For magazines, having Jennifer Aniston on your cover guarantees brisk newsstand sales. And Lauren Conrad is a pretty sure bet, too. But why do these two particular celebs fare so well, leaving Rihanna and Taylor Swift in the dust?
Rihanna and Taylor Swift may have been at the top of their fame game in 2012–both released new albums, courted controversy in their love lives, and were damn near inescapable–but apparently people didn’t really care to see them on the cover of fashion glossies.
Both starlets were newsstand duds, according to the Alliance for Audited Media’s annual report of the best and worst selling glossy covers. So which cover stars did boost sales?
Riccardo Tisci is dressing Rihanna for her current tour. Expect to see “couture goggles,” thigh high boots, and a gold bullet motif. Obviously.
And That’s a Wrap! Another fashion month comes to an end. But let’s remember the best things from Paris fashion week, shall we? Here are our 10 favorite collections, 10 the critics liked most, and the trends you’ve got to try this fall.
Modern Beauty: From real-hair rosettes to gemstone ear cuffs and the sparkliest eyes we’ve ever seen, here were the 10 most innovative beauty looks from the Parisian runways.
The Five Fashion Commandments: From wearing thine coat as a cape to donning white shoes in winter, thou shalt abide by these five commandments of editor style. We’ll show you how!
Rihanna’s Stylist Rih-veals All: Is there anything Rihanna won’t wear? And how does Kanye West fit into the picture? The popstar’s stylist Mel Ottenberg tells gives us the scoop.
Another week, another group of celebrities to give us wardrobe (or designer borrowing privilege) envy.
Rihanna thanked Prada for her custom boots like anyone else would–by Instagramming a pic of her bare ass. {NYPost}
Taylor Swift covers April’s InStyle UK and admits to the glossy that she’s afraid of ending up alone. {Daily Mail}
Speaking of Swifty, Tina Fey feels that her joke about TayTay’s dating life at the Golden Globes was “very benign,” despite the fact that it upset the pop starlet. {US Weekly}
When was the last time you saw Rihanna not looking incredible? Ok, druggy Instagram pics excluded. We can’t remember and that’s all thanks to her current stylist Mel Ottenberg.
Last night, at Opening Ceremony’s launch of Rihanna for River Island and a RIHtrospective of Rihanna’s best looks, we caught up with Ottenberg to chat about how he came to be Rihanna’s stylist, his inspiration for her look, and what he thinks about her detractors.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Silver Linings Playbook sports bra sold at auction for $3,175. Responsible spending at its finest! {HuffPo}
Rih-wind! In addition to carrying Rihanna’s River Island line, Opening Ceremony in New York will host an exhibit of the popstar’s seven most memorable outfits evah. {WWD}
Just try not to turn your head/computer sideways while looking at Vogue Italia’s March cover. {Vogue Italia}
A running start: Nike has pledged $50 million towards Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move! Active Schools” initiative. {WWD}
Bad bitch of the moment Rihanna and Kate Moss’s sexy V cover story is finally here! Rihanna explains why she leaked the photos back in November and both ladies tell us how they met.
Rihanna, who just showed her River Island collection at London fashion week (and who turns 25 today!), is hooking up with another big name brand for a collaboration: She’s doing a multi-season makeup collection with MAC, called Riri [Hearts] MAC.
The multi, multi-talented Karl Lagerfeld used acid and fire to etch portraits into giant glass panels for his latest art exhibit in Switzerland. He would. {WWD}
Startling and unsettling statistics: Jezebel’s extensive research shows that New York’s runways were less racially diverse than previous seasons, and a number of brands had no models of color at all. {Jezebel}
Greetings, Earthlings! Was Sarah Jessica Parker the victim of an alien-esque Photoshop fail on her March cover of Harper’s Bazaar China? {HuffPo}
They found love… Sports Illustrated model and Adam Levine ex Anne Vyalitsyna has apparently moved on to dating DJ and Rihanna collaborator Calvin Harris. {US Weekly}
Page Six has an item about its new favorite person, John Galliano, leaving New York. Apparently it was a process that took many hours, many vehicles, and many many Louis Vuitton luggage bags and hat boxes. {Page Six}
Gwyneth Paltrow wants to build an empire just like Jessica Simpson’s. So says a “source.” {Us Weekly}
Kate Bosworth and Topshop are up to something. That’s about all we know. {Belfast Telegraph}
It was only a matter of time until a fashion “Harlem Shake” video hit the interwebs. See how Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn and Rosie Tapner get down. {YouTube}
