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Resume Tips from Fashion’s Finest

Last week, we received one of the best emails ever from a Fashionista reader eager to get his foot in the industry’s door: TO: Fashionista FROM: G. SUBJECT: I need some resume tips! Hello Fashionista, My name is G. and I live in California. I’m about to apply for a summer internship with BIG TIME [...]

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Blass Is Back

This morning, The New York Times broke the news that Jeffrey Monteiro’s been chosen as the latest in a string of designers to creatively direct Bill Blass. We thought last year’s dramatic fail and Peter Som’s exit actually did mean the end of the all-American brand, but now, under the new holding company Bill Blass [...]

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Lars Nilsson’s Manly Job

Lars Nilsson, one of the earlier holders of the now-cursed Nina Ricci job, has landed himself a new position, one as un-Ricci as possible. He’s launching a menswear collection with Mabro, an Italian manufacturer. The Swedish designer’s actually made his way through a host of cursed houses; he worked at Bill Blass until going to [...]

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Fashion Shows

Swooning at Som

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Models

Elettra Weidemann for G-Star

Elettra Wiedemann’s landed a new campaign for fall. Isabella Rossellini’s daughter has posed for Abercrombie & Fitch, Bill Blass, Samsonite, Lancôme, Hogan and now, adding to what might be the most scattered modeling portfolio ever, she’s the face of G-Star Raw’s AW09 collection. She’ll star in their print ads through December; they chose her since [...]

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Bill Blass is Hiring

It’s been months since the post-Peter Som saga at Bill Blass got a new chapter, so here’s the latest: Peacock International Holdings LLC, the company that bought the Bill Blass Ltd name at the end of last year, is officially looking for a creative director to bring the brand back to the runway. They want [...]

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Bill Blass Couture: Also Done

Over the holidays, NexCen’s failing Bill Blass name was finally bought by a company called Peacock International Holdings LLC, for just $10 million. For a moment, it looked like some random company might be able to resurrect the brand everybody had already said goodbye to, but that was put to rest this morning with the [...]

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Bye Bye Blass & Kira Plastinina

A glooming peace this morning with it brings, Bill Blass Couture is finally done and Kira Plastinina’s closing up US shop. Bill Blass Couture – the Peter-Som designed, runway bound line – has been at fashion gossip’s core since Peter Som initially stepped down in July only to be re-instated at Anna Wintour’s demand and [...]

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Bill Blass New York: Done

The ongoing, public death of the Bill Blass brand’s hit a new chapter today: NextCen, Bill Blass’ financially troubled parent company, hasn’t been able to sell the line formerly designed by Peter Som to anybody yet (unsurprisingly, nobody wants to buy a troubled fashion house right now), and they’re liquidating part of their business. Translation? [...]

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Official: Peter Som Exits Bill Blass

Looks like even Anna couldn’t save Bill Blass from Peter Som’s departure. WWD confirms this morning that our initial reports are now absolutely cemented. NexCen, Bill Blass’ financially troubled parent company, could not sell the Bill Blass label in time (we’re guessing this has something to do with the cash-strapped state of, uh, everybody), meaning [...]

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People Are Talking

Peter Som Out at Bill Blass?

Fashion week is descending upon us and the rumor mill is in overdrive but this just landed in our inbox and something rings true: After only three collections, Peter Som has submitted his resignation at Bill Blass. Perhaps he can’t handle the stress of designing more than one collection? Let’s face it, he’s no Marc [...]

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