As part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, NEDA and the Model Alliance co-hosted a panel at Pace University last night, called “Inside the Modeling Industry: A Conversation About Health and Beauty in Fashion.”
It was a complex and personal discussion for the models present.
Whether you loved it or hated it, Fashion’s Night Out will not be returning in the U.S. this year.
Model Ondria Hardin can’t seem to stay away from controversy: Her “African Queen” spread for Numéro has many accusing the mag of using blackface. {HuffPo}
Can baring your lady parts make you more confident? The Large Labia Project thinks it will (yea, that’s a thing). {The Cut}
Shailene Woodley dyed her locks red for The Amazing Spiderman 2–guess who she’s playing? {US Weekly}
Kim Kardashian covers April’s Cosmopolitan and tells the glossy about her growing empire. {Cosmo}
We visited the CFDA Incubator (where 10 hand-picked emerging designers are provided with studio space–which they still pay for at a monthly rent–and mentoring for about two years) for a market day during fashion week and kind of didn’t want to leave. There were lots of positive vibes.
In addition to checking out the latest from designers like Timo Weiland, Daniel Vosovic, Whit and Isaora, we decided to try and find out what it’s like to work in a shared space with a bunch of other designers–something designers don’t really do, unless they’re on Project Runway (though Vosovic tells us this is totally different).
Swatchit, founded by Ramzi Abdoch, Jagjeet Gill, Jackson Lin, Henrika Makilya and Paul Yun (pictured), is a b2b platform that connects global designers with emerging market artisans and overseas producers.
Yay, more fashion weeks!
Here’s everything you need to know about the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund x Nordstrom collab and why it’s a good idea.
To survive in this business, you’ve got to have more than talent. You’ve got to be shrewd, savvy, determined—and a crazy-hard worker.
So here’s our list of the 50 most influential people working in New York fashion right now. To compile the list, we used our own knowledge of the industry combined with advice from inside sources.
Let us know what you think: You’ll find the entire Fashionista 50 list below. Click on the person’s name to read a full bio. And if you really want to click through the whole slideshow, you can do so here.
The Fashionista 50 slideshow. Click through for a bio of each of our picks.
Last week, the CFDA announced it was partnering with Organic Avenue to provide models with support and education as well as a 50% discount on all the retailer’s food and juices during fashion week through March 31.
The collaboration comes after models complained about the “difficulty of finding food that is both nutritious and convenient” during fashion week, and is part of the CFDA‘s ongoing efforts to address the working conditions models face and raise awareness about eating disorders within the industry.
The program has already faced severe criticism from numerous mainstream media outlets. But, in our opinion, it’s for all the wrong reasons.
Not one but two ‘fashion hackathons’–one hosted by the CFDA and IMG and the other by Hearst–will take place during this coming New York fashion week. This news is pretty surprising when you consider that most fashion people probably don’t even know what a hackathon is.
To explain what a hackathon is, why it’s happening during New York fashion week, and what this means for the industry, we spoke with Liz Bacelar, founder of Decoded Fashion, an organization that creates events dedicated to bringing fashion and tech together. Bacelar, along with former Lincoln Center fashion director (and, before that, director of special events at Vogue) Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, made the CFDA/IMG fashion hackathon (an official part of NYFW) happen.
Renew Your Closet: We compiled the best sites for retailing your clothes online, so you can put that new money toward your updated, 2013 wardrobe!
Learn from the Best: J. Crew’s Mickey Drexler revealed some secrets of his success at this week’s WWD CEO summit.
Fashion Family Tragedy: In unfortunate news this week, a plane carrying members of the Missoni family went missing, amid rumors of a possible kidnapping. However, the company has decided that the menswear show must go on, so it is still scheduled for Sunday in Milan.
