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Contemporary Shows That Won't Get the Emmy's Costume Nod (But Should)

Last year, the Emmy nominees for Outstanding Costumes for a Series were Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, The Borgias, Game of Thrones, and Once Upon a Time. Game of Thrones obviously won, and we wouldn't be surprised if it went on a winning streak for the rest of its time on air. And we get it--those costumes are awesome, as are those of the other nominated shows. But is it fair that contemporary shows rarely get recognized for their costumes?

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Jennifer Lawrence's Bra Goes for $3K, Rihanna Gets a Rih-trospective, and Vogue Italia Has Us Seeing Sideways

Jennifer Lawrence's Silver Linings Playbook sports bra sold at auction for $3,175. Responsible spending at its finest! {HuffPo} Rih-wind! In addition to carrying Rihanna's River Island line, Opening Ceremony in New York will host an exhibit of the popstar's seven most memorable outfits evah. {WWD} Just try not to turn your head/computer sideways while looking at Vogue Italia's March cover. {Vogue Italia} A running start: Nike has pledged $50 million towards Michelle Obama's "Let’s Move! Active Schools" initiative. {WWD}

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What It's Like to Do Makeup For Tina Fey, Source Vintage For Boardwalk Empire and Design Costumes For Wes Anderson

Last Night, we attended what must be one of the most laid back awards ceremonies in the entertainment biz: New York Women in Film & Television's Designing Women event, which honors women (and one man) excelling in their (often under-appreciated) fields doing hair, makeup and costumes for films and TV shows. Tina Fey, who looked INCREDIBLE, was especially appreciative of her makeup team on 30 Rock: Jenn Jorge Nelson and Julie Teel. When presenting them with their award, she described being a makeup artist thusly: “You need the eyes of an artist, the hands of a surgeon, and the firm but tactful demeanor of a women’s prison gynecologist.”

Fashion Week

Last Night's Parties: Alex Wang's Carnival, Courtney Love and Hole at Don Hill's, United Bamboo, and Steak at Peels

By 9pm last night Leah and I were getting a little loopy: Mostly because we both love to eat and we hadn't had time to, save for a bag of Pop Chips, since the early morning. So we headed over to Peels--the new restaurant from the Freemans guys--with Britt, who stared at us in awe as we devoured this steak. (In our defense: We shared it! And the bone just made it look bigger!) Then it was off to Alex Wang's carnival over by the IAC building. Pretty much every person who works in fashion/has something to do with fashion was there--from Alessandra Ambrosio to MIA, who was supposed to perform but maybe never did? No one seems to have stuck around for it. Fortunately, the parking lot was so massive that it wasn't crazy crowded--we had an amazing, amazing time. Belvedere vodka sponsored the carnival, which included a carousel--yes, we rode it--bumper cars--line was too long--and a crazy amount of games. Leah won at basketball, Britt won at knocking down the clown heads, I won at nothing--well, maybe ski ball, but there were no prizes for that. All in all, it was the best fashion party I've been to in a long time--maybe ever. While we were at Alex, Dhani was at United Bamboo. She told me this morning that it, too was a grand time. "It was fun--The Wooly drew lots of well-dressed people despite its out of the way location," she told me. "I didn't recognize anyone but everyone looked cool." Fair enough. After Wang we headed down to Don Hill's to see Courtney Love perform.