style–both for today’s electronic world and for when you want to send an actual letter. Like with a stamp.
Donatella Versace on What You Can Expect from the New Versus
Last November, Versace announced a new strategy for its little sister line Versus. Christopher Kane would no longer design it, and Versus would never do a runway show again. Going forward, Versus would be a series of collaborations between Versace and “various creative innovators and designers” and have a “strong digital element.”
So what does that all mean?
A new video airing exclusively on Fashionista sheds some light on what Versace has in mind for her beloved Versus (she says it’s “the first collection my brother Gianni gave to me in complete freedom to do”) in advance of the first designer capsule collection for Versus with J.W. Anderson.
Wednesday May 8th, 2013
Robin Williams on Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Gown: ‘I Think I Wore It Better’
Kim Kardashian has gotten a lot of shit for the custom floral Givenchy gown she wore to Monday night’s Met Gala. Still, we lol’ed a little at this tweet from Robin Williams.
Tuesday May 7th, 2013
Vivienne Westwood Gets Snubbed at Met Gala
For a night dedicated to all things punk, we saw shockingly little of Vivienne Westwood, inarguably one of the creators of punk style, at last night’s Met Gala.
Monday May 6th, 2013
What to Expect from the Met’s Punk: Chaos to Couture Exhibit
“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:
