New York Magazine

10 Things We Learned About Jenna Lyons From Her New York Magazine Profile

New York magazine’s fall fashion issue features a lengthy profile on J. Crew president, Jenna Lyons.

When I started reading it I thought I couldn’t admire Lyons any more than I already do – she worked her way up in a national company and revitalized J. Crew from a fuddy-duddy lady brand into the coolest thing for ladies of all ages. But lo and behold, there were a slew of facts about the California native that even the most obsessed Lyons follower wouldn’t have known.

So click through to find out more about Jenna Lyons. (Bonus fact: Her workspace is cooler than yours… and ours too.)

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Magazines

Editorial Musical Chairs: New Editors at i-D, GQ Style, Architectural Digest and More

This week in Editorial Musical Chairs, two former T employees found new jobs. Bifen Xu, formerly T‘s associate fashion editor, has been named fashion editor at New York Magazine. T‘s former fashion market editor Melissa Ventosa Martin is now style director at Glamour.

Town & Country snapped up W‘s Jamie Rosen to fill Janet Carlson’s position as beauty director. Town & Country‘s former beauty and health editor (which is different from beauty director) Nina Judar was named Good Housekeeping‘s beauty director.

WSJ‘s new EIC Deborah Needleman brought on another former Domino staffer–Lauren Goodman–to consult on fashion coverage for the Wall Street Journal‘s new lifestyle section.

Ben Reardon, former editor of i-D has been named editor of British GQ Style. He has been replaced by former deputy editor Holly Shackelton.

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Magazines

Editorial Musical Chairs: Kaplan, Christensen, and More

Since last week’s edition of Editorial Musical Chairs, the most noteworthy and surprising development has been Anne Christensen’s move to Glamour. She just left her fashion director position at T a few weeks ago, reportedly to focus on a freelance career, but instead will be Glamour’s new executive fashion director, effective August 24th. The position was previously held by Xanthipi Joannides, who left the magazine last month.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Olivier Zahm Sexts Through Meetings & Phillip Crangi Answers Man Jewelry Questions

Surprise, Surprise: Olivier Zahm likes to sext during meetings, but sometimes, when that’s not satisfactory enough, he needs to step outside to make a “love call.” And if you’re the girl on the other end of that call and you don’t leave your meeting to answer, he’s offended. {NYMag} Bling Advice: Men and jewelry. If [...]

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Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Fresh Faced: Jessica Biel’s on the cover of Vogue‘s February issue (for Valentine’s Day? Really?). We can’t wait to read “The Tale of an Almost Adultress.” Sounds almost interesting…{BryanBoy} Ford’s Crush: A Single Man star Nicholas Hoult’s in Tom Ford’s spring 2010 eyewear campaign with a very naked Carolyn Murphy. {Fashionologie} Talk of the Town: [...]

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Fashion Shows

NYFW Rewind: Commonwealth Utilities

I skipped the Commonwealth Utilities show. I’m sure it was for something important, but now I can’t remember why and this video makes me wish I was there in what was clearly the manliest room (barber shop?) of all of New York Fashion Week. Even the clothes are nice, though we aren’t digging suit shorts [...]

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Quote of the Day

“I mean, I was there for seventeen years. I didn’t get the job that Anna got. I guess that was my most memorable experience.” –Vera Wang to New York Magazine on her most memorable experience of working at Vogue.

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Nightcap

Nightcap: Fendi Chairs, Rihanna (Almost) & Apple Stem Cells

The Met Ball might have been Monday but the fashion pack just keeps going and going, so we made the three obligatory stops last night and this is what we saw: – At Derek Lam’s store opening, curved glass walls separate different sections of the store – think shoes from bags from dresses from coats [...]

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Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Blonde, Blue-eyed Bores: Vogue labeled Anna Maria Jagodzinska “Natasha Poly” in their backstage video, even though they’re both on the cover of the latest issue and they don’t actually look too much alike. {Style.com} What About Brad?: Rachel Zoe’s turned to Facebook to ask for help to keep her show alive. {New York Mag} Condé [...]

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Fashion Week

Fashion Week Back to TV

We knew there’d be good Fashion Week news eventually: Full Frontal Fashion might’ve been cancelled but you’ll still be able to get a behind-the-scenes look at New York Fashion Week via a new TV show called Videofashion Daily. They’ll be covering shows on and off site – from Rag & Bone in Chelsea to Narciso [...]

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Fall 2009 New York

New York Magazine Scoops Up Lynn

Those of you still worried about what will happen with Lynn Yaeger‘s career, take comfort – She’s been hired by New York magazine to blog Fall 09 Fashion Week. Which means: 1. More of Lynn’s spot-on reactions (all day long!) 2. Mickey can stop looking for a front row buddy But Lynn seems pretty neutral [...]

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Farewell New York Look

WWD announced that New York Magazine’s putting New York Look on hold, indefinitely. The collection-focused supplement comes out twice a year and zeroes in on seasonal highlights including the best clothes, models, moments and shows. The most recent issue, with Anna Selezneva on the cover, documents the Spring 09 collections and could soon serve as [...]

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