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Sunday September 30th, 2012

Everything Emmys, Karlie Kloss’s Photoshop Drama, and Hedi Slimane vs. Raf Simons
Week In Review

Everything Emmys, Karlie Kloss’s Photoshop Drama, and Hedi Slimane vs. Raf Simons

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The Emmys: Usually the best part of any award show is seeing what everyone is wearing. And from cleavage to Game of Thrones queens, we broke down the top ten trends from the night, too.

Sofia Vergara’s Emmys Flash: And speaking of the Emmys, Sofia’s zipper bust, she flashed her thong to the world, and then told us all about how it went down.

How Project Runway Changed Fashion: How much of an impact has Project Runway had on the fashion industry and the public? Eila Mell, who wrote an entire book on the subject, lists 10 ways it’s changed the industry.

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Tuesday September 25th, 2012

Kate Middleton Causes a Nude Shoe Frenzy, Mayle is Back, and Tom Ford Talks Brad Pitt
Fashion News Roundup

Kate Middleton Causes a Nude Shoe Frenzy, Mayle is Back, and Tom Ford Talks Brad Pitt

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Karlie, Natasha, Jourdan, and 10 of the biggest names in modeling snag 10 different covers of the upcoming Times Style Magazine in honor of the mag’s–you guessed it–tenth birthday. {HuffPost}

Mayle’s back! And you can get it at Club Monaco. Hopefully this is a sign of much, much more Mayle to come. {Refinery29}

Emma Watson and the Perks of Being a Wallflower cast are just too freaking cute in this interview with Nylon Magazine. {NylonMagazine}

The always hilarious Joan Rivers likens fashion week to a Charlie Sheen rager. She’s not far off from the truth there. {BuzzFeed}

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Wednesday August 1st, 2012

Sunday July 8th, 2012

Fashionista Week In Review: Real Men On Menswear, American Apparel’s Awesome Aging Ad Star and Raf Simons’ Dior Debut
Week In Review

Fashionista Week In Review: Real Men On Menswear, American Apparel’s Awesome Aging Ad Star and Raf Simons’ Dior Debut

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Real Men (Don’t) Wear Runway Menswear: Many of the menswear looks that are sent down runways are outrageous and unwearable, to say the least. We polled men on the streets of New York to see where, if ever, they would wear the codpieces, lace and lobster breastplates.

Introducing Team USA’s Glamourous Gymnasts: Gymnastics is one of our favorite Olympic events (we know we’re not alone!), so after the five girls representing the US were revealed, we took a closer look at who they are and how their make-up routines stack up to their uneven bar routines.

American Apparel’s Latest Controversy: On Monday, we got a hold of images of American Apparel’s latest ads starring a 60+ gray-haired woman named Jacky, complete with obligatory crotch shot and similarly suggestive poses. We talked to Jacky about how the whole modeling gig came about–you’ll love what she had to say!

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Tuesday July 3rd, 2012

So How Did Raf Simons Do On His Debut Collection for Dior? Here’s What All the Major Critics Had To Say (Yes, There Were Some Naysayers)
Haute Couture

So How Did Raf Simons Do On His Debut Collection for Dior? Here’s What All the Major Critics Had To Say (Yes, There Were Some Naysayers)

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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but here are 552 used by the fash pack to characterize Simons’s very hotly anticipated debut at Dior. While not everyone felt his first-ever couture collection was an unqualified success (hey there, Suze?), critical consensus was that this New New Look set the bar pretty high, and possibly Read more →

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Thursday June 28th, 2012

Raf Simons Presents a Stellar, ‘Sexy,’ Spring Menswear Collection Just Days Before His Dior Debut
Menswear

Raf Simons Presents a Stellar, ‘Sexy,’ Spring Menswear Collection Just Days Before His Dior Debut

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Long Nguyen is the co-founder and style director of Flaunt. Paris–The question on everyone’s mind prior to Raf Simons’s show last night was whether the newly minted Dior designer would be exhausted by his new duties for the storied house. Simons is showing his debut couture collection for Dior in less than four days–would he Read more →

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Monday June 25th, 2012

Friday June 22nd, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Franca Sozzani is a UN Ambassador, Nicole Richie Launches a Perfume, and Models Dance for Givenchy
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Franca Sozzani is a UN Ambassador, Nicole Richie Launches a Perfume, and Models Dance for Givenchy

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Vogue Italia EIC Franca Sozzani has snatched the title of UN Goodwill Ambassador. She’ll be working with industry insiders to promote sustainable development and much more. {Telegraph}

World-renowned milliner Stephen Jones will be fabricating fascinators for Raf Simons’ Dior Haute Couture premiere. Jones called the collection “exciting, beautiful and new,” but wouldn’t say much more than that. {Vogue UK}

At last year’s Webby awards, Anna Wintour told us that “sometimes geeks can be chic,” and the rise of fashion-forward online games only reinforces her statement. {WWD}

Mary Katrantzou, reigning queen of jaw-droppingly beautiful digital prints, won’t, or rather can’t, show pre-fall or resort collections because her intricate patterns take too long to produce (hint: four days to make a single print). {Vogue UK}

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Thursday June 21st, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Jennifer Aniston May Be the New Face of Aveeno, Rad Hourani to Show Couture, and There Is Jewelry For Your Wrinkles
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Jennifer Aniston May Be the New Face of Aveeno, Rad Hourani to Show Couture, and There Is Jewelry For Your Wrinkles

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Aveeno has reportedly asked Jennifer Aniston to be the new face of the brand–and they’re allegedly offering her eight-figures to sweeten the deal. But given Aniston’s impossibly glowy skin (and at 43, no less), we’d say she’d be worth every penny.{NY Post} Rad Hourani is set to debut his premiere haute couture collection–and the first Read more →

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Tuesday June 19th, 2012

Raf Simons’s Fall 2012 Menswear Campaign Features Some Freaky Photoshop
Campaigns

Raf Simons’s Fall 2012 Menswear Campaign Features Some Freaky Photoshop

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When we first saw this image for Raf Simons‘s fall/winter menswear collection, we thought it was one of those anti-diabetes posters plastered all over the MTA–you know, diabetes can lead to amputations? But that’s no amputation–that’s a chin. See? Yep, definitely a chin. And an extremely well-groomed chin, at that–have you ever seen a man’s Read more →

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Friday June 15th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: The Sartorialist And Garance Doré Shoot for J. Crew, Rob Pattinson Loves Gucci, and Louboutin Still Fighting for its Red Soles
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: The Sartorialist And Garance Doré Shoot for J. Crew, Rob Pattinson Loves Gucci, and Louboutin Still Fighting for its Red Soles

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CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund nominated design house Creatures of the Wind collaborated with J. Crew to design a capsule collection and it’s finally available. Well worth the wait, if you ask us. {FabSugar}

In more J. Crew news, the ever-expanding brand has enlisted famed street style photographers Scott Schuman and Garance Doré to photograph, film and profile tastemakers across the globe for a project titled “Hello World.” {WWD}

Bill Gaytten, John Galliano’s temporary replacement chez Dior, presented his final collection for the fashion house. The new Creative Director Raf Simons will make his Dior debut with the brand’s Couture collection next month. {Vogue UK}

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Friday May 4th, 2012