Celebrities

Fall 2010 New York

Why Celebs Didn’t Steal the Spotlight During New York Fashion Week

The stars of New York Fashion Week? Jessica Biel. Kate Bosworth. Kim Kardashian. Elisabeth…Hasselbeck??? A weak showing, considering just a few seasons ago Anne Hathaway, Chloë Sevigny, Ashley Olsen, and Milla Jovovich graced a single front row. When I wrote that story on how much celebs get paid to sit in the front row at [...]

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Fashion Week

How Much Brands Pay for Celebs to Sit in Their Front Rows

Carolina Herrera and Marc Jacobs have virtually banned celebrities from their front rows. But when it comes to labels such as Miss Sixty and Rock & Republic, it seems like the more A, B and even C-list stars they can get, the merrier. We tapped industry insiders to break down the cost of putting of [...]

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Quote of the Day

“A friend of mine suggested that all the celebrity designers (Gwen Stefani, et al) get together with their friends and have Celebrity Fashion Week. They can get their business out of the way, knock themselves out, and then the rest of us can do ours.” –Cathy Horyn talks Paris on On the Runway.

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Beauty

Do Celebrity Beauty Endorsements Work?

On Friday, WWD reported that Salma Hayek is currently working on an undisclosed beauty project. Earlier this month, it was also rumored that Jennifer Aniston is on the hunt for an endorsement deal herself. But all I could think was, really? Isn’t the celebrity endorsement template a bit staid, especially in today’s tough economic times? [...]

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