Our Fashionista March Madness competition is heating up! Yesterday, Marc Jacobs and Prada triumphed in their respective cities.
Today, Christopher Kane takes on mega-power Burberry in London and Celine takes on Raf Simons’s winning streak at Dior to finish of the Elite Eight.
Humor Chic is a blog that has been sending up the fashion industry for years–and now, it’s calling out carbon copy designs.
Issa almost went bankrupt a few years back due to Kate Middleton and a certain little blue jersey wrap dress… {Vogue UK}
Get ready to simultaneously swoon and cringe: Ryan Lochte’s E! reality show now has a full trailer. {E! Online}
As Victoria Beckham says “Goodbye” to singing, rumors are floating around that the Spice Girls are planning to hold a reality show competition for the next Posh Spice. Obviously we’re trying out. {Gossip Cop}
You can count rapper and nouveau fashion icon A$AP Rocky as a gay rights activist. {Interview}
From Chinatown’s Pearl River Mart to luxury stores all around the world: Who would have thought this $5 plaid nylon shopper would be so inspirational to designers like Marc Jacobs and Phoebe Philo?
Phoebe Philo doesn’t need to the turn on the charm while safely nestled in the good graces of the fashion establishment. Her weird furry slippers (furkenstocks) were the ultimate must-have seconds after hitting the spring runway.
But despite the British designer’s ability to “do no wrong,” charm us she did for Fall 2013.
Phoebe Philo’s evolution of luxurious simplicity continued at Céline for Pre-Fall 2013.
This weekend in Paris, Chloe celebrated its 60th birthday with the opening of a retrospective exhibit called Chloé.ATTITUDES at the Palais de Tokyo.
Having only a sense of what Chloe looks like under the creative direction of ’70s-leaning minimalist cool girls–from Stella McCartney to to Phoebe Philo to Hannah MacGibbon to Clare Waight Keller–I was surprised to see how whimsical and how much of a sense of humor the label had under earlier designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Maxime de La Falaise. A white v-neck bathing suit with a pineapple on the crotch? Why not?
We’re on a bit of a girl power streak lately. We already told you about our favorite ladies who possess both style and substance, and influential female designers; now, we present you with our choices for the most influential women in fashion right now. CNN just put out a list of the “10 Women Who Read more →
The upcoming Costume Institute exhibit and Monday’s Met Ball honors two of fashion’s most beloved women designers: Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. But what about the other female names that have helped to change fashion forever?
Recently, Style.com‘s Nicole Phelps noted that in New York fashion today there is a surprising lack of big-name female designers, which begged the question: “Is it easier to succeed in New York fashion as a man?” Phelps certainly has a point: After all, in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund’s eight year history, the prize has only been awarded to women designers twice.
The dearth of female designers in New York is particularly disheartening, when you consider the important role women have played in shaping fashion’s past and present. From Coco Chanel, to Phoebe Philo, female designers have provided a fresh–and needed–perspective on fashion and in many cases, they changed the industry as we know it.
So, in honor of those women that have blazed the trail in fashion design, we take a look at the 25 most influential female designers, with the help of Parsons’ Francesca Granata and Pratt’s Jennifer Minniti. Click through and get inspired.
As you’ve probably heard, the biggest fashion story of the past year got resolved yesterday when Christian Dior announced that Raf Simons would take over as artistic director of the house, succeeding John Galliano. The news comes only one month after former Dior Homme designer Hedi Slimane was named creative director at Yves Saint Laurent. Read more →
Celine is always one of the hottest tickets to score during Paris Fashion Week, no doubt about it–but this season, access to their mini-show was even more covetable. Because designer Phoebe Philo is due to give birth any day now, the house opted for a small presentation with only a handful of (very, very lucky) editors in attendance. The atmosphere was so cozy that famously tight-lipped Anna Wintour couldn’t help but utter, “Can you please ensure all fashion shows are like this?”, according to the Telegraph.
But just because we weren’t there, doesn’t mean we can’t drool over the collection, a continuation of Philo’s signature minimalism, with a sporty-luxe slant for fall. Silhouettes were roomy, but streamlined (though Cathy Horyn called them “soupy”) and the zipper details and rounded shoulders seemed like a nod to sportswear. The colorblocked and striped looks in blue, orange, white, tan and black were Philo at her best and we can’t wait to see that long coat with the leather lapels start popping up in editorials soon.
Rutgers to Offer Course on Beyoncé: Now here’s a class we wouldn’t have regularly skipped when we were undergrads: a Rutger’s University professor is teaching a course on the significance of Beyoncé Knowles in regards to black feminism, studying her lyrics against the works of historical black female figures like Alice Walker and Sojourner Truth. Her husband, Jay-Z also has a course on him offered at Georgetown University. Next up: A seminar at Wesleyan examining how Blue Ivy Carter paved the way for infant musicians. {Sister 2 Sister}
Megan Fox Will Not Play Elizabeth Taylor: The actress took to Facebook to deny claims that she is in talks with Lifetime producers to play Elizabeth Taylor for their upcoming biopic, Liz and Dick. Looks like Lindsay Lohan might soon be getting some much-needed work after all! {ONTD}
ELLE France Removes Controversial Black Fashion Article: After facing much public scrutiny, ELLE France has removed their ‘Black Fashion Power’ article, which credited the Obamas for finally influencing black people to retire their Apple Bottom jeans, boots with the fur and “[return] to style with a sense of dignity.” ELLE‘s editor claims the article was “misinterpreted” (there seems to be a lot of that going around these days), but we’re pretty sure we got what author Nathalie Dolvio was trying to say the first time. {The Cut}
