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Monday July 16th, 2012

Breaking: Here are the 10 Finalists for the 2012 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

Breaking: Here are the 10 Finalists for the 2012 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

The winner will receive a cash prize and mentorship from an industry veteran. Joseph Altuzarra took home the top prize ($300,000) for 2011, while runners up Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind got $100,000 each. All three of them got to design a capsule collection for J. Crew. And, it was all documented on a Hulu show.

Now, the following designers will embark on a series of challenges over the next few months, including presenting to a panel of judges, creating a one-of-a-kind piece for Tiffany & Co., and staging a runway show in Los Angeles at the Chateau Marmont. The winner and runners up will be announced at a gala dinner November 13. So, without further ado, the finalists are…

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Tuesday June 12th, 2012

The Top 20 Designer Collaborations: A Timeline
Collaboration

The Top 20 Designer Collaborations: A Timeline

When H&M announced its latest designer collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela, we’ll admit we were a little surprised. Margiela is so avant-garde, so cult-y, and with little name recognition (OK, more than a little thanks to Kanye) we’d have figured them the last brand to do a collaboration with a mass retailer. But then again, H&M got Karl Lagerfeld to do a line for it in 2004, and then, somehow, the retailer convinced the most reclusive and enigmatic of designers, Rei Kawakubo, to do a Comme des Garcons collaboration in 2008. So maybe it’s not so surprising that Maison Martin Margiela is doing a mass collab–maybe it’s even obvious. It seems like every major designer has done a lower-priced collaboration with any number of mass retailers recently.

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Friday April 20th, 2012

Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind for J. Crew, The Complete Collections
Collaboration

Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind for J. Crew, The Complete Collections

We’ve already seen and swooned over Joseph Altuzarra’s gingham-filled, Brigitte Bardot-inspired collection for J. Crew, in stores now, but the retailer’s other two CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund collaborations have remained a bit of a mystery (Vogue gave us a little tease), until now. CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund runners-up Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind’s Shane Gabier Read more →

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Wednesday April 18th, 2012

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Wednesday January 25th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: ‘Sh*t OscarPRGirl Says’ is Funny, Tim Gunn Hasn’t Been Laid Since 1983, and a Million People ‘Like’ Uggs
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: ‘Sh*t OscarPRGirl Says’ is Funny, Tim Gunn Hasn’t Been Laid Since 1983, and a Million People ‘Like’ Uggs

“Shit OscarPRGirl Says” Will Make You LOL: We get it, everyone’s really effing sick of all those “Shit [blank] Say” parodies. But just trust us (and WWD) on this one. It stars Andrew Mukamal, Erica Domesek, and John Jannuzzi and is really, really funny. And we won’t judge you for only using the Valencia filter on your Instagram after. OK we might a little. {WWD}

Tim Gunn is 29 Years Celibate: Sounds like someone’s not making it work in the bedroom. The Project Runway workroom mentor has revealed that an ex-lover so badly scorned him that he in turn completely gave up sex. I’m sorry Tim, but “this worries me.” {Celebuzz}

Kate Moss Gets Interviewed for Mango: In a behind the scenes video for her new Terry Richardson-shot Mango campaign, Kate talks the future of fashion videos and inadvertently shows us the vast difference that good lighting can make. {Modelinia}

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Wednesday December 14th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: The Kardashians are Taking Dallas, an App to Live Like Gwyneth Paltrow, and CFDA Chooses Award Winners’ Mentors
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: The Kardashians are Taking Dallas, an App to Live Like Gwyneth Paltrow, and CFDA Chooses Award Winners’ Mentors

Kardashians Setting Up Shop in Dallas: Say what you want about the Kardashian Krew, just don’t call them lazy. With Khloe’s hubby Lam-Lam now traded to the Mavericks, word is they’re already scoping out locations for a new DASH store in Dallas. Werk, girls, get that ka$h. {TMZ}

Gwyneth’s GOOP App Promotes Expensive Living: Always wondered where to get the best kelp smoothie in New York? Ya, me neither. But Gwyneth Paltrow now has an app for that. Her GOOP NYC app may only cost $3.99, but you’re guaranteed to spend thousands more if you actually follow in her perfectly aligned footsteps. {Gawker}

CFDA Names Winners’ Mentors: Mentors have been chosen for this year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund honorees. Winner Joseph Altuzarra will be mentored by Calvin Klein prez and chief exec Tom Murry, Pamela Love gets Harry Winston’s Frédéric de Narp, and Creatures of the Wind designers Shane Gabier and Chris Peters will work with Rag & Bone duo David Neville and Marcus Wainwright. Just in time for some holiday thank-you presents… Brownie points, people! {WWD}

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Wednesday November 16th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Rankin Releases Hunger Magazine, Victoria Beckham Got Career Advice From Marc Jacobs, and Snooki Is Suing/Gets Sued

Fashion News Roundup: Rankin Releases Hunger Magazine, Victoria Beckham Got Career Advice From Marc Jacobs, and Snooki Is Suing/Gets Sued

New Rankin Mag, Hunger Hits Shelves: British photographer Rankin is launching a new biannual fashion glossy titled Hunger, in reference to his models’ most prevalent feeling during the shoots. Kidding! Kidding. The first issue has 512 ad-free pages of fashion and music-related stuff and will cost approx $10.86. {WWD}

Blair Waldorf Wearing a Vera Wang Gown: Attention, Upper East Siders: We finally have some info on the royal wedding we’ve really been waiting for! Queen B will wed Prince Louis Grimaldi of Monaco wearing a strapless Vera Wang gown, and FabSugar has some semi-spoilery pics of the event. Something tells me this marriage won’t last the full 72 days. XOXO… Gossip Girl. {FabSugar and InStyle}

Pippa and Harry K-I-S-S-I-N-G: Speaking of royal weddings, here are some scandalous photos of Pippa and Harry, newly leaked from that other affair back in April — No, wait — it’s actually some pretty convincing doppelgangers of our favorite royal couple-who-isn’t, shot by photographer Alison Jackson. {Daily Mail}

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Tuesday November 15th, 2011

The Top 10 Best Dressed at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Awards
Best Dressed

The Top 10 Best Dressed at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Awards

The most stylish stars and fashion insiders showed up and showed out for last night’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards. While most attendees opted for looks from the honorees (there was lots Cushnie et Ochs, Suno, and Altuzarra on the step and repeat) Anna Wintour repeated a favorite Marni look and Hamish Bowles looked divinely dandy in…jeans.

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Monday November 14th, 2011

Breaking: Joseph Altuzarra Wins CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund; Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind Named Runners Up

Breaking: Joseph Altuzarra Wins CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund; Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind Named Runners Up

Joseph Altuzarra has been named this year’s winner of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. Altuzarra, an industry darling since he burst onto the scene in 2009, will take home $300,000 to put towards growing his business. Altuzarra was nominated for the award last year, and was nominated for the Swarovski Award for Womenswear in 2010 and 2011.

New York-based Jewelry designer Pamela Love and relative newcomers from Chicago, Shane Gabier and Chris Peters of Creatures of the Wind (one of our personal faves–congrats guys!), were named runners up.

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Monday July 18th, 2011

A Guide to This Year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists
Fashion Careers

A Guide to This Year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists

This year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists are a mixed bag of prior nominees and newbies, clothing designers and jewelry makers, names that are on the tips of everyone’s tongues and names we’d never heard until last Thursday when the CFDA and Vogue announced them. Here’s a few details on each finalist, plus our thoughts on why each one could win, to help you decide who to root for.

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