Alice & Olivia

We were right again. We were pretty excited about this and it’s definitely our favorite Vogue cover in a while; maybe just because we love Carey so much and that Chanel couture number is refreshingly edgy for the American glossy. The shoot was styled by Grace Coddington and shot by Peter Lindbergh. {Catwalk Queen}

The “New” Chanel Iman: Chanel Iman, who at 19 years old is well on her way to becoming a household name, is ready to change and evolve. With fashion week imminent, the runway fixture and Victoria’s Secret model has just signed with IMG after seven months with Supreme. “It’s the celebration of a new me,” she says. {Daily Front Row}

Tavi Styles at Fashion Week: Tavi continues to be unstoppable. Part of Alice & Olivia’s presentation will be styled by the 14 year old blogger. Designer Stacey Bendet calls her “one of the most original people in fashion right now.” {Elle.com}

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A reader was bewildered by these Alice + Olivia Navajo Fringe Cardigan & Ponte-Leather Leggings on the Neiman Marcus site. We can understand why. There’s a hole in the crotch. Zoom in and it’s impossible to miss. It sort of looks like a pee hole.

We figure the pants are just torn and this is a fluke photo error, but the description does say that there is “distressed detail on inner leg.” You can wear them with your period panties and fart patches.

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Name: Drue Age: 31 Occupation: Artist Type of artist: Sumi-E (Japanese style: ink on rice paper) Home: Silicon Valley Uggs or Wellies?: Neither! I bring a change of shoes. If you could collaborate with any designer, who would it be?: Karl Lagerfeld (note: Drue’s Selima-designed hat caught my eye because it was the similar to [...]

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Scene: Saturday night. Alice+Olivia at the Gansevoort’s Provocateur. Leafy trees everywhere, and swings covered with sheepskin and models–more spring than fall. Seen: Kellys Rutherford, Osbourne, and Killoren-Bensimon. The latter wearing a short pink sequined dress with a matching pink microphone for Us Weekly. Also, Mena Suvari, Matthew Settle (aka Rufus Humphrey), SNL’s Fred Armisen and Elisabeth Moss, [...]

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Technically, New York Fashion Week starts next Wednesday. Not so technically, there’s tomorrow night’s launch of Olsenboye, Thursday’s Chanel Iman-hosted Sonia Rykiel for H&M knitwear party, Tuesday means Cartier’s fragrance launch and Sundance’s Full Frontal Fashion party poolside at The Standard – well basically, it feels like it’s already started. So what do we know [...]

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Lately we hear about pop-up shops every single day. This morning’s WWD talked of the just opened “J. Crew Special Selections” shop inside Ron Herman (which is inside Fred Segal.) While it’s nice that Ron himself picked out some pieces and is putting them next to the Margiela, Lanvin, etc. in his boutique, we really [...]

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Settled: Woody Allen asked for 10 million, but this morning settled for 5 from American Apparel. {NYPost} Smells Like Guinness: Daphne Guinness revealed her new perfume, made with Comme des Garcons, at the George in London yesterday morning. A short film will accompany its September launch, because nothing sells without a film apparently. {ShowStudio} Alice [...]

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To: Tips@Fashionista.com From: Buyer@LightInTheWallet.com Hi! Did you guys hear about that Clothingline sale? They’ve got samples from Theory, Gryphon, Alice + Olivia, Helmut Lang and bags from Kooba. Some of the Gryphon coats are going for $80. I didnt see it anywhere, but anyway I have gone twice already and might go back tomorrow… All [...]

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A slumber party fashion show? Julia might look lost and confused… But you know we love it. –PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY KOST For more, check out RoidRage.

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