A tipster alerted us the other day to an interesting new addition to the official Tokyo Fashion Week calendar: American Apparel. Yep, the controversial purveyors of all things retro and cotton will stage some sort of show during fashion week in Tokyo and we were kind of confused about it. Tokyo Fashion Week has experienced Read more →
W’s Fake Ads by Steven Meisel: In the mags latest issue, Style Director Edward Enninful created a series of fake ads starring Linda Evangelista, Karen Elson, Joan Rivers, ADR and even Toddlers & Tiaras’ Eden Wood modeling various fake clothing and beauty lines. All the edginess, none of the advertising censorship. It’s so good. {W}
Taylor Tomasi-Hill Models for Block Magazine: The flame-haired Marie Claire editor finally gets a chance to shine somewhere other than street style blogs, showing off the best of the fall collections in a really gorgeous (and lengthy!) spread. {Fashion Gone Rogue}
A Gold Sculpture of Kate Moss Doing Yoga Sold For $910,496: I mean, who wouldn’t shell out nearly a million for an 18 karat gold Kate Moss looking like a pretzel? {Vogue UK}
Watch: Behind-The-Scenes At Lanvin’s Spring 2012 Show: Listen to Alber discuss his love of women and watch Karlie Kloss prep herself for the walk down the runway. Plus, up close looks at the ahmazing accessories. {FabSugar}
DKNY’s Million Dollar Perfume Bottle: Dubbed the “DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance Bottle”, it’s designed by jeweler Martin Katz and made of 14-karat yellow and white gold and 2,909 precious stones that form the NYC skyline. It will be sold to benefit the charity Action Against Hunger. {Luxuryes}
Good News For The American Garment Industry: A weak dollar may be bad for travellers, but it’s great for exporting. U.S. brands are moving manufacturing back stateside and both L.A. and New York have seen an increase in apparel manufacturing jobs–800 new jobs in July alone. {WWD}
Dov Charney Is Being Creepy, Again: American Apparel now sells this shirt reading “Teenagers Do It Better,” which goes really nicely with Charney’s multiple sexual harrassment charges (some of which were from actual teenagers). The shirt is a collab with teen mag Electric Youth, also famous for featuring young models in various states of undress. {Styleite}
