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Goodwill: Hotspot?

On Halloween, the Times reported that Goodwill is trying to change its image into more of a consignment shop rather than a place of “charity” by hosting fashion shows online, and promoting good deals on the blog DC Goodwill Fashionista. And now, the Wall Street Journal says consignment shops as a whole are doing incredibly [...]

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Quote of the Day

“Instead, she has been engaged by a variety of businesses that hire ‘model types’ to draw customers. In addition to her Abercrombie job, she says, she was offered a job at retailer Club Monaco and is frequently recruited for parties at Manhattan nightclubs, where the drinks and food are free for her. She has spent [...]

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Magazines

Vogue + IMG = Reality Web-TV

We would never believe this if it wasn’t in the Wall Street Journal – Vogue and IMG have teamed up to produce a web-based reality show called Model. Live, which will debut August 19 in twelve, eight-minute webisodes on Vogue.tv. The cameras will follow three new IMG girls as they try to break into serious [...]

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Quote of the Day

“Along the way, legions of retail grads have spent countless hours neatly folding T-shirts and jeans and stacking them on tables and shelves. Now, their peculiar idea of perfection is straining marriages and leading to bizarre behavior ranging from buying clothes based on an item’s foldability to straightening up sloppy displays while shopping.” – Jennifer [...]

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Magazines

Vogue Italia, Still En Route

Considering that it’s now July 2nd, most of us thought that the incredibly anticipated issue of Vogue Italia would already be on newsstands, at least in Europe. But worry not – according to the Wall Street Journal, none of us are missing out since the magazine isn’t even available in Italy yet. They say that [...]

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Green Fashion – Maybe Just Green in Color?

Last week, we raised some hell about big companies making t-shirts that say “recycle” and “earth day” – even though the companies are major polluters, and exactly 0% of their clothing is 100% natural. Someone at the Wall Street Journal must have heard us, because their Sunday fashion story broke down which major fashion companies [...]

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Quote of the Day

“We aim to be un-knockoffable.” – Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, to Teri Agins in the Wall Street Journal.

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Models

Stam, The Tutorial

Today’s Wall Street Journal features the cutest video of Stam showing off what she’s best known for – the Stam. We don’t know what we like the best – watching her walk, watching her talk, or just the big pouf dress. Though we couldn’t imagine having to strut alongside her like the other girl in [...]

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