Anti-Fug: I’m starting to worry that my favorite outfits always get Fugged. This is the Olsens at Opening Ceremony’s Tokyo opening this weekend; they look perfect. {GoFugYourself}
A Friendly History: Juergen Teller talks about the origins of his relationship with Marc Jacobs, his campaign process and the controversies they’ve faced together. {TheMoment}
Peachy Keen: Peaches Geldof continues her random TV reign. She’ll cover New York Fashion Week for GMTV, “Fashion is the thing that establishes creative talent and a person’s aesthetic individuality, but most of all it’s a fun way to express yourself,” she says. {PressAssociation}
In the Dollar Dumps: The Post reports Derek Lam’s having a few financial issues. He’s allegedly losing $1 million per month and his CEO’s been MIA for all of August. The CEO, of course, denies the whole thing. {PageSix}
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Henry Holland’s show was maybe the most literal thing we’ve ever seen walk down a a runway.
It’s like he took the little paint cards from Home Depot, in the most bubble-gummy colors, blew them up and put them on super fun little dresses with major zippers, transfered them onto shaggy fur coats, men’s shirts and shorts and even bags. And to top it all off, the girls got to wear jewels by Katie Hillier (of POP, of Marc by Marc accessories, of Mulberry etc) exclusively for House of Holland.
Agyness’ and Henry’s families took up an entire row which meant lots of cheering - especially when the two danced down the runway at the end. In fact, our aisle seat lent a perfect view of Henry pulling each girl out from behind the curtain and doing a little dance before sending them out onto the runway.
Dancing, bright colors and shaggy coats might have been the perfect way to end London Fashion Week.
Until Paris, mes amours!
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For the past couple years, former art student Dana Veraldi, of Deer Dana, has been making shirts featuring the faces of well-known fashion people, and it’s sort of become a game to guess who’s next.
So far, she’s caricatured Vogue’s Andre Leon Talley and Hamish Bowles, “social” Genevieve Jones, Olivier (both Theyskens and Zahm), Agyness Deyn, along with quite a few more.
And next? Bill Cunningham, the Times’ fashion photographer since sometime in the 70’s. The shirt will be available on Dana’s site, and we bet if enough people wear it around to Fashion Week, Bill might even do a round-up of his fans in the Sunday Times.
The first thing we saw when we got to Anna Sui, were the Save the Garment Center shirts on all the ushers. Then, the seating:
The Tent was filled with mostly students claiming their seats were “double booked” whenever actual ticket holders approached them, and major editors sitting sometimes even in the seventh row, kind of laughing amongst themselves.
The giggles continued even with the models, wearing a mish mash of prints and Anna’s usual melting pot of ideas - we think it started with Stam, working her usual smirk, but one by one it spread to all the models, some even with their dimples in full force by the end of the runway. The only straight-faced one was Agyness, who managed to keep it serious until she took a tiny stumble in her matador hat, then just let it go.
And that’s pretty much how the show went.
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At 4:51am last night, we received this e-mail:
Hey Fashionista!
I moved to LA four months ago from Philadelphia to intern at BCBG and I’ve had some interesting celebrity sightings so far, but last night blew them all away. I was waiting in line at the concessions stand at the Westfield mall movie theater in Century City when I noticed a tall, thin bleach blonde standing in the line next to me. I nudged my friend and she agreed it was Agyness Deyn! I thought I was going crazy because why would Agy be catching the 10:30 showing of Pineapple Express in Century City? But then Albert Hammond Jr. showed up to stand in line with her and I knew for sure it was her. She was wearing super high-waisted straight leg jeans, a black tank (exposed black bra), and red high top Converse. No hat or purse, just some necklaces. (I wish I had a better description, but I felt like a creep staring). She looked adorable…and saw me gawking, so she shyly looked down. She stood out in the crowd of high, fraternity sweatshirt-wearing college students, but I’m pretty sure no one knew who she was. Maybe one day when I become a designer and Agyness and I are tight, we’ll laugh about the time I saw her waiting in line to buy candy and popcorn like the rest of us little people. A girl can dream, right?
xoxo D
Then, exactly three minutes later, we got this e-mail from a completely different person:
Spotted in LA a month or so before Fashion Week, Agyness with her boyfriend at the concession stand before they went back in to watch Pineapple Express. What is she doing in LA anyway? Any ideas?
Pics attached, M.
Cue The Pierces.
Continue reading Maybe We’re Gossip Girl…
We haven’t entertained the notion of blue nails since Clueless, but a week of gallery hopping may be enough to change our minds:
In the past seven days, we’ve spotted blue nails paired with Alexander Wang’s blue chiffon tank top, blue nails on some visitors at Mary Boone and Rivington Arms, and blue nails at the “hot” new club Santo’s House, which we keep calling Santa’s Village by mistake.
Above are blue nails as seen on an intern, and blue nails by Dana Veraldi, the photographer and graphic designer behind the Deer Dana creations (including the Agyness t-shirt).
You’ll note it’s not the same navy blue spread by Chanel and Dior this February, but instead something closer to Smurf.
Our favorite news from last night’s dinner party:
Genevieve Jones is teaming up with artist and t-shirt maven Dana Veraldi (whom you probably remember from the Agyness Deyn tees of last season) on a new project that’s TBA (but we bet it’s connected to Genevieve’s hyper-cute jewelry line).
To celebrate, Ms. Dana created the Genevieve Jones t-shirt.
Much like the actual Genevieve, it is cut petite, and very stylish -
But with a good, sharp sense of humor.
Let’s count, shall we?
1. Her own t-shirt.
2. A Mulberry bag.
3. Countless runways.
4. Countless editorials.
5. Gigs with Giorgio Armani, Burberry, et al.
6. Her own mannequin.
7. House of Holland muse.
8. And now, a cover for Time!
Ok- Time: Style & Design, but still, Time nonetheless.
We love Agyness, but… Woah, you know?
Continue reading Agyness On the Cover of Time!…
For those of who you worship Agyness Deyn, your taste has just been venerated. For those of who you are sick to death of her, well, we hope you’re not going to shop at a Zara anytime soon.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Adel Rootstein, the British mannequin company, has designed an Agyness model to launch in a Dusseldorf branch of Zara before being released in Zara’s worldwide.
With this deal, Agyness joins the ranks of Twiggy, a former Adel Rootstein mannequin herself, and kind of one-ups Kate Moss, who was rejected by the late Adel Rootstein herself for being “too short.”
Aggie is reportedly hanging on to just one life-size doll of herself - maybe to send down the runway on skates to pick up a little extra cash?
We hope the Zara window dressers are smart enough to not put the Agyness mannequins anywhere near the windows - she’d be a prime steal for those smash-and-grabbers…
[PS If you can’t get yourself to a Zara, or if you just can’t wait, you could always wear Agyness’ likeness on your back - is this girl a phenomenon or what?]
You do know: Henry Holland is one of our favorite emerging designers, due to his ingenious sense of branding, innate sense of humor, and total potential as a dance party partner. He’s also had a wildly successful year, becoming one of the few young designers to actually make a profit from his stuff, and also to make Anna Wintour’s coveted invite list to the Met Ball.
You don’t know: Henry Holland just relaunched his website, and soon he’ll have a blog.
We look forward to lots of rudely rhyming couplets about Agyness adventures and hangover cures. And we’re already lining up sunglasses next to the computer, as while Henry’s luxury quotient may keep rising with Mulberry collaborations and POP Magazine covers, his penchant for day-glo seems firmly planted.
Will Henry celebrate his new web adventures with rhyming t-shirts?
We doubt it - HEARTS AGOG FOR OUR NEW BLOG just isn’t as cool as filthy chants about Stam and Behati…
TopShop better get built before next February, because that’s when we hear Gareth Pugh is launching his diffusion line.
It’s a total rumor, made stronger by the fact that Mr. Pugh just installed TopShop’s holiday windows, much like Rodnik did in September, just before TopShop announced their own little Rodnik t-shirt stash in the store.
Still, we really hope it’s true, since the thousands of club kids who worship Gareth’s creations should actually have a chance to wear them, and also, because it could help fund Gareth’s future efforts and make him more profitable. And we think Gareth Pugh should get really, really rich.
Meanwhile, a secret source in London emails to say that Agyness probably won’t get to do a TopShop line anytime soon, because she’s got some kind of exclusive deal with Burberry right now… but that sounds good, too, since we also think Agyness should get really, really rich… but not by doing Victoria’s Secret, because that would be icky.

When Henry told us he wouldn’t be doing t-shirts anymore, we knew this next season would be a pivot.
Would he prove to be more than the infamous “ONE TRICK PONY” his shirts proclaimed?
Well, yeah, of course he would.
Tonight, Henry smacked down a collection of club wear that was vibrant, fueled, and full of hard edges to sharpen the hearts of the club kids.
Can anyone wear the studded blue bodysuit that slinked down the runway? Well, Tanya D. did, if that tells you anything.
But there were some other pieces - jackets, shorts, dresses, easiness - that will go on real boys and girls just fine. And although there were no t-shirts, the prints Henry gave had a graphic punch that can still show his signature style.
While the coolest thing in the show was Agyness Deyn (hello, what else), what really impressed us was the mix of women’s wear and men’s wear, and how except for a few mini skirts, the collection had a good unisex heap for girls and their gay best friends to share before BoomBox.
We’ll have the rest of Fashion East coverage tomorrow, including (I hope) some major discussion about the Noki show…
Continue reading First Look: House of Holland at Fashion East…

It’s hard to balance fashion-as-art with fashion-as-outfit, but Anna Sui welds the compromise each season.
When her clothes go down the runway, there’s a chain reaction in your gut:
A gasp - the patterns are so deep you’re dizzy.
A breath - the shapes are so fresh it’s fun.
A stare - the dresses that might save your season.
A crush - it’s not all for you, but there’s one thing you have to have, and you’ll tackle Irina backstage to get it.
At least, that’s how we’ve always felt.
To find out why, we sought the designer herself…
Continue reading Inside the Designer’s Studio: Anna Sui…

Talk about fan mail:
At least one email that Fashionista gets every day is about the designer Henry Holland, best known for his zany graphic tees with fashion in-jokes and filthy rhymes.
Some of you love Henry’s gleeful humor, his bold aesthetic, and his party pictures from Boom Box and MisShapes.
As reader Violet gushed, “Henry and Agyness are like the prom king and queen of style… The best part is how Henry can turn [the fashion world] into a joke and a secret password at the same time.”
Meanwhile, some of you wonder if we’ve been snorting Strawberry Quick - as reader Alex snapped in her email, “All this for an expensive t-shirt? Can’t you buy some iron ons and get over it?”
We could… or we could let Henry Holland speak for himself. Click below for the inside info on Henry’s next collection, his imaginary jewelry line (sorry!), and his biggest prank yet…
Continue reading Inside the Designer’s Studio: Henry Holland…

Because the day wouldn’t be complete without a post about Henry or Agyness, here’s a peek at his latest creations:
Custom-made t-shirts for his two biggest glossy fans, Teen Vogue and V Magazine.
As you can see, the Teen Vogue shirt boasts rhinestones similar to those used in Henry’s Fall ‘97 collection. It stars in a June spread for the magazine, where Agyness and her Holland shirt are discussed at length, but its actual slogan can’t be printed because it’s too dirty for a teen publication!
(For the record, it’s FLICK YOUR BEAN FOR AGYNESS DEYN, which is sort of… ew).
You can win the Teen Vogue tee by going to their website and entering a raffle. If you prefer to make your own, read the latest issue for directions from Henry himself (and a fantastic article on Sasha Pivavorova, where the model shares some of her illustrations with Kimball Hastings).
Meanwhile, V Magazine is selling their limited edition House of Holland tees, which include the one at right, plus another that screams I’D UNZIP MY JEANS FOR V MAGAZINE in dark purple writing. The shirts cost $95 on the V website, which could also buy you 25% of a copy of Visionaire…


The Barbie for M.A.C line has hit Harvey Nichols in London! With it comes t-shirts by Henry Holland, exclusive to the store and sold next to the M.A.C makeup counter.
We adore the shirts, and Agyness of course - though we think Gemma Ward would be the ultimate Barbie model. But will the tees be available in the US? We’re checking with Henry right now to find out.
Of course, if you can’t get the real thing, we suspect there will be some vaguely convincing knockoffs floating around - today’s British Vogue reports that counterfeit House of Holland tees are sprouting up like faux Goyards all over Kensington High Street - has anyone seen them in the States?

Drew Barrymore may be the face of Giles Deacon’s new line for New Look, but Agyness rocked it best in London this week.
Check out her photo from the collection’s premiere party this week, with a bustier busting pose that makes her look even more like Madonna.
Those dying to see the line in America should click to New Look.
The site has a faux magazine with spreads of Drew, piles of shoes, and a video interview with Giles Deacon where his assistant wears the Henry Holland shirt that says GET YOUR FREAK ON, GILES DEACON. It’s funny.
As for the professional shoppers among you, take heed: New Look doesn’t launch its e-commerce site until early summer, but the Gold by Giles collection is already for sale on eBay.
Bonne chance with that.
Spotted at Jeremy Scott’s Paris show, and party at Le Baron:
Coco Rocha dressed like a juke box
Agyness Deyn wearing Henry Holland’s t-shirt
Kelly Cutrone and Robyn Berkley from People’s Revolution, with musician Jimmy Boyle
Katie Shillingford from Dazed and Confused with light blue hair, again
Le Big Macs being eaten by Le Models.
Check out the whole crazy scene, and show, on The Cobra Snake.