If you follow model Chrissy Teigen on Twitter or Instagram, you know she’s hilarious, unfiltered, sassy, and sometimes controversial (just last night she got into a row with followers about “slut shaming”). I can tell you that she’s exactly the same in person.
Buzzy designer Alexis Barrell may be London’s new fashion darling–but her road to success has traversed continents.
Name: Alissa Barkarson
What do you do? I’m a retail manager at Zimmermann.
Where are you from originally? Australia.
What was the last thing you bought? A flight home.
What are you wearing?
Are you #CFDAready? In honor of the CFDA Fashion Awards, the council is launching an Instagram contest in which users submit their best shots of themselves wearing clothes and accessories from any of the hundreds of CFDA members (full list here), with the hashtag #CFDAready. The winner gets to go to the CFDAs and Instagram it. More details at CFDA.com. {Fashionista Inbox}
Victoria’s Secret Angel Miranda Kerr’s lingerie was a target of the Hollywood teenage crime group (and the subject of Sofia Coppola’s latest film) the Bling Ring. {Vanity Fair}
Here’s Nicole Kidman as Hollywood actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly for Olivier Dahan’s upcoming historical drama, Grace of Monaco. {The Hollywood Reporter}
After much demand, A.P.C. + Nike is back with a second collection of kicks, out today. {A.P.C/Fashionista Inbox}
Though she’s only 20, Karlie Kloss has already cemented her status as one of the industry’s top models with that fierce runway stomp and legs that never quit.
Now, she’s putting her pegs to good use, collaborating with denim brand Frame on two styles of jeans meant for long-legged ladies like herself.
Earlier this week news broke that H&M, Zara and C&A had joined PVH, the parent company of Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Izod, and German retailer Tchibo in signing onto the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a legally-binding agreement which requires retailers to help finance the fire and safety improvements needed in the area.
And while the move has inspired some retailers to join plan, others, like Wal-Mart, Topshop and Gap, have failed to do so.
So what does J.W. Anderson’s collection for Versus look like? For one, there doesn’t seem to be much of a disparity between the men’s and women’s pieces.
More proof that supermodels do. not. age: WWD is reporting that Christy Turlington Burns will star in the fall global Calvin Klein Underwear campaign, looking almost exactly like she did when she started working for the brand in the late ’80s.
It looks like Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon, who left the shoe company at the end of 2011, is getting back to work.
Signatures: Every fabulous fashion person has one. There’s Karl Lagerfeld’s ponytail, Anna Wintour’s pageboy bob, Victoria Beckham’s perma-pout…You get it.
So, in an effort to achieve said level of fabulosity for myself, I, too, have developed a sig of my own: The black liquid liner flick.
It’s curious to wonder why some designer’s legacies are preserved and others fall to the wayside. Is it the lack of PR, no heir to the design house or were they just bad designers?
We caught up with Julia Restoin Roitfeld to chat about her new lifestyle site Romy and the Bunnies, what her mom Carine taught her about style (including the most embarassing outfits mama Carine put her in), and how motherhood has changed her. Just don’t call it a mommy blog.
