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Wednesday April 10th, 2013

Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring
Fashion News Roundup

Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring

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To add to your Coco Chanel biography collection: The Coco Chanel comic, a part of Naïve’s “Grands Destins de Femmes” collection, with illustrations by Bernard Ciccolini and text by Pascale Frey. {Vogue Paris}

Need a new job? Anna Wintour is on the prowl for her new PR director—and she’s turning to the realm of politics and business to find one. {New York Post}

Rachel Zoe’s cutest ex-assistant Jeremiah Brent got engaged Monday to Nate Berkus. Mazel tov, ‘Miah! {US Weekly}

American Apparel’s ads are once again brewing trouble. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is calling the company out for two predictably provocative ads in which the models appeared “vulnerable.” {HuffPo}

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Tuesday March 26th, 2013

Dior’s Haute Couture Show to Encore in Shanghai, Victoria’s Secret Responds to Backlash, and the Kardashians Could Sue Ford
Fashion News Roundup

Dior’s Haute Couture Show to Encore in Shanghai, Victoria’s Secret Responds to Backlash, and the Kardashians Could Sue Ford

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Dior will reprise its Spring 2013 haute couture show in Shanghai on March 30 as part of a continued effort to win over the Chinese market. {Business of Fashion}

Is Victoria Secret’s latest PINK campaign too sexy for the young girls it’s aimed at? The lingerie company responds to backlash. {Telegraph}

Chanel Iman rocks Galore Magazine‘s cover in a shimmering bodysuit and gold pumps. {MTV Style}

Kardashians in kourt? The sisters’ family attorney says they may take legal action against Ford for its “disgusting, vile, and offensive” leaked ad-mockup featuring Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe tied up in Paris Hilton’s car trunk. {E! Online}

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Wednesday February 13th, 2013

A Chat With Karen Walker’s New Campaign Stars 91-Year-Old Ilona Royce Smithkin and 65-Year-Old Linda Rodin
Fashion Week

A Chat With Karen Walker’s New Campaign Stars 91-Year-Old Ilona Royce Smithkin and 65-Year-Old Linda Rodin

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Karen Walker’s new eyewear look book features Advanced Style ladies Ilona Royce Smithkin, Linda Rodin, Joyce Carpati, and Lyn Dell, and it’s pretty much the best campaign ever.

We sat down with Royce Smithkin and Rodin, who sat front row at Walker’s show yesterday, to get the scoop on how they became models, and what they thought of Walker’s latest collection.

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Published at 5:00 PM

Thursday November 29th, 2012

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Monday July 30th, 2012

Why the Over-65 Crowd is Conquering Fashion
Models

Why the Over-65 Crowd is Conquering Fashion

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The fashion industry is all about trends–and that extends to the models as well as the clothes. One month it’s all about gap-tooth smiles, and the next it’s about curvy bods and boobies. Still, there seems to be a general ‘type’ in fashion lately–think tall, think slim, think white, and think young, as in possibly-still-in-high-school Read more →

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Published at 6:07 PM

Thursday July 19th, 2012

Meet Lanvin’s Other Senior Campaign Star (and Advanced Style Regular) 62-Year-Old Tziporah Salamon
Campaigns

Meet Lanvin’s Other Senior Campaign Star (and Advanced Style Regular) 62-Year-Old Tziporah Salamon

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Lanvin’s latest ad campaign has created a decent amount of buzz, and with good reason–Alber’s models aren’t models at all. They’re ordinary women (and men) whose ages fall somewhere between 18 and 82. We’ve already fallen in love with the woman at the latter end of the spectrum–Jacquie “Tajah” Murdock, a former Apollo dancer whose Read more →

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Published at 5:51 PM

Wednesday July 18th, 2012

82-Year-Old Former Apollo Dancer Jacqueline ‘Tajah’ Murdock Tells Us How She Became the Face of Lanvin’s New Fall Campaign
Campaigns

82-Year-Old Former Apollo Dancer Jacqueline ‘Tajah’ Murdock Tells Us How She Became the Face of Lanvin’s New Fall Campaign

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Today Lanvin unveiled their fall campaign featuring real people as models, ranging in age from 18 to 80. We were quite taken by the campaign image featuring the most senior model–a beautiful women with her hair pulled back tight, a severe look on her face, wearing an emerald green peplum number. She looked familiar, but Read more →

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Published at 6:49 PM

Monday June 11th, 2012

Ari Seth Cohen Is Making an ‘Advanced Style’ Documentary… But He Needs Your Help To Make It Happen!
Fashion Film

Ari Seth Cohen Is Making an ‘Advanced Style’ Documentary… But He Needs Your Help To Make It Happen!

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We don’t like to play favorites, but “Advanced Style” is hands-down one of our favorite style blogs. When it seems like street style has gotten somewhat contrived, when beautiful young 20-somethings are getting dressed just to be snapped and slapped online, thank goodness there’s Advanced Style to showcase the style and wisdom of ladies of a certain age who get dressed only for themselves.

“I started the blog to inspire people to look at aging in a new light,” says Ari Seth Cohen, the site’s founder. “I was best friends with my grandmother and have always had an affinity for older people. Before starting Advanced Style, I noticed a lack of inspiring and positive images of aging and I wanted to show that there are so many wonderful things that come with age.”

And now he’s trying to take his blog to the big screen as a documentary (it’s already been turned into a book). But he needs your help.

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Wednesday May 23rd, 2012

See the Stunning Senior Ladies of Advanced Style at Last Night’s Book Launch Party
Style

See the Stunning Senior Ladies of Advanced Style at Last Night’s Book Launch Party

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The ladies of Ari Seth Cohen’s blog Advanced Style are yes, advanced in years, but can run sartorial circles around even the most gamine and sought-after 20-year-old street style stars. Cohen, whose blog features older women–some in their 80s and 90s–in amazing outfits, just released a book called (you guessed it), Advanced Style. Last night Read more →

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Published at 4:10 PM