Kate Moss scored not one but four i-D covers this month to celebrate the anniversary of her first cover for the magazine 20 years ago. {Grazia}
Speaking of supermodels, Gisele Bundchen landed a gig as the new face of Chanel’s makeup line. {The Cut}
Get ready to hit the slopes in style: L.A.M.B. is collaborating with Burton on an outerwear collection. {WWD}
Last week we teased you with a sneak peek at our first ever video series, Haute Cuisine, where each month we’ll bring you into the kitchen of a different industry player–be it an editor, designer, or stylist–and let them show off their culinary skills. Now that your appetites are whet, here it is in full: Read more →
We’re so excited to show you what amazing things we’ve been cooking up over here at Fashionista: Introducing our very first web video series, Haute Cuisine! Each episode, a different fashion heavy hitter/foodie will welcome us into their kitchen for an impromptu cooking how-to of their favorite meals–with just a dash of witty banter to Read more →
The past few years have seen the rise of an unlikely new fashion capital in Los Angeles. Labels like Rodarte and Band of Outsiders bucked the trend of going New York-centric a few years ago, their studios (and their aesthetics) firmly grounded in Cali culture. Hedi Slimane has decided to stay in Los Angeles (where Read more →
Meet our summer intern Morgan. She is only 16 but she’s probably more die-hard about fashion than you are. Let her prove it to you with her new series, “Confessions of a Crazed Fashion Fan.” In Morgan’s own words, “Stuck in public school in a small town, every time I read an article or looked at a blog (400 a day to be exact) I felt closer to the world I so desperately craved to be in. My motto quickly became “One day…” I would repeat it to myself every time I read about an amazing event on Style.com or watched a Prabal Gurung fashion show. “One day that will be me.” So what happened when my far-off fantasies started to become a reality? Read on.
My first exposure to the high fashion world beyond the glossy pages of magazines came on a trip to New York City with my Girl Scout troop.
My fellow scouts may having dreaming about spotting a celebrity–but I was crossing my fingers for an editor sighting. And then it happened. On the subway. There he was, through the smudged window of a train: Joe Zee, the Creative Director of ELLE magazine. I recognized him from my late nights studying his “A to Zee” column, and after shoving my group of girls–who thought it was Jay-Z–onto that car, I sat down to stare (literally, stare…he definitely noticed). Though I never worked up the courage to talk him that day, my obsession adoration for the magazine editor only grew over the years.
Elle‘s April cover just dropped, and it features a glowy, very pregnant, very naked Jessica Simpson. And her belly isn’t the only thing she revealed to the magazine: She told Elle she’s having a girl! Being the uber-girly girl, she must be so thrilled, but she told Elle that because fiance Eric is very athletic: Read more →
As I approached the Elle team (featuring Joe Zee and EIC Robbie Myers) front row at the Jason Wu show to ask them some questions, none other than Shailene Woodley plopped down in the empty seat next to Zee. In an unassuming (yet totally chic) sweater and skinny pants, she started chatting with Elle about how comfortable her shoes were. And no, they were not those five-toed shoes that made headlines after she wore them to an after party post-Golden Globes–they were sky-high Jason Wu’s, of course.
She was shockingly not swarmed by photogs, so I loitered around until she finished her conversation and took the opportunity to ask her about those shoes, her Oscar dress, and what she’s been learning at fashion week.
Margherita Missoni is Getting Married: That’s amore! The 28-year-old designer will marry race car driver Eugenio Amosnext year in Italy. Wonder if any of the party favors will end up on eBay? {WWD}
Naked Kate Moss Photo Sold For Mucho Dinero:An anonymous buyer won a huge, rare photo of a young Kate Moss at auction yesterday for approximately $25,700. It was between this photo or a new car, but I decided to go the rational route. {Grazia}
James Franco Gets into Advertising: Is James Franco getting career advice from K. Lagerfeld – or better yet, Don Draper? The actor/director/producer/screenwriter/perfume model/failed Oscar host can now add ad-man to his resume – he’s set to direct and shoot Seven For All Mankind’s multimedia campaign for spring 2012. {WWD}
Joe Fresh is a company that I’ve already come to know and love in Canada (where I’m from), and so it was with double the excitement that, yesterday morning, I went to celebrate Canadian transplant Joe Fresh’s first foray into American retail.
The company’s new U.S. store stands at 16th and 5th avenue, done up sleekly in all white with perfectly distressed vintage-looking floorboards and birch tree installations adorning the nooks and crannies of the space. Though you wouldn’t know it from glancing at the company’s chic and affordable offerings, the new store is a far cry from where Joe Fresh started out, which was, namely, the fresh produce aisle at one of Canada’s largest grocery store chains, Loblaws. “When I said I was going to do a clothing line in a grocery store, everybody told me I was nuts,” Joe Fresh’s founder and creative director, Joe Mimran told a group of editors yesterday morning. Looks like Mimran has the last laugh though. “I joke about it, because we’ve gone from the frozen food aisle to Fifth Avenue!”
Remember waaay back in 2004, when the first-ever designer was auf’d on Project Runway, and there was still a glimmer of hope that ANTM might actually find America’s next top model? We secretly practiced smizing in the mirror and cringed at the prospect of boring Nina. Well, things have gotten a lot more complex since those simple times–for better or worse (but mostly better!). While we still love our old faves, it’s always nice to mix it up a bit and keep the DVR busy–especially when it comes to fashion television.
This fall and beyond offers a slew of exciting (and at times, a little repetitive) new fashionably oriented reality shows: From competitions searching for even more amazing new talents, to docu-series following our already much-loved fash peeps (hello, Brad!), to a behind-the-counter look at one of our go-to shopping spots. These shows are like shoes–you can really never have too many. (Though you might stop wearing shoes all together. You don’t really need them for sitting on the couch, do you?)
So which ones are you watching? Ready, set, “Record Series!”
Conde Nast is ready for their close-up. With circulation numbers down (except for at Vogue) and ad sales still struggling, the storied publishing house is looking to cash in elsewhere: The TV and movie biz.
WWD reports that Conde Nast has launched a fully-fledged entertainment division and has already named Dawn Ostroff as president. As former president of the CW and UPN, Ostroff is responsible for bringing us such gems as America’s Next Top Model and The Vampire Diaries.
While it’s clear the new entertainment division will be responsible for developing, creating, producing and distributing original television, film and digital initiatives, little else is known about what specific projects may be in the works. “It could mean films, it could mean documentaries, it could mean television shows, it could mean digital series or digital content, it could be digital channels,” Ostroff told WWD. “And it could be across all platforms: Cable channels, cable broadcast networks. It ranges across the board.”
Joe Zee is a busy, busy man these days. Along with performing his day job as creative director at Elle, he’s hosting the second season of his reality show All on the Line, jetsetting to Fashion Week shows around the globe, helping aspiring fashion students, and popping into the Soho Elie Tahari boutique — along with Mr. Elie Tahari himself — to help a bunch of fashion bloggers style outfits from the label’s fall 2011 collection. This wasn’t just a random visit. Zee has been consulting with Elie Tahari for multiple seasons and just recently styled the brand’s spring 2012 runway show.
While we waited for Zee to make his way through snarling rush hour traffic, we had a chance to peruse the Elie Tahari fall offerings. Amongst the tweedy details, lush leathers, macro-lace, and ruching embellishments, the favorites of the editors seemed to be the black lace-trimmed leather shorts (totally practical, we swear), a grey-hued leopard print ruffle neck Clarissa trench, and a soft cranberry ruffle-layered Victoria coat. Once Zee arrived, we ambushed him with some questions as he was in the midst of pulling a white nipped-waist and flared pantsuit for a guest.
