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Starting a career in fashion can be totally intimidating – we’ve been there! Sure, you need the skills and the drive, but really, it’s all about who you know. Lucky for you, you know us! And we’re here to do whatever we can to get you on the right path to your dream job in fashion. I mean, have you seen our careers page?!

Basically, it’s the best thing ever. We update our careers page daily with the hottest jobs and internships in the fashion world – no need to buy every newspaper in the world, no stocking up on red pens. Right now, there are positions available at fantastic places like: Read more »

The weekend may be here, but there’s no time for rest over in Paris– our reviews and galleries are still coming in full force! Check out what we thought about Glenn Martens‘s art-inspired debut show, Felipe Oliveira Baptista’s zebra-filled collection, and the seriously dark, avant garde looks from Ann Demeulemeester. And be sure to check out our Paris Fashion Week page for all our Fall 2012 reviews and galleries so far!

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Katy Perry Makes a Funny at PFW: When asked about the revealing mini dress the Smurfette-tressed pop star donned recently in Paris, she replied, “It’s either Vegas hooker or Balmain.” And upon meeting Conde Nast chairman Jonathan Newhouse, Katy blurted out, “Newhouse– much better than old house!” Maybe the windows weren’t cracked quite enough during all those blue hair dying sessions, but we can’t say we mind the entertainment. {NY Mag}

Mila Kunis Shoots for Dior: Mila’s on a boat–or should we say, un bateau. The gorg actress and latest face of Dior was spotted looking tres chic as she shot a new campaign for the Parisian fashion house on La Seine. {Telegraph}

Alexa Chung Will Host Scottish Fashion Awards: Great Britain’s greatest Brit (fashion wise, anyway) is set to bring her quirky-cool brand of humor to the 7th annual Scottish Fashion Awards, in association with InStyle, this June. The awards celebrate the best of Scotch talent, and past honorees have included Christopher Kane, Holly Fulton, and Jonathan Saunders. Here’s hoping the program allows for multiple wardrobe changes for Alexa, a la Anne Hathaway at last year’s Oscars. {InStyle}

Best Coast Singer Designs for Urban Outfitters: Bethany Cosentino from Best Coast has announced that she’s designing a line for the store no true hipster would ever admit to shopping at, Urban Outfitters. The singer tweeted a B&W image of a model wearing one of the pieces — a playsuit with sheer panels– that looks fit for summer music festivals but not necessarily porta-potties. {Racked}

Terry Richardson’s Summery Spots for Aldo: Everyone’s favorite creepy photog has shot two actually sort of cute commercials (we’ll admit it!) for Aldo, one of which features a Lolita-esque Anais Pouliot sucking a popsicle before dropping it to the ground – in seductive slow-mo, of course. The real shocker? No white backdrop! Glad to see you’re expanding your creative horizons, Terry! {Styleite}

Alber Elbaz Provides Sweets at Lanvin: Yet another reason to love Alber. Lanvin’s main man for the last decade told WWD that he gives his show audiences chocolate because if he “would have to wait for 45 minutes in the dark or in the cold or in the heat, maybe [he] would like to have a fresh drink or a piece of chocolate. Maybe [he] would love to enjoy a sandwich.” Really, who wouldn’t love to enjoy a sandwich? Kids, next time you’re in a moral dilemma, stop and think: WWAED? {NY Mag}

Mac Users Are More Fashionable Than PCers: Well der! A new study shows that Mac people are more fashion-forward than PC peeps. Why? People with more money can afford both more expensive clothes and computers (Macs). Also, Mac users tend to be younger, and thus are more into trends. {Refinery 29}

Madonna Barely Wears Agent Provocateur on New Single Cover: Along with her droves of loyal fans, Madonna can now count lingerie brand Agent Provocateur as one of her biggest supporters – in the extremely literal sense. No denying that Madge looks gooood on her “Girls Gone Wild” single cover, but we’ve just one caveat: While it’s no secret that some things go south with age, it seems Madonna’s nips have full-on vanished. Life is a mystery… {Telegraph}

Coco Rocha’s New Online Beauty Show: Is Coco Rocha gearing up to be the next model mogul a la Tyra and Heidi? The Canadian cutie is set to host a new online reality series airing this April called Canada’s Best Beauty Talent, which will feature hair and beauty experts competing for a showcase in a magazine spread. You go Coco! {HuffPo Canada}

Downton Abbey Actress Looks Dead in Dominic Jones Jewelry Campaign: Would you buy jewelry from a dead person? Or more specifically, a dead Downton Abbey actress? Dominic Jones seems to think so–his latest campaign features Downton actress Jessica Brown Findlay and model Mary Charteris posing in what could easily be an ANTM shoot challenge inspired by The Others. {Refinery 29}

Adidas and Stella McCartney Made Clothes for Doing Yoga in the Desert: The new ad for the Stella McCartney yoga collection at Adidas depicts a model lost in the desert, who – naturally – decides to do some yoga poses. What, like you’ve never done that? {Racked}

You… or, Someone… Can Buy Kanye West Shoes Soon: So maybe Kanye’s debut show last season wasn’t a 100% bust… Probably more like, 90%. French store Colette has picked up some of his shoes (in collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti) that should be available to the Parisian public sometime this spring. {Refinery 29}

Derek Lam Makes Brain Injury Awareness Tees: The designer has designed a limited edition tee to profit Opportunity Project, a nonprofit that helps people with brain injuries. The $30 shirts will be available to purchase through OP’s website, throughout March, Brain Injury Awareness month. Now, could someone please design a bike helmet that doesn’t make me look like Skeeter Valentine from Doug? {WWD}

Nearly Half of All Women Can’t Go Without Makeup: A new study says that 44% of women need to wear makeup in order to feel attractive, and 1/4 of all women start wearing makeup before age 13. Which brings me back to my eighth grade days of lime green eyeliner, hot pink mascara, and coordinating Wet ‘n’ Wild body glitter sticks. Glitter sticks were the best. {HuffPo}

Designers Re-imagine Hilfiger Trench for American in Paris Initiative: For the second season of the American in Paris showroom initiative, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund asked ten designers to customize a classic Tommy trench. Participants include Prabal Gurung and Billy Reid, whose limited edition designs will be available to buy on Saturday at Tommy Hilfiger’s New York and Paris flagship locations. {WWD}

It’s hard to believe, but the granddaddy of all red carpet events – THE ACADEMY AWARDS! – is only two days away. Can you tell we’re excited? Really, we are. Obviously, our favorite part of the entire evening is the arrivals: Who’s there, and more importantly, who they’re wearing. Above all, we want to see who’s bold enough to take the fashion risks – because those are the dresses we’ll be talking about the next morning. And those who really make a mark could end up on a list like this one in twenty years time!

Behold, our choices for the fifteen riskiest red carpet Oscar looks of all time. Some are great, some… not so much. But the best ones are an amazing combination of both. Read on as we take a look back at some of the most fashionably daring dames on Hollywood’s biggest night.

Name: Jessie Collins

Occupation: Editor of Irish Tatler

What would you never wear? A pair of polka dot tights.

What’s the most random thing in your bag right now? Two pairs of gloves; one of them kid.

Photos by Ashley Jahncke

Duchess Kate Was NOT Wearing Real Fur: All woodland creatures can now breathe a sigh of relief. After garnering praise from the International Fur Foundation and extreme criticism from PETA (shocker) over a shearling-type jacket she wore on an outing with Wills, the Palace sent out a press release stating that the fur worn by the Duchess formerly known as Kate Middleton was, indeed, faux. {Vogue UK}

Get Ready for CK One Cosmetics: After 18 years as a brand, CK One will introduce its first-ever makeup collection. The reasonably priced cosmetics will launch in the US exclusively at Ulta stores in April. The beauty products, which are faced by the likes of Lara Stone and and Abbey Lee Kershaw, won’t be about transformation (hello, digital alteration…), but about “looking real, defining yourself and adding intensity.” {WWD, subscription required}

Daniel Radcliffe Does Bullett Magazine: If it’s wrong for me to be strangely attracted to Dan Rad on his Bullett cover, why does it feel so very right? {MTV Style}

Kendall Jenner is a Swimsuit Model: This year, Kate Upton. Next year, Kendall Jenner? Here’s the then-15-year-old Kardashian kinder showing off a wide array of expert modeling poses (lol) for Australian swimwear brand White Sands. Though we’ll admit, she does look really pretty, and as far as most swimwear campaigns go, this one is actually totally age-appropriate. {Daily Mail}

Beverly Johnson Gets her OWN Show: The first black Vogue cover girl EVAR is getting her own reality show on Oprah’s OWN network. According to OWN, the show will feature Johnson’s extended family and will be “both humorous and heartfelt” as the ex-model tries to “bond with her daughter and son-in-law.” Here’s hoping Oprah keeps it classy, though in the world of reality tv, that’s seldom ever the case. {ONTD}

What Inspired NYFW Designers: We’ve all been inspired by the collections that showed at NYFW, but what about what inspired the actual designers to make them? Here’s a behind the scenes look at what makes our fav designers tick. {FabSugar}

Fashion Brawlers Headed to Court: As a follow-up to the fashion/rich people brawl that broke out in NYC last weekend, former club owner Adam Hock is now planning to sue Prince Pierre Casiraghi of Monaco, Stavros Niarchos, Diego Marroquin, and Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld for assault with a deadly weapon – after Roitfelf bruised Hock’s shoulder with a bottle of vodka. Even though Hock apparently broke the Prince’s jaw in the fight. And the plot thickens… {NY Post}

Dolce & Gabbana is Launching a Leopard Print Bike: Though bike riding around NYC traffic often seems like a death wish, we might be swayed to give it a go on one of these not-yet released, limited edition Dolce & Gabbana “Animalier” bicycles. The editor of Grazia tried out one of the It-bikes and was “besotted” with it– Hey, at least we’d be going out in style. {Grazia}

Tatty Devine Suing Over Blatant Claire’s Rip-Offs: No bones about it– bargain accessories chain Claire’s has been ripping off Tatty Devine for years, and now the design duo behind the British brand are taking it to court. Jewelry designers Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine thinks it’s “flattering” that Claire’s clearly likes their stuff so much, but after nearly identical designs of at least five of their most recognizable pieces (including necklaces of dinosaur and fish skeletons) being sold through the chain, they’ve had enough. The copycat comparisons even inspired a Twitter trend last night. {Telegraph}

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Last week, in the middle of New York fashion week, and on a night that felt like the absolutely, most frigid night of this entire winter, I ducked into an indoor pop-up park in SoHo (yes, they exist) to escape the elements and curl up fetus-style on a beanbag chair with my 6″ Italian herbs and cheese tuna sub. What I encountered inside was far less relaxing but about 10,000 times more amazing. It went a lot like this:

PR-type girl: “Are you here for the event?”
Moi: “Um… no?”
PR-type girl: “Want to see a fashion show?”

Did I even have to answer that? Of course I wanted to! The PR girl promptly led me down some AstroTurf-ed stairs to a small elevated runway lined with park benches. I was seated in a chair marked “reserved” with literally no idea of what was about to come down the catwalk. But before I knew it, I got my answer: A 40-something blonde woman with bangs and a bump-it appeared on stage, and in an almost comically thick southern drawl, clarified the situation: She was a pageant mom–but not just any old pageant mom. No, standing before me was the mother of all stage mothers, Mickie Wood, famous for birthing and managing “America’s Sweetheart” and Toddlers & Tiaras breakout star, 6-year-old Eden Wood. And we were about to witness the debut of her very first children’s fashion line inspired by her living-doll daughter, aptly titled “Sparkle Baby!” Read more »


We reported a few weeks ago that Banana Republic would once again be collaborating with Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant on a collection inspired by the stylish Sixties AMC drama– and now we’ve got a preview of the limited edition line, courtesy of our North American neighbors at HuffPo Canada (we’ll post the full look book later today).

This second collaboration– which comes just in time for the return of the long on-hiatus series– features classic (and super-flattering) retro shapes: Nipped-in waists, shrunken cardigans, and pencil capris for women; tailored blazers and fitted polos for men. The spring/summer palette, inspired by Mad Men‘s country club scenes, is full of creme, fuchsia, and navy.

The collection doesn’t hit Banana Republic’s site or stores until March 1, but until then, you can check out these brand new look book images featuring the gorgeous Don Draper David Gandy and (omg) Shalom Harlow (is she back?) doing their best Don and (brunette) Betty Draper Francis impressions. Read more »

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Kate Moss’s Arm is Paralyzed: Don’t freak out! It’s only temporary. Lady Kate woke up in the Ritz Paris this past weekend to find herself unable to move her right arm and hand. Apparently the condition is caused by ulnar nerve entrapment, which, while nowhere near permanent, can take several months to totally disappear. Which means it might be a while till KM can work again– though, with all the photoshopping that goes on, it probably wouldn’t be much of a problem to edit Kate’s limp limb. {Daily Mail}

Jude Law’s Daughter’s Conversation-Starting Dress: 12-year-old Iris Law attended Vivienne Westwood’s show, with mum Sadie Frost, wearing a little babydoll Peter Pan-collared dress covered in a conversation hearts print. Sounds adorable, right? Except that, upon closer inspection, the sugary hearts read some not-so-sweet phrases like ‘Blow Me,’ ‘Please Drown,’ and our favorite, ‘Eat Shit.’ Sadie later apologized to the disapproving public via Twitter, claiming the oversight was a #genuinemistake. {Styleite}

High-End Retailers Are Doing Better Than Wal-Mart: For the ninth straight quarter, budget retail giant Wal-Mart is reporting major profit losses. But higher-end stores like Saks and Blommingdale’s have reported increasing profits, with customers spending more on such luxury goods as high-priced jewelry. It seems that Wal-Mart reduced its prices so sharply over the holidays, it actually lost profit. Would raising its prices and quality of goods (with Macy’s and Target-like collaborations, for example) help or hurt Wal-Mart? {New York Times}

Is Scott Schuman Into Uggs? Our friends at Refinery noticed the Sartorialist’s discerning eye had picked up some Uggs. As in Uggs. Those shoes that most fashion people get all huffy about hating. Is he joking? We can’t tell. {The Sartorialist via Refinery 29}

Why Brands are Making Their Own Glossies: Why attempt to convey the values and culture of a brand through a few photographs in an ad campaign and placements in an editorial when you can produce an entire magazine for about the same cost? That’s the idea motivating more and more brands to create their own mags and blogs that are miles from being considered catalogues– Many, like those by BLK DNM and Acne, don’t even mention the brands’ own collections within the pages. {New York Times}

Will the Economy Rise with Our Hemlines? According the the Business Insider‘s seemingly extremely thorough study, the average length of hemlines this NYFW has risen greatly since last time — which historically could (emphasis on could) mean that the economy is in for a boost as well. Which we genuinely would have absolutely no problem with. {The Cut}

Adele Wears Black and Bling at The Brits, Flips Bird: Someone get this girl into some color please! The six-time Grammy winner and Vogue cover girl wore two more black dresses to last night’s Brit Awards in London, along with some crazy finger bling that are inspiring engagement rumors. When Adele won the night’s biggest honor for Album of the Year, she was beyond rudely cut-off 40 seconds into her acceptance – resulting in an appearance from another, less sparkly – but perhaps more telling – finger. We can’t say we blame her! {Styleite}

Fashion Week

Street Style Roundup: Our 25 Best Street Style Shots From NYFW

Monday, Feb 20, 2012 / 3:00 PM

It’s certainly been one whirlwind of a week, and just like that, NYFW has come to an end. Of course we’re already in the midst of London and we’re about to move to Milan and then Paris. But there’s nothing like seeing amazing people and style right in your own neighborhood.

Each day this past New York fashion week, our street style photog Ashley Jahncke has captured the style and personalities of some of the brightest stars in fashion–from celeb stylist and Bravo star Brad Goreski, to blogger Elin Kling, to Victoria’s Secret model Behati Prinsloo and more.

In celebration of the end of New York Fashion Week and all the fabulous street style that came with it, here’s a gallery of our top 25 street style snaps from the past eight days. Which ones are your faves?
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It’s never too late (or too early!) to start your new career in fashion. Whether you’re just getting started, or just want to start over, our careers page has got the jobs and internships that will get you where you want to be! We’re constantly updating out site with all the latest and hottest openings. Right now, we’ve got postings for a PR internship at Black Frame (they rep Rodarte, OK?), a fine jewelry production and sales intern at Monique Pean, a footwear design intern at Juicy Couture, and tons more. So update that resume and start applying now!
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