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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Gisele Named Richest Model, The Mall Gets Reinvented and Alexa Chung Covers Elle UK

American Apparel Reports Growing Numbers: The controversial retailer is expected to post gains of 11% for same-store January numbers, which have been rising since September of last year. Other sales numbers are also strong, explains Dov Charney: “[...W]e don’t have the distractions–like labor issues at our factory–that we had in previous years.” The retailer hopes to find aid for their immense debt in the coming weeks. {WWD}

End of an Era?: Once an icon of American society, the New York Times investigates what is being done to revitalize shopping malls. New uses proposed include dog parks, office spaces, or even event spaces. {NYTimes}

Alexa Covers Elle UK: Looking sweet, Alexa Chung graces the cover of the March issue of Elle UK in Louis Vuitton. Thomas Schenk photographed Chung in some of spring’s hottest pastels. Fashion girls everywhere continue to ask, “Should I get bangs?” {Next Models Blog}

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Rachel Roy Is Launching a Footwear Line, Alexa Chung Designed a Teddy Bear, and Tavi Gevinson Stars in an Animated Short and Sings Neil Young

Rachel Roy to Release Footwear Line: As a few non-designers zealously stamp their names on shoe lines, actual designer Rachel Roy is expanding her brand, adding a footwear collection to the two clothing and accessory lines bearing her namesake. Due out in August, Rachel Roy collection consists of flats, boots, and naturally, pumps inspired by long-time mentor and collaborator, Manolo Blahnik. {WWD, subscription required}

i-D Rings in The Year of the Dragon: … with a set of 12 absolutely stunning covers featuring Asian models rocking some breathtaking hair and makeup. Photographed by Chen Man with the help of M.A.C’s Director of Makeup Artistry, Terry Barber, these seriously gorgeous covers are worth framing and mounting in your salon. {Models}

Alexa Chung Designs a Teddy Bear: For the BBC’s Children in Need charity, Alexa Chung joins the ranks of designers like Giles and Louis Vuitton, designing a version of their iconic Pudsey Bear. Alexa keeps Pudsey’s look relatively simple, in ink blue velvet and a red and white heart-embroidered bandana. {Vogue UK}

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Best Dressed

Best Dressed: Diane Kruger in Erdem, Jessica Alba in Chanel and More

By Alaina Hernandez Sunday, Jan 29, 2012 / 12:00 PM

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Kate Middleton Named ‘Hat Person of the Year,’ Chanel Wine Exists and the Rodarte Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Kate Middleton Receives Two Unusual Honors: The Duchess of Cambridge has gotten a lot of attention for her sartorial choices, so it can’t be too much of a surprise that she is being awarded for it. What is somewhat unusual is the source: The Headwear Association has named Kate their “Hat Person of the Year.” (Seriously, that exists.) The Duchess also made the cover of Scouting magazine, who has dubbed her “The Royal Role Model” for her volunteer work. {Elle UK / People}

Alexa Chung for Superga, Pt 2: In addition to reprising her role as campaign star, Alexa Chung has also been enlisted as stylist for the new ads. Superga gave her full control, so she took photographer Guy Aroch and stamped the ads with her own quirky humor. Here, Chung poses in bed with a sneaker to her ear as a phone. Will you buy? {Telegraph}

Chanel to Sell Wine: Now you can get drunk on Chanel – literally. Chanel has owned Chateau Rauzan-Segla in the famous Bordeaux region since 1994, and for the occasion of the Chateau’s 350th anniversary, will sell a one-off of the 2009 Grand Cru Classé for $129. The best part is that Karl Lagerfeld himself designed the label – bien sûr. You can pre-order yours at KLwines.com. Santé! {Glamour}

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Seal Says His Divorce Won’t Be Ugly, Chaka Khan and Grace Jones Perform at a Lingerie Show, and Alexa Chung Has a New Styling Gig

Heidi Klum and Seal Aren’t The Kind Who Have Nasty Break-Ups: We’ve watched a lot of nasty celebrity divorces unfold (see: Demi & Ashton), but just a day after confirming his breakup with his supermodel wife, Heidi Klum, Seal is assuring us that his divorce will not be drama-filled (at least not publicly). The singer told Tavis Smiley: “We’re just not those kind of people. What one has to do in this situation is to remain civil, to retain one’s dignity, to be professional, and to understand that we are not the only people on this planet that are going through this.” {ONTD}

Get Ready for Zac Posen x Lord & Taylor: The young designer is teaming up with the retailer to curate a capsule collection of twelve dresses ranging from $149 to $199. More affordable Zac Posen? We don’t hate it! {StyleCaster}

Solange Knowles is Perfection in February’s InStyle: We dare you to identify the flaws in Solange Knowles’ shoot for InStyle magazine. Oh wait, you can’t, because it’s flawless. The DJ and new aunt rocks her signature prints and turbans for a super fun spread in this month’s issue of the glossy. We’ll be needing every single outfit in our size, thank you very much. {My Damn Blog}

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S&H Publishers and Milk Gallery present Aaron Stern "Everyone Must Be Announced"

Shipley & Halmos on Creating More Than Just Clothes and Why They Don’t Feel the Need to Show During Fashion Week

Last night, we stopped by Milk Studios to fete Everyone Must be Announced, a new photography book by Aaron Stern, which was released on Shipley & Halmos’ publishing division, S&H Publishers. Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos have been a quiet force in fashion for the past several years and have gradually been adding new non-clothing products and projects to their repertoire, such as hand-illustrated re-drawings of album covers, dog collars, a fragrance, and even their own book.

After a quick chat with one of the evening’s DJs, Alexa Chung–she and Aaron Stern once planned an Occupy Wall Street party together–we caught up with Sam, who filled us in on he and Jeff’s newest project and how they’ve managed to break the mold when it comes to being fashion designers.

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Watch: Alexa Chung On Pretending to DJ, Her ‘Mean’ Reality Show

By Dhani Mau Thursday, Jan 5, 2012 / 9:47 AM

Alexa Chung was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night to promote her return to American television with design competition show 24 Hour Catwalk, which debuts January 10 on Lifetime. Read more »

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The Best Celebrity Nail Art of 2011

It’s official. The universe is completely obsessed with manicures and nail art. If you don’t believe us, look here. And celebrities are always a source of inspiration–sometimes for what NOT to do, but usually making us pea green with envy because of their cleverly covered digits. While many famous ladies sported a sophisticated neutral palette this past year, there is an elite pack who said, “Screw that. We like glitter.” Katy Perry even famously changed her manicure mid-VMAs this year.

Click through to see all the celebs this year who used their nails for artistic expression, to make a personal statement, and sometimes to just generally intimidate us.

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Best Dressed

Best Dressed 2011: The 20 Most Stylish Ladies of the Year

Believe it or not, we are already nearing the end of 2011. So, before we prepare to embark on what will surely be a very stylish 2012, we decided to take a look back at some of 2011′s most stylish people and moments.

It wasn’t easy picking just 20, but we think the following ladies made the biggest impact and smartest choices this year. From starlets to musicians to editors, click through for who we believe to be the 20 best dressed gals of the year (and five of their best looks). Who do you think was this year’s best dressed?

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Best Dressed: Miranda Kerr in Louis Vuitton, Alexa Chung in Burberry and More

By Alaina Hernandez Saturday, Dec 3, 2011 / 11:00 AM


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Alexa Chung Beats Out Kate Middleton for the British Style Award (Plus the Full List of Winners from the British Fashion Awards)

The results from the British Fashion Awards are in and while there are a lot of familiar names in the winners’ circle, there are some surprises, too. Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen won for Designer of the Year (deservedly so). Alexa Chung took home the British Style award, which normally wouldn’t be so shocking–except this year she was up against Kate Middleton *gasp*. The Model category, made up of industry vets and a relative newcover, was a bit of a wild card. Stella Tennant, looking amazing in a skinny tuxedo, beat out Georgia May Jagger and Kristen McMenamy. Victoria Beckham, now a bona fide fashion designer, had some stiff competition with Burberry, Stella McCartney and Tom Ford for Designer Brand, but she won. Quite an achievement for a former pleather-wearing Spice Girl. Click through for a full list of winners:

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Fashion Careers

Why Are There So Many Scorpios in Fashion? We Ask Astrologer Susan Miller to Explain

Could your astrological sign make you suited to a career in fashion?

As ridiculous as that may sound, Anna Wintour, Robbie Myers, Glenda Bailey, Calvin Klein, Zac Posen, Edith Head, Emilio Pucci, Kelly Cutrone, Peter Lindbergh, Alexa Chung, Isabella Blow, Daphne Guinness, Chloe Sevigny, Lauren Hutton, Jean Shrimpton and Helmut Newton are just a few of the many editors, designers, photographers and style icons who were born under the sign of Scorpio. These folks are successful, powerful, iconic and we had a hunch that it wasn’t just a coincidence.

I happen to be a Scorpio myself and considered that might be the only reason I kept noticing other fashion people with November birthdays, until I realized other people had noticed that as well, like Astrologyzone‘s Susan Miller (aka the fashion industry’s most trusted advisor).

Susan also does the horoscopes for Elle, so she’s familiar with the fashion world, and in fact, works for Scorpio editor Robbie Myers. Also, one of her daughters is Chrissie Miller, designer of Sophomore. Susan was nice enough to chat with us about Scorpio personality traits and why this particular water sign is such a great fit for the fashion industry.

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