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A Breakdown of All the Weird Shit Nicki Minaj Was Wearing at the VMA’s

By Dhani Mau Monday, Aug 29, 2011 / 4:45 PM

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Not surprisingly, one of the MTV Video Music Awards‘ most over-the-top ensembles belonged to best hip hop video winner Nicki Minaj. As you may have noticed, there was a lot going on and very little of it made any sense.

Was Queens-bred Nicki Minaj paying homage to this weekend’s hurricane by dressing like one…that took place in, I don’t know, a four-year old Japanese girl’s bedroom? We’re pretty sure Minaj’s strategy was to pile on as many Harajuku-esque accessories she could find–perhaps with the goal of outdoing Gaga, who, dressed as Jo Calderone, actually wore the most simple outfit of the night and therefore couldn’t be outdone. Still, Minaj gave us lots to talk about with the eclectic assortment of things that comprised what we guess can be called an outfit. So, we did a breakdown of every decipherable thing that was on the self-proclaimed Harajuku Barbie’s body last night (we counted 15 but we’re sure there’s more):

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Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day: MTV Liked That Abercrombie & Fitch ‘PR Stunt’

By Dhani Mau Friday, Aug 19, 2011 / 11:45 AM

It’s a clever PR stunt, we’d love to work with them on other ways they can leverage ‘Jersey Shore’ to reach the largest youth audience on television.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Linda Evangelista’s Child Support Demands, Chloe Moretz As a ’50s Gang Leader and Happy 30th Anniversary MTV!

Watch: Chloe Moretz Stars In A Stylish Music Video, Directed By Drew Barrymore: This star-studded video for Best Coast’s “Our Deal” channels West Side Story and the cult documentary Style Wars and is absolutely the coolest with teddy boy-inspired fashion, forbidden love and break dancing fight scenes. There’s even an accompanying behind-the-scenes video with the stylist Alicia Lombardini. {MTV Style}

Karlie Kloss and Joe Jonas are NOT Dating: Kloss told Life & Style the two are not an item but that “we’re really great friends, and I do love him as a person.” Dash all our hopes, why don’t you. {Vogue UK}

Linda Evangelista Wants $46,000 a Month in Child Support From François Pinault: In one of the biggest support demands ever to hit family court, Evangelista is asking PPR head Pinault, who was only recently revealed as her baby daddy, for 46K in child support for their 4-year-old son. {NY Post}

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Look Book

Lauren Conrad’s New Line, Paper Crown: The Complete Look Book

After MTV dropped Lauren Conrad’s reality show for being “too high brow,” Conrad lost a lot of potential publicity for her forthcoming contemporary line, Paper Crown. The show was to follow the making of Paper Crown, a la The September Issue (not The Hills). We wondered what would become of Conrad’s Paper Crown without the help of MTV, but a fall 2011 landed in our inbox late last night, so it looks like the collection will be in stores come fall.

The collection is sweet, just like Conrad, and we could picture her in every piece–which, considering her sizable fan base, is a very good thing. Judging from the look book, Conrad’s first attempt at a contemporary priced collection is a vast improvement from her lackluster collections for Kohl’s. It reminds us a little of Elizabeth and James only skewed younger. Paper Crown features on-trend basics like leather shorts, silk blouses in blush tones, slouchy blazers, tight cocktail dresses, tiered ruffled maxi dresses (a Conrad staple) and short, flouncy, belted dresses.

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Entertainment

MTV Pulls Plug on Lauren Conrad’s New Reality Show Because It Was “Too High Brow”

MTV, the network that made Lauren Conrad a star, has confirmed they will not air her new reality show, which focused on her forthcoming contemporary line, Paper Crown.

“We decided not to go ahead with the show,” David Janollari, Head of Programming for MTV, told EW.com. “She did do a pilot. There were talks about whether we could somehow manage to put together a special based on that footage but that’s also a big question mark based on her interest in that and the finances…It was a great attempt but it just didn’t feel like a perfect fit for us now.”

It’s news that seems to have come to a shock to Conrad, who talked up the show in her Teen Vogue cover story a few months ago, saying it was inspired by The September Issue. “The Hills was shot with three or four cameras; things like entrances and exits were reshot; and if there were sound issues, we were asked to repeat what we just said,” Conard said. “This show is going to have a smaller crew, and they’ll just be following us around. It’s going to have a rougher feel, but I think the end result is going to be more true.”

Seems MTV wanted more Hills and less R.J. Cutler. Conrad has issued the following statement regarding MTV’s decision to kill the show:

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Entertainment

Kelly Cutrone is Casting Her New MTV Show; Here’s Who She’s Looking For

We knew that Kelly Cutrone, who has become the beloved Dr. Phil-esque lifestyle guru of the fashion world (as well as an actual correspondent for Dr. Phil), was working a new show but didn’t know much about it.

A casting notice reveals that Cutrone’s new show for MTV will be more like an extension of her role on Dr. Phil than a Kell on Earth redux. Cutrone’s new show will see the PR legend and best-selling author help folks reach their dreams. “Kelly Cutrone…is here to push you to achieve your goals,” reads the casting notice, “She’s been there, and has the know-how to kick your dreams into gear.”

And she’s looking for some dreamers to kick into gear, Cutrone-style, which will probably mean lots of blunt, no-nonsense but loving advice. If you’re 18-23 here’s here’s what you need to know (non-fashion dreamers are welcome to apply, too):

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Lauren Conrad Returns, The Death of SATC, & A Lone Bedbug At Bloomies

Designer Catherine Walker Passes Away: Catherine Walker, the designer best known for dressing Princess Diana, has died after a long battle with breast cancer. Walker designed over 1,000 dresses for Princess Diana including the black dress she was buried in. {Catwalk Queen}

Bloomingdale’s Finds a Bedbug: Bloomingdale’s released a statement on Friday admitting that they found one bedbug in its flagship store. Yes, just one bedbug. According to the release, they’ve taken care of the bedbug and will not be closing the store. While experts said the chances of finding only one bedbug is rare, they also said that the lone bedbug could’ve fallen off of someone’s clothes. {The Cut}

Lauren Conrad is Back: Lauren Conrad has just signed a deal with MTV in which she will star in her own show. The new show will follow her on her many business ventures including the development of her new contemporary line. {Racked}

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Entertainment

Rumor: MTV Has Canceled The City

Rumor has it that MTV has canceled (seemingly) successful scripted reality series The City. The current season, which airs on Tuesdays at 10.30pm EST, will be its last.

The City, a spin-off of the The Hills, which was a spin-off of Laguna Beach, documents the “life” of Whitney Port, a young designer trying to make it in New York. It mostly takes place at real-life fashion industry companies, including Kelly Cutrone‘s public relations firm People’s Revolution and Elle magazine, where main characters Erin Kaplan and Olivia Palermo “work.” (Kaplan does indeed work full time at Elle, Palermo does not.)

In general, we’re a bit surprised by this news.

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Fashion Is Fun

Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze & More at X-Girl’s 1994 Fashion Show

Our dear friend Chris sent this over last night, and we’ve already watched it about ten times. Cindy Crawford’s on the beach in a black bikini introducing an MTV news segment featuring Kim Gordon’s new collecion, X-Girl. Sofia Coppola and Spike Jonze (who’s labeled ‘Event Planner’) talk about how their friend Marc Jacobs just threw [...]

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Say It Ain’t So

Last night, Refinery29 tweeted the death of It’s On With Alexa Chung: It’s Off With Alexa Chung…her show got cancelled. ☹ ☹ Then they added: …or so we heard from a little birdie. We thought the show was doing well, MTV picked up the second season just a couple of months ago and moved the [...]

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A Fashioned Panel

You must’ve read about the unemployed twins from Ohio in this weekend’s New York Times by now. If not, you can here, here or here. Anyway, this one’s for them. On Wednesday, October 28th, Ladies Lotto, a networking group for professional women, is hosting a panel called Behind the Beast. A panel of experts, including [...]

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Kanye West, Designer

To be honest, I’d pretty much forgotten that Kanye West was going to do his own line, Pastelle. But apparently it’s finally arrived. At this point, the man’s ego and mouth pretty much overshadow any professional endeavor he takes on. In spite of myself, I still love his music, but that’s about it–well, when he [...]

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