OK, so today wasn’t technically day one of Paris fashion week. Anthony Vaccarello started the week off with a bang yesterday–Karlie Kloss‘ first appearance of the season and falling models, oh my!–and Cedric Charlier debuted his first solo collection. But things really got started today. From vintage Zandra Rhodes on the runway for the first Read more →
Gisele Has Angels on her Side: Nearly a week after the big game, this whole Gisele-is-a-poor-sport debacle still has some steam. Days after Giants’ running back Brandon Jacobs told Tom Brady’s supermodel wife to “stay cute and shut up,” Gisele’s former Victoria’s Secret Angel compadres have come to her defense. Quoth Adriana Lima, “Leave her alone!” {Vogue UK}
Fashion 2.0 Awards Winners Announced: The 3rd annual Fashion 2.0 Awards, which honors the fashion brands that have been most innovative in the media and technology, were held in NYC last night by the Style Coalition. Winners of the night included DKNY for Best Twitter, Marc Jacobs for Best Website, and one of our personal favs, Instagram for the Next Big Thing in Tech. The big winners of the night, for the Fashion 2.0 Visionary Award, were Gilt Group co-founders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson. {Fashionista Inbox}
A Burch v. Burch Lawsuit in the Works? Though no law suit has been formally filed, rumors are swirling that Tory Burch is on the verge of suing ex-husband and business partner Christopher for trade infringement over his new venture C. Wonder. Chris is still the co-chairman at Tory Burch, but is looking to sell his stake and continue growing his own businesses. What will happen when the monogrammed ballet flats come off? Watch this space. {WWD subscription required}
Tommy Ton snapped one of our favorite street style bloggers and illustrators, Garance Dore, multitasking on the streets of Milan recently. In light of Garance’s recent postings on getting in shape and being New York-ified, we’re glad to see she hasn’t let our fair city erase her French-ness yet. This is the Garance we love.
In the spirit of July (the month of my birth!) I’ve picked all out my favorite things for this month’s mood board. Click through to find out what to get me for a present…
To celebrate the debut of their new Heritage Frames eye wear collection, Armani put together a blogger-photographed street style project called Frames of Your Life, intended to capture real people wearing their shades. It’s a “more than just sunglasses” deal, okay? It’s a “frame” of one’s life, captured in a photographer’s lens while wearing Armani’s frames. Get it?
Despite the kitschy tag line on the project’s website, the project is quite impressive: Armani has used well known and respected bloggers (like Tommy Ton) whose photographs are gorgeous. So far, they’ve captured subjects in ten cities.
Click through to see our favorite shots, and check out Frames of Your Life for profiles on the bloggers and their cities.
Marc Jacobs Intern Goes on Twi-page (that’s a Twitter rampage–it sorta works?): Remember how Marc Jacobs was looking to hire someone to manage their Twitter, via Twitter to replace CEO Robert Duffy? Well this intern did not get the job. An MJ intern hijacked the @MarcJacobsIntl twitter handle and tweeted gems like, “‘You guys and gals have no idea how difficult Robert is. I am only an intern. My last day is tomorrow. I wouldn’t be tweeting this if not!…Good luck! I pray for you all. If you get the job! I’m out of here. See ya! Son’t want to be ya! Roberts a tyrant!” Those tweets have obvs been removed. {Daily Mail}
How Tommy Ton Makes Bank: Business of Fashion profiled Jak and Jil photoblogger Tommy Ton as part of their “Business of Blogging” series. In it Ton reveals he makes up to $2,000 an image, and would take pay for editorial placement. {BoF}
Remember Prince Harry? He’s Still Really Hot: What with his upcoming royal wedding to Kate Middleton, Prince William’s got a guaranteed hold on the spotlight. A little reminder that the spare is still around? David Bailey shot Prince Harry for the cover of British GQ and he looks good. {British GQ}
Click through to see what Fashionista is loving for the month of March!
When I started writing about fashion in 2004, street style photographers were not yet a breed. Well, at least not in the Western world. But with advent of The Sartorialist in 2005, that all changed. Today, just about every fashion related website, blog, what-have-you boasts some form of street style photography.
And while Scott Schuman, founder of The Sartorialist, may be the pioneer, he is no longer alone in his work. The streets surrounding fashion week runways have become flooded with a special type of paparazzi–the kind who you want to be bothered by.
Other than a good blog post, and some great inspiration, what do street style photographers get out of this work?
Google thinks fashion bloggers understand social media better than those covering other industries. So one of the world’s most powerful companies is tapping the brains of some of the world’s most powerful bloggers in order to get a better sense of how they consume and use media. Google is calling the program GStyle.
At the helm of the project is Tony Wang of post.fashionism.com.
A long list of bloggers were emailed by Wang on Monday, asking if they were interested in being interviewed by Google. The interview would consist of questions regarding “how you use internet technologies, your challenges as a blogger, and how Google can help you become the best blogger possible.”
The program, currently in pilot mode, is not a secret operation, but is in internal. The information Google is gathering is only for Googlers. At least for now.
In our constant tumbling around the internet, we re-discovered Natalie Joos’ blog, which has been around for quite some time now. Our thoughts? Not-to-be-missed.
Joos, who Tommy Ton named the most stylish casting director, is a fashion icon. She’s always chic and unique in Comme des Garcons and tons of vintage.
Tommy Ton Talks: It was Anna Dello Russo’s idea to put the bloggers in Dolce’s front row, also Tommy Ton named his blog Jak & Jil because it indicated men and women. {Models} Jaloux: If you have trouble with vintage, take some inspiration from these women, one of whom’s dripping in vintage Hermès. {Style} Bad Read more →
Just after lunch, I headed down the block to the Reece Hudson showroom to take a look at their fall collection. Reece Solomon and Max Stein launched the handbag line in 2009, and it’s been a hit ever since. They can’t seem to keep their bags on the shelves at both Castor & Pollux and Read more →
