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Puppies in Bondage Take the Runway at a Former Strip Club for Vice

By Dhani Mau Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 / 5:37 PM

Dear PETA, Last night, to kick off fashion week in the best way we could have possibly imagined, Vice, whom we love for their unconventional fashion coverage, threw a party/fashion show at strip club-turned fashion hotspot Westway to celebrate the launch of their fashion issue. But not just any party/fashion show. A leather-clad man walked actual puppies dressed in actual S&M outfits down a stripper stage in the middle of the dark, packed, smoky nightclub. We can’t make this stuff up.
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Celebrity

Parker Posey Can’t Keep Up with Fashion, Says She ‘Needs to Make More of an Effort’

Rachel Comey is not usually one of those shows that has a celeb packed front row. Or any celebs in the front row for that matter. Devoted editors, buyers and Brooklyn cool girls a plenty but celebs? Not so much. So imagine our delight when one of our favorite celebs, the Party Girl herself, Parker Posey, plunked herself down a few seats over from us at last night’s show (runway pix and review to come shortly, don’t worry).

While waiting to interview Comey backstage after her show, Posey joined the line of fashion editors. “So, is this where we line up?” Posey asked me. I resisted my urge to yell “Air Raid!” and seized on the opportunity to turn my recorder on the incredibly down-to-earth actress first. “OK,” she shrugged, jokingly. Only, somehow she ended up interviewing me instead.

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Bridesmaids‘ Rose Byrne Creates an Oscars Red Carpet Drinking Game For Us, Is Adorable

By Fawnia Soo Hoo Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 / 5:45 PM

Last night new French import Sandro hosted a party to fete Dree Hemingway’s capsule collection for the store. More on that later. First, a few giddy minutes with our girl crush, Damages and (scream) Bridesmaids actress Rose Bryne. She looked amazing in a bouffant up-do and a glittering gold sequined cropped jacket and we probably pushed a few aspiring it-girls aside just to get a chance to chat with the incredibly nice and good-natured Aussie actress.

Fashionista: We absolutely LOVED the white sequined jumpsuit that you wore to the Screen Actors Guild Awards. What inspired you to wear pants?
Rose Byrne: I wanted to wear a suit. It was really my hair. I was trying to do a bit of Michelle Pfeiffer Scarface meets Anna Wintour-inspired hairstyle. I had tried on this jumpsuit a few years earlier and I ended up wearing something else to an awards ceremony and my stylist Penny [Lovell] was like, what about that jumpsuit from Elie Saab? And so, luckily we could get it back and we just went from there.

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News

Carine Roitfeld Wants to be the ‘Joan of Arc of Fashion’; Will Launch Biannual Mag to Link ‘the Runway and the Real Woman’

By Dhani Mau Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012 / 10:00 AM

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Karl’s turn as guest editor at Metro wasn’t just about Karl. (OK, it was mostly about Karl). But the issue also features interviews with some of his favorite people including Azealia Banks (who performed at his house last week), Florence Welch (who performed at his spring show), Haider Ackermann (his preferred replacement at Chanel) and, of course, Carine Roitfeld, his partner in crime. Since any interview with the former Vogue Paris EIC is gold, we couldn’t wait to read and share the best parts. Click through to learn more about her relationship with Karl, not being “porno” anymore and new details on her forthcoming magazine, due out in September. Will she ever run out of interesting things to say?
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Tavi to Perform Neil Young Cover Live During Fashion Week

Is Tavi about to embark on a singing career?

As you may have heard, multi-talented teen Tavi Gevinson lent her vocals to an animated short film film called Cadaver, which co-stars Christopher Lloyd and Kathy Bates. As you can hear in the trailer, the blogger-turned-editor-turned-singer/actress(?) can do more than sing Taylor Swift and Joni Mitchell covers in her bedroom.

She can sing Neil Young covers in a movie with Neil Young’s approval even (Tavi is one of the few people Young has allowed to cover the song “Heart of Gold”). Jonah D. Ansell, the film’s director, said in a release, “As Tavi personally and professionally evolves beyond the fashion vertical from which she was first publicly revered, and continues to discover and embrace her voice as a fierce and fearless young woman, her rendition of Heart of Gold will inspire a new generation to never relent in the pursuit of what you love.” A lot of responsibility for the 15-year-old, who calls the film “gamechanging,” but she can probably handle it. Of course, that’s not all.

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Blake Lively, Emmy Rossum and More Turn Out to Fete Jason Wu for Target

The launch party for the much-anticipated Jason Wu for Target collaboration went down last night in Soho, and – much to our relief – instead of finding ourselves amidst the type of mass hysteria that surrounded the kick-off of that other Target collab, we found a charming Parisian wonderland – complete with street lights and Laduree macarons – populated with pretty major Hollywood actresses.

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  • Fawnia Soo Hoo
  • Friday, Jan 27, 2012 / 3:00 PM
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The Making of Fashion’s Newest Muse: We Chart Azaelia Banks’ Fashion Coups, Ending With Her Performance at Karl Lagerfeld’s House

By Dhani Mau Friday, Jan 27, 2012 / 12:00 PM

It’s becoming pretty clear to us that Azealia Banks, the 20-year-old Laguardia HS grad whose dirty lyrics (and genuine talent) have everyone’s attention, is poised to take the fashion world by storm as well. In fact, in a remarkably short time (basically one trip to Paris), she already has. When Nicola Formichetti tweeted at her a couple of weeks ago (and made us wonder if she was the next Lady Gaga), that was just the tip of the iceberg. Read more »

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Parties

The Sartorialist’s Scott Schuman and Garance Doré on How They Maintain the Integrity of Their Sites and Make Money

To fête the launch of their ‘True Love In Pictures’ campaign with Tiffany & Co., Scott Schuman and girlfriend Garance Doré hosted a swanky shindig at the legendary jeweler’s Fifth Avenue flagship last night. DJ Solange Knowles spun old-school hip-hop tunes while models, socialites, and the who’s who of New York’s fashion crowd (those whose invites weren’t retracted) came out to celebrate the amazing alliance.

Joining forces with a brand like Tiffany & Co. is a big coup for anyone, even for the globetrotting street-style photo-blogging power couple, who collectively have collaborated with Gap, Burberry, Club Monaco, Moschino, and Kiehl’s in the past. (Both their sites have been growing–we know this because they’ve posted several jobs listings on our site.)

Regarding how they pick and choose whom they partner with, Schuman says they have to be careful, since they won’t shoot ads without their name attached to the project.

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  • Friday, Jan 27, 2012 / 10:32 AM
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Kate Young on Stylists as Celebrities, Dressing Michelle Williams for the Oscars and Her New Gig For Macy’s

Kate Young was recently named one of “Hollywood’s Most Powerful Stylists” by the Hollywood Reporter and after one look at her celebrity clientele, it’s easy to see why. She dresses Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz, to name a few, all people on whom we’ve come to rely for spot-on perfect red carpet looks. This also means that, considering it’s awards season and two of her clients are very much a part of that, Kate is super busy. Still, she found time for another new project.

She’s the latest INC Editor at Large for Spring/Summer 2012 at Macy’s. She follows inaugural INC Editor at Large Anna Dello Russo and her duties are a bit vague, as those of an ‘Editor at Large’ tend to be. What we know for sure is that they include styling the new INC collection, which you can peruse below, and a hip party thrown in her honor, which took place yesterday evening at Le Bain. We stopped by to chat with the super stylist about that gig, plus the attention celebrity stylists have been getting lately, dressing Natalie and Michelle for the Oscars and other upcoming projects, like Natalie’s next Dior campaign (!).

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People We Like

Happy Birthday Kate Moss!

By Steff Yotka Monday, Jan 16, 2012 / 5:41 PM

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People We Like

Alber Elbaz Is Celebrating 10 Years at Lanvin–Here Are 10 of His Most Memorable Moments

It’s a whole new year! And a very important year, at that, for one of our favorite designers and fashion personalities, Alber Elbaz. 2012 marks his 10th anniversary as creative director at French fashion house Lanvin – and a lot has a happened since his first collection in 2002. Born in Morocco and raised in Tel Aviv, the bow tie-loving boy originally named “Albert” (he dropped the ‘T’ to avoid American pronunciation mishaps) has become one fashion’s most prominent and beloved (and bespectacled) faces.

In honor of his ten successful years at Lanvin, here’s a review of some of his most memorable moments from the past decade.

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  • Nora Crotty & Hayley Phelan
  • Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 / 6:44 PM
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Carven Pre-Fall 2012: Guillaume Henry Talks Celebs, Collabs, Copycats and Developing a Fragrance

Every time a new Carven collection debuts, we get so excited, and our love for the French label and its genius designer Guillaume Henry grows a little bit more. His lovely pre-fall offerings, which include an expanded selection of menswear, are no exception.

His vision of designing clothes inspired by–and for–real stylish city girls is realized to perfection once again. As with many of Henry’s designs, there’s a ’60s schoolgirl vibe with knee-length shift dresses and a-line skirts, little matching jackets with a blouson shape, shirts with high collars and cardigans–all made modern with new shapes, unexpected colors and crazy accessories.

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