Today, March 28, is Lady Gaga’s 27th birthday. And since we regretfully had to decline our invite to her Mad Hatter-esque tea party soiree (seriously, Gaga, it’s a week night. UGH), we thought we’d celebrate her birth in the best way we know how: By gathering a curated assortment of her all-time biggest style moments–one for each year that our Lady has graced this blessed earth with her presence.
Deeeep breath. Ok. Remember that guy I mentioned last time we e-spoke? You know, the one I wept over while listening to Taylor Swift and painting my bathroom? Well, eleven weeks on, I think I’m almost-maybe ready to discuss the situation with you a bit more in-depth.
I swear I won’t cry. Hard.
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.
The first official day of “spring” is tomorrow. Apparently. (With another snow day yesterday we’re starting to doubt spring will ever come.) Even though the weather is still kind of miserable, we’ve already started our spring shopping lists. Here’s what we’re all craving if warmer weather ever happens. Fingers crossed.
For the first time ever Fashionista had two editors at Paris Fashion week: Myself and Lauren Sherman (back together again!). So, we don’t spend $20K on fashion week. We rented an awesome apartment on Airbnb, bought lots of groceries from Monoprix (yes, Lauren managed to find gluten-free options there), and rode the metro a lot. Read more →
Yes, the photo at left is from a real runway show in Paris.
Moncler is known for pulling some crazy stunts at their runway shows. In New York, it created a scary-looking army of 370 models on risers; it showed fall 2012 in an ice skating rink; and today, Moncler sent live animals down the runway.
We couldn’t wait a whole year to get re-excited about the Academy Awards! (Honestly, how did we make it last time?) So we had an idea.
“Lo!” we thought (in so many words), “Why not host our own Oscars… for fashion! We’ll save costs by forgoing that whole ‘red carpet’ tomfoolery–who cares about that part anyway! We’ll gather an elite team of the finest online editors in the industry–we won’t disclose their identities, so as to protect their privacy and keep the suspense–and we’ll announce the winners via our fair website! By jove, I think we’ve DONE IT!”
And done it, we did.
Behold, the winners (and almost winners–seriously, Karl, it’s a huge honor that you’re even included in this post) of the first annual Fashionista Fashion Oscars.
Proceed.
It started out as a big idea: We’d have Fashionista contributor and Haute Cuisine host David Yi dress up exactly like Bryanboy (we’re talking head-to-toe) and then attend a New York Fashion Week show along with him. And then, with cameras rolling, we’d see what happened.
People already mistook Yi as the renowned fashion blogger. “I remember one year an editor sitting next to me at Peter Som noticed my then-bleach blonde hair and said, verbatim, ‘Bryanboy, your fans are going to go crazy because of your new hair.’” Yi said. To which he replied, “Uh, racist.”
Anyway, we thought we’d have a little fun with that. Watch what happened!
This week, we learned all about Max Azria’s surprisingly relevant collection and die-hard Herve Leger fans. Now here is his very funny mad libs which he actually filled out blindly!
And now, a very special Valentine’s Day edition of Love, the L Train, and What I Wore…
The only thing worse than playing third wheel to your roommate’s recently rekindled relationship on a Saturday night? Staying home alone and repainting your two-square-foot size bathroom while listening to Taylor Swift–occasionally pausing briefly to google Jake Gyllenhaal’s favorite Brooklyn coffee shops as you whimper softly to yourself–after the guy you had a major middle-school-crush on texts you saying he’s seeing someone else.
Julie Haus and husband Jason Alkire showed a lovely candlelight-inspired collection this week.
We can’t believe Rebecca Minkoff managed to squeeze in some hair-whipping while designing her space-inspired collection.
