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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Fashion News Roundup
Fashion News Roundup
Fashion News Roundup: Rihanna Goes Under the Sea for Vogue; Kate Moss Gets Sloppy, and Bergdorf Gets Booed
Not-So-Glossy-Moss: Apparently the world’s most perfect woman got a little drunky at the YSL party. {NY Post}
Rihanna Goes All Little Mermaid On Us for Vogue: The pop star’s latest impersonation of Ariel is pretty epic. {Fashion Bomb Daily}
Social Media Professionals Can Be Mean: Racked NY interviewed Cannon Hodge, the social media manager at Bergdorf Goodman, and the commenters–many of whom are social media professionals–went apeshit. {Racked NY}
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From the weekend emerged more crazy designer gossip.
According to Eric Wilson at the New York Times, Hannah MacGibbon is likely to be exiting Chloe after this season. The label, which is owned by Richemont, is said to have already interviewed candidates for the job. We hope this isn’t true, mostly because we really like MacGibbon‘s work.
But back to that other little situation. Sources inside the house of Dior tell Fashionista that the rumor within the company goes like this: Riccardo Tisci is most definitely in, and Carine Roitfeld will serve as the label’s stylist. Roitfeld was most recently linked to Hedi Slimane’s rumored takeover of YSL, although the Stefano Pilati-directed label’s expertly placed piece in the Times seems to have muffled those whispers.
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Clearly the only thing anyone in Paris is talking about this week is John Galliano, and who will replace him at Dior.
The latest gossip goes something like this: Riccardo Tisci will indeed replace Galliano at Christian Dior, Haider Ackermann will slip into Tisci’s spot at Givenchy, and despite YSL’s vehement denial otherwise, Hedi Slimane is about to take over for Stefano Pilati. Oh, and yes, Carine Roitfeld is coming along for the ride. What’s more, if Ackermann is out of the running at Chanel, does that mean its Alber Elbaz’s when Karl purportedly retires in 2012?
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Get excited: YSL’s Fall/Winter 2010-2011 Manifesto is about to launch right here in New York. The publication, along with a Stefano Pilati-designed tote, will be distributed on city streets this coming Tuesday, September 14. It’ll be passed around the rest of the world–meaning Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beirut–on Saturday, September 18.
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I was tempted to leave this Derek Blasberg situation alone, but given the issues it brings up about the way fashion publishing works, I think it would be wrong not to address it.
For those of you who haven’t heard the story, here it goes: An editor over at Jezebel received a tip that fashion writer Blasberg asked YSL to pay him $2,500 to cover a party for Style.com, where he’s Editor-at-Large (usually a title that comes with a retainer).
According to our sources, Style.com’s freelancers receive, on average, around $100 for covering a party (and $25 for regular posts), but we’re assuming Blasberg’s retainer affords him a bit more. He is a fairly big name, after all, with a recently-published book and steady gigs with Harper’s Bazaar and V.
Blasberg told Jezebel that he was hired to consult on the party’s guest list. He covered the event the next day for Style.com. (And he hasn’t been paid–and will not be paid, according to our inside sources.) Did he promise coverage to YSL? I’m doubtful. No. Why would he? They assume he’s going to cover it. No bribery needed in this situation.
The printed tote. The logo tee. These are items that many luxury brands create to keep the public going gaga over their pricier goods. Creating trinkets, tees, totes, and more helps keep brands in the public eye; more people can afford a Marc Jacobs key ring than a collection dress.
That said, a lot of luxury brands’ special items still sell at a high price (see Chanel’s bike), and exist to give a greater meaning to the term “lifestyle brand.”
Either way, there are tons of special items created by our favorite designers that we regularly obsess over and attempt to pool our funds to buy. Click through to see the best of what we think constitutes the “fashionable life.”
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Style
How Sheer Will You Go?
Last weekend, I took a short trip to the UK for a dear friend’s wedding. While I was only there for a few days, I made sure to stop by COS in London, simply because it’s the best high street store in existence. (That is, if you’re over 25 and now look absurd in too-trendy Topshop wares.)
I scored with a sheer, greenish-blue button-up, which I wore yesterday to the YSL show with high-waisted black pants and a pair of Heavy Machine heels. Oh, and a black bra, which shone quite clearly through the translucent top.
When I met up with my fiance for food, he kind of chuckled when he noticed that my bra could be pretty easily discerned by other diners in the restaurant. While he was more bemused than anything, he did think it was hilarious that I was cool with showing it off.
Clearly, sheer is huge this summer.
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Fashion Shows
Fashion Shows
YSL Resort: Pretty Poppies
I must admit, I didn’t have the best view at YSL Resort show, which took place at the French consulate uptown.
The models began prancing down the runway at roughly eight minutes after 11am, and I didn’t arrive until a few minutes later, which means I missed a few of the first looks. (While I knew things would start closer to the scheduled time, I didn’t think it would be that close, and neither did plenty of other editors. To be sure, I was standing with greatness–Harriet Mays Powell, Long Nguyen–which made me feel a bit better about the situation.)
But back to the where and why. The French consulate is indeed very French–iron railings, a bit ornate–as were Stefano Pilati’s prim dresses, Bermuda shorts and skirt suits. For better or worse, Pilati’s work is generally all over the place, but this was a moment when his talent shone clearly.
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Would you rather swim in Prêt-à-Surf’s Mondrian inspired rash guard or Broadway Boogie Woogie in Yves Saint Laurent’s 1965 Mondrian dress? Either way there are no diagonals here; sorry Theo van Doesberg.
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