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Miranda Barros

Tuesday May 21st, 2013

Jennifer Lawrence Turns Blue for X-Men, Erin Wasson Joins Rihanna’s Reality Show, and Lindsay Lohan Gets Sued Over Leggings
Fashion News Roundup

Jennifer Lawrence Turns Blue for X-Men, Erin Wasson Joins Rihanna’s Reality Show, and Lindsay Lohan Gets Sued Over Leggings

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Director Bryan Singer tweeted a first look at Jennifer Lawrence as the shapeshifting blue mutant Mystique for the upcoming X-Men film, Days of Future Past. {Vogue UK}

In other Jennifer Lawrence news: the actress almost found herself literally catching fire when a plate of candles on a tall column nearly fell on her head at the Hunger Games: Catching Fire party at Cannes. {US Weekly}

Rihanna has tapped model Erin Wasson, along with fellow musician Pharrell, for her Styled To Rock reality competition TV series slated to air in the US later this year. {Vogue UK}

The company that produced Lindsay Lohan’s 6126 leggings line, DNAM Apparel Industries, is suing the troubled actress for $5 million for hurting business with her “drug-addled image.” {HuffPo}

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Sunday May 19th, 2013

Fashionista’s First-Ever Conference, All The Fashion at Cannes, and More Met Ball
Week In Review

Fashionista’s First-Ever Conference, All The Fashion at Cannes, and More Met Ball

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You Are Cordially Invited to Our First-Ever Conference: Find out what it takes to “make it” to the top of the fashion pile, as well as how to network and find alternative fashion careers, from the industry’s top professionals at Fashionista’s first conference, “How to Make It in Fashion.” We are so lucky to have Zac Posen as our keynote speaker, as well as Rebecca Minkoff, Leandra Medine of fashion blog Man Repeller, and Rachel Antonoff as panelists. Sign up here!

We’re On Cannes Watch: We’re keeping track of all the fashion that’s walking the annual Cannes Film Festival red carpet. We identified 10 international style stars to watch out for and spotted some interesting things—like Julianne Moore’s crazy tortured-looking feet in platform stilettos!

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Saturday May 18th, 2013

We’re Livestreaming SCAD’s 2013 Senior Fashion Show!
Fashion Shows

We’re Livestreaming SCAD’s 2013 Senior Fashion Show!

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The Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) School of Fashion is one of the best in the country, and the student fashion show is an event that we always look forward to. Last year’s senior fashion show left us seriously impressed with the students’ skills, and we have no doubt it will be even better this year.

Take a front row seat with us and watch the next big names in fashion bring their designs to life on the catwalk as we livestream the show on Saturday, May 18 at 8pm EST–in other words, now!

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Published at 7:45 PM

Friday May 17th, 2013

Kim Kardashian’s Feet Swell, Covergirl Collabs with the Hunger Games and New Brooklyn Urban Outfitters to Serve Beer
Fashion News Roundup

Kim Kardashian’s Feet Swell, Covergirl Collabs with the Hunger Games and New Brooklyn Urban Outfitters to Serve Beer

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Ouch! A very pregnant Kim Kardashian squeezes her very swollen feet into a pair of clear heels. {Daily Mail}

Vive le Harper’s Bazaar! The magazine is finally making a French edition. {Refinery29}

This bit of news combines two of our favorite things: Makeup and the Hunger Games series! Covergirl announced today they’ll be releasing a line of makeup in collaboration with the film, aptly titled the Capitol Collection. Here’s a peek at the ad campaigns. Cool, right? {Fashionista Inbox}

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Thursday May 16th, 2013

Learn About Alternative Fashion Careers Like Olfactory Branding and Archiving at Our First-Ever Conference
How I'm Making It

Learn About Alternative Fashion Careers Like Olfactory Branding and Archiving at Our First-Ever Conference

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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:

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Emma Watson is All Grown Up on W, Karolina Kurkova Smooched Prince Harry, and Carine Roitfeld’s Cannes Fashion Show to Livestream
Fashion News Roundup

Emma Watson is All Grown Up on W, Karolina Kurkova Smooched Prince Harry, and Carine Roitfeld’s Cannes Fashion Show to Livestream

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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}

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Wednesday May 15th, 2013

How to Win a Trip to the CFDAs, Miranda Kerr Was a Bling Ring Target, and a First Look at Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly
Fashion News Roundup

How to Win a Trip to the CFDAs, Miranda Kerr Was a Bling Ring Target, and a First Look at Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly

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Are you #CFDAready? In honor of the CFDA Fashion Awards, the council is launching an Instagram contest in which users submit their best shots of themselves wearing clothes and accessories from any of the hundreds of CFDA members (full list here), with the hashtag #CFDAready. The winner gets to go to the CFDAs and Instagram it. More details at CFDA.com. {Fashionista Inbox}

Victoria’s Secret Angel Miranda Kerr’s lingerie was a target of the Hollywood teenage crime group (and the subject of Sofia Coppola’s latest film) the Bling Ring. {Vanity Fair}

Here’s Nicole Kidman as Hollywood actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly for Olivier Dahan’s upcoming historical drama, Grace of Monaco. {The Hollywood Reporter}

After much demand, A.P.C. + Nike is back with a second collection of kicks, out today. {A.P.C/Fashionista Inbox}

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Tuesday May 14th, 2013

Angelina Jolie Reveals She Had Double Mastectomy, Hedi Slimane Shoots Daft Punk Again and Cara Delevingne Gets Inked
Fashion News Roundup

Angelina Jolie Reveals She Had Double Mastectomy, Hedi Slimane Shoots Daft Punk Again and Cara Delevingne Gets Inked

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Hedi Slimane shot Daft Punk for the cover of Dazed & Confused‘s June 2013 issue. No hair and makeup team necessary. {Dazed}

Angelina Jolie reveals she had a double mastectomy after she found out she carried a “faulty” gene, which sharply increased her chance of developing breast cancer in a truly brave op-ed in the New York Times. It’s a must-read. {New York Times.}

Brad Pitt calls his partner “absolutely heroic” for undergoing the surgery. {US Weekly}

Nicole Kidman is the new face (and feet) of Jimmy Choo’s “cinematic” fall ad campaign. {WWD}

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Sunday May 12th, 2013

Everything Met Ball, Orthodox Jewish Women Get Fashionable, and Fashion Insiders Share Their Moms’ Best Beauty Tips
Week In Review

Everything Met Ball, Orthodox Jewish Women Get Fashionable, and Fashion Insiders Share Their Moms’ Best Beauty Tips

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The Met Ball Goes (Mostly) Punk: The hair, the makeup, the gowns, and the juicy gossip—we had this year’s Met Gala covered. (Including how Godmother of Punk, Vivienne Westwood, got snubbed.) The large crowd means there were lots of opportunities for photobombs on the red carpet. Finally, we voted for our best dressed and rated how “punk” the looks were. We even gathered all the best Instagrams and Vines of the night.

And Then Kame Kim Kardashian: The reality TV star arrived on the Met Ball red carpet in a custom floral Givenchy dress designed by Riccardo Tisci that received, um, mixed reviews. Even Robin Williams (aka Mrs.Doubtfire) weighed in, with perhaps the best tweet of the day. Tisci came to the defense of Kim and his dress, but that wasn’t enough to stop her getting unceremoniously cropped out of Vogue‘s Met Gala best-dressed slideshow.

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Friday May 10th, 2013

StyleLikeU Founders Open Up About the Perks and Perils of Being a Mother-Daughter Team
People We Like

StyleLikeU Founders Open Up About the Perks and Perils of Being a Mother-Daughter Team

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Lily Mandelbaum and Elisa Goodkind, the women behind online style zine StyleLikeU, might just be fashion’s most well-traveled closet-raiders. They also happen to be mother and daughter.

Here, they share with us what it’s like to work together, just in time for Mother’s Day.

“We’ve been so much about everybody else the whole time,” shared Elisa, “but we recognize that we have a story to tell as well and that, with our relationship, the reason we’re doing this is super deep and personal so that it’s important to also show that to the world.”

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Thursday May 9th, 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow Loathed the Met Gala, Kate Moss Gets Naked for a St. Tropez Tan, and Hedi Slimane Dresses The Rolling Stones
Fashion News Roundup

Gwyneth Paltrow Loathed the Met Gala, Kate Moss Gets Naked for a St. Tropez Tan, and Hedi Slimane Dresses The Rolling Stones

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Last Monday might have been the last we will ever see of Gwyneth Paltrow at the Met Gala. The actress complained, “I’m never going again… It was so un-fun… I did not enjoy it at all.” Poor, poor thing. {US Weekly}

Kate Moss gets a St. Tropez tan. The supermodel strips down for the self-tanning brand’s first international ad campaign. {WWD}

Hedi Slimane finds yet another new rockstar muse! The designer is dressing Keith Richards for The Rolling Stones’ 50 And Counting Tour in waistcoats, jackets, silk scarves, and t-shirts. Slimane’s “Keith” collection will also be available for purchase in Saint Laurent stores. {Grazia}

Petite-a-Porter.com is in the works as Net-a-Porter plans to explore kidswear. {Mashable}

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Wednesday May 8th, 2013

Lily McMenamy Does the i-D Wink, Alexander Wang Uses the Ladies’ Room, and Zooey Deschanel Loses the Bangs
Fashion News Roundup

Lily McMenamy Does the i-D Wink, Alexander Wang Uses the Ladies’ Room, and Zooey Deschanel Loses the Bangs

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Lily McMenamy follows in the footsteps of her supermodel mom Kristen’s 1993 i-D cover with her own for the magazine’s The Time Is Now Issue. {i-D}

Alexander Wang has girls’ bathroom privileges. At the Met Gala, Chanel Iman spilled on “the real party” that goes on in the ladies’ room where models, actresses, and Wang all take a bathroom break to catch up with each other. {New York Post}

Allison Williams says Christopher Abbott’s abrupt and show-changing exit from Girls will have “a huge effect…[on the character of] Marnie specifically.” And us! Don’t forget about us. {US Weekly}

Here comes the bride, all dressed in… red? A recent study has found that 24% of young brides are ditching white wedding dresses for brighter-colored frocks in red, pink, or blue. {Daily Mail}

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