There aren’t many red carpets that can bring together the likes of Lauren Conrad, Kid Rock, beauty queens, and Smokey Robinson, but it happened this weekend at the 139th Kentucky Derby.
The biggest attraction–sometimes literally–at the Kentucky Derby is the head wear. From matchy-matchy hats to ginormous flowers, race-goers had fun with their hats this year.
Click through to see the best and biggest.
After ten fabulous, highly quotable seasons, Michael Kors is saying auf wiedersehen to Project Runway.
His replacement on the judging panel? None other than bitch slap-inspiring Zac Posen–who we can only hope picked up a few metaphors from his predecessor.
During the holidays, it’s easy to get a little misty-eyed about childhood and the past in general. So we decided to be the “Ghost of Christmas Past” and ask some of our favorite people in the industry to share their memories and old holiday pictures with us. And, wow, did they come through! We’ve got Read more →
We can’t say we didn’t see this coming: After a whole lot of backlash, Carla Bruni retracts her “My generation doesn’t need feminism” comment. {HuffPo}
The Olsen twins have made another super-expensive bag. This time it’s a collaboration with Damien Hirst, costs $55,000, and is covered in prescription pills. {Refinery29}
Kristen Stewart continues her stellar red carpet streak in this Talbot Runhoff number. {US Magazine}
Today sees the start of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s trial. The fashion design duo stands accused of evading €400 million ($520 million) in taxes. {The Telegraph}
Here’s the latest image of Charlotte Casiraghi for Gucci, shot by Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin. {Grazia} Nail polish company Ciaté has been sending out cease and desist letters to bloggers who are creating DIY nail tutorials using the term “caviar manicure.” The only problem? Ciaté didn’t coin the phrase, and the bloggers are Read more →
We may or may not have shed a tear during Kristen Wiig’s “Ruby Tuesday” send-off that capped this weekend’s Saturday Night Live season finale. Saturday’s show marked the comedienne’s bittersweet final performance at Studio 8H (until she inevitably/thankfully comes back as a guest host). While we can’t wait to see more of her hilarious Bridesmaids-esque Read more →
To most unknown and/or struggling designers trying to break into the industry, winning the grand prize on a season of Project Runway sounds like an absolute dream come true: $100,000, a major fashion mag editorial, an ultra-expensive technology suite, website partnerships, instant name recognition, and endless opportunities for publicity.
But what happens when the cameras stop rolling? When Tim Gunn is no longer hovering over your shoulder in the workroom, telling you what ‘worries’ him? Or when, instead of competing against 15 designers in a challenge, you’re competing with potentially hundreds of thousands of designers around the world?
With Project Runway All Stars (finally!) premiering tonight, it got us wondering about all the seriously talented individuals to whom Heidi Klum never said “auf wiedersehen.”
Has being the only successful Project Runway winner made Christian Siriano greedy?
He may be making bank with his successful Payless collaboration, but apparently not enough. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Siriano’s talent agency Designer’s Management Agency is suing the designer for not paying them an agreed upon commission of 20% on profits from the partnership with Payless.
Monday’s naag.com launch party at Mary Queen of Scots felt less like a “fashion party” and more like a bunch of cool kids hanging out at a hip LES bar–in a good way.
If you’re wondering what naag.com is, I think it is best described on the site’s Who We Are page: “Naag is Fiona and Aggy and our friends. Talking about things we live and do and see and feel. We live in New York and like to hang out.”
That also pretty much sums up the party. And if its attendees were any indication, their friends are people like Karen Elson, Coco Rocha, Seth Meyers, Christian Siriano, Becka Diamond, Rebecca Minkoff, Eddie Borgo, and, according to the tip sheet, an incognito Marion Cotillard. To compliment the venue’s British theme, AllSaints sponsored and Agyness was dressed head-to-toe in the UK-based brand.
1) In a challenge inspired by New York City, the designers chose the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge? I’m not suggesting the Upper West Side as inspiration, but how cliché.
2) What was the point of the Mandarin Oriental scene? It made me want champagne. There was too much filler on the show this week.
3) Speaking of filler, was that the longest Garnier commercial ever? In the middle of the show?
4) Did Gretchen deliver her most passive aggressive comment to date? “Michael C reminds me of myself five years ago.” What does that mean? When you had more humanity and a sense of humor, Gretchen?
Fashion’s Night Out is a little more than a month away and more details are being revealed around the world as the night gets closer.
For one, Hamish Bowles and Lauren Santo-Domingo will not be the only Vogue editors to appear on the September 20 FNO-themed Gossip Girl episode. Vogue market editor Meredith Melling-Burke will also make an appearance and we hear she’s wearing Chloe.
In other news, Payless is offering Facebook fans a chance to win a 5-day trip to NYC for Fashion’s Night Out. The “All Fashion Pass” will include access to the Vogue fashion show and a meet and greet with Payless designers Christian Siriano, Patricia Field, Lela Rose and Isabel Toledo. This actually sounds really cool.
From NYC to Australia, Chanel to Billy Reid, we’ve got the scoop on even more major FNO events you won’t want to miss.
A few days ago we noticed a strange tweet from Christian Siriano. It read: “fyi girls i have never and do not ever look for models on craigslist or online. these photo shoots i’m hearing about are scams! be careful!”
Part of the beauty and danger of CraigsList is that the scams are mixed right in with the legitimate postings. Sometimes the scams are obvious (like that Manhattan apartment that costs $1 a month as long as you occasionally walk around in your underwear) but sometimes they’re harder to suss out. A lot of modeling gigs are posted on CL. A recent scan through the listings of model jobs yields two seemingly legitimate postings for fit models for Banana Republic and American Eagle and a suspect request for “NEW PEOPLE TO THE INDUSTRY WHO HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING AN ACTOR AND OR MODEL” for Tyler Perry and Oprah’s OWN Network.
So we reached out to Christian Siriano to get the story behind his cryptic warning to models about CraigsList. Apparently Siriano has been targeted by a CL scam since February. Posters falsely representing the designer claimed to be looking for models for a Christian Siriano catalog–which doesn’t exist.
