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Friday August 12th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Jay-Z and Kanye’s Fashion Filled Lyrics, an Excerpt From Tyra Banks’ Book, and the True Identity of @CondeElevator Remains a Mystery
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Jay-Z and Kanye’s Fashion Filled Lyrics, an Excerpt From Tyra Banks’ Book, and the True Identity of @CondeElevator Remains a Mystery

The Identity Of @CondeElevator Remains a Mystery: Lucky editor and Fashionista contributor John Jannuzzi was accused of being the Conde employee behind this week’s Twitter obsession, but let the records show, it’s simply not true! In other Conde Nast elevator news, WWD remembers Gawker’s Elevator Chronicles back in 2003, where employees blogged about their elevator encounters with Anna Wintour. {Lucky and WWD, Subscription Required}

The Revival of Rent Gets a Costume Upgrade: The musical’s original costume designer, Angela Wendt, updated her creations for the new Off-Broadway production by garnering inspiration from designers like Viktor & Rolf. {Styleite}

Jay-Z and Kanye Rap About Fashion A Lot on Watch The Throne: Margiela, Gucci, Dries, Christian Louboutin, and Hermes all get shout outs on the album. {MTVStyle}

Breaking News–Rachel Zoe Never Wears Sneakers: Obviously. {People StyleWatch}

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Thursday August 4th, 2011

Watch: Adorable Toddlers Being Adorable in Gucci’s Fall/Winter Kids Collection
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Watch: Adorable Toddlers Being Adorable in Gucci’s Fall/Winter Kids Collection

We love high-end designer kids collections simply for things like this: normal little kids who probably have no idea what Gucci is wearing their clothes and, you know, playing around with some sort of giant mythical Gucci dog/bear hybrid animal. The kids are dressed in Gucci’s fall/winter ’11 collection, which was inspired by the English countryside according to creative director Frida Giannini. We love the girl with the bangs’ outfits–a red coat with black patent leather boots and, later, a white shift dress, which she wears while holding hands with a little boy in a black tuxedo. Aren’t they a little young to be getting married?

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Friday July 29th, 2011

Rachel Zoe Talks Lipstick, Designing a Kids Collection and Dressing for Spit-Up
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Rachel Zoe Talks Lipstick, Designing a Kids Collection and Dressing for Spit-Up

Rachel Zoe may have her hands full with her four-month old baby boy Skyler, but that doesn’t mean she’s slowing down. She’s taken on a new project as the brand ambassador for new beauty line Exude, in addition to talking about designing a kids line and somewhere down the road, even launching her own beauty line.

It was the technology behind Exude’s first product, their lipstick, that drew the superstar stylist in. “I’ve been obsessed with lipstick since I was 10–I feel naked without it,” said Zoe. “I was skeptical [of Exude] at first, but then I was like, it’s kind of amazing.” Exude is a lipstick that’s applied more like a gloss. The color is contained within a special crystal applicator (shaped like lipstick) that protects the product so it never melts or breaks and is applied evenly every time. “There’s no wasted product and it’s not messy,” said Zoe of the lipstick, which will launch officially in October and retail at $29.00.

Of course, having just watched Zoe’s Nightline special “Mommywood,” where she said she wants to design her own childrens line, we had just a few more questions.

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Thursday July 28th, 2011

Rachel Zoe is Designing a Kids Line

Rachel Zoe is Designing a Kids Line

Yesterday, we showed you this advanced clip from ABC’s Nightline in which new mom Rachel Zoe gave a fairly mind-blowing tour of her four-month old baby boy’s gigantic walk-in closet. The contents? Tod’s loafers, custom Missoni sweaters and a leather Gucci bomber jacket–just to name a few.

Apparently, Rachel thinks there are still some holes in Skyler’s wardrobe. In the full “Mommywood” episode, which aired last night, the stylist and designer revealed that she’s working on a kids clothing line.

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Wednesday July 27th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Amar’e Stoudemire to Launch a Fashion Site, Tom Ford’s UK Boutique, and Kellen Lutz’s Steamy Ad Campaign
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Amar’e Stoudemire to Launch a Fashion Site, Tom Ford’s UK Boutique, and Kellen Lutz’s Steamy Ad Campaign

Amar’e Stoudemire is Launching a Website About Sports….and Fashion: Stoudemire, Anna Wintour’s favorite Knick, will launch the site on Bigleadsports.com. {NY Post}

Recession Be Damned, LVMH is Raking It In: The luxury conglomerate has seen an impressive increase in sales for the first half of 2011. Louis Vuitton and Dom Perignon were among the group’s top performers. {Vogue UK}

DVF, Rebecca Taylor, Elie Tahari, and More Design Bikes for New York Fashion Week: The bikes will be part of a share program and fashion people will be able to pick them up in the Garment District. The days of fighting over cabs and trekking down subway steps in heels are over. This fashion week, we’ll see you in the bike lane! {WWD, Subscription Required}

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Friday July 22nd, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Robert Pattinson’s Haircut, Lily Collins as Snow White and Rachel Zoe’s Tumblr
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Robert Pattinson’s Haircut, Lily Collins as Snow White and Rachel Zoe’s Tumblr

Thakoon is lauching e-commerce today. Elisa Sednaoui, Constance Jablonski, and Helena Christensen pick their favorite looks from the collection that we’ll soon be able to shop! {Style.com}

R-Pattz Rocks a Half-Shave: Ladies aren’t the only ones who can shock the world by chopping off their locks for film roles. The usually well-coiffed Robert Pattinson shaved half his head for his role in the upcoming film Cosmopolis, which is apparently about “a young man who makes an odyssey across Manhattan in order to get a haircut.” Wait, really? {People Style Watch}

Rachel Zoe launched a Tumblr! The mega stylist/reality TV star jumped on the Tumblr bandwagon yesterday. So far, the content is mostly about her clothing line, including a behind-the-scenes video. She must have found out about ours and realized she needed to get on it. We’ll totally follow you, Rach! {Rachel Zoe}

Prince Harry’s alleged girlfriend is in a look book: Florence Brudenell-Bruce, Prince Harry’s lingerie-modeling maybe-girlfriend got another modeling gig. She stars in the fall/winter ’11 look book for Anonymous by Ross+Bute. Some of the stuff is actually kinda cute. {Huffington Post}

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Friday July 15th, 2011

Thursday June 30th, 2011

You Can Shop Rachel Zoe’s Clothing Line Now at Neiman Marcus and Win a $2,500 Gift Card and Meet Rachel and Ken Downing
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You Can Shop Rachel Zoe’s Clothing Line Now at Neiman Marcus and Win a $2,500 Gift Card and Meet Rachel and Ken Downing

Rachel Zoe’s clothing line is really happening! And Zoe is most likely going to make a lot of money off of it. It’s been picked up by Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Shopbop, Nordstrom, Saks, Intermix, Kirna Zabête, and Selfridges. The collection of fall apparel, footwear and handbags is officially set to launch on August 1 to coincide with the premiere of The Rachel Zoe Project. However, just by liking Neiman Marcus on Facebook, you are granted access to shop the full collection on NeimanMarcus.com. However, if you want to be entered win a $2,500 gift card and a private meeting with Rachel and Ken Downing, you’ll have to do a little more.

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Tuesday June 28th, 2011

Little Skyler Morrisson Berman Is Already A Mini Rachel Zoe
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Little Skyler Morrisson Berman Is Already A Mini Rachel Zoe

I guess we saw this coming. Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman’s three-month old baby boy already has a limited edition Missoni stroller and what appears to be a Missoni baby blanket. Last week, Zoe was photographed buying baby Skyler a pinstriped suit jacket and baby blue pinstriped shorts at some children’s clothing boutique in L.A. And most recently, PopSugar caught baby Zoe leaving Barneys with his mom looking very hip in a pair of his own black round-lense sunglasses. I never knew babies wore sunglasses. But if any baby were to wear sunglasses, it would be this baby.

One of L.A.’s youngest paparazzi targets, Skyler already knows the importance of stylish eyewear. Hopefully, this is only the beginning.

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Wednesday June 22nd, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: An Interview With Tavi, an American Apparel Commercial Featuring Break Dancing Kids, and a Defense of Our Controversial Sao Paulo Post
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: An Interview With Tavi, an American Apparel Commercial Featuring Break Dancing Kids, and a Defense of Our Controversial Sao Paulo Post

Beauty Trucks Are the New Food Trucks: The beauty brand Fresh will be handing out free tubes of their Sugar Lip Treatment from a pink truck in New York City tomorrow and this Saturday. Follow their Twitter (@FreshFounder) to find the truck’s exact locale. {Style.com}

Tavi Talks Jane Pratt and Summer Wardrobe Plans: The blogger, who just completed her first post for Pratt’s new website, xoJane, says that she hates summer dressing but she is, however, excited to wear her swim suit with an astronaut on it. {Stylelist}

In Defense Of Our Criticized Sao Paulo Fashion Week Post: Our own Leah Chernikoff has received some backlash from Brazil this week for her post, “The Top Ten Most Outrageous Looks From Sao Paulo Fashion Week”–apparently lots of people didn’t see it for what it was: fun and silly. The blog Made in Brazil has come to her defense, citing the many favorable reviews Chernikoff wrote about the designers seen during the week. {Made in Brazil}

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Thursday May 26th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Andrej Pejic On His Censored Dossier Cover, the Total Cost of Oprah’s Favs, and a Chanel Bag Made of Beef Jerky
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Andrej Pejic On His Censored Dossier Cover, the Total Cost of Oprah’s Favs, and a Chanel Bag Made of Beef Jerky

Andrej Pejic Speaks Out About His Dossier Cover Controversy: “I think the question really isn’t the gender of the person on the cover, it’s whether it’s porn or it’s art. And clearly, it’s art, so art really should not be censored in a democratic society…But, you know, I have just been named the 98th sexiest woman in the world, so it makes the situation a little bit confusing for them.” {The Cut}

Adding Up Oprah’s Favorite Things: Tracie Egan Morrissey had the genius idea to tally up the total cost of Oprah’s Favorite Things, the prizes she gives away during her holiday bonanza. The price tag? A whopping $23.8 million. {Jezebel}

Prada Is Worth $15 Billion: The company had record sales in 2010 with a 150.4% surge in profits, and have totaled up its estimated worth in preparation for their stock exchange debut–they will make the list in Hong Kong on June 17, followed by London, Milan, and New York. {WWD subscription required}

Beef Jerky Chanel: Someone made a Chanel 2.55 out of beef jerky and it actually looks really good. {Racked}

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