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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Celebs Supposedly Want to Wear Victoria Beckham Dresses to the Oscars, John Galliano Was at a Party, and Anna Wintour Was Happy to Let Madonna Dance on the Vogue Logo

A-Listers Reportedly Want to Wear Victoria Beckham to the Oscars: Oh Posh, you’ve come a long way from being that one Spice Girl who barely sings. Michelle Williams recently walked the red carpet in a piece from the new Victoria by Victoria Beckham line, and now it’s rumored that A-listers like Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, and Cameron Diaz are eyeing the designer to outfit them for the biggest night in Hollywood. {Fashion Magazine}

Lady Gaga to Launch Social Networking Site: So her stans have a safe haven to pay due homage to their Mother Monster, Lady Gaga is developing a new “community” website. Littlemonsters.com isn’t operational yet, but you can submit your name and e-mail address to the site so you may be among the first to have access to the site once it’s up. {AOL Music}

John Galliano Out and About: Beyoncé isn’t the only celeb to re-emerge from the depths. John Galliano was spotted at his friend DJ Jeremy Healy’s 50th birthday in London. Sources say the designer was “quiet” and “reserved.” {Page Six}

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Watch: Anna Wintour Defends Her ‘Bitchiness’ on 60 Minutes

By Cheryl Wischhover Monday, Feb 6, 2012 / 9:54 AM

Yes, most people watched the Super Bowl last night. And so did we, if only to see the David Beckham for H&M commercial on a bigger screen (mesmerizing) and Madonna’s performace (lots of Givenchy). But after half time, we switched over to CBS to watch Morley Safer interview Anna Wintour on 60 Minutes. After all, she’s fashion’s MVP/QB, right?

Wintour was one of “Three Remarkable Women” featured in last night’s edition (Dolly Parton and Meryl Streep were the other two), and she handled herself admirably against Safer’s sometimes obnoxious line of questioning. Read more »

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Fashion Careers

Are Fashion Internships Fundamentally Unfair? Industry Insiders Weigh In

Former Harper’s Bazaar intern Xuedan Wang’s suit against Hearst for violating state and federal wage and hour laws has certainly got people in the industry talking.

One thing in particular that’s stood out is neither the unsavory working conditions of unpaid internships (read: long hours, menial tasks, putting up with serious attitudes), nor the lack of compensation (whether by stipend or college credit) but the fact that, as Wang’s lawsuit states, “the prevalence of the practice nationwide, curtails opportunities for employment, [and] fosters class divisions between those who can afford to work for no wage and those who cannot.”

Internships can be a great way to break into the industry–actually we’d argue that they’re pretty much the only way to break into the industry (so far, anyway–all of us here at Fashionista, save Leah, started as Fashionista interns first).

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Rumor: Did Vogue Play Matchmaker for Karlie Kloss and Eddie Redmayne?

By Leah Chernikoff Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 / 1:00 PM

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Remember that gorgeous editorial in Vogue’s December issue featuring Karlie Kloss and Eddie Redmayne as “a couple of sinners on Ibiza—she, wearing printed resortwear generating plenty of heat; he, trying hard to keep his cool.” The spread, titled “Temptation Island” and lensed by Mario Testino, seems to have spawned a real life romance. Read more »

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Anna Wintour Revealed as One of Obama’s Top-Tier Fundraisers; Has She Always Been This Political?

Yesterday, the Obama campaign released a list of its top fundraising “bundlers,” and the list, not surprisingly, included Vogue EIC Anna Wintour, who raised over $500,000 for Obama’s re-election, WWD reports. Of course, she’s been known to raise as much as $1.5 million at a single dinner, so this comes as no surprise. She was one of 61 people to “bundle” at that level (Hollywood media moguls Harvey Weinstein, with whom Wintour has hosted a fundraiser, and Jeffrey Katzenberg were the other big ones), meaning she’s a pretty influential lady, and not just within the fashion community.

Wintour hasn’t been secretive about her support of Obama:

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashionista’s Week in Review: Cindy Crawford’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Nabs Versace Campaign, The Gap is Investigating Kim Kardashian’s ‘Reputation,’ and Fox Fur Merkins Exist

The Best Celeb Dresses and Tweets of the Golden Globes: Relive that glorious moment when Angelina stepped out on the red carpet looking beyond flawless in Versace and your jaw accidentally unhinged – and read what our favorite fashion folk had to say about it.

Karl Gets a Kitty: Meet the insanely adorable Choupette Lagerfeld, who has the same color fur/hair as her owner.

Our Guide to Spring’s Best Nail Colors: Here are the top ten nail polishes you should get your hands on – or get on your hands – when the gloves come off.

Cindy Crawford’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Models for Young Versace: Holy strong genes. Check out the supermodel’s mini-me daughter, Kaia Gerber, modeling for her first campaign for Versace’s childrenswear line.

Would You Pay $225 for a Fox Fur Merkin? Apparently, some people already have. Real Housewives of New York alum Cindy Barshop talks to us about this wacky new trend-in-the-making.

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Magazines

Taylor Swift Wears Rodarte in Every Shot of Her Vogue Spread: What This Could Mean For the Brand

By Dhani Mau Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 / 4:00 PM

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As we revealed over the weekend, Taylor Swift is American Vogue‘s February cover girl. Swift’s first-ever Vogue cover story and the accompanying editorial are now live on Vogue.com and we’re digging the Brigitte Bardot-meets-Marianne Faithful-meets-Nico vibe. The 22-year-old looks glamorous, but age-appropriate; and sure, her hair is straightened and she’s wearing more fashion-y clothes that we’re used to seeing her in, but it’s Vogue and she still looks like herself.

Most of those fashion-y clothes come courtesy of Rodarte–Swift attended the label’s spring 2012 show last September (who wasn’t in that front row?) and sat on Anna Wintour’s left in a cream dress from the Mulleavys’ fall ’11 collection, while Vogue’s November cover star, Rooney Mara, sat on Wintour’s right wearing all black. Read more »

Magazines

Here’s Taylor Swift’s First Vogue Cover

By Leah Chernikoff Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 / 3:17 PM


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Collaboration

See What Marc Jacobs, Beyoncé, Thakoon and More Designed for Obama 2012, Which You Can Now Pre-Order

What if we told you that for $45 you could get a Marc Jacobs shirt and support Obama’s re-election campaign at the same time? Well, you can! Right now.

Runway to Win, if you haven’t heard, is a new initiative that has major American designers, rallied by Vogue, designing exclusive items to be sold on Obama’s website. The proceeds benefit the president’s re-election efforts. While the initiative was only announced this week, most of the products are, as of yesterday, on the site and available for pre-order.

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Campaigns

Are These Fashion Ads Racist or Harmless?

By Dhani Mau Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 / 3:15 PM

Michael Kors’ spring 2012 collection was named “Afriluxe.” It was inspired by the “rustic modernism of the Lebombo Lodge,” a reportedly $1,500 per night resort in South Africa, and featured dirty-looking earth tone caftans and cargo pants and cashmere sweaters with holes in them. After Donna Karan’s ad campaign for her Haiti-inspired collection came under fire, we should have predicted that Kors’ collection also had the potential to make for an awkward ad campaign scenario. And we would have been right. Read more »

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Nicki Minaj Is ‘In Talks’ with Vogue for a Cover

Nicki Minaj scored herself a big profile in this weekend’s New York Times Sunday Styles section. Upon first picking up the paper, we assumed it would be all the stuff we already know: she went to a lot of fashion shows, she has a nail polish line for OPI, etc. But there was a lot of behind-the-scenes info that showed us just how determined this lady is to put herself on the fashion and style map. Here are ten things we learned about Nicki Minaj:

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Anna Wintour Rallies Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang and More to Design for the Obama Re-Election Campaign

Is Anna Wintour the Oprah of the fashion industry? The Vogue editrix’s support of Barack Obama over the years has been no secret. Her $30,000+ per person fundraisers for the commander-in-chief–one at her home and one at Harvey Weinstein’s–were highly publicized and practically shut down all of downtown Manhattan last year. In addition to raising tons of money for the DNC, the events drew a star-studded crowd of celebrities and designers.

So as Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign gets underway, Anna is using her pull with the fashion crowd to support him. First up, another event, co-hosted by Scarlett Johansson in conjunction with a new initiative assembled by Vogue called Runway to Win.

Runway to Win will showcase exclusive products created by 22 designers to be sold online at runwaytowin.com with proceeds benefiting the Obama Victory Fund, WWD is reporting.

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