Editor’s Pick: Nora’s 1960s Italian MILF Dress
To me, this dress looks like something a sexy 1960s Italian MILF would wear to the funeral of her rich third husband whom she never really liked that much anyway. In other words, I had to have it.
Nora Crotty
Editor's Picks
Tuesday April 16th, 2013
Are Belly Button Rings Making a Comeback?
They’re baaa-aaaack…
Monday April 15th, 2013
Who Resisted and Who Succumbed to the Festival Fashion Plague
The crowd at this year’s Coachella in Indio, California seem firmly divided into two distinct camps: Those who have built up resistance to the often culturally insensitive, pseudo hippie flower child style we’ve all grown accustomed to seeing at the fest, and those who’ve succumbed to the sickness.
How to Blow Your Entire Tax Return in One Purchase
Maybe you’re super organized and filed your taxes months ago. Maybe you’re a last minute kind of person (like some of us) and just filed them. Either way, you should have some money coming your way after a year of forking over your salary to taxes. According to the IRS (via CBS), the average tax return in 2012 was $2,899.
Sure, you can choose to be responsible with your newly-acquired dough: Pay off credit cards, save for your retirement… OR, you can do the fun thing and blow the entire check in one sitting. It’s totally possible–with FASHION! Designer price points have gotten so high that the price for one luxury item–a dress, a bag, a pair of shoes–is approximately the cost of the average tax return. Sad but true.
Sunday April 14th, 2013
Marc Jacobs Turns 50, Carine Roitfeld Faces Baby Animal Backlash, and Miranda Kerr Is No Angel
Marc Stripped Down: Marc Jacobs and his buff porn star boyf frolicked nearly nekkid in Rio to celebrate the designer’s 50th–then we celebrated him in our own special (and sadly, more clothed) way.
Spring Into a New Jacket: Put away those down puffer coats ’til October, it’s finally spring! And we’ve found the perfect spring jacket to fit your wardrobe.
Baby Animal Backlash: Carine Roitfeld styled Kate Upton with some adorbs baby animals for a Harper’s Bazaar spread–but readers weren’t too keen on the images. Should Roitfeld stick to chicks from now on?
Doing the Cat Diddy: And speaking of… OMG did you hear that Kate Upton and P. Diddy are like, totally together?
Friday April 12th, 2013
10 Questions for Project Runway Season 11
1. Does anyone imagine that the scene in which the designers are waiting to hear Michelle’s fate is what Purgatory must be like?
2. Why couldn’t Heidi have just told Michelle herself that she wasn’t going home? Must Tim always be the messenger?
3. If we’re talking “fashion capitals,” why isn’t anyone going to Milan?
4. Doesn’t it seem like the already rejected designers are the *real* winners in this challenge?
Thursday April 11th, 2013
Helena Christensen Talks Kim Kardashian, the Best Breast Size, and Collaborating with Kipling
We caught up with ’90s supermodel, photographer, iconic music video babe, and now, handbag designer to discuss her latest collaboration, breast sizes, and why she defended Kim Kardashian.
Wednesday April 10th, 2013
Kate Upton and P. Diddy Are Maybe Dating
Kate Upton and P. Diddy are maybe probably definitely dating because of course they are.
Tuesday April 9th, 2013
Editor’s Pick: Nora’s Cute Sea Creature-Covered Bedding
After four years of mending my beloved mismatched quilt, I decided to give my tired little fingers a break last week and invest in a brand new bedspread.
My search ended pretty quickly when I fell in love with this adorbs sea creature-covered quilt from Anthropologie.
Monday April 8th, 2013
Carine Roitfeld’s Latest Editorial Featuring Endangered Baby Animals Met with Backlash
Animals used as props in fashion shoots is nothing new–it’s a trend we’ve documented well here at Fashionista. Cats in fashion spreads? Adorable! But our readers were outraged upon viewing Carine Roitfeld’s latest spread for Harper’s Bazaar, entitled “The Animal Nursery,” featuring models Kate Upton and Irina Shayk posing with baby endangered species.
A sampling of those reactions:
Friday April 5th, 2013
10 Questions for Project Runway Season 11
1. Silly designers! Did they really think they were getting actual seamstresses to help them this challenge?
2. Does Nina always refer to Tim Gunn by his full name?
3. How did Michelle not hear Nina on the “no t-shirts” stipulation?
4. Did Michelle really say “poor Patricia?” Is this a sign of the apocalypse?!
Punk Icon Beyoncé Named Honorary Met Ball Chair
Who epitomizes the punk movement more than Beyoncé? Tick… tick… Time’s up.
