Last week, I spent a few days in LA soaking up the other side of the fashion industry, one that loves the art as much as we do, but revolves almost entirely around celebrities.
So I dove right in, starting with a celebrity stylist: Nicole Chavez. Never heard of her? Well, you probably love her work since she styles Rachel Bilson (who, let’s face it, is best known for her style), Scarlett Johansson and Kristen Bell. I’d spent time with my fair share of editorial stylists, but for a career that has the same name, it couldn’t be more different.
We spent the day pulling clothes for three events for Scarlett - Comic Con, the LA Shorts Film Festival and a Dolce & Gabbana in-store appearance - which means we ran from her loft to a designer’s house to Dolce’s showroom to Prada’s store stopping to pick up shoes on the way and unloading FedEx boxes at home. It was a never ending parade of pulling and editing and choosing and trying on and my peppering Nicole with a million questions.
So how’d she get started? What was it like working on The OC? Does she ever want to do editorial? Find out after the jump!
Heathers, aka the original Gossip Girl, is coming back to a live theatre near you.
The show should hit Broadway sometime in 2010 with readings already well under way.
And who’s been reading the part of Veronica, which launched the career of one-time Marc muse Winona Ryder? None other than Kristen Bell, the narrating gossip site owner on GG, who we think should be given a chance (hopefully alongside Leighton Meester) as a Heather given her skills at sounding as evil as possible right before commercial breaks.
But more pressing: Who gets to make all the crested blazers and knit tights?!
PS Please do enjoy the brooch-wearing, scrunchie-sporting flashback at left. Merry breakfast.
We hear Jordache, maker of vintage jeans and employer of Heidi Klum, is more than a little upset with Gossip Girl.
See, according to a GG insider at the CW upfronts, Jordache claims to have invented the ‘XOXO’ brand and they’re not thrilled everyone’s associating the phrase, (is it even that?), with Kristen Bell’s voice and Blair Waldorf’s sex life.
After all, the denim legend plastered it all over their print ads circa 1979 and the Upper East Siders have only been using it for one season and well, makers of Valentines have been using it since the dawn the of time.
That rumor we spread about Mark Fast doing a line for Topshop? It's true. And it's in last week's Sunday Telegraph magazine which means it was true before we even said anything and we've had it in our lap since... Read More
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Last week, I spent a few days in LA soaking up the other side of the fashion industry, one that loves the art as much as we do, but revolves almost entirely around celebrities.
