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Friday July 13th, 2012

Finally! All the (Crazy) Details on Lady Gaga’s New Fragrance
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Finally! All the (Crazy) Details on Lady Gaga’s New Fragrance

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Lady Gaga, who has been teasing us with mysterious little soundbites (blood! semen!) about her perfume for over a year now, is finally releasing the damn thing, and this morning we have all the details about what is definitely a unique and innovative fragrance.

While this crowded, yawn-inducing, cutesy-bottle world of celeb fragrances often makes our eyes glaze over, we’re actually excited about this launch. From the fragrance to the bottle to the marketing blitz that’s planned, Gaga has sort of outdone herself on this one.

So here’s everything you need to know, according to a long and meaty profile in WWD today:

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Published at 11:45 AM

Monday July 2nd, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Banana Republic to Launch Anna Karenina Inspired Collection, Jade Jagger Got Hitched, and Is Tyra Banks Hooking Up With the New ANTM Judge?
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Banana Republic to Launch Anna Karenina Inspired Collection, Jade Jagger Got Hitched, and Is Tyra Banks Hooking Up With the New ANTM Judge?

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Jade Jagger was married over the weekend in a self-designed wedding dress. Click through to see the gown, Mick Jagger’s awesome suit…and a picture in which Kate Moss does not look amazing. Gasp! {Grazia}

Perfume and cosmetics giant, Coty, has filed for a seven million dollar IPO. The company controls beauty lines for many different brands like Marc Jacobs and Rimmel London. {WWD, Subscription Required}

Banana Republic is launching a Anna Karenina inspired clothing line in collaboration with the film’s costume designer, Jacqueline Durran. It is set to be in stores for the holiday season. {Fashionista Inbox}

Beyonce accepted the BET award for Best Female Artist in Stephane Rowland Couture last night. She looks flawless, per usual. {Red Carpet Fashion Awards}

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Published at 1:45 PM

Friday August 12th, 2011

See the Top 25 of Beauty Inc’s List of the 100 Best Beauty Companies
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See the Top 25 of Beauty Inc’s List of the 100 Best Beauty Companies

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Every year Beauty Inc ranks the world’s top 100 beauty companies and this morning, the results came in for 2010.

While it’s not exactly a shocker who made the list (L’Oreal, Proctor & Gamble and Chanel all nabbed top spots) it is surprising to note how the overall list has changed since last year. Namely, that total sales have increased–25.1% to be exact–and that, in particular, small firms saw a large amount of growth, with the list’s 100th-ranked company showing a 9.2% increase since 2009. The news is particularly heartening because, in case you haven’t heard, retail isn’t exactly having a good year.

But not everyone was immune to the recent financial crisis: Of the 15 companies that saw a decline in sales, seven were from Japan, where consumer confidence has been in a continual downward spiral.

See the list of the top 25 beauty companies after the jump.

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Published at 12:12 PM

Friday July 22nd, 2011

David Beckham Smolders, Smizes In the Campaign For His New Scent
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David Beckham Smolders, Smizes In the Campaign For His New Scent

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David Beckham looks so handsome in this just-released campaign image for his new fragrance, I almost want to buy it for myself. The soccer star and proud father is launching Homme by David Beckham, his third fragrance with Coty, which is apparently meant to have a more masculine image. Steve Mormoris, senior vice president of global marketing for Coty Beauty, told WWD,

David Beckham Homme is a strategic launch for us and represents a key new orientation for the David Beckham fragrance brand — getting back to the male roots of the brand, enhancing David as an athlete and an aspirational man and building a new pillar to the David Beckham franchise.

Although Homme sounds like it’s all about the branding, here’s a breakdown of the scent: top notes of citrus, ginger, pine and fiery pepper; a heart of cashmere wood, leather and rosemary, and a drydown of mahogany wood, patchouli and skin musk.

The print campaign was shot by Alasdair Mclellen and a commercial is on its way! And since clearly all we care about is pictures of David Beckham, here are two behind-the-scenes shots via his Facebook. Enjoy!

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Published at 9:58 AM

Friday January 21st, 2011

Fragrance Friday: Heidi Klum Is “In” At Coty, Orlando Bloom Is An Orange Man, And Vincent Cassel Wants To Seduce You For YSL
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Fragrance Friday: Heidi Klum Is “In” At Coty, Orlando Bloom Is An Orange Man, And Vincent Cassel Wants To Seduce You For YSL

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It wouldn’t be a Friday without some celeb fragrance news.

Heidi Klum Gets A Scent: We’re frankly surprised that it took this long. Heidi’s new fragrance, Shine, will launch in September 2011. There’s no information about what the fragrance will actually smell like.

She has already worked with Coty, who’s producing the scent, on Euro makeup brand Astor, but this will be her first foray into the American beauty market. Heidi told WWD that her dad was a marketing director at a cosmetics company and she interned there when she was 13. Perhaps a full color line is next?

And any bets on whether or not the next batch of Project Runway designers will have to create a look inspired by Shine?

Orlando Bloom Is Not A Model:

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Published at 12:25 PM

Monday November 29th, 2010

Fashion News Roundup: Christopher Kane’s Menswear Collection, A Very Naked Daria Werbowy, and Bieber’s New Hair
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Fashion News Roundup: Christopher Kane’s Menswear Collection, A Very Naked Daria Werbowy, and Bieber’s New Hair

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Kane’s Menswear Collection: Christopher Kane will be launching his first ever menswear line at Dover Street Market. The full collection comes after a successful trial collection consisting of just t-shirts. The line will debut in early December. {Vogue UK}

A Very Naked Daria Werbowy: Vogue Paris’s 2011 calendar, stars Daria Werbowy naked in Louis Vuitton jewelry. {VogueParisLive/Twitter}

Emma Watson’s Vogue UK Shoot: Racked posted a behind the scenes video of Emma Watson’s shoot for British Vogue shot by Mario Testino. It’s short but sweet. {Racked}

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Published at 1:00 PM

Monday September 13th, 2010

Lady Gaga Gets A Fragrance, Finally
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Lady Gaga Gets A Fragrance, Finally

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While everyone was out at parties last night, I was sitting on my couch scrolling through Twitter and watching the VMAs–appropriately, I suppose–when WWD tweeted this late-breaking news flash.

Lady Gaga, in a deal that was completed last week, has finally signed a long-term licensing agreement with Coty to create fragrances under her name. The first one will launch in Spring 2012.

Good gravy. What will this smell like? I actually hope it smells weird and funky. And the bottles better be spectacular. I often forget to wear a scent (and I have quite a collection), but I love how they look all lined up on the counter.

What do you think the top notes will be? Hairspray? Rubber?

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Published at 12:34 AM

Friday December 18th, 2009

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Are You Ready for this Jelly?

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Beyoncé’s launching a fragrance. Like many of you we thought, wait, hasn’t she already done this? But, no. No, she has not. She just posed for others’ ads, like Tommy Hilfiger. But come February, you can smell like B, courtesy of her “Heat.” Honestly, this makes so much more sense than the House of Dereon. Read more →

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Published at 9:05 AM

Friday October 16th, 2009

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Sarah Jessica’s Strawberry Scent

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Sarah Jessica Parker may as well change her name to Carrie Bradshaw. Sex and the City might’ve ended in 2005, and she might’ve tried for a movie career, but that failed to launch and since then her only successful movie role is playing Carrie Bradshaw. Now she’s using Carrie to launch her perfume and WWD Read more →

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Published at 12:51 PM

Thursday August 20th, 2009

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Julia for Jil

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Coty’s launching Jil, the new fragrance from Jil Sander, in Europe this September and America next spring. Yes, there was a Jil in 1997, but they’ve discontinued the old perfume and revamped the whole thing to reflect Raf Simons’ successful work at the label. The scent includes tangerine, pink pepper and ambergine and the streamlined Read more →

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Published at 9:33 AM

Thursday July 16th, 2009

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Gainsbourg Bells, Balenciaga Smells

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“Balenciaga has become my second home,” Charlotte Gainsbourg told WWD. Gainsbourg – actress, French music royalty and (official) face of the brand for the past year – is working on a fragrance with Nicolas Ghesquiere and Coty. Executives were quick to point out that she was chosen based on her almost indivisible ties to the Read more →

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Published at 8:47 AM

Friday January 9th, 2009

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CK One Back on TV

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Published at 1:03 PM