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Friday May 3rd, 2013

Fantasy Dressing the Met Ball Guests
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Fantasy Dressing the Met Ball Guests

by Dana Kruspe and Steff Yotka

The Met Ball is like the Oscars for the fashion industry: all the best people in all the best dresses.

This year’s theme, punk, presents an interesting conundrum: will people go all out, liberty spikes and Givenchy nose rings and all, or just throw some studs on a Chanel suit and call it pseudo-punk?

We’re hoping for the former, and so in the spirit of going the distance, we’ve picked out our favorite punk fashions and paired them with Met Ball regulars like Anna Wintour and Julianne Moore and some fantasy guests (Bjork, anyone?).

Click through to see the looks we want to see on the red carpet, and let us know what you’re hoping for in the comments.

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Published at 5:55 PM

Monday April 29th, 2013

Thursday April 25th, 2013

Monday April 15th, 2013

Prada Won’t Lower Prices, Rihanna Isn’t Fronting Chanel, and Rebel Wilson Flashes Her Nipples
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Prada Won’t Lower Prices, Rihanna Isn’t Fronting Chanel, and Rebel Wilson Flashes Her Nipples

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Don’t expect Prada prices to drop anytime soon. Miuccia Prada explains to Women’s Wear Daily why her covetable designs cost so darn much. {WWD, Subscription required}

MTV Movie Awards host Rebel Wilson let both of her left nipples say hello onstage last night. {US Weekly}

How does Allison Williams wash her face every day? With cleanser and “a piece of sterile gauze.” Of course. {Who What Wear}

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Published at 2:00 PM

Wednesday April 10th, 2013

Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring
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Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring

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To add to your Coco Chanel biography collection: The Coco Chanel comic, a part of Naïve’s “Grands Destins de Femmes” collection, with illustrations by Bernard Ciccolini and text by Pascale Frey. {Vogue Paris}

Need a new job? Anna Wintour is on the prowl for her new PR director—and she’s turning to the realm of politics and business to find one. {New York Post}

Rachel Zoe’s cutest ex-assistant Jeremiah Brent got engaged Monday to Nate Berkus. Mazel tov, ‘Miah! {US Weekly}

American Apparel’s ads are once again brewing trouble. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is calling the company out for two predictably provocative ads in which the models appeared “vulnerable.” {HuffPo}

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Saturday April 6th, 2013

Thursday April 4th, 2013

Saturday March 30th, 2013

Tuesday March 26th, 2013

The Biggest Designer Comebacks
Designers

The Biggest Designer Comebacks

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It’s been a season of second, third, and even fourth chances. After stints at Perry Ellis, Paco Rabanne, and Gap, designer Patrick Robinson is once again staging a comeback–this time, as creative director of Armani Exchange.

Currently waiting in the wings is former Dior designer John Galliano, who has been assisting in Oscar de la Renta’s atelier and is purportedly in talks to teach at Parsons.

We can’t say for sure whether either of these comebacks will take, but we can tell you about the returns other designers have staged in the past. Here are fashion’s greatest comeback stories:

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Published at 6:22 PM

Friday March 22nd, 2013

Magazines are Getting Creative with Chanel’s Massive Hula Hoop Bag
Fashion Is Fun

Magazines are Getting Creative with Chanel’s Massive Hula Hoop Bag

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The moment we saw that massive Chanel hula hoop bag being trotted down the runway we knew it would become an instant editorial hit. And so it has.

From riding it like a cowboy, to sticking their bodies through it as in mid-hula, models have certainly been making use of the It bag in every way imaginable. Well, every way except as an actual, you know, purse.

Click through for our round up of the Chanel hula hoop bag’s best cameos in magazines this season.

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Published at 5:44 PM

Tuesday March 19th, 2013

Friday March 15th, 2013

Alexa Chung Gets Springy on Time Out New York, Acne Goes to the Dogs, and Karlie Kloss Becomes an Angel
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Alexa Chung Gets Springy on Time Out New York, Acne Goes to the Dogs, and Karlie Kloss Becomes an Angel

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Adopted New Yorker Alexa Chung looks lovely and seasonal–if a bit surprised to be gracing the cover of Time Out New York‘s Spring issue. {Time Out New York}

Seeking out that Spring Breakers style? Opening Ceremony has collaborated with the upcoming film for an exclusive line that will include include mesh jerseys and cropped tees. {WWD}

It’s official: Karlie Kloss is now a full-fledged Victoria’s Secret’s Angel. {HuffPo}

Fashion goes to the dogs! William Wegman’s weimaraners star in Acne’s spring ad campaign. {Grazia}

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Published at 1:45 PM