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Tuesday May 14th, 2013

Friday May 3rd, 2013

Fantasy Dressing the Met Ball Guests
We Play Dress-Up

Fantasy Dressing the Met Ball Guests

The Met Ball is like the Oscars for the fashion industry: all the best people in all the best dresses.

This year’s theme, punk, presents an interesting conundrum: will people go all out, liberty spikes and Givenchy nose rings and all, or just throw some studs on a Chanel suit and call it pseudo-punk?

We’re hoping for the former, and so in the spirit of going the distance, we’ve picked out our favorite punk fashions and paired them with Met Ball regulars like Anna Wintour and Julianne Moore and some fantasy guests (Bjork, anyone?).

Click through to see the looks we want to see on the red carpet, and let us know what you’re hoping for in the comments.

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Thursday February 14th, 2013

What We Saw at New York Fashion Week, Day Nine
Fashion Week

What We Saw at New York Fashion Week, Day Nine

It’s over! New York Fashion Week wrapped up today with shows by New York fashion’s heaviest hitters: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Marc Jacobs.

At Ralph we caught Anna and Grace sitting front row, at Calvin we took in the structured looks as the models whizzed by, and we got our tans on at Marc since he managed to lasso the sun for his fall show.

Click through to see what we saw on the last day! Now, to sleep.

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Sunday February 10th, 2013

What We Saw at New York Fashion Week, Day Five
Fashion Week

What We Saw at New York Fashion Week, Day Five

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!

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Published at 9:25 PM

Wednesday February 6th, 2013

Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion Right Now
The Business

Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion Right Now

To survive in this business, you’ve got to have more than talent. You’ve got to be shrewd, savvy, determined—and a crazy-hard worker.

So here’s our list of the 50 most influential people working in New York fashion right now. To compile the list, we used our own knowledge of the industry combined with advice from inside sources.

Let us know what you think: You’ll find the entire Fashionista 50 list below. Click on the person’s name to read a full bio. And if you really want to click through the whole slideshow, you can do so here.

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Published at 12:40 PM

Tuesday February 5th, 2013

10 New Style Books To Look Out For This Year
Books

10 New Style Books To Look Out For This Year

Around here, we love a good fashion book. 2012 brought us winners like Grace Coddington’s memoir, the Sartorialist’s second venture Closer, and the massive Kate Moss Book. Whether you’re looking for a good read to help pass the long days spent inside waiting for spring, or just something pretty to go on your coffee table, we’ve compiled a list of the best style books being released in 2013, plus where to get them. And the releases start now. Mary Blume’s hotly anticipated biography of Balenciaga hits bookstores today.

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Monday January 21st, 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow Gets an Eagle Tattoo, Prada Sketches for Great Gatsby, and Grace Coddington Lunches with John Galliano
Fashion News Roundup

Gwyneth Paltrow Gets an Eagle Tattoo, Prada Sketches for Great Gatsby, and Grace Coddington Lunches with John Galliano

Are eagle tattoos GOOP approved? Gwyneth Paltrow was spotted with one at LAX. {HuffPo}

The Miuccia Prada designs for the upcoming Great Gatsby film are inspired by her own collections–see the sketches before the movie hits theaters! {Telegraph}

Now that Galliano is back and calling NYC home, Galliano-watch has begun. Page Six caught him dining with Grace Coddington at Sant Ambroeus in the West Village. {Page Six}

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Wednesday January 16th, 2013

Monday December 17th, 2012

Friday December 7th, 2012

Bruce Weber Thinks There Could Be Some Gay Smooching in Future Abercrombie Ads
Events

Bruce Weber Thinks There Could Be Some Gay Smooching in Future Abercrombie Ads

MIAMI–Last night, part-time Miami resident Bruce Weber hosted a signing for his new book, All-American Volume Twelve: A Book of Lessons amidst of Art Basel-mania at The Standard.

While party guests including Chelsea Handler–who attended with her beau, hotelier Andre Balazs–Riccardo Tisci and Anouck Lepere sipped tequila in the Standard’s waterfront garden, we caught up with Weber for some questions about the inspiration behind All-American, working with Grace Coddington, and whether we can expect a gay kiss in an Abercrombie ad anytime soon.

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Thursday December 6th, 2012

Sarah Jessica Parker’s Strange Bikini Lies
Celebrity

Sarah Jessica Parker’s Strange Bikini Lies

When asked about her first Vogue sitting, a 1994 shoot with Grace Coddington and Steven Meisel, Parker recalled, “[Grace Coddington] pulled a teeny-tiny white bikini off the hanger, and in my whole life I had never worn a bikini…I didn’t wear a bikini as a little girl. I certainly didn’t wear a bikini as an older little girl, and nor would I ever put one on today. I thought ‘It’s Grace Coddington, I should put on what she asks me to do.’ Linda Evangelista sat in the corner and told me how to stand. I have never worn a bikini since.”

Really?

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