Brad Goreski Hopes Rachel Zoe’s Clothing Line Isn’t In Trouble
Seriously, guys, is the line in the shitter or what?
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Wednesday February 6th, 2013
Monday February 4th, 2013
Beyoncé’s Super Bowl Designer Answers All Our Burning Questions
Beyoncé put a new designer on the map last night.
For her Super Bowl halftime spectacular, she and everyone else on stage wore costumes by New York-based designer Rubin Singer–not Givenchy, not Mugler, but 34-year-old Rubin Singer, whose eponymous line is just six years old. Cathy Horyn’s story in the New York Times, breaking the news that Singer had designed Beyoncé’s costumes for the Super Bowl was headlined, “Hey, Beyoncé, It’s Your Look, but Maybe His Moment.” Based on the buzz Singer is getting today (his publicist tells us the phone has been ringing off the hook and there’s an increased interest in Singer’s fall/winter 2013 presentation next week), we’d say it’s definitely his moment.
We hopped on the phone with Singer just before he left New Orleans less than an hour ago. He told us how he’s feeling, how he kept it all a secret, and what he hopes to do with the exposure.
Tuesday January 22nd, 2013
Chanel, Dior Store Designer Peter Marino on $3 Million Art Commissions and the Expanding Luxury Boutique
He may not be a household name, but renowned architect Peter Marino has played a key role in shaping the image of some of the world’s top luxury brands, designing stores for the most elite names in the business. He’s the man behind any Louis Vuitton, Dior, or Chanel boutique that you’ve ever visited.
So it makes perfect sense that the Financial Times invited Marino to speak at the dinner portion of last week’s FT Business of Luxury Summit at the Plaza Hotel. There, clad in his signature all-leather duds, he sat down in discussion with the paper’s fashion editor Vanessa Freidman to speak about the notable artwork he’s commissioned for his bespoke boutiques. “I think luxury brands want people to equate anything exquisite in life with their product,” Marino said of the reasoning behind his design hallmark.
Monday January 21st, 2013
Mickey Drexler on Jenna Lyons’s ‘Slightly Scandalous’ Period
Lyons addresses the speech, in which she acknowledged her relationship with Courtney Crangi, for the first time, saying,
It’s just as surprising to me as it probably is to everyone else. It certainly is strange to wake up, at 44, and look at the person next to you and think: ‘Oh! This wasn’t what I expected.’ But I don’t think love works that way, and I am O.K. with that.
Mickey Drexler also weighed in.
Wednesday January 9th, 2013
Alber Elbaz Doesn’t Actually Know How to Tie a Bow Tie
Elbaz talks tying bow ties (or rather not tying them), how he spruced up his Israel Defense Force uniform, and his humble beginnings as a designer at Geoffrey Beene.
Monday January 7th, 2013
Norma Kamali Admits that Fashion Objectifies Women–But She Wants To Put an End To All That
We caught up with Norma Kamali to talk about her new project Stop Objectification, which aims to turn “objectification into empowerment,” how the fashion industry contributes to the problem, and what you can do to help.
Thursday January 3rd, 2013
Tavi Gevinson and Lena Dunham Obsess Over Taylor Swift
Embarrassed about your not-so-secret Taylor Swift obsession? Don’t be–Ultimate cool girls and indie darlings Tavi Gevinson and Lena Dunham certainly aren’t. Turns out they can’t get enough of her sappy love songs and stable of sparkly dresses just like the rest of us. And they’re not sorry.*
Tuesday December 18th, 2012
Andre Leon Talley on Mick Jagger: ‘He’s Like a Dandelion’
Between waxing poetic about Uggs, and defending Condoleeza Rice’s lipstick-on-teeth incident, there’s no question that Andre Leon Talley certainly has a way with words.
Most recently, he put his linguistic talent to good use to review a Rolling Stones concert for Vogue.com. And, well, let’s just say we don’t think anyone would have reviewed the concert in quite the same way. Read on for the greatest quotes from the piece.
The Man Repeller’s Leandra Medine Dishes On Dressing Up Her Hubby for Rag & Bone
We don’t know which is cuter: Romeo Beckham for Burberry or Leandra Medine and her husband Abie Cohen for Rag & Bone.
Playing the Cher to his Tai, Medine madeover Cohen in several Rag & Bone looks for the holidays. She even got him in an intarsia sweater with daggers on it and some printed pants. “I just turned a solid man into a print man!” she exclaimed.
We had to know more, so we grabbed Medine on email to chat about the important things like: Stealing her husband’s clothes, wearing Speedos, and how to avoid “constipated bar-mitzvah boy” face when modeling.
Monday December 17th, 2012
Grace Coddington Sounds Off on Alexander Wang at Balenciaga, Body Image Issues in the Industry
To promote the recent release of Grace: A Memoir, Grace Coddington sat down with The Huffington Post for a chat–and, never one to bite her tongue–sounded off on everything from Alexander Wang‘s appointment to Balenciaga to Nicolas Ghesquière’s next move to body image.
The highlights:
Thursday December 13th, 2012
Derek Blasberg On His New Opening Ceremony Stationery Line and the ‘Dos and Don’ts’ of Letter Writing
The fashion editor and best-selling author of Classy teamed up with Opening Ceremony to create a new stationery line, aptly called the Handwritten Letter Helper, which launched on the retailer’s website yesterday.
We caught up with Blasberg to chat about how this collaboration came about, where he hopes it’s going, and what he thinks are the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of written correspondence. Read on.
Tuesday November 20th, 2012
Grace Coddington Answers the Tough Questions From Today’s Twitter Q+A
Yes, she talked about cats a lot (the one person she’d secretly wish to see on the cover of Vogue? Pumpkin.). She also fielded truly bizarre questions like, “If you only had enough time to save one person from a burning building, would you save Anna or your cat?” and “Can I braid your hair?” She answered both.
