Friday April 12th, 2013
Tuesday March 26th, 2013
Dior’s Haute Couture Show to Encore in Shanghai, Victoria’s Secret Responds to Backlash, and the Kardashians Could Sue Ford
Dior will reprise its Spring 2013 haute couture show in Shanghai on March 30 as part of a continued effort to win over the Chinese market. {Business of Fashion}
Is Victoria Secret’s latest PINK campaign too sexy for the young girls it’s aimed at? The lingerie company responds to backlash. {Telegraph}
Chanel Iman rocks Galore Magazine‘s cover in a shimmering bodysuit and gold pumps. {MTV Style}
Kardashians in kourt? The sisters’ family attorney says they may take legal action against Ford for its “disgusting, vile, and offensive” leaked ad-mockup featuring Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe tied up in Paris Hilton’s car trunk. {E! Online}
Thursday March 14th, 2013
The 10 Most Popular Instagrams of Fashion Month
Insta. Tweet. Pin. Vine. Get up from your seat, and repeat.
That sums up Fashion Month for many of us. And with new social media outlets steadily emerging, that part of the job doesn’t look like that’s going to change any time soon.
But whose posts truly resonate with followers? PR agency Krupp Group teamed up with Curalate—an analytics firm that focuses on social platforms including Pinterest and Instagram—to see which images performed the best. So we’ve put together a list of the top 10 Instagram images from New York, London, Milan and Paris.
Click through to see who topped the Instagram charts.
Tuesday February 19th, 2013
Karl Lagerfeld Etches with Fire, New York Fashion Week Lacked Diversity, and Rihanna Goes Retro for Her River Island Campaign
The multi, multi-talented Karl Lagerfeld used acid and fire to etch portraits into giant glass panels for his latest art exhibit in Switzerland. He would. {WWD}
Startling and unsettling statistics: Jezebel’s extensive research shows that New York’s runways were less racially diverse than previous seasons, and a number of brands had no models of color at all. {Jezebel}
Greetings, Earthlings! Was Sarah Jessica Parker the victim of an alien-esque Photoshop fail on her March cover of Harper’s Bazaar China? {HuffPo}
They found love… Sports Illustrated model and Adam Levine ex Anne Vyalitsyna has apparently moved on to dating DJ and Rihanna collaborator Calvin Harris. {US Weekly}
Friday February 1st, 2013
So Just What Is Vine and How Is the Fashion Industry Using It?
Because there just weren’t enough social media platforms to keep up with, there is now Vine. And the fashion world is, unsurprisingly, getting involved.
Thursday October 18th, 2012
Sasha Pivovarova Returns to Prada, Mila Kunis Was in a Lisa Frank Commercial, and Dior Made 24 Carat Gold Temporary Tattoos
Esquire Magazine’s “Sexiest Woman Alive” Mila Kunis had humble (and colorful!) beginnings. Watch her in a 1993 commercial for Lisa Frank. {HuffPo}
After a six-season run that ended in 2008, Sasha Pivovarova returns–shot by Steven Meisel–as the face of Prada’s 2013 Resort Campaign. {Fashionista Inbox}
A pair of Marie Antoinette’s slippers were auctioned off for a cool €50,000 (~$65,000) in Paris. {The Telegraph}
Wednesday October 3rd, 2012
David Beckham Runs Around in His Underwear, Solange Knowles Is Super Cute in her New Video, and Andrej Pejic Makes Bank
Spotted: David Beckham running around sans pants in Beverly Hills for an H&M underwear shoot. And yes, there are photos, lots of photos! {JustJared}
Eight fashion editors, including our own Leah Chernikoff, dish on their secret shopping habits. Hint: Go to Crewcuts. {Refinery29}
Meet the girl who’s dedicated her life to looking like an anime character. {HuffPost}
Let’s break down all Solange’s looks in her new video, “Losing You,” frame by frame, shall we? {MTVStyle}
Wednesday September 12th, 2012
You Can Now Buy Instagram Photos on Getty
There’s no doubt that the fashion community has embraced Instagram whole-heartedly. In fact, Instagrams have become so important to fashion coverage, that, according to BuzzFeed, even Getty, arguably the biggest and most important wire image site, has embraced them. And they’re selling them for $49 a pop.
Wednesday September 5th, 2012
10 Apps You Need to Download Before Fashion Week
The non-stop madness that is fashion week begins officially tomorrow (and unofficially today), meaning you have just a short time to prepare. That means stocking up on coffee, granola bars, doing your laundry, picking up your dry cleaning, submitting all of your ticket requests and rsvp’s, and–this is a fairly new one–making sure you’ve downloaded Read more →
Wednesday August 15th, 2012
Hipstamatic Inks Deal With W, Is It Trying to Win Back the Fashion Crowd?
If there’s one mobile app, besides Twitter, that the fashion industry has universally agreed is worth its time, it’s Instagram. Right? Of course, you may recall another iPhone camera app with similar functions called Hipstamatic, which actually had its surge of popularity first–even in the fashion world. For a short time, they may have been Read more →
Thursday July 5th, 2012
Anna Wintour Dined with Someone Who Looks Like John Galliano the Night of the Dior Couture Show
Is it possible that John Galliano had a dinner date with Anna Wintour the very night his Dior successor, Raf Simons, presented his debut couture collection? The Cut noticed these Instagram snaps of someone who looks a lot like Wintour dining with someone who looks a lot like Galliano at the Ritz in Paris earlier Read more →
Tuesday April 24th, 2012
Instagram Is the Latest Social Media Site to Ban Thinspiration and Pro-Anorexic Content
A few weeks ago we made a case for why Instagram could (and should) be the next social media site to ban thinspiration and pro-anorexic content. Instagram, it seems, was listening.
Over the weekend, the photo-sharing app updated its community guidelines with the following stipulation:
