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Wednesday May 22nd, 2013

Kim Kardashian Sends Out Ballerina Baby Shower Invites, the ‘Pope’ Covers L’Uomo Vogue, and Beyonce Opens a ‘Boutique’
Fashion News Roundup

Kim Kardashian Sends Out Ballerina Baby Shower Invites, the ‘Pope’ Covers L’Uomo Vogue, and Beyonce Opens a ‘Boutique’

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Kim Kardashian’s baby shower invite is a music box with a ballerina spinning to a lullaby version of Kanye West’s “Hey Mama.” It’s actually kind of adorable. {TMZ}

Beyonce knows no bounds. The superstar has curated a Rent the Runway “boutique” full of things she likes. {Rent the Runway}

Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli paints his own likeness into Diego Velázquez’s “Portrait of Pope Innocent X” for the cover of L’Uomo Vogue‘s May-June 2013 issue. {Vogue Italia}

Hold the phones: Victoria Beckham wears sneakers! The designer and former Spice Girl tweeted a photo of her custom Nike ID “Posh” running shoes in neon green. Somewhere, Mel C is sulking bitterly. {HuffPo}

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Sunday May 19th, 2013

Fashionista’s First-Ever Conference, All The Fashion at Cannes, and More Met Ball
Week In Review

Fashionista’s First-Ever Conference, All The Fashion at Cannes, and More Met Ball

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You Are Cordially Invited to Our First-Ever Conference: Find out what it takes to “make it” to the top of the fashion pile, as well as how to network and find alternative fashion careers, from the industry’s top professionals at Fashionista’s first conference, “How to Make It in Fashion.” We are so lucky to have Zac Posen as our keynote speaker, as well as Rebecca Minkoff, Leandra Medine of fashion blog Man Repeller, and Rachel Antonoff as panelists. Sign up here!

We’re On Cannes Watch: We’re keeping track of all the fashion that’s walking the annual Cannes Film Festival red carpet. We identified 10 international style stars to watch out for and spotted some interesting things—like Julianne Moore’s crazy tortured-looking feet in platform stilettos!

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Wednesday May 15th, 2013

The Kanye West-Approved Raincoat Poised to Take the Menswear Scene by Storm
Menswear

The Kanye West-Approved Raincoat Poised to Take the Menswear Scene by Storm

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Finally: a cool rain jacket. With Stutterheim’s “Arholma,” the moat between the classic elegance of a British Barbour, or everyday trench and the sporty utility of a Fjallraven has dried up.

We liked these before he wore it, but Kanye West was recently spotted wearing one of Stutterheim’s gorgeously minimalist and heavy duty raincoats, presaging a trend that will no doubt take better hold than his leather skirts.

We caught up with brand’s founder Alexander Stutterheim to find out why he launched to label–and what’s next.

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Tuesday May 14th, 2013

So Who Did Anna Wintour ‘Ban’ From the Met Gala This Year?
People Are Talking

So Who Did Anna Wintour ‘Ban’ From the Met Gala This Year?

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Last year’s silly, dramatic Met gala rumor was that Anna Wintour had banned Kim Kardashian from attending, leaving Kanye West to go stag. This was obviously not the case this year–Kardashian not only attended the event, but was also welcomed into Wintour’s home the night before.

However, if the celebrity gossip rags are to be believed (which, ya know), this year’s Met Ball was not as drama-free as it seemed.

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Thursday May 9th, 2013

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Friday April 26th, 2013

If Fashion Folks Really Went Punk for the Met Ball
Fashion Is Fun

If Fashion Folks Really Went Punk for the Met Ball

by Hayley Phelan & Dhani Mau

As you’re no doubt aware, the theme of this year’s Costume Institute exhibit at the Met will be ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture.’ And that means that come May 6, the night of the Met Ball, fashion’s finest will have to do their very best punk impressions. While we highly, highly doubt we’ll see anyone sporting Read more →

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