Surprise, Surprise: Olivier Zahm likes to sext during meetings, but sometimes, when that’s not satisfactory enough, he needs to step outside to make a “love call.” And if you’re the girl on the other end of that call and you don’t leave your meeting to answer, he’s offended. {NYMag} Bling Advice: Men and jewelry. If Read more →
We Dream of Daria: Daria Werbowy strips down for Dossier Journal‘s spring issue. The spread was styled by Turner and shot by Cass Bide in the supermodel’s NYC loft. {Fashion Gone Rogue} Going once, Going Twice: The auction for a week-long internship at Vogue, including face time with Anna Wintour, ends Thursday. {Charity Buzz} Got Read more →
The Backpack is Back: Forget handbags. It’s all about the backpack. Refinery29 did a roundup of the most stylish rucksacks. {Refinery29} Meet Rachel, If You Haven’t: Rachel Comey’s just launched e-commerce for men, but here’s more interesting info on the designer, like her favorite restaurant and the summer plans she’s most looking forward to. {TheMoment} Read more →
Lookbookin’: American Apparel loves seeing customers wear their clothes. In fact, they made a 64-page lookbook starring real people who style their AA pieces in creative ways. The book was a collaboration with Lookbook.nu and features 132 looks by 77 Lookbook.nu members. It’s available in stores worldwide, or online if you pay shipping. {American Apparel} Read more →
GQ named Billy Reid the best new menswear designer in America this afternoon. The magazine’s editor-in-chief Jim Nelson, Calvin Klein men’s designer Italo Zucchelli, and a few other industry leaders picked Reid from a pool of six finalists whose looks span the sartorial spectrum from collegiate prepster to urban lumberjack. Reid gets a decent $50,000 Read more →
This morning, GQ announced their nominees for best new menswear designer. Billy Reid, Richard Chai, Unis (designed by Eunice Lee), J.Crew’s Frank Muytjens, Caulfield Preparatory’s Vincent Flumiani and Doug and Ben Burkman of Burkman Brothers were chosen by GQ‘s Editor-in-Chief Jim Nelson and its Creative Director, Jim Moore. The winner will be chosen next month Read more →
GQ’s devoting their February issue to the most stylish men. They’ve put Johnny Depp on the cover, and are asking you to vote for the man you think has the most style on GQ.com. Your options include Ryan Gosling, Ed Westwick, and Daniel Day Lewis who are all hot, or handsome or dreamy or whatever, Read more →
Whether you like it or not, we will be continuing our Adventures in Copyright posts right on into 2010. This morning brings news of a more literal form of infringement, filed by none other than Condé Nast. Who are they battling, you ask? An internet hacker—which is vaguely ironic given the company’s somewhat tepid relationship Read more →
The shot at left is from Rihanna’s raunchy GQ spread. She covers their January issue in a picture that makes Jennifer Aniston’s shorts-only shot look conservative, but she spent this weekend making up for it on a shoot with actual fashion for W. We hope she wears this McQueen (at least the top), this Proenza Read more →
Oh So Pretty: There’s really nothing new here re: Jason Wu, but I just really love the picture. So, happy Friday. {TheMoment} Virtual Reality: Ralph Lauren’s staging a runway show for Rugby, online today, that he calls a cross between “Harry Potter and Rock Band.” The models are walking on a treadmill in front of Read more →
For years it seemed like Si Newhouse and Condé Nast were hiding out and hoping that the whole internet thing would just run its course and life would return to “normal.” Sure they formed CondéNet and launched Style.com but they were certainly not pre-curve on anything digital. But over the past few months, they’ve definitely Read more →
This morning brings a boatload of news in the digital and iPhone application world. Gucci’s launched their free app which includes personal playlists from Frida and Mark Ronson, a feature where you can play DJ and mix your own beats, and of course lookbooks and news from the design house. Every week seems to bring Read more →
