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Fashion News Roundup

Fashionista’s Week in Review: Cindy Crawford’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Nabs Versace Campaign, The Gap is Investigating Kim Kardashian’s ‘Reputation,’ and Fox Fur Merkins Exist

The Best Celeb Dresses and Tweets of the Golden Globes: Relive that glorious moment when Angelina stepped out on the red carpet looking beyond flawless in Versace and your jaw accidentally unhinged – and read what our favorite fashion folk had to say about it.

Karl Gets a Kitty: Meet the insanely adorable Choupette Lagerfeld, who has the same color fur/hair as her owner.

Our Guide to Spring’s Best Nail Colors: Here are the top ten nail polishes you should get your hands on – or get on your hands – when the gloves come off.

Cindy Crawford’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Models for Young Versace: Holy strong genes. Check out the supermodel’s mini-me daughter, Kaia Gerber, modeling for her first campaign for Versace’s childrenswear line.

Would You Pay $225 for a Fox Fur Merkin? Apparently, some people already have. Real Housewives of New York alum Cindy Barshop talks to us about this wacky new trend-in-the-making.

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Fashion Is Fun

Here’s What Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour Would Look Like as Simpsons Characters

By Cheryl Wischhover Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 / 6:45 PM

Marc Jacobs recently was quoted as saying that his stint as a cartoon character on South Park was “the greatest honor of his entire life.” If Karl Lagerfeld was cartoon-ized in a similar way, would his reaction be the same? We actually think he would like it, since he’s pretty much done it to himself already on things like Diet Coke cans and eye shadow. Read more »

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Magazines

The 25 Best Fashion Editorials of 2011

It happens every year: Our ever-growing pile of fashion magazines inches higher with each passing month, and by the time December rolls around, we can barely sift through the hundreds of stylish images we bookmarked for inspiration. 2011 was no exception, and in a year that celebrated retro supermodels, androgyny, vivid colors, and plenty of experimentation in the beauty department, choosing our favorites was particularly difficult.

The best editorials of the year ran the gamut from huge ensemble casts of blue-chip models styled by greats like Katie Grand and Carine Roitfeld, to intimate, one-on-one portraits of our favorite girls like Lindsey Wixson and Daria Werbowy. The acid brights that dominated the spring collections allowed for some pretty trippy trend stories last season, but the fall glossies featured much moodier imagery, with a number of gorgeous spreads in black and white.

Here are the editorials from 2011 that will stay tacked up on our walls and fill our inspiration boards well into the new year—and beyond.

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  • Alyssa Vingan and Steff Yotka
  • Wednesday, Dec 21, 2011 / 5:25 PM
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Fashion Is Fun

When Great Mustaches Happen to Stylish People: We Give Fashion Peeps Movember Makeovers

If you’re feeling a little post-Halloween depression and no amount of fun-sized chocolate bars will cheer you up, here’s something that will: Movember is now upon us! That’s right, Movember – that magical month near the end of each year when mustaches sprout and flourish (or attempt to) on the faces of men everywhere, and bring joy to all who surround them. It’s like combining all the best holidays, plus your birthday, and making it last a full thirty days. It’s that unreal.

But it gets even better. Movember, sometimes called “Novembeard,” is actually a charitable endeavor, raising funds and awareness for cancers that affect men. Participants start with a clean-shaven face on November… erm, Movember 1st, and are sponsored by mustache admirers who want to see what they’ve got, facial-hair-wise. It’s your basic win/win situation.

Since we ladies aren’t physically able to participate in the growing/cultivating aspect of Movember, we thought it would be fun and pretty much necessary to imagine our favorite fashion figures in some legendary celebrity ‘stache styles. Then, with a little photoshop magic, we were able to make these mustache matches a reality. Can you really see Anna Wintour with anything but a pencil-thin mustache? And who would’ve thought a snowy Fu Manchu would seriously flatter Karl Lagerfeld? Take a look at the rest of our picks, and prepare to be mesmerized by some marvelous mustaches.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Christian Cota For Aldo On Sale Today, the Newest Target Collabs Are Hitting Stores, and Julien Macdonald Makes Hiking Boots Look Trendy

Could this be Naomi Campbell’s way of atoning for all those alleged temper tantrums? The supermodel and her boyfriend Vladislav Doronin will be recognized for their extensive charity work at Denise Rich’s Angel Ball in NYC on October 17. The gala, which will benefit Rich’s Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, will include a performance by Patti LaBelle. {NY Post}

Christian Cota makes affordable boots for Aldo that you can shop today! You can never have too many pairs of boots. Christian Cota’s new line of flat boots for Aldo are fierce, affordable (under $250!) and available now. {Catwalk Queen}

Dita Von Teese releases a sexy capsule collection: The retro-glam burlesque artist has released Dita Von Teese Muse, a collection of four dresses and one trench coat, featuring–surprise!–corsetry details and body-skimming silhouettes. {Racked}

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Reviews

Miu Miu Spring 2012: Twisted Fairy Tales

PARIS–We always look forward to Miu Miu as our final show of Paris Fashion Week. The front row is reliably stacked with their darling devotees–campaign girl Hailee Steinfeld was there looking lovelier than ever in a Miu Miu party frock with a giant pink bow on the back; so was actress Juno Temple, and too many It-girls to count (Alexa Chung, Elettra Wiedemann, Poppy Delevigne, Caroline Sieber, and the Courtin Clarins girls to name just a few).

Come spring, those It-girls will be clamoring for pointy toed mules that looked part Wicked Witch of the East (after Dorothy’s house has landed on her) and part Louis XIV. The knee-high boot version with cowgirl-esque leather floral appliques up the side will be in-demand too, no doubt. As will their matching lady-like purses. The more daring trendsetters (and street style stars) will go for the little garden pail bags in bright satins.

While the accessories were cheery, the show opened on a rather moody note.

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  • Leah Chernikoff
  • Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011 / 5:41 PM
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Events

Here Are All the Celebrities Who Were at Fashion’s Night Out, from Justin Bieber to Sarah Jessica Parker

If there’s one thing Fashion’s Night Out is good for, it’s seeing celebrities. As our street research taught us, people may not drop dollars but they will turn up in droves for a Kardashian or Anna Wintour, even if it means hours standing in a line jostled by other sweaty, excited, semi-drunk people. While it [...]

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Check Out these Gorgeous Never-Before-Seen Photos of Grace Coddington by Ex-Husband Willie Christie

Behold the beauty and grace (sorry, we had to) that is Grace Coddington (here in her 30s). Captured by her ex-husband and renowned photographer Willie Christie, this never-before-seen photo of Coddington is a testament to the Vogue editor’s timeless (and unmistakable) allure.

Christie, who was married to Coddington from 1974-78, snapped this image long after Coddington’s modeling career had ended and she was well underway as the creative force behind Vogue. Obviously, the woman can still clearly work it in front of the camera. “For me she was still photographic heaven,” Christie told Vogue UK. “She was so brilliant as a model because she had an appreciation and understanding of art in all its forms; mimicry; gentleness and serenity. She understood everything that the clothes were trying to do.”

The image, which Christie told the magazine had been “lying in drawers for the preceding 35-odd years” will be on view for the first time at The Ivy Club in London from September 16-19. And Grace isn’t the only famous face in the collection:

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Blake Lively, Alexander Wang and Grace Coddington Judge Your FNO Outfits on Polyvore and Vogue.com’s Style Setter Competition

Fashion’s Night Out is upon us. Almost. The retail-fest is exactly one month away and, predictably, the fashion world has already begun milking the one-day event well in advance. To that end, Vogue.com and Polyvore announced their FNO Style Setter competition this morning, which will be judged by Blake Lively, Alexander Wang and Grace Coddington.

Here’s how it works: Each week Vogue.com and Polyvore will announce a new theme–Fall Wardrobe Essentials, What to Wear on FNO, and Dress a Style Icon for Fashion Week–and invite users to create sets inspired by the theme of the week, on a special section of Polyvore. Contestants may use any of the thousands of articles of clothing on Polyvore, but the one catch is that they have to use at least one of the featured items (read: FNO merch) in their sets. Each day Vogue.com editors will choose a single set to be highlighted on their website, and at the end of the week celebrity judges Blake Lively, Alexander Wang or Grace Coddington will pick their two favorites to be entered in the finals. (So, be sure to include a printed mini dress, leather backpack and a cat in their respective week’s sets for a guaranteed win.)

The six celebrity-picked finalists will, in turn, be voted on by Vogue.com readers in a final showdown.

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  • HAYLEY PHELAN
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Magazines

Grace Coddington Sold Her Memoir For a Rumored $1.2 Million

Kudos to Grace Coddington! The beloved Vogue creative director just sold her memoir to Random House for a rumored $1.2 million, the Observer reports.

This means it’s really happening and also further discredits a recent Page Six article that reported Anna Wintour was the one shopping around a memoir. It said Coddington had “pushed the project aside” once Jay Fielden, with whom she was originally writing the book, was appointed as editor-in-chief at Town & Country. Instead, the book will apparently be co-written by current Vogue writer Michael Roberts.

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Fashion Is Fun

Our 20 Favorite Images from the Self Service Online Archives

Yesterday, Self Service, the hit French fashion magazine with an insider tilt, relaunched its website with full archives. The goal was to create a database of everyone that’s ever been in Self Service. It’s like an online encyclopedia filled with people who are really, really important in the fashion industry. (Seriously, there’s an index.)

Now you know I love a good online archive, so I spent yesterday afternoon scouring Self Service‘s to bring you the most iconic, weirdest, and captivating photos from the book’s 16 year history. While my computer’s hard drive is now 25% covered in images of Hannelore Knuts, I’ve managed to pull out 20 photos that are particularly noteworthy.

But don’t rely on me entirely. After checking out my edit, go to Self Service’s new site and find out for yourself.

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Best Dressed

Best Dressed: CFDA Awards

By Dhani Mau Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011 / 11:31 AM

There may be no event that draws a more well-dressed crowd than the annual CFDA Awards. The look was sophisticated and understated (unless you were Lady Gaga) and we were especially fond of the sleek suiting and black & white looks of these five ladies. Everyone’s favorite Vogue editor Grace Coddington’s red hair stood out against her black Prada dress. Kirsten looked great in a blue-lapeled Patrik Ervel suit with Bulgari jewelry, of course. International Award recipient Phoebe Philo can do no wrong in her own label. Leelee Sobieski looked perfect and timeless in an Adam Kimmel suit and the equally cool Chloe Sevigny made black & white interesting with a little leather.
**All photos by Getty