H&M has its eye on India: The retailer is reportedly planning to spend about $130 million on an initial 50 stores in the country. {The Business of Fashion}
Naomi Campbell goes blonde on the cover of Vogue Brazil. {Fashion Gone Rogue}
Here’s a first look at Alber Elbaz’s debut makeup collection with Lancôme. Unsurprisingly, it looks pretty adorable. {WWD, Subscription required.}
The Tribeca Film Festival is well underway and while Hollywood execs are tuning in to see the movies, we’re focused on the red carpet.
A group of protesters caused a scene outside Juicy Couture yesterday, claiming the retailer demoted its full-time workers to part-time in order to avoid paying benefits. {WWD, subscription required}
Christian Dior is reportedly seeking to replace its $700 million credit line. {Bloomberg}
See Crystal Renn balancing an inflatable elephant on her shoulders and prancing with a shark for Hunger magazine! You’ll never look at pool floats the same way again. {Hunger}
Will John Galliano be returning to Oscar de la Renta for Spring 2014? ODLR comments. {WWD, Subscription required.}
Yes, models work really hard, traipsing to endless go-sees and 4am call times. But there sure are some good perks–I mean, besides being blessed with impossibly good looks.
The models at the top of the heap, many of whom have become friends and muses to designers over the years, are gifted some pretty amazing swag. We chatted with the likes of Karlie Kloss, Jessica Stam, and Cara Delevingne backstage this past New York fashion week about the best freebies they’ve ever received from a designer. (Hint: Marc Jacobs is very generous.)
Prepare to be green with envy.
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.
Let’s face it: Zac Posen was born to show at the Plaza. His clothes demand that you only sit on velvet-covered fainting couches. And this show was pure Posen, with a few new additions.
Today we hit the midway point in the New York fashion week madness, with shows from Derek Lam, Victoria Beckham, DVF, Zac Posen, and many more.
We got a pretty good seat behind Anna and Grace at Thakoon and spied Bryanboy and Fashionista contributor David Yi rocking matching looks at DKNY. We also caught dreamgirls Crystal Renn and Coco Rocha being beautified backstage as Zac Posen (as if they needed it), and models vogueing backstage at Derek Lam.
Check out everything we saw and snapped from day five of New York fashion week!
Next to the Met Ball, the amfAR Gala is probably the most fashion-y red carpet of the year, and this year’s was no exception.
Olivier Zahm wanted to photograph the latest Agent Provocateur campaign, starring Crystal Renn, in a setting where one “can accidently meet a handsome stranger.” Where else but a gas station? {WWD}
It’s only January, but we think Malia Obama has already earned that elusive “Photobomb of the Year” award with this epic pic from yesterday’s Inauguration. {Us Weekly}
Kanye West partied in Paris last weekend to celebrate Pyrex Vision’s new exhibit at Colette, where the burgeoning brand (designed by his style consultant Virgil Abloh) unveiled exclusive gym shorts. Perfect for Kanye’s Workout Plan. Or Madonna’s, because… {MTV Style}
Madonna is releasing a work out video, which we can only pray involves Vogueing. Can someone explain why this took so long? {HuffPo}
Kris Jenner thinks everyone could use “a fresh set” of boobs every 20 years or so. {HuffPo}
In more ’90s reunion/revival news: Corey and Topanga will be back in Girl Meets World–a spin-off from Boy Meets World that will star the couple’s daughter. {US Weekly}
“The world’s sexiest male supermodel Rob Evans” has turned himself in and now faces assault charges stemming from a fight he was in last March. {TMZ}
Forgive me for my lack of cultural references, but the best way I can describe last night’s masquerade fête celebrating Lady Gaga’s foray into the fragrance industry is as a Gossip Girl episode brought to life.
Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova, Alek Wek, Angela Lindvall, Hilary Rhoda, Coco Rocha. And beyond gorgeous gowns. Need we say more? Of course we do! It’s all in our review of Zac Posen Spring 2013.
