It’s not even March yet and here in New York we’re already getting two kinds of April showers: The kind that is water falling out of the sky, as well as a downpour of noteworthy celebs on fashion magazine covers. April looks to be eclipsing March with big cover stars like Jennifer Lopez on V‘s Read more →
It looks like those retro bodysuits from Prada’s spring 2012 collection are shaping up to be a popular magazine look. It’s not even February, and they’ve already made four glossy appearances–most recently on Daria Werbowy on the cover of Vogue Paris.
Lana del Rey‘s meteoric rise to fame has not been limited to the music scene–it seems the fashion world loves her, too. She’s already landed several magazine covers and editorials even though her debut album, Born to Die, has yet to be released (it comes out January 30).
Forget about David Bowie as a fashion muse. It’s all about KISS. For V Magazine’s music issue, models Pauline Van Der Cruysse, Cate Underwood, Nikole Luna and Amanda Ware got in touch with their rock & roll sides in full-on KISS regalia. The models are dressed in head-to-toe Anthony Vaccarello and we must say, we’ve Read more →
When it comes to accessorizing an editorial, magazine editors know that there’s one thing that will never fail to instantly jazz up a shoot: Babies! You need only to look at Vogue Spain’s December cover, shot by Bruce Weber and starring a chubby baby’s behind (and we think that Dree Hemingway is in it as well? We weren’t paying attention…) to know what we mean.
Whether it’s baby carriages, baby bottles, or bare baby bums, there’s something about infants that is just so…chic, no? Take a look at the many fashion editorials featuring babies and get inspired to rock your baby (or niece or nephew) next time you really want to make an impression.
There’s only one question that remains: Just where, oh where, are magazines finding all these babies!?
In case you didn’t get enough of Lady Gaga over the last few days with all the coverage of her enormous three dimensional Paco Rabanne outfits at the MTV Europe Music Awards, don’t despair. There’s lots more Lady Gaga news today.
First up, that fragrance of hers. You know–the one that supposedly will smell like “blood and semen”? Well, it reportedly has a name now, though WWD couldn’t confirm it with Coty Beauty, who’s producing the scent.
She might be walking as an angel this Wednesday at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, but in this V shoot Candice Swanepoel is all bunny. Of the ski variety.
The past four days have been a non-stop party for a lot of fashion people here in New York. And those Halloween parties have been well-documented. The Tribeca Grand’s Overlook Hotel party, the Boom Boom Room’s fete and last night’s V party hosted by Terry Richardson drew the most fashion-heavy crowds and, as we all know, fashion people like to dress up. They also seem to like obscure references–many of their costumes were tough to identify, but still fun to look at. So, from Alexa Chung to Joan Smalls to Marc Jacobs, here are a bunch of fashion people in their Halloween best!
Photos: Terry’s Diary, Paper, Style.com, BFA
For the past month, we’re sure that you’ve heard time and time again about the importance of the September issue. It is one of those fashion truths we hold to be self-evident. But what does that really mean, and why? Yes, it’s the month which produces magazines that can be used as semi-violent weapons, where ads skyrocket and page numbers are reported on covers like baseball stats, but the truth is that the content of those magazine hold what editors consider to be the best of the upcoming fall season.
For this reason, we decided to put the September issue under a microscope. We’ve scoured dozens of issues from around the world, and now it’s time to take a look at which designers, photographers and models were sought after for the most important issue of the year.
Earlier this year, reports surfaced that Carine Roitfeld would be styling V‘s September cover and cover story and it’s now coming to fruition. WWD reports that the legendary former French Vogue editor is collaborating with Mario Testino on a 72-page “fashion extravaganza” for the glossy. September’s theme is “heroes” and thus Carine has chosen to pay tribute to late icon Elizabeth Taylor.
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…
In case you missed it, here is a recap of this week’s Nicola Formichetti vs. fat people vs. W situation: W published a piece in the August music issue about Lady Gaga stylist and Mugler creative director Nicola Formichetti in which he discusses, among other things, his styling career. At one point in the article, Formichetti recalls an instance where he was hired to style a band. He is quoted as saying:
“I was only used to dressing models and skinny kids and I turned up and it was, like, three fat guys. I just left. That was the last time I tried to work with fat people. I think one of them was Ali G’s brother. It was so ghetto.”
Yesterday, after the quote inevitably inspired some negative press on the blogosphere, Nicola took to Facebook to defend himself by posting a picture of a shoot he styled for V‘s size issue with the comment “i know i should just leave it but…i really hate when writers just write whatever they want… ‘i dont work with fat people…’ why would someone say such a thing?!”
So was Nicola misquoted? Here is the statement we just received from W‘s PR rep:
