Late last night, we got a funny email from a tipster pointing out that Style.com had gone to the trouble of turning a particularly, uh, noticable pair of neon green pants front row at Jason Wu into a visually-inoffensive pair of khakis.
Now they’re a meme.
Peter: Snowstorms are so in right now, oh my god they’re so chic.
Harry: They’re hot.
More of this, this way…
All eyes were on Jason Wu today, who’s still basking in the glow of a second Michelle Obama Inaugural endorsement.
One of the things we always look forward to in the pre-fashion week madness is all the pretty show invites that land on our desks.
The invites often give you an idea of what to expect from the show, too. This season, we’ve seen neon, translucent pink rubber; holographic birds; and used Petri dishes (yes–really).
We’ve rounded up some of the more eye-catching and creative NYFW invitations to show up in our mailbox so far. Aren’t they pretty?
It’s only the first day of February, but Jason Wu is having a very good 2013. Two weeks ago Michelle Obama chose one of his gowns for the Inaugural Ball, and today the designer announced he’s launching his very first makeup collection.
How major is Leelee Sobieski’s couture pose?
We look forward to Bridget Foley’s WWD op-eds, mostly because it’s one of the few times the industry trade offers up a real opinion. (It wasn’t always so stale: read John Fairchild’s Chic Savages to learn all about WWD‘s heyday in the 1970s.) But this morning, the Fashionista team was collectively turned off by “Fashion Pound Puppies,” in which Foley lambastes Michelle Obama for requesting designers create inaugural outfits for her on-spec. “How does Michelle Obama get a pass on the ridiculousness surrounding her inaugural wardrobe selections?” she says. “The whole thing would be merely silly and undignified if it weren’t so disrespectful of the time and resources of others, some of whom have little of both at their disposal.” We were so annoyed by her presumptions, in fact, that Leah and I spent like 15 minutes talking about it over Gchat:
Pre-Fall 2013 has wrapped!…or has it?…Nobody can quite say for sure, but with the Fall 2013 shows quickly approaching in mid-February, we figured now was as good a time as any to take inventory of our favorites from “the season between seasons.”
Inaugural style went beyond just one gown: from the First Family to the celebrities, everyone brought their A-game to D.C. this weekend.
Turns out Jason Wu was as eager–and as surprised–as the rest of the nation to see which designer Michelle Obama would wear at the Inaugural Ball.
Four years ago, Michelle Obama launched then-little-known designer Jason Wu into the spotlight when she chose to wear his one-shouldered white gown to the Inaugural ball. Since then, his career has taken off–in addition to presenting successful and critically acclaimed ready-to-wear collections he’s launched a collection for Target and a contemporary line. Four years later, after lots of anticipation about which new young designer the First Lady might anoint with her choice of ball gown tonight, she’s chosen Wu once again.
