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Vidal Sassoon

Sunday May 13th, 2012

Fashionista Week in Review: The Met Gala From Every Angle, Anna Wintour Will Wear Sweatpants with Stephen Colbert, and Dudes in Famous Fashion Ads
Week In Review

Fashionista Week in Review: The Met Gala From Every Angle, Anna Wintour Will Wear Sweatpants with Stephen Colbert, and Dudes in Famous Fashion Ads

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Losing Vidal Sassoon: The world of beauty suffered a huge loss Wednesday with the passing of hair genius Vidal Sassoon. Join us in remembering some of his most iconic work.

We Love Photoshop: Now that Brad Pitt is the new face of Chanel, we put our photoshop skillz to work and came up with other ad campaigns we’d love to see fronted by dudes. Gosling for Dior? Hey girl, j’adore.

Anna and Stephen Colbert Make a Date: Proving that she does indeed have a sense of humor, Anna Wintour appeared on the Colbert Report to criticize his boring fashion and to make plans to eat fried shrimp in zebra pants.

Scrunchies and London 2012: Olympic hopeful Alicia Sacramone dishes to us about gymnast beauty and why scrunchies are still happening.

Au Revoir Carla, Bienvenue Valérie: There are big changes coming to the Elysée along with the first unmarried First Lady of France Valérie Trierweiler, but we will always have a soft spot for Carla’s “bling bling” style.

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Wednesday May 9th, 2012

Breaking: Vidal Sassoon Dies at 84
Beauty

Breaking: Vidal Sassoon Dies at 84

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Vidal Sassoon, the hair styling pioneer who revolutionized women’s hair with his five point cut in the 1960s, was found dead of natural causes in his LA home today, the AP is reporting. He had reportedly been fighting leukemia since 2009.

Sassoon was a true hair pioneer, and is widely credited with the creation of the bob–a look that started a “wash-and-wear” revolution for women, who had been shackled to rollers and hair spray up until that point. Mia Farrow was one of the first recipients of his famous five point cut before she filmed Rosemary’s Baby, and the look took off.

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Monday May 16th, 2011

This Summer’s Must-See Fashion Films
Entertainment

This Summer’s Must-See Fashion Films

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lthough summer is typically blockbuster season–wherein each weekend, a movie like Bridesmaids or Super 8 is sure to dominate box offices–this summer’s lineup boasts a heavy dose of films that are a little more up our alley. Of course, we love a good comedy/action film/romcom, and any excuse to escape summer heat and sit in air conditioning for two hours is a good one. However, if we can spend those two hours learning about fashion, that $12.50 just feels a little less wasted, especially when our options are as good as the following:

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Friday May 13th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Temporary Lip Tats, Marchesa’s Playboy Bunny, and Anna Dello Russo’s Awkward Dancing
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Temporary Lip Tats, Marchesa’s Playboy Bunny, and Anna Dello Russo’s Awkward Dancing

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Are You Ready For Tattoo-able Lip Color? Here it comes–the wave of beauty products attempting to capitalize on the success of Sally Hansen’s Nail Effects. Violent Lips beauty company is launching with temporary tattoos for your kisser that come in three-packs for $14.95 with an array of designs, like flowers, fishnet, and animal prints…. What, haven’t you always wanted cheetah lips? Reportedly next: eye color. Be still, my heart. {WWD (subscription required)}

Bird’s Jen Mankins Is Cleaning Out Her Closet: Next Wednesday, May 18, the owner of the impossibly cool Brooklyn boutique will do a bit of spring cleaning, to all of our benefit, selling off new and slightly-worn items. This is her second sale–the first featured crazy good deals from lines such as 3.10 Phillip Lim, Rag & Bone, and Isabel Marant. The sale will be at the store’s Cobble Hill location (on the corner of Smith and Butler) and will also feature a 20% off deal on all full-price merchandise. Synchronize your watches, ladies. {Racked}

Anna Dello Russo’s Awkward Dance Video: Bryanboy posted this video of Anna Dello Russo titled “Fashion is Uncomfortable,” where she gets dressed, does impossible stretches, and dances while saying “fashion shower” over and over. Though it probably wasn’t meant to, the short actually does make you very, very uncomfortable. {Bryanboy}

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