All your fashion news from this week, coming right up.
Cole Haan's latest campaign features none other than the great Maya Angelou, along with three other awesome 85-year-olds, all born in the same year as the Cole Haan brand: 1928. We're really into Maya's sassy leopard shoes. {WWD} Rihanna wore a teeny tiny cross grill between her two front teeth at last night's VMAs. How many people do you think tried to offer her a toothpick before they realized it was on purpose? {HuffPo} Is Beyoncé trying to break Rihanna's record for "Number of Different Hairstyles Possible in the Shortest Period of Time"? Yeah, she changed her hair again. {Us Weekly}
Um--let's file this rhinestone "leotard" (and matching pasties) under "Things Only Kate Moss Can Wear"--on the cover of Esquire UK, no less. {Esquire UK} If you think J.Crew is a little bit pricey here in America, be glad you don't live in the UK! Trendy Brits realized the retailer's prices were marked up a whopping 40% across the pond. {The Sunday Times} Katy Perry graces Elle UK's September issue cover in a super-cute Glen plaid Dolce & Gabbana getup. {Elle UK} Prada's wacky and quirky Autumn/Winter campaign film features 3-D models navigating a suspicious, 2-D domestic universe. {Wonderland Magazine}
Two different Yves Saint Laurent biopics are in the works, and the rivalry is starting to heat up. Who do you think will come out on top? {WWD} While everyone else is talking about the looks they can't wait to wear from the New York fashion week shows, here are the wildest and least wearable ones. {HuffPo} The red carpet mini-me's we saw after the Golden Globes are back with a Grammys edition, and they're just as cute. {US Weekly} Ever wondered how a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model prepares for her big cover? Here's what Kate Upton did to look her best. {People StyleWatch}
Chris Brown and Rihanna debuted matching Rolexes on social media, further fueling speculation that the two have reunited. {Us Weekly} One of Victoria's Secret's Angels is retiring her wings. Selita Ebanks, who didn't walk this year, says she tried out but didn't make it. {HuffPo} Cara Delevingne, who had a small role in Anna Karenina, wants to work with film heavyweights like Martin Scorsese. {Vogue UK} Which member of the Cyrus family is making a modeling debut? Hint: It's not Miley..{ONTD}
Whitney Port, author/fashion designer/reality star, is looking for a little help from the internet to pay for her show at fashion week. Donating to he
In the ongoing quest for the "perfect body," women have turned to a new--actually make that very, very old--mode of transformation: corsetry According to the New York Times, girdles--or fajas as they're called in Spanish--have been making a comeback in Latino communities in New York, particularly in Queens, for the past five years. “There is a Spanish saying, you want to look ‘like a Coke bottle,’ ” Lilliana Rios, 33, of ThingsLatinosLoveorHate.com, told the paper. “A lot of Spanish songs talk about women with shapes like a guitar, so that’s the curved look that Latina women want.” And that's precisely what they're going for when they squeeze themselves into a faja, which NYT says are so tight they "can force the air out of your lungs," and cause organ-shifting. They come in all sorts of iterations from waist cinching girdles to full body suits, and range in price from $20 to over $70, depending on fabric.
Madonna Makes Out with Herself in Her Fragrance Ad: Here's the ad for Madonna's Truth or Dare fragrance, featuring the creator (who has "always been obsessed with fragrance") on the verge of making out with herself. There's no doubt Madge looks fab here, but also at least 20 years younger than her actual age (53)-- we dare you to find an un-retouched pixel. Truth or Dare is available April 1 at Macy's. {US Weekly} Adam Levine has Got the Scent Like Jagger: Following in the manly, fragrant footsteps of Bruce Willis comes another (albeit a little less macho) perfume from Maroon 5 and The Voice's Adam Levine. The scents for both men and women, named '222', will be out next year and will "reflect Levine's personality and style.” Market research is a fascinating thing. {Refinery29} Spanx Creator is a Young Billionairess: Forbes has named Spanx inventor Sara Blakely as the world's youngest female self-made billionaire. Apparently, Blakely once dreamt of playing Goofy at Disney World but was a bit too short for the highly regarded role-- Gawrsh, wonder who's laughing now? {Jezebel}
The Oscars are coming to a red carpet near you this Sunday, and it's easy for your ego and self-esteem to take a beating while you're watching. Thoughts like, "She's HOW old?" and "Wow, her ass looks great in that" may pop into your mind while watching the slinky, strapless fish tail gowns and their flawless inhabitants go by. Well, if this makes you feel any better, those stars--even the ones who are slim and trim--get a LOT of help to look that sleek and svelte, in the form of high tech undergarments. The Hollywood Reporter spoke to several Hollywood stylists who style the likes of Penelope Cruz, Dakota Fanning, and Emily Blunt. And they spilled a lot of their cinching secrets. While a lot of designers (like Elie Saab, Rouland Mouret, and Valentino) build things like corsetry, bust padding, and mesh netting into their gowns, stylists have an entire arsenal of undergarments at their disposal. Because we think everyone, and not only Hollywood starlets, should have the right to look svelte and lump-free under their couture gowns, we pulled out all the products recommended by the stylists--Cristina Ehrlich, George Kotsiopoulos, Jessica Paster, and Cameron SIlver--and figured out where you can buy them.
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Not Faris: Anna Friel is the West End's new Eliza Doolittle, so Vanity Fair photographed her in loads and loads of pearls with touches of Alberta Fer