Apparently, at Harvard Business School, they will interrupt your class for urgent phone calls. An example: America’s Next Top Model‘s need for a revamp. According to Page Six, Tyra Banks was in class at Harvard when she got a call from her higher-ups at the CW telling her to change the format of her long-running Read more →
My life consists of exactly two time periods: B.T. and A.T. (Before and After Tyra). B.T. was a pretty dark time for me. For twenty-five long, wasted years, I thought I didn’t love Tyra Banks. But things are different now: Enter A.T. Last night, I attended a preview screening of America’s Next Top Model‘s season Read more →
Is it just us, or has anyone else noticed that a lot of legitimate editorials have been looking a little America’s Next Top Model-esque lately? Sure, those ANTM challenges have reined in some pretty big names in the biz over the past 18 seasons (Patrick Demarchelier, Russell James, Francesco Carrozzini, and of course the most Read more →
OMG you guys, this is beyond #totesamaze. After trying again and again to land a spot on America’s Next Top Model (watch here and here), P’Trique has finally accomplished his goal. That’s right, everybody’s favorite fashion viral super star is set to appear on the upcoming season of the show. Fashion dreams do come true!!
Janna Ryan, wife to newly named VP candidate Paul Ryan, might be taking a page from MObama’s book, choosing to wear a $70 Kohl’s dress this past weekend. {HuffPo}
Kristen Stewart’s absence from a recent Balenciaga Florabotanica video concerned many – had she been given the axe due to her fling with married director Rupert Sanders? No worries: unlike us, it appears Balenciaga doesn’t really care about the issue. {The Cut}
Tyra Banks has learned to make GIFs. This could be the best thing to happen to the internet. {BuzzFeed}
Lady Gaga revealed a second ad for her fragrance Fame on her Twitter account – thankfully she’s a bit more covered up in this one. {Twitter} We know that “devil may care” attitude is part of the Urban Outfitters brand, but we think a potential bed bug infestation might be worth more than a shrug Read more →
Forget America’s birthday (well, don’t really, but)… Today, we celebrate the birth of one of the most revered and feared items of clothing to ever exist: The bikini. Yes, 66 years ago today (in 1946), the very first bikini was introduced to the world by designer Louis Réard in Paris, and its debut would forever Read more →
Jade Jagger was married over the weekend in a self-designed wedding dress. Click through to see the gown, Mick Jagger’s awesome suit…and a picture in which Kate Moss does not look amazing. Gasp! {Grazia}
Perfume and cosmetics giant, Coty, has filed for a seven million dollar IPO. The company controls beauty lines for many different brands like Marc Jacobs and Rimmel London. {WWD, Subscription Required}
Banana Republic is launching a Anna Karenina inspired clothing line in collaboration with the film’s costume designer, Jacqueline Durran. It is set to be in stores for the holiday season. {Fashionista Inbox}
Beyonce accepted the BET award for Best Female Artist in Stephane Rowland Couture last night. She looks flawless, per usual. {Red Carpet Fashion Awards}
Supermodels are having a resurgence. Our faves from the 80s and 90s are still popping up on runways (Alexander Wang), editorials (Naomi Campbell in W) and campaigns (Linda Evangelista for Chanel eyewear). Doing any one job for 20+ years is pretty impressive, but when it’s a job like modeling, it truly is a feat of Read more →
Beauty and fame often go hand-in-hand, so it makes sense that models and actresses seem to be forever trading places.
The latest model to make the jump to acting is Erin Wasson, who we got a first look at in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter today. And she’s following in the footsteps of some of acting’s biggest names, like Mila Jovovich and Cameron Diaz, who got their start as models. But while the model-turned-actress is certainly not a new breed, there seem to have been even more slashes emerging recently: Gemma Ward, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Brooklyn Decker, for instance, have all made the jump. And the new Mad Max movie (Mad Max: Fury Road) is almost cast entirely with models: former model Charlize Theron and more current ones Abbey Lee and Rosie Huntington Whitely are all set to star.
And while the model/actress transition is certainly not rare–it can be hard to pull off (see: Cindy Crawford in Fair Game).
Click through for our round-up of the most memorable models-turned-actresses.
It’s not very often that an America’s Next Top Model contestant stays in the headlines after her cycle ends. But for Isis King, it seems like her time in the spotlight has just begun. King, who appeared in the eleventh season of Tyra Banks‘s model-search reality show, was the first openly transgender person to compete. And despite finishing in tenth place, she’s managed to be one of the few contestants who’s actually gone on to star in a high-profile campaign–in ads for American Apparel‘s new ‘Legalize Gay’ tee line, a collaboration with GLAAD, and the company’s first campaign to feature a transgender person.
We talked to Isis about how she got involved in the history-making campaign, where she thinks trans people stand in the fashion world today (she says there’s a ‘don’t ask don’t tell policy’), and being a role model for the transgender community.
If there is one person in the industry no one wants to piss off, it’s Kelly Cutrone. [Ed. note: OK, really it's Anna Wintour, but she won't put your shit on blast like Cutrone.] The lifestyle guru, America’s Next Top Model judge, and PR maven is known for telling it exactly how it is, no matter who it is. The most recent victim of her acid tongue? Janice Dickinson.
Dickinson, who seems to enjoy running her mouth about anything in order to stir the pot, recently mouthed off about her former employer, Tyra Banks, calling her “soulless, heartless, and cold.”
We hung out with Cutrone recently (more on that later) and she told us she’s “gotten really close with Tyra.” So what did she think about the choice words Dickinson had for her Top Model boss?
