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Thursday May 16th, 2013

Celebrity Stylist Cher Coulter on What It’s Like to Dress an A-lister for a Massive, Global Press Tour
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Celebrity Stylist Cher Coulter on What It’s Like to Dress an A-lister for a Massive, Global Press Tour

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Summer is almost here, and for major movie stars, that means one thing: Blockbuster season.

While we line up at the box office to see movies like The Great Gatsby or Star Trek: Into Darkness, starlets run a worldwide marathon of premieres, interviews, and even film festivals like Cannes, each one requiring a different outfit.. It is undoubtedly glamorous–but it’s also a lot of hard work for their stylist.

We wanted to know just what kind of work goes into planning a celebrity’s wardrobe for a media tour, so we caught up with Cher Coulter–stylist to Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Kate Bosworth and Sienna Miller, just to name a few–to get all the behind-the-scenes details on press prep.

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Wednesday October 17th, 2012

Kim Kardashian Admits Her Fashion Fail, Another Brad Pitt Chanel No.5 Ad, and Marc Jacobs’s Plus-Size Oversight
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Kim Kardashian Admits Her Fashion Fail, Another Brad Pitt Chanel No.5 Ad, and Marc Jacobs’s Plus-Size Oversight

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Kim Kardashian admits her ill-fitting yellow jacket was a major fashion faux pas–but let’s get real, there’s no way color-hating Kanye even approved of that disastah in the first place. {HuffPo}

Looks like Brad Pitt didn’t have to spend much extra time in the studio for his second Chanel No.5 commercial! {YouTube}

Proenza Schouler’s new Halloweeny .gif is a real skull scratcher. {PhotoBucket}

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Wednesday September 5th, 2012

Friday August 31st, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Gwyneth Paltrow Debuts the First Hedi Slimane YSL Handbag, Moises De La Renta Sounds Off and Where’s Kate Upton?
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Gwyneth Paltrow Debuts the First Hedi Slimane YSL Handbag, Moises De La Renta Sounds Off and Where’s Kate Upton?

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Where’s Kate? Upton, that is. The busty blonde was not part of IMG’s spring 2013 show package. Is she not walking or did she nab an exclusive? {Fashion Copious} Moises de la Renta would like you to stop asking him for tickets to the Oscar de la Renta show. He apparently expressed this with a Read more →

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Wednesday July 11th, 2012

YSL Is Offering an Eye Shadow Palette Inspired by Facebook
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YSL Is Offering an Eye Shadow Palette Inspired by Facebook

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Some pretty unusual things inspire beauty collaborations these days: Miss Piggy, super hero movies, and caviar are just some recent examples. The latest? YSL’s newest limited edition eye shadow palette was inspired by…Facebook. Beauty brands often use Facebook apps and stage special giveaways through the social media platform. But this is the first product we’ve Read more →

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Friday July 6th, 2012

Here’s What the Buyers Had to Say About Hedi Slimane’s First Collections for YSL
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Here’s What the Buyers Had to Say About Hedi Slimane’s First Collections for YSL

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While all eyes this week were focused on Raf Simons and his debut Dior couture collection, Hedi Slimane quietly made his debut at YSL Saint Laurent Paris. We already knew that his resort and menswear collections would be shown to buyers only, and they flocked to Paris this week to take in Slimane’s first collections for the house. While they were forbidden from taking photos, many were willing to speak anonymously about what they saw.

One retail exec reported that even the hangers, chairs and tables were designed by Slimane–a hint of new retail concepts to come under the rebranded Saint Laurent Paris label, according to WWD. And what about the clothes? Sounds like Slimane mined some YSL classics.

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Published at 9:24 AM

Thursday June 21st, 2012

In Honor of Saint Laurent’s Brand Overhaul, We Took Some Liberties With Other Labels’ Logos
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In Honor of Saint Laurent’s Brand Overhaul, We Took Some Liberties With Other Labels’ Logos

by Nora Crotty & Tyler McCall & Emily Singer

When news broke this morning that Yves Saint Laurent, would indeed be dropping the “Yves” to become Saint Laurent Paris, we have to say we were pretty stunned. And that got us thinking: What if other storied brands followed YSL’s suit, and ‘updated’ their brand image? Apparently we weren’t the only ones wondering. Henry Holland Read more →

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