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Thursday March 14th, 2013

10 Questions for The Rachel Zoe Project and It’s a Brad, Brad World
Recap

10 Questions for The Rachel Zoe Project and It’s a Brad, Brad World

Since The Rachel Zoe Project and It’s a Brad, Brad World are on the same night now, we decided to combine our inquisitive recaps in to one. It’s like a double feature! Read our recaps below, starting with Zoe.

1. Do designers really trust the people who come backstage at their shows and say they loved the collection? What are they going to do, tell the designer to her face that they hated it?

2. Who are all these new people at the Rachel Zoe HQ??? I don’t like not knowing them. And what happened to the random attractive guy from episode one?

3. Is Rachel seriously trying to rock an editor’s cape while carrying a baby?

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Published at 5:31 PM

Monday April 23rd, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Final Fashion Week Dates Announced,  a Brunette Crystal Renn Covers Vogue  Mexico, and Natalia Vodianova Says Skinny is Better Than Fat
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Final Fashion Week Dates Announced, a Brunette Crystal Renn Covers Vogue Mexico, and Natalia Vodianova Says Skinny is Better Than Fat

Catwalk Catfight is Over: After plenty of drama, the CFDA and the BFC have confirmed fashion week dates for the next three years that have left all parties happy(ish). Through September of 2014, NYFW will start the first Thursday of September instead of the second, allowing all other fashion weeks free from conflict of dates. {WWD, sub. req.}

Crystal Renn Covers Vogue Mexico: Proving she looks hot in any hair color, Renn covers the May issue of Vogue Mexico pre-bleaching. We’re big fans of the Ferragamo spring 2012 dress they shot, which feels so perfectly summery. {TFS}

Runaway Royals: Prince Harry attended this year’s London Marathon, where he told the BBC that he had been trying to get a place “for years.” And if it’s up to Harry, he won’t be doing it alone: “What’s fantastic is that my brother and his wife will be doing it next year, I think… He’s going to have to now, isn’t he?” Clarence House denies that Wills and Kate have plans to run – for now, anyway.{Vogue UK}

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Published at 2:15 PM

Thursday April 12th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: There May Still Be Toxins In Your ‘Toxin-Free’ Nail Polish, Miss Universe Pageant Allows Transgender Women to Participate, and Nail Art Popularity Gets Analyzed
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: There May Still Be Toxins In Your ‘Toxin-Free’ Nail Polish, Miss Universe Pageant Allows Transgender Women to Participate, and Nail Art Popularity Gets Analyzed

Toxin-Free Nail Polish Still Contains Toxins: California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control found that several nail polishes claiming to be “3 free” (that’s sans chemicals like formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalate), often contain the toxic ingredients anyway. {Gawker}

Opening Ceremony Brings Vans Era and Kenzo Together For an Awesome Shoe Collaboration: This season, the retailer is offering limited edition Vans Era sneakers printed with Kenzo’s widely praised Spring 2012 print. The problem? They only come in men’s sizes! Can we get someone to fix this, please? {Refinery 29}

Miss Universe Allows Transgender Contestant to Compete: Jenna Talackova, the transwoman who underwent gender reassignment surgery will be allowed to walk in the pageant. Talackova was previously barred from the competition because she was not born female. The competition will now allow anyone who identifies as female to participate. {Jezebel}

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Published at 1:30 PM

Monday August 20th, 2007

Models

Reality Heights: A Model Life Spoiler

We weren’t watching A Model Life on TLC until a few weeks ago, when a certain casting director whispered it could be the one model show where girls actually book jobs. Shocked and cynical, we set our TiVO and eventually started watching. Apparently you did too, since every week we get a flood of emails: Read more →

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Published at 11:00 AM

Thursday March 8th, 2007