Kerry Washington–stylish, poised, and talented (not to mention stunning)–is a tailor-made fashion mag cover girl if we ever saw one. Still, until now, she’d only covered a few niche titles like Ebony, Essence, and Women’s Health. Why?
Galliano’s not going. See who is.
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.
Name: Ellie Lord
What do you do? I’m a student.
What was the last thing you bought? A pair of Rag & Bone sandals.
What would you never be caught wearing? Sneakers.
What are you currently obsessed with? The band Trust.
What’s your favorite summertime snack?
About the same time we received a sample of L’Oreal Professionnel’s new True Grip hair texturizing powder at the Fashionista office, the Glamourai’s Kelly Framel was dousing Leah’s hair with it at a Viennese ball.
Leah described it as a “magical powder”–it looks like baby powder but creates crazy volume and texture.
So what are hair powders? And how on earth do they work? Don’t worry… we found out.
J.C. Penney signed a deal with Goldman Sachs and secured a $1.75 billion loan to strengthen its financial position. Maybe there’s hope for the struggling retailer after all? {WWD, Subscription required}
Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs wore matching Prada fur coats to The Great Gatsby premiere. Great minds… {Daily Mail}
This new video takes us behind the scenes of Beyonce’s extremely involved H&M commercial production. {YouTube}
Last night, new loungewear company Sleepy Jones rented out an entire boutique hotel–the Lafayette House–and hosted a 24 hour sleep-in to fete their launch. Guests were welcomed to wander through the hotel’s rooms and explore.
It was the coolest launch party/press preview I’ve ever been to–but of course, I’d expect nothing less from Andy Spade, the retail genius who helped launch Kate Spade and Jack Spade, and, at his creative branding firm Partners and Spade, has helped cool-ify companies like J.Crew, Warby Parker, Roxy and more.
I caught up with Spade (who had been up all night on Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party) to chat about why designers should stop doing so many things, and why pajamas may just be the 21st century’s office wardrobe.
Coach’s Reed Krakoff announced today that he’s stepping down from the role of creative director to focus on his namesake luxury label. While Krakoff’s contract with the brand doesn’t end until the summer of 2014, he’ll be working on an advisory basis until then. Which means that Coach’s search for a new creative director is most certainly under way.
Krakoff’s partnership with Coach’s retiring CEO Lew Frankfort lasted a remarkable 16 years, and launched the leather-goods label into a new financial stratosphere. In 1996, when Krakoff came on board, sales were $500 million. In 2012, they reached almost $4.8 billion. Frankfort’s successor, Victor Luis, is already in place. (And a longtime member of the Coach team.) Whomever is brought on to replace Krakoff will have to be able to handle the tremendous financial pressure being a public company brings, but also help to expand Coach’s brand beyond handbags. Clothing, in particular, is an area where there is tremendous opportunity for growth, both abroad in and the US.
But who will it be? We’re sure Coach will search internally first, and that the search may end there. But it’s fun to consider outsiders. Here are our semi-educated suggestions for whom Coach should appoint as its next creative director. What do you think?
Though John Galliano seems to be going out of his way to clean up his act, at least one aspect of his image has remained unchanged: his penchant for totally batshit outfits (or at least hats).
The Great Gatsby! It’s finally happening. And I know this is fashion sacrilege, but boy could I give a hoot. Mostly because I am—please don’t hurt me—not a fan of Baz Luhrmann’s films. I do, however, love the story and Miuccia Prada, so if it gets great reviews I might see it.
Yet whether you’re a Baz fanatic, an F. Scott Fitzgerald disciple, or none of the above, it’s difficult not to imagine this film having a tremendous effect on what we’ll see on the Spring 2014 runways. After all, designers love a Roaring Twenties reference.
However, I think the impact may turn out to be minimal, and here’s why.
Somehow, in 2013, yet another magazine has decided it would be a good idea to put a Caucasian model in literal blackface for a fashion editorial. This time, the culprit is Vogue Netherlands. (In the recent past, Numéro, L’Officiel and Vogue Paris, have all come under for using blackface.)
Bravo posterboy Andy Cohen has just been revealed as the host of this year’s CFDA Awards.
And we think he’s up to the task. We’re pretty sure that most of the fashion industry (and at the very least the Fashionista staff) consume a helluva lot of Bravo. Even if Watch What Happens Live! isn’t your cup of (booze-filled) tea, you can’t deny that it takes great skill to be able to control a Real Housewives reunion special.
