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Monday December 24th, 2012

32 of the Best Fashion Flicks To Take In Over the Holidays
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32 of the Best Fashion Flicks To Take In Over the Holidays

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If you’re anything like us at this time of year, you’ve spent hours traveling by plane, train, or automobile to the town–tiny or not–that you grew up in order to spend some relaxing days with your family and friend.

Left with no work assignments to complete (we hope), and having accomplished all your gift giving goals you desperately need a fashion fix…and boy have we got you covered. What follows is a comprehensive list list of the most fabulous of fab fashion films to get you through those cold hard winter nights in EverywherebutNewYorkville, USA.

Add your own suggestions in the comments. Happy couching!

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Thursday April 19th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: The Year in Pippa Middleton’s Butt, Liya Kebede Covers Harper’s Bazaar Spain, and J.Crew’s ‘Jenna’s Picks’ is ‘On Hiatus’

Fashion News Roundup: The Year in Pippa Middleton’s Butt, Liya Kebede Covers Harper’s Bazaar Spain, and J.Crew’s ‘Jenna’s Picks’ is ‘On Hiatus’

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Carolina Herrera to receive Honorary Degree From FIT: The designer will walk the stage with the graduating class of 2012, to receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree. No student loan debt required. {WWD subscription required}

HuffPost Style Takes a Look Back at the Year in Pippa Middleton’s Butt: Get out your magnifying glasses, folks, The Huffington Post has 17 slides of Pippa Middleton’s derrière, which we think looked best on April 29, 2011 {HuffPost Style}

Get Advice from Gilt Founders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis: The BFFs and business partners answer all your questions about doing business with your friends and frenemies. {Buzzfeed/Shift}

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Friday February 17th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Alexa Chung is Officially an Ambassador of UK Fashion, Carine Roitfeld’s New Mag, and Check Out the NYFW (NSFW) Streaker
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Alexa Chung is Officially an Ambassador of UK Fashion, Carine Roitfeld’s New Mag, and Check Out the NYFW (NSFW) Streaker

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Alexa Chung Named Newest BFC Style Ambassador: She’s long been the stye ambassador to our hearts, but now Alexa Chung can add yet another title to her growing list of fashionable ventures. The British Fashion Council has named the influential Brit It-Girl their ‘Young Style Ambassador,’ as which she will “promote British fashion design talent to a global market.” While it seems to us that Chung already does that job quite well, it never hurts to make things official. {Elle UK}

Parsons Students Compete in International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week: The first ever International Fashion Showcase is happening now at London Fashion Week, with young designers from 19 different countries competing against each other for the Emerging Talent Award. Representing the US is a group of MFA students from Parsons, showing a collection titled “Lost Time is Never Found Again.” {Racked}

Carine Roitfeld Working with V on New Project? We’ve been anxious to hear about Carine’s latest project following her departure from French Vogue, and now WWD is speculating that her new magazine may be in collaboration with V Magazine. Though Carine herself has yet to comment, she’s already guest-edited an issue of the fashion mag and has reportedly been seen around the V office a lot lately… {WWD}

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Tuesday February 14th, 2012

What We Saw Today at New York Fashion Week, Day 6
Fall 2012 New York

What We Saw Today at New York Fashion Week, Day 6

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After six days of fashion week, we are still going strong. (A lot of Valentine’s Day chocolate is definitely helping carry us along.)

Today we took in shows from Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Diesel Black Gold, and saw quite a few girls in leopard coats – on and off the runway.

Check our our pictures from today to see New York Fashion Week from our perspective.

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Published at 10:04 PM

Thursday January 12th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Babies’ Clothing Line, Kate Moss’ Rimmel London Lipsticks Make US Debut, and a Bald Barbie May Be in the Works
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Babies’ Clothing Line, Kate Moss’ Rimmel London Lipsticks Make US Debut, and a Bald Barbie May Be in the Works

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Dolce and Gabbana Deny Discrimination Charges: After being accused of discriminatory practices barring Hong Kong residents from snapping photos outside their Tsim Sha Tsui store, Dolce and Gabbana has released a statement assuring the population that they are indeed not prejudiced. “Controversial statements reported in the Hong Kong press have not been made by Dolce & Gabbana nor its staff, and we strongly reject any racist or derogatory comments…we wish to underline that our company has not taken part in any action aimed at offending the Hong Kong public.” {WWD (subscription required)}

Isaac Mizrahi to Launch Clothing Line for Babies: Taking cues from Lanvin and Versace, Isaac Mizrahi is expanding his brand and designing for mini fashionistas! The 25-piece collection, fit for only the chicest of drooling, pulverized-carrot-throwing babies, will debut this fall in department stores. {WWD (Subscription required)}

Kate Moss for Rimmel London Comes to America: The supermodel chose five random colors designed a five piece collection of lipsticks for Rimmel London, set to drop stateside this week. {ELLE}

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Sunday November 20th, 2011

Tuesday November 8th, 2011

The Top Ten Best Dressed from Glamour‘s Women of the Year Awards
Best Dressed

The Top Ten Best Dressed from Glamour‘s Women of the Year Awards

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Last night we headed over to Carnegie Hall for a night of inspiration, heart-warming speeches and, most importantly, girl power. For those of you who don’t know, we are of course talking about Glamour‘s Women of the Year awards.

The annual event, which honors extraordinary women, this year doled out awards to the year’s standout stars–from the most talked about songstresses like Lea Michele and J.Lo to the visionaries who truly changed the world, such as Egypt’s “Facebook Girl” and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, as well as legends like feminist Gloria Steinem.

While the there were too many wise words to count (Arianna Huffington reminding us that “failure is just a stepping stone to success,” Gloria Steinem assuring us that there is life after 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, “life is just one big surprise”) we’ve managed to at least narrow down the night’s best dressed. Though with ladies as remarkable as these, that too was a challenge. Click through to see the best dressed from the night.

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Wednesday September 28th, 2011

Behind the Scenes with Liya Kebede at the Shoot for Lem Lem’s Resort Look Book
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Behind the Scenes with Liya Kebede at the Shoot for Lem Lem’s Resort Look Book

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Earlier this month, I got the chance to escape the craziness that is the fashion schedule and kick it with Liya Kebede down in Montauk where she was shooting her latest look book for her line Lem Lem. And it was hard not to feel like I’d really escaped the city, seeing as how the set–Chandelier Creative’s Montauk surf shack–was festooned with ten blow-up swans who were enjoying the ocean view along with the models.

It was the perfect setting for a collection grounded in easy, beachy woven pieces–the look we’ve come to know and love from Lem Lem. This season, though, Kebede had more in mind than just the beach: “Now we’re making it more city with little shorts and dresses.”

Lem Lem was established to save weaving artisan enclaves in Kebede’s native Ethiopia–but has since become a fashion industry favorite, even nabbing one of J.Crew’s coveted “In Good Company” partnerships.

Still, at its heart, Lem Lem is all about empowering the Ethiopian artisans it in employs.

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Tuesday June 21st, 2011

Liya Kebede is the New Face of L’Oreal
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Liya Kebede is the New Face of L’Oreal

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Liya Kebede will join L’Oreal Paris as a spokesmodel and global brand ambassador, the cosmetics brand announced today.

The prolific model has tons of editorials and a few ad campaigns under her belt, but this is her first gig as an ambassador for a major brand, unless you count the World Trade Organization, for whom Kebede was nominated as Goodwill Ambassador, before establishing the Liya Kebede Foundation to raise money and provide healthcare material for a hospital in Ethiopia. Kebede has also dipped her foot into acting with roles in The Good Shepherd and Desert Flower.

Kebede, who despite other projects, is known primarily for modeling, joins L’Oreal’s roster of comparatively bigger celebrities like Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Julianna Margulies and Freida Pinto, with whom, according to IMDB, Kebede just completed a film.

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Fashion News Roundup: Weird Al’s Born This Way, a Music Muse Spread and the Latest Carine Rumors
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Weird Al’s Born This Way, a Music Muse Spread and the Latest Carine Rumors

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W’s Music Muse Spread: An awesome photo slide show from the magazine’s current issue captures fashion designers with their musical inspirations. Amazing pairs include Rodarte and Kanye, M.I.A. and Donatella Versace, Karl and Janelle Monae (Lagerfeld’s quote: “And Janelle rhyme’s with Chanel, no?”). {W}

Carine Roitfeld To Launch An Independent Magazine? Forget about French Harper’s Bazaar. The latest rumor swirling around Paris is that the stylist might launch her own indie magazine. Sounds similar to what Olivier Zahm was spewing at New York Fashion Week last February. {Hint}

Weird Al Parodies Born This Way: It’s hilarious, especially since Al’s head is digitally fixed onto a male dancer’s body and sort of bobbles. {Styleite}

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Tuesday March 8th, 2011

Brad Goreski Launches a Blog!
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Brad Goreski Launches a Blog!

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Fans of Brad Goreski are getting another chance to peek inside his world. Rachel Zoe’s former assistant, who recently scored Jessica Alba as a client, has launched a blog, aptly named Brad’s Blog.

The stylist’s first post features images from the March InStyle spread he edited–featuring Liya Kebede in Spring 2011 Jil Sander–as well as his Details shoot with Christian Slater. (Who looks really hot in the photo, by the way. Seriously.)

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Tuesday December 28th, 2010

Fashion News Roundup: Piers Morgan Tried To “Woo” Grace Coddington, Anja Rubik and Liya Kebede Star In Lacoste’s New Ad Campaign and Victoria Beckham To Move To NYC?
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Piers Morgan Tried To “Woo” Grace Coddington, Anja Rubik and Liya Kebede Star In Lacoste’s New Ad Campaign and Victoria Beckham To Move To NYC?

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Piers Morgan Has Got a Thing for Grace Coddington: Well, who doesn’t? Apparently the CNN host, who is set to take over for Larry King on January 17, approached Coddington at the Waverly Inn recently to tell her that she was his “idol” but Coddington couldn’t place him. “You had me in your magazine, remember?” he told her. “Then she remembered. Or pretended to,” Morgan told Page Six. {Page Six}

The Barbie Doll’d Up Nails Digital Nail Printer Looks Awesome and We Want One: We love some good nail art and this Barbie contraption can churn out some pretty impressive (and seasonal!) designs. {StyleList}

Anja Rubik and Liya Kebede Star In Lacoste’s Spring Campaign: For the past five years Lacoste’s campaigns have used the same tagline, “Un Peu d’Air Sur Terre” (“a little air on the ground”) but they’re switching it up this spring with a new line: “Unconventional Chic.” The campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, features Anja Rubik, Liya Kebede, Jon Kortajarena, and Noah Mills wearing white polos over black eveningwear. {The Cut}

Beckhams to the Big Apple: The Beckham clan might relocate to NYC, in part, for Victoria’s fashion career. {Racked}

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