Vive la Vanity Fair! The glossy revealed its plans to launch a French version sometime next year. {WWD}
Here’s a breakdown of how racially diverse the runways were during New York Fashion Week. Hint: It’s finally actually improving. {Jezebel}, {Refinery29}
Kate and Laura Mulleavy talk designing Rodarte and the costumes for L.A. Philharmonic. {Styleite}
Olivier Theyskens Apparently Knows Who’s Designing Kate Middleton’s Dress: Styleite caught up with Theyskens at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Karl Lagerfeld’s Magnum ice cream films, and he fessed up that he knew who was designing the dress. Maybe one more chocolate cocktail and he might have blurted the name. {Styleite}
Adweek’s Top Ten Most Influential Magazines. Plus, Joanna Coles Gets Editor of the Year: Joanna Coles, EIC of Marie Claire, is called the “anti-chic, anti-Anna” by AdWeek (and they mean it as a compliment.) Mags that made the list? Marie Claire, People StyleWatch, Cosmopolitan, and Vanity Fair, among others. No Vogue, though. *gasp* {AdWeek}
Beyoncé Wears a Dress Made of Petals With Her Knickers Showing for a Harper’s Bazaar Shoot in Paris: And she “hearts” us all. {JustJared}
No Such Thing As Standard Sizing: No doubt you’ve come across vanity sizing and arbitrary sizing while shopping for clothes. A new full body scanner is hitting malls to tell you which size you are in specific brands. (And a fun factoid: If you have a 27 inch waist you’re a size 8-10 at Marc Jacobs, but a size triple zero at Chico’s.) {NYT}
Breaking News! Lace Is In: The New York Times reports that lace is in. Hasn’t lace been in? {New York Times}
Juicy Couture Sans Velour Track Suits Juicy Couture’s non-compete with Liz Claiborne Inc. expires in a few months and co-founders, Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy are dropping some hints on their next venture. “It will reflect the way we dress now…We have outgrown our track suits and grown up.” {WWD subscription required}
Lula’s Latest Issue: Rodarte’s Laura and Kate Mulleavy guest edited the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Lula, and brought on some amazing collaborators like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Nan Goldin. {Fashionologie}
A High Fashion Royal Photo Shoot: Vogue UK is reporting that Mario Testino photographed the official engagement pictures of Kate Middleton and Prince William. The shoot took place last month and the photos will be released just before Christmas. {Vogue UK}
Style.com got their hands on this video that Tavi shot for the Mulleavys about their Rodarte for Target collection. Needless to say, we once again find ourselves fairly jealous of a 13 year-old. In it she gets to preview the collection and chat about it with the likes of Amy Astley and Cecelia Dean. She Read more →
After their accessories news last week, we now get news that the Go International team at good old Target has picked another winner for their next collaboration: Zac Posen. We actually can’t believe it’s taken this long to get Mr. Posen added to the list that includes the Mulleavys (we’re only a month away!), Tracy Read more →
Who won big last night at the CFDAs? Here’s the full list: Womenswear Designer of the Year: Rodarte’s Laura and Kate Mulleavy Menswear Designer of the Year (tie): Calvin Klein’s Italo Zucchelli and Band of Outsiders’ Scott Sternberg Accessory Designer of the Year: Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Alexander Read more →
All For One: Happy Memorial Day. We’re embracing the one piece this weekend. Perhaps you should too. Oh, and it’s a half day here at Fashionista, so we’ll be outta here earlier than usual. Have a good one. {StyleFile} Girls On Film: The Mulleavys muse about movies. Just when we thought it wasn’t possible to Read more →
We had a semi-rude awakening Saturday morning when we caught a glimpse of Britney’s new album cover on Jezebel. She looks healthy and happy, sure. And maybe we can’t stop humming “Womanizer,” (though we’d attribute that more to Chuck Bass than the songstress), but the pink Rodarte dress kind of knocked the wind out of Read more →
