Get Involved: Though there are a handful of dissenters, the relationship between fashion and Gaga isn’t waning. You can play, too. Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben (who’s worked on Gareth’s films) are asking for your video submissions based on The Apocalypse to play on her tour. {ShowStudio}
Red Rover, Red Rover: Celine’s landed at Dover Street Market, Phoebe Philo’s Celine that is. Who says Spring 2010 can’t debut in Fall 09? Phoebe even helped design the airy space to house her collection. {Dazed}
Got It: After last year’s Hilary Clinton/Vogue fight, Jonathan Van Meter finally got his chance to profile the now Secretary of State. Annie Leibovitz photographed her in the White House, so gowns. {Vogue}
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Agreed, Garance: I feel the pretty much the same way about tattoos. I still want one but just can’t decide what to get. Though I’m also forever grateful I never did anything ridiculously embarrassing as a teen during the 90s. Plus, this girl’s tat is way cool. {Garance}
Rain, Rain: Style.com found some fancy people who refuse to cave in to the wettest summer in the history of mankind (okay, but it feels like it) and still wear Givenchy wedges and Jane Mayle platforms. They’re fun to look at, but we’ve given up. {Style}
Double Your Pleasure: Raquel doing the masculine and the feminine thing for JPG. Well played Inez and Vinoodh. {Modelinia}
We Love the 80s: So do KT Auleta, Brian Molloy, and Missy Rayder. See how it all came together. {Dazed Digital}
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All I Wanna Do: Someone finally gets to Nicholas Kirkwood and asks fun questions - his favorite gifts to give? Shoes and booze, of course. Sounds like our kind of man. {TheMoment}
Swim Little Fishy: Marc’s gone and made swim caps. Just in case you hadn’t fully embraced all things retro. {Style}
La-dee-Dali: Moschino’s windows pay tribute to Dali in honor of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - his “Soft Construction With Boiled Beans” to be exact. {Racked}
Not Zoe: Jen Rade talks to the LA Times about dressing Angelina and shopping at Target. {LATimes}
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Kate Moss’ black long-sleeved dress for Topshop was named Dress of the Year by the Bath Fashion Museum.
The UK museum has the world’s biggest collection of historical fashion and announced Kate’s award while unveling past winners, too. Marni, 2003, Prada, 2006 and a Giles Deacon from 2007 - all of which will be exhibited through September
The honor’s usually bestowed upon designers like John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier which means that even design awards are getting recession friendly. One of the judges explained, “2008 is likely to be seen by our children as a watershed moment - the end of a glittering party…Circumstances demand we become wiser now,” which we get.
And yet this is still fashion, and despite our endless love for all things Kate and most things Topshop, there’s no way that’s the dress of this year.
Not when people make dresses like this, and like this, or like this.
Why We Worship: We didn’t really think Cecilia Dean could get any cooler but she’s gone and made the new issue of Visionaire solar powered. The images actually change in front of your eyes. {Refinery29}
Turned Tables: People think DVF ripped this jacket from Canadian label Mercy. We doubt DVF’s seen it. Bet we can guess what you think. {NationalPost}
Green Rage: W says no invites are the new invites. Not that you’re not invited, you just won’t have anything to pin on your bulletin board post-event. {W}
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Even though we know it’s unfair, even though we sat through all the same stereotype seminars in high school as you did, even though we’re technically mature adults who understand that what people wear doesn’t necessarily dictate or indicate what a person’s like, we’ll admit it: We see signals in people’s style all the time and, dear reader, we judge.
Not really though, just enough to temporarily sum a person up until they actually speak, to either confirm (the way it usually goes) or contradict our assumptions based on their sartorial choices.
We know you know what we mean - You see huge diamond studs glint with every head toss, you think “princess.” A Tiffany heart bracelet, you think “wannabe princess.” Uggs plus VS Pink, “sorority.” A fake Louis, “clueless.” A boxy Kate Spade, “corporate” (though that last one really depends on the outfit and the carrier’s age).
So what kinds of style signals have you successfully identified during your time on public streets? Does every guy wearing a trucker hat turn out to be the douche bag (hey, if we’re judging, we can borrow our 7th grade vocab) you always knew he’d be? Is every woman in stilettos at work always in a bad mood? Does every girl wearing only a sports bra to the gym turn out to be the total whack job you knew she would be?
Please, tell us all about it. Let’s see where we agree, and not.
We have never read Psychology Today, though perhaps this Fall we will start.
That’s when the magazine will have a story exploring the psychological separations of fashion and style, at least according to one well-dressed teen who was stopped on the street by a photographer last week who claimed to work for the magazine.
We imagine there are many ways to describe trends in psychological terms - pack mentalities, aspirations, alpha men and women, whatever.
But we can’t help thinking this is just an excuse for Psychology Today to feature cute teenagers in its otherwise un-pored pages.
We’ll post the full article when we find it, and who knows - maybe it’ll make us feel intellectually superior to all the women with studded pyramid heels in the Tents this September.
Okay, sadly not…
WHICH major fashion stylist was recently so enraged at a Manhattan magazine office that she had a vicious temper tantrum? The bony muse must have invoked all her strength, because she managed to pull down an entire rack of YSL and Givenchy dresses that were hanging for a shoot.
[And no guys, it’s not Rachel Zoe. She’s actually really nice and reasonable.]
Whether or not a person has killer style is truly up to debate. We can’t remember how many arguments we’ve had over whether Rachel Zoe always looks amazing or just 70’s.
But whether or not someone actually has style- as in, a manner of dressing which is so recognizable it can be copied or even repackaged and sold on TopShop- is not really up to debate at all.
The newest US Weekly has chosen a curious pair to headline its “20 Best Makeovers” issue. It heralds Katie Holmes as “Most Improved” and Carrie Underwood as rocking the “Sexiest New Style.”
Now, we’re not saying that we expect US Weekly to cover anything other than celebrities looking either stunning or like train wrecks, but this line up of celebrities with enviable “style” just doesn’t make sense.
We can’t imagine anyone ever saying, “God, that dress is so Katie!” We’re not even going to bother retyping that with Carrie’s name, too.
At least US Weekly has given us a whole new style debate to dive right into: does it really count as style if you have a professional laying your outfits out for you?