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Wednesday January 11th, 2012

Are Today’s Lesser-Known Campaign Stars Alienating Brands’ Target Customers?
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Are Today’s Lesser-Known Campaign Stars Alienating Brands’ Target Customers?

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A new trend among many fashion and beauty brands, it seems, is to use young, pretty up-and-coming actresses in their ad campaigns rather than established movie stars. Some examples from the past couple of seasons include Felicity Jones at Dolce & Gabbana, Mila Kunis (who may be inching her way to movie stardom) at Dior, Emily Blunt at Yves Saint Laurent, Emma Stone at Revlon, Emma Watson at Burberry, Elle Fanning at Marc by Marc Jacobs and Hailee Steinfeld at Miu Miu.

While many critics have pointed the finger at Marc by Marc and Miu Miu for using girls who are too young to wear or afford the clothes they advertise, there’s another potential issue, which is that those brands’ target customers have no idea who these ladies are.

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Wednesday December 28th, 2011

The Best Magazine Covers of 2011
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The Best Magazine Covers of 2011

by Steff Yotka and Alyssa Vingan

Dont judge a book by its cover… Unless it’s a magazine, in which case, sometimes the cover is the deciding factor of whether or not to buy the mag altogether.

The best covers of 2011 returned to a new naturalism and a fun aesthetic, like the Lara Stone T cover we’re still drooling over, pictured at left. Sure, there’s still room for artifice in fashion (see: Stella Tennant on Vogue Italia), but 2011 was a year for reflecting on natural beauties, incredible models, and stellar photography.

After toiling over hundred of covers, we’re bringing you “The Best” according to us. Did we forget your favorite? Let us know in the comments.

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Elle Fanning Covers Teen Vogue February 2012, Peep the Adorably Perfect Editorial and Behind the Scenes Video!
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Elle Fanning Covers Teen Vogue February 2012, Peep the Adorably Perfect Editorial and Behind the Scenes Video!

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Teen Vogue was probably counting down the days until Elle Fanning officially became a teenager so they could make her a cover star. And not surprisingly, so was Elle Fanning, according to the below video, which goes behind the scenes of her insanely adorable and perfect February cover shoot. As you can imagine, Teen Vogue and Elle Fanning, who’s already a fashion darling, are a match made in heaven and while we also love seeing her in grown-up couture looks, it’s nice to see her looking sweet and girly.

In the video, Elle is her usual charming self, talking about how excited she is to be in Teen Vogue and that giddy enthusiasm carries over into the cover story, in which she gabs about hanging out with the Mulleavys, acting with huge movie stars and less surreal things like sleepovers, school and being the tallest kid in her grade.

They also talk to Dakota, who readily admits that Elle has surpassed her older sister when it comes to fashion…

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Tuesday December 20th, 2011

Elle Fanning Looks Saintly (Literally) in Rodarte Couture in A Magazine
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Elle Fanning Looks Saintly (Literally) in Rodarte Couture in A Magazine

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Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy curated the latest issue of A Magazine, and for the editorials, they used their favorite muses Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst. Rodarte has just posted Elle Fanning’s story on Facebook, photographed by Bill Owens, and it’s gorgeous. Fanning alternately looks like a kid–carrying a surfboard, wearing a Pearl Jam Read more →

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Saturday December 17th, 2011

Monday December 12th, 2011

Best Dressed 2011: The 20 Most Stylish Ladies of the Year
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Best Dressed 2011: The 20 Most Stylish Ladies of the Year

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Believe it or not, we are already nearing the end of 2011. So, before we prepare to embark on what will surely be a very stylish 2012, we decided to take a look back at some of 2011′s most stylish people and moments.

It wasn’t easy picking just 20, but we think the following ladies made the biggest impact and smartest choices this year. From starlets to musicians to editors, click through for who we believe to be the 20 best dressed gals of the year (and five of their best looks). Who do you think was this year’s best dressed?

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Wednesday December 7th, 2011

20 Moments that Rocked the Fashion World in 2011
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20 Moments that Rocked the Fashion World in 2011

by Alyssa Vingan

We’ll cut right to the chase: A lot of crazy shit happened in the fashion world this year. While the industry that we call home can sometimes seem isolated and fantastical, many of its key players and events made headlines even in the mainstream media over the course of 2011.

In the last 365 days, we’ve seen our share of ups and downs: There have been exciting new beginnings and tragic falls from grace. A royal wedding and a Sarah Burton for McQueen dress captivated the world, while Galliano’s dress for Kate Moss made the fashion world swoon. We’ve celebrated the return of older models—like when 46-year-old Kristen McMenamy wore a bikini on the cover of Vogue Italia—and saw plenty of controversy surrounding very young ones. Just when we thought the boundaries of gender identity were breaking for good and that Lea T could kiss Kate Moss on the cover of LOVE, a men’s mag openly calls androgynous model Andrej Pejic a “thing.” We took it all in stride, and we’ve hopefully come out better on the other side.

Looking back at 2011, we’ve chosen twenty major moments that we believe defined the year in fashion. Which one made the biggest impact on you?

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Tuesday November 22nd, 2011

Monday November 14th, 2011

Elle Fanning Is Annoyed That She Can’t Steal Dakota’s Clothes Anymore (Plus Check Out the Fanning Sisters’ Gorgeous Editorial in W)
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Elle Fanning Is Annoyed That She Can’t Steal Dakota’s Clothes Anymore (Plus Check Out the Fanning Sisters’ Gorgeous Editorial in W)

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As we reported last week, sisters of the moment Elle and Dakota Fanning are W‘s December cover girls. Along with a less blurry image of the gorgeous, ethereal cover, we now have the full spread styled by Lori Goldstein and shot by Mario Sorrenti. There’s also a lovely interview by Lynn Hirschberg–two separate ones in fact–in which the girls dish about borrowing each other’s clothes, working at such a young age and how fashion-obsessed Elle reacted to being invited to the Chanel couture show.

Click through for the best bits from the interview and to see the “fabulous Fannings” wearing Chanel couture and looking super pretty in the editorial.

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Friday November 11th, 2011

Wednesday November 9th, 2011

Tuesday November 8th, 2011

Chloe Sevigny Says She’d Be Happy If Snooki Wore Her Clothes, But Not If Paris Hilton Did

Chloe Sevigny Says She’d Be Happy If Snooki Wore Her Clothes, But Not If Paris Hilton Did

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It’s no secret the fashion industry eats up pretty much anything Chloe Sevigny spits out. She recently gave an interview to BULLET magazine, which covers everything from her childhood to her latest collection for Opening Ceremony. Chloe is characteristically candid, offering up her take on dropping acid, dressing the Fannings and why she she looks in the mirror. A lot.

The highlights:

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