New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week.
In this week’s lesson, Steven Meisel takes on an iconic Cecil Beaton photograph.
A perfume has to be an obvious extension of a designer’s aesthetic, and sometimes the bottles and packaging look amazingly similar to looks that have gone down the runway. Don’t believe us? Here are 10 new perfumes and their twins from the runway.
There’s much to be said about John Galliano and his return to fashion.
Fashion industry leaders, like Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta are all for it (it was Wintour, after all, who asked de la Renta to host Galliano in his studio). A select few members of New York’s Jewish community quoted in yesterday’s reactionary New York Post story, are against it. But whatever camp you fall into, there’s certainly a lot to discuss–and that’s precisely what top fashion writers like WWD‘s Bridget Foley, the International Herald Tribune‘s Suzy Menkes and the New York Times‘s Eric Wilson have done today.
No boring gray suits here–or at least not amongst the most buzzed about collections on Tuesday, when minimalist titan Narciso Rodriguez gave a masterclass in exuberant pops of color. The Mulleavy sisters, meanwhile, gave their models the hautest tramp stamps ever (with a little help from Scott Campbell) and Oscar de la Renta had his Read more →
We always look forward to Oscar de la Renta’s shows: they’re posh, often celeb-studded, and full of gorgeous red-carpet-ready gowns. But this season there was even more anticipation leading up to de la Renta’s fall runway show.
At Anna Wintour’s behest, de la Renta has been hosting disgraced Dior designer John Galliano at his atelier for the past three weeks as a “designer in residence.”
Based on reports from WWD, Galliano was believed to be assisting with de la Renta‘s fall collection in some way. How or to what extent was anyone’s guess.
So did we get some answers last night? Sort of.
The Fashionista 50 slideshow. Click through for a bio of each of our picks.
Two more high profile designers are supporting Galliano’s comeback.
Our experts bet that a Kimye kids clothing line is already in the works.
Cathy Horyn and Oscar de la Renta may have had the only beef that literally involved beef, but there were a slew of others this year. Fashion people simply could not just let shit slide.
From drawn out legal battles to ironic graffiti wars, click through to rehash 2012′s biggest fashion beefs.
It looks like Oscar de la Renta and Cathy Horyn are putting their meaty fashion beef to rest. Peace on earth, goodwill to men (and fashion writers), right?
While some outlets mocked the idea of Anna Wintour becoming an ambassador, others (including us) thought she’d make a great ambassador, if she were interested, which she probably isn’t.
Oscar de la Renta, on the other hand, thinks the White House would have to up their offer to snag Wintour.
This week Grazia Daily runs an exclusive look at a day in the life of the muse, mascot and Twitter celeb Choupette Lagerfeld. Oh, and his pet, Karl. The 40 (yes, 40!) shots come from Karl’s personal collection and are purrr-etty comprehensive. Choupette is also on the cover of the new issue. Fame whore. {Grazia Daily}
The good news keeps flowing in for the Emmy-nominated Lea Michelle. The Candie’s spokesmodel just snagged a $1 million contract to be the face of L’Oreal. {New York Post}
Now that former Marie Claire EIC Joanna Coles is getting comfortable in her new gig at Cosmopolitan it seems she’s looking for some company from her old friends. Coles has reportedly poached Marie Claire executive editor Joyce Chang and entertainment editor Dana Stern to join her at Cosmo. {Page Six}
