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Tuesday April 23rd, 2013

Talking Fashion, Politics and Game of Thrones With Cosmo‘s Joanna Coles
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Talking Fashion, Politics and Game of Thrones With Cosmo‘s Joanna Coles

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Coles is clever, smart, and kind of a fabulous no-nonsense badass. Also, she loves Game of Thrones. In other words, she’s awesome and we were delighted last night when she let us pick her brain at the Matrix Awards after party. Read on for our interview, in which she dishes on that Christine Quinn luncheon, why fashion and politics are so intertwined (and will continue to be), and all the details on the high-profile political event to which she is taking the cast of GoT.

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Published at 6:04 PM

Monday April 1st, 2013

Cara Delevingne Struggles with Runway Modeling, Rachel Bilson Graces Cosmopolitan, and Lanvin’s New Fragrance Is a Little Egocentric
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Cara Delevingne Struggles with Runway Modeling, Rachel Bilson Graces Cosmopolitan, and Lanvin’s New Fragrance Is a Little Egocentric

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Strutting the runway isn’t as easy as it looks, alleges Cara Delevingne. {HuffPo}

Hart of Dixie star and certified cutie patootie Rachel Bilson graces the cover of Cosmopolitan in a feathery Oscar de la Renta Spring 2013 frock. {Cosmopolitan}

Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon is now legally brunette. {E! Online}

Lanvin’s new floral “fashion related” fragrance, Me, is all about (you guessed it)… you! It launches today in Europe and Asia, then will be carried as an exclusive at Nordstrom when it hits the US. {WWD, subscription required.}

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Published at 2:45 PM

Friday March 15th, 2013

Alexa Chung Gets Springy on Time Out New York, Acne Goes to the Dogs, and Karlie Kloss Becomes an Angel
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Alexa Chung Gets Springy on Time Out New York, Acne Goes to the Dogs, and Karlie Kloss Becomes an Angel

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Adopted New Yorker Alexa Chung looks lovely and seasonal–if a bit surprised to be gracing the cover of Time Out New York‘s Spring issue. {Time Out New York}

Seeking out that Spring Breakers style? Opening Ceremony has collaborated with the upcoming film for an exclusive line that will include include mesh jerseys and cropped tees. {WWD}

It’s official: Karlie Kloss is now a full-fledged Victoria’s Secret’s Angel. {HuffPo}

Fashion goes to the dogs! William Wegman’s weimaraners star in Acne’s spring ad campaign. {Grazia}

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Published at 1:45 PM

Wednesday March 13th, 2013

Tuesday March 12th, 2013

Rihanna and Taylor Swift Tank at Newsstands
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Rihanna and Taylor Swift Tank at Newsstands

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Rihanna and Taylor Swift may have been at the top of their fame game in 2012–both released new albums, courted controversy in their love lives, and were damn near inescapable–but apparently people didn’t really care to see them on the cover of fashion glossies.

Both starlets were newsstand duds, according to the Alliance for Audited Media’s annual report of the best and worst selling glossy covers. So which cover stars did boost sales?

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Published at 10:11 AM

Tuesday February 26th, 2013

Kim Kardashian Covers Cosmo, Another Controversial ‘Blackface’ Fashion Spread, and Madewell’s Spring Denim Look Book
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Kim Kardashian Covers Cosmo, Another Controversial ‘Blackface’ Fashion Spread, and Madewell’s Spring Denim Look Book

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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}

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Published at 3:30 PM

Friday February 15th, 2013

Meet Carlos Bell, Star of Tonight’s Episode of The Job with Joanna Coles–and Hear His Inspiring Tale of Fashion Hustle
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Meet Carlos Bell, Star of Tonight’s Episode of The Job with Joanna Coles–and Hear His Inspiring Tale of Fashion Hustle

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We have a confession to make: We are on tonight’s episode of The Job, a new CBS reality show hosted by Lisa Ling (my journalism crush). It’s our reality TV debut!

The premise of the show is this: five candidates compete for the same job and jump through a bunch of hoops to try to get hired. The sought-after job on tonight’s episode is an editorial assistant position at Joanna Coles’s Cosmo. We are one of three “guest companies” (along with Who What Wear and Archetype Me) that can try to poach one of the candidates. You’re going to just have to watch to see how it all pans out.

But we wanted to introduce you to one of the candidates, 25-year-old Carlos Bell. His story is so inspiring, his fashion hustle so great, we just had to share. Read on to find out how he landed his first internship at GQ (and commuted 10 hours a day to get there) and what he’s up to next.

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Published at 7:57 PM

Tuesday February 12th, 2013

Wednesday February 6th, 2013

Saturday January 5th, 2013

Friday November 16th, 2012

Joanna Coles Fired a Lot of Cosmo Staffers
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Joanna Coles Fired a Lot of Cosmo Staffers

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Several Cosmopolitan staffers–now former Cosmopolitan staffers–are having a pretty terrible week, as new EIC Joanna Coles continues to make changes to the masthead.

When we caught up with Coles during Fashion Week, shortly after she’d been hired, she told us, “I want to go there and meet everybody, and then get a sense of what everybody is thinking.” She must not have been too thrilled with what some of them were thinking, as at least eight staffers were let go on Wednesday.

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Published at 1:02 PM