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Friday June 14th, 2013

Kiernan Shipka on Sally Draper’s Shorter Hemlines
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Kiernan Shipka on Sally Draper’s Shorter Hemlines

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Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper on Mad Men, was the youngest award recipient at Wednesday night’s Women in Film Crystal & Lucy Awards. (Hailee Steinfeld, winner of MaxMara’s Face of the Future award, has a whole three years on the 13-year-old Shipka.) But aside from her diminutive stature and baby face, you wouldn’t know she was just entering her teenage years: Shipka is more poised and well-spoken than most women twice her age.

When I caught up with her earlier this week, she kindly suggested we go somewhere quieter so we could actually hear each other, then enthusiastically opened up about her evolving style, wearing high heels, why she’s given up sewing her own dresses, and her Mad Men character’s rising hemlines.

Read on for more Kiernan cuteness.

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Published at 1:09 PM

Thursday June 13th, 2013

Wednesday June 12th, 2013

Chrissy Teigen Talks Twitter Regrets
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Chrissy Teigen Talks Twitter Regrets

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Amidst the actual circus enviro that was Coach’s annual Summer Party on the High Line, we managed to wrangle in model Chrissy Teigen for a few minutes to talk about her Twitter regrets, her elaborately braided ‘do, and what it’s really like to get interviewed by Oprah.

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Tuesday June 11th, 2013

Sunday June 9th, 2013

A Dispatch from Susanne Bartsch’s Inaugural “On Top” Party
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A Dispatch from Susanne Bartsch’s Inaugural “On Top” Party

by Jordon Lee

Summer socializing started off on an 18-story high note this week with the grand opening of Susanne Bartsch’s much anticipated seasonal saturnalia “On Top,” at the Top of The Standard Hotel.

The event kicked into full tilt right out of the gates, and within minutes of Ms. Bartsch’s arrival, she had mounted the bar and was excoriating the crowd to “WORK!” in her trademark Swiss-inflected English. Her lofty perch also provided an excellent perspective from which to view her star-spangled Blond’s corset, which I came to find was as dangerous as it was beautiful when she dismounted the bar via my shoulders, digging several glittery, brilliant corners of hand-crafted corsetry into the back of my neck. Oh well, it’s not a good party unless you’ve got the scars to prove it…

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Published at 2:11 PM

Wednesday June 5th, 2013

Victoria Beckham Actually Said ‘Girl Power’ in Her Glamour UK Award Acceptance Speech
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Victoria Beckham Actually Said ‘Girl Power’ in Her Glamour UK Award Acceptance Speech

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If this doesn’t make notoriously scowl-y Victoria Beckham smile, we really don’t know what will. At last night’s Glamour UK Women of the Year Awards, Beckham was named woman, not of the year, but of the whole decade–precisely ten times better than anyone else’s award that night. And she used the opportunity to give a little Spice Girls throwback.

Read on to see who else got honors, and check out the red carpet.

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Published at 11:45 AM

Tuesday June 4th, 2013

Greta Gerwig on ‘Scary’ Red Carpets, Hiring a Stylist, and Getting Wasted in the Met Ball Bathroom
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Greta Gerwig on ‘Scary’ Red Carpets, Hiring a Stylist, and Getting Wasted in the Met Ball Bathroom

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As Greta Gerwig’s star continues to rise from indie Mumblecore queen to bona fide Hollywood ingenue, she’s showing up more and more on red carpets and in the fashion world. (She attended this year’s Met Ball wearing Saint Laurent.)

We chatted with her about braving scary red carpets, hiring a stylist, and getting wasted in the ladies’ room at the Met Ball. Just try not to want to be best friends with her after reading this interview.

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Published at 12:24 PM

Wednesday May 29th, 2013

A Dispatch from Vienna’s Crazy Over-the-Top Life Ball
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A Dispatch from Vienna’s Crazy Over-the-Top Life Ball

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This weekend I was one of several journalists flown out to cover the 21st annual Life Ball, a massive fundraiser for HIV/AIDS research and awareness held at Vienna’s City Hall. The theme was “1001 Arabian Nights” and over 1,500 people turned out for the themed bash. That meant that Barbara Eden, in her full I Dream of Jeannie regalia, was there along with hundreds of dancers who looked like extras from a naughty Vegas revue version of Aladdin and still more revelers who were naked save for some body glitter and lamps covering their crotches (rub here-get it?). To put the whole evening into perspective, Bill Clinton was there for his work with the Clinton Global Initiative and so was a bearded lady named Conchita that the New York Post has since deemed Kim Kardashian with a beard.

Here’s what went down:

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Published at 6:43 PM

Thursday May 23rd, 2013

Celebrating Parsons’ Grads with Proenza Schouler, Prabal Gurung, and More
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Celebrating Parsons’ Grads with Proenza Schouler, Prabal Gurung, and More

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Last night, following the senior’s fashion show in the afternoon, Parsons hosted a benefit dinner at Pier 60. The benefit served many purposes: to raise money for Parsons’ scholarships, honor Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez and Bonnie Brooks, President of Hudson’s Bay Company, showcase the senior class’ designs, and announce the Designers of the Year. That’s a lot to pack into one evening–and it was a long one!–but considering the benefit raised nearly $1.7 million for scholarships it was completely worth it.

We caught up with attendees Prabal Gurung and Proenza Schouler as well as Parsons grad Harim Jung, who took home the womenswear designer of the year awards and the Kering Empowering Imagination Award. Read on.

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Published at 6:56 PM

Monday May 13th, 2013

Cecilia Dean on Visionaire 63, the World’s First All-Metal Magazine
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Cecilia Dean on Visionaire 63, the World’s First All-Metal Magazine

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We’ve all heard the phrase “Nothing lasts forever,” but Visionaire is seeking to disprove that theory with its 63rd edition. Titled “Forever” and entirely made of metal, the magazine is a collaboration with G-Shock and features eight imprinted images by artists like Inez & Vinoodh, Craig McDean, Karl Lagerfeld, Yoko Ono, Richard Avedon, Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari in a metal casing–it’s the world’s first all metal magazine.

The party took the silvery metal theme and ran with it. The Clocktower Gallery was transformed into a silver playland complete with silver confetti, mylar balloons, and even glitter cocktails. Guests including Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Sofia Sanchez Barrenechea, Ladyfag, Hilary Rhoda, Heidi Mount, Constance Jablonski, and Vika Gazinskaya committed to the metallic theme with glittering outfits or accessories, although no one tried harder than a girl wearing light up mouse ears.

We caught up with Visionaire founder and all-over inspirational person Cecilia Dean to get the low down on how the magazine was made and what she wishes could last forever.

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Published at 5:13 PM

Friday May 10th, 2013

StyleLikeU Founders Open Up About the Perks and Perils of Being a Mother-Daughter Team
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StyleLikeU Founders Open Up About the Perks and Perils of Being a Mother-Daughter Team

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Lily Mandelbaum and Elisa Goodkind, the women behind online style zine StyleLikeU, might just be fashion’s most well-traveled closet-raiders. They also happen to be mother and daughter.

Here, they share with us what it’s like to work together, just in time for Mother’s Day.

“We’ve been so much about everybody else the whole time,” shared Elisa, “but we recognize that we have a story to tell as well and that, with our relationship, the reason we’re doing this is super deep and personal so that it’s important to also show that to the world.”

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Monday May 6th, 2013

Pre-Met Ball Partying with Net-a-porter
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Pre-Met Ball Partying with Net-a-porter

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When Net-a-porter throws a party, it goes all out. Saturday night, NAP’s Natalie Massenet, Lucy Yeomans, and Alison Loehnis hosted a pre-Met Ball, pre-Frieze party at Omar’s, the as-yet unopnened private supper club on West 9th St. It was billed as a dinner, but quickly devolved into a several-hours-long cocktail hour with Valentino PR honcho Carlos Souza’s sons serving as DJs. Everyone was there. Literally everyone. From Inez and Vinoodh to Karolina Kurkova to Olivier Theyskens to Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez to Christopher Kane to Olivier Rousting to Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, the guest list was just purely bonkers. You couldn’t blink without bumping into someone you felt embarrassed about bumping into.

I spent the party trying to get the scoop on attendees Met Ball plans and punk pasts.

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