The industry turned out to raise money for Hillary Clinton's campaign through a high-energy show and the sale of specially designed t-shirts.
One front row ticket will cost you $2,700.
And Adam Levine stalks Behati Prinsloo in a new music video. Normal.
Is fashion going country? Karl Lagerfeld may be headed to Texas, but his friend, designer Oscar de la Renta, is going even deeper south--Arkansas, to be exact, when his retrospective "Oscar de la Renta: American Icon" opens at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center next week.
The theme of last night's event was punk--though you wouldn't necessarily know it from the red carpet. Though some of the guests did step up the 't
Last night Glamour magazine celebrated their annual Women of the Year Awards at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall. The evening honored courageous women and celebrities like Jenna Lyons, Missy Franklin, and Selena Gomez for their charity and progressive leadership. It was full of surprises too.
We make mistakes all the time. Just ask our commenters (and thanks for helping us copy edit, guys, since we can't afford a copy editor--I mean it). So it's sort of comforting that even the fashion bible messes up every once in a while. Also? Funny.
Last week, we passed along the news that New York Senator Charles E. Schumer introduced a bill to the US Senate called the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act. It provides “very limited intellectual property protection to the most original design." The bill was passed by the House of Representatives in April 2009. It was then amended with input from different groups within the fashion industry, and is now being presented to the Senate. If it passes in the Senate, it will become a law. (As long as the President signs off on it, that is.) We know that the law will help to protect original designs from piracy, but how? Susan Scafidi, an intellectual property attorney and author of the popular fashion law blog Counterfeit Chic, broke it down for us. PS: If you're interested in fashion and intellectual property law, you should be following Scafidi. She teaches a fashion law course at Fordham Law School and has been instrumental in launching Fordham's Fashion Law Institute, where she serves as Director. But back to the bill. Here's what it aims to do:
Vera's Other Bride: While all the attention was on Chelsea Clinton and her Vera Wang gown this weekend, Alicia Keys also wore Wang when she wed Swizz Beats this past Saturday. The styles, however, couldn't be more different: Keys wore a one shoulder draped goddess gown in ivory silk. {StyleList} Gaga Follows Gray Trend: Gaga's usually setting trends, but on Vanity Fair's September cover she's right in line with the already established young-people-wearing-gray-hair trend. But she still looks smoking. She's also got an interesting theory about sex and why she's afraid of having it. {Vanity Fair} Like Husband Like Wife: David Beckham is reportedly designing a menswear line to launch for SS 2011 under his wife's label. According to the Mail On Sunday "Victoria has been trying to persuade him to do it for a while and he's finally succumbed," but she had to reassure him that "he has an eye for fashion." Sure he looks good in those Armani underwear ads, but designing? We'll have to see it to believe it. {Vogue UK}
It's official: Chelsea Clinton wore Vera Wang when marrying Marc Mezvinsky yesterday in upstate New York, as reported on People.com. Mezvinsky wore a Burberry suit. Chelsea's mom, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wore Oscar. While none of this is very surprising, we will say that we were very impressed with the bride's dress choice. The beading at the waist, frothy skirt and beautiful white rose bouquet might not have been innovative, but it was beautiful. What do you think of Chelsea's dress?
Much has been made of Chelsea Clinton's top-secret nuptials to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky. The couple is set to wed this Saturday, reportedly in in Rhinebeck, NY. "Part of the fascination, I think, is that Chelsea is so private--no one was this fascinated with Jenna Bush's wedding" says Doree Shafrir, contributing editor for New York and resident Chelsea wedding expert. "We've also seen her go from ugly duckling to swan which is always a great narrative." And since we're Fashionista, it's that "ugly ducking to swan" narrative we're most fascinated by. What will Bill's daughter wear down the aisle? This morning WWD snapped her going into Vera Wang. Refinery 29 reported earlier that she would wear custom Oscar de la Renta. Here are our top ten suggestions for Chelsea (and yes, we know the green skirted ODLR number is just wishful thinking). Who gets your vote?
Here Comes Chelsea: Surprise, surprise. For the biggest politico wedding since the Kennedy-Bessette nuptials, bride Chelsea Clinton will wear Vera Wang. {WWD} Ambassador Anna: Presumably in town for the Clinton wedding (and some actual work), President Obama is set to have dinner at Anna Wintour's home this evening. The price for a seat at this intimate fundraiser? $30,000. {Racked NY} Jangly Jangly: The brilliant minds at SHOWStudio explain their obsession with Dolce & Gabbana's AW10 corset. {SHOWStudio}