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Wednesday May 15th, 2013

How to Win a Trip to the CFDAs, Miranda Kerr Was a Bling Ring Target, and a First Look at Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly
Fashion News Roundup

How to Win a Trip to the CFDAs, Miranda Kerr Was a Bling Ring Target, and a First Look at Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly

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Are you #CFDAready? In honor of the CFDA Fashion Awards, the council is launching an Instagram contest in which users submit their best shots of themselves wearing clothes and accessories from any of the hundreds of CFDA members (full list here), with the hashtag #CFDAready. The winner gets to go to the CFDAs and Instagram it. More details at CFDA.com. {Fashionista Inbox}

Victoria’s Secret Angel Miranda Kerr’s lingerie was a target of the Hollywood teenage crime group (and the subject of Sofia Coppola’s latest film) the Bling Ring. {Vanity Fair}

Here’s Nicole Kidman as Hollywood actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly for Olivier Dahan’s upcoming historical drama, Grace of Monaco. {The Hollywood Reporter}

After much demand, A.P.C. + Nike is back with a second collection of kicks, out today. {A.P.C/Fashionista Inbox}

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Published at 1:30 PM

Monday May 13th, 2013

Monday May 6th, 2013

Pre-Met Ball Partying with Net-a-porter
Parties

Pre-Met Ball Partying with Net-a-porter

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When Net-a-porter throws a party, it goes all out. Saturday night, NAP’s Natalie Massenet, Lucy Yeomans, and Alison Loehnis hosted a pre-Met Ball, pre-Frieze party at Omar’s, the as-yet unopnened private supper club on West 9th St. It was billed as a dinner, but quickly devolved into a several-hours-long cocktail hour with Valentino PR honcho Carlos Souza’s sons serving as DJs. Everyone was there. Literally everyone. From Inez and Vinoodh to Karolina Kurkova to Olivier Theyskens to Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez to Christopher Kane to Olivier Rousting to Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, the guest list was just purely bonkers. You couldn’t blink without bumping into someone you felt embarrassed about bumping into.

I spent the party trying to get the scoop on attendees Met Ball plans and punk pasts.

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Published at 7:30 PM

Sunday April 21st, 2013

Vogue Netherlands in Blackface, Beyoncé’s Many Nipple Outfits, and the Gap Look Book Impresses
Week In Review

Vogue Netherlands in Blackface, Beyoncé’s Many Nipple Outfits, and the Gap Look Book Impresses

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Fashion Just Won’t Quit Blackface: Really, Vogue Netherlands? In 2013 we should not still be seeing blackface in our magazines.

The BB Cream Blind Test: We hold a blind BB cream testing session to find the “cream” of the BB crop. Check out our top three faves.

Beyoncé Takes Center Stage With Nipple Costumes: Fake nipples seem to be a recurring theme on Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. The singer opened her tour last Tuesday in a blinged-out nipple dress by The Blonds, and wore another gold-nippled bodysuit by Ralph & Russo Couture only two days after.

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Published at 4:00 PM

Tuesday April 16th, 2013

Miranda Kerr Models New Qantas Airline Uniforms, Shuts Down Rumors She’s ‘Difficult’
Models

Miranda Kerr Models New Qantas Airline Uniforms, Shuts Down Rumors She’s ‘Difficult’

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It’s hard to make a flight attendant uniform look good. But Aussie airline Qantas figured out a way to do it: The company tapped Victoria’s Secret Angel (yes, she still works for them) Miranda Kerr to model its new uniforms.

Besides strutting the catwalk, Kerr took some time to address those rumors about her being difficult and explain exactly why she’s no longer on contract with VS.

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Published at 11:45 AM

Sunday April 14th, 2013

Marc Jacobs Turns 50, Carine Roitfeld Faces Baby Animal Backlash, and Miranda Kerr Is No Angel
Week In Review

Marc Jacobs Turns 50, Carine Roitfeld Faces Baby Animal Backlash, and Miranda Kerr Is No Angel

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Marc Stripped Down: Marc Jacobs and his buff porn star boyf frolicked nearly nekkid in Rio to celebrate the designer’s 50th–then we celebrated him in our own special (and sadly, more clothed) way.

Spring Into a New Jacket: Put away those down puffer coats ’til October, it’s finally spring! And we’ve found the perfect spring jacket to fit your wardrobe.

Baby Animal Backlash: Carine Roitfeld styled Kate Upton with some adorbs baby animals for a Harper’s Bazaar spread–but readers weren’t too keen on the images. Should Roitfeld stick to chicks from now on?

Doing the Cat Diddy: And speaking of… OMG did you hear that Kate Upton and P. Diddy are like, totally together?

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Published at 4:00 PM

Thursday April 11th, 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker Auctions Carrie Bradshaw’s Shoes, Adele Is Really Rich, and Miranda Kerr Is Too Busy To Be an Angel
Fashion News Roundup

Sarah Jessica Parker Auctions Carrie Bradshaw’s Shoes, Adele Is Really Rich, and Miranda Kerr Is Too Busy To Be an Angel

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Always wondered what it would be like to be in Carrie Bradshaw’s shoes? Daydream no more! Sarah Jessica Parker has donated three pairs of heels that she wore on Sex and the City to a charity auction to raise funds for LaGuardia High School for Music, Art and the Performing Arts in NYC. {New York Daily News}

There’s no “Chasing Pavements” for Adele. The songstress was recently named the UK’s richest young musician—with a fortune of £30 million—for the Sunday Times‘s annual Rich List. {Vogue UK}

Miranda Kerr couldn’t find time to fulfill her Victoria’s Secret Angel duties because she’s too busy signing a deal with an airline and posing for Mango. {New York Post}

Kim Kardashian finds an unlikely ally in renowned journalist and feminist Gloria Steinem, who defends her from the media’s fat-shaming of her pregnant body. {US Weekly}

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Published at 2:45 PM

Wednesday April 10th, 2013

Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring
Fashion News Roundup

Coco Chanel Becomes a Comic, Jeremiah Brent Gets Engaged, and Anna Wintour Is Hiring

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To add to your Coco Chanel biography collection: The Coco Chanel comic, a part of Naïve’s “Grands Destins de Femmes” collection, with illustrations by Bernard Ciccolini and text by Pascale Frey. {Vogue Paris}

Need a new job? Anna Wintour is on the prowl for her new PR director—and she’s turning to the realm of politics and business to find one. {New York Post}

Rachel Zoe’s cutest ex-assistant Jeremiah Brent got engaged Monday to Nate Berkus. Mazel tov, ‘Miah! {US Weekly}

American Apparel’s ads are once again brewing trouble. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is calling the company out for two predictably provocative ads in which the models appeared “vulnerable.” {HuffPo}

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Published at 2:30 PM

Wednesday March 13th, 2013

Cartier Wants Vulgar Knock-Offs to Stop, Abbey Lee Kershaw Gets Naked, and New Details on Michelle Obama’s Rumored Vogue Cover
Fashion News Roundup

Cartier Wants Vulgar Knock-Offs to Stop, Abbey Lee Kershaw Gets Naked, and New Details on Michelle Obama’s Rumored Vogue Cover

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John Malkovich is partnering with Yoox for a capsule under his Technobohemian menswear label. Seriously. {WWD}

Cartier is (unsurprisingly) less-than-happy about the unauthorized line of beanies that turned their name into something naughtier. They’re threatening to see the maker in court–presumably not next Tuesday. (C-U-Next-Tuesday–get it?) {HuffPo}

Michelle Obama is supposedly going to wear Reed Krakoff for her rumored April Vogue cover. {Washington Post}

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Published at 2:15 PM