A.P.C. Gets Tagged With Racial Slur, J.Crew Opens First Paris Boutique
And Cate Blanchett has adopted a baby girl with husband Andrew Upton. Aww.
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Kate Upton Covers Vogue Again, Billy Reid and Coach Collab, and Wal-Mart Drops Paula Deen
Kate Upton brings smokey-eyed glamour to her third Vogue cover of the year, lensed by Henrique Gendre for the magazine's Brazil edition. {Fashion Gone Rogue} Wal-Mart is the latest retailer to drop Paula Deen. The megastore has announced that it will stop carrying its line of Deen-branded products, a week after the Southern celebrity chef's controversial confession to using racial slurs. {WWD} Speaking of Southerners, Coach has teamed up with Alabama-based designer Billy Reid for a capsule collection of men's and women's bags and accessories, set to launch in September. {WWD} Would you wear your friend's face on a t-shirt? Rihanna and Cara Delevingne seem to be into it. {Grazia}
Marc Jacobs Responds to Second Kidult Graffiti Attack with Clever Marketing Push--Are They In Cahoots?
We're really confused about what's going on between Marc Jacobs and graffiti artist Kidult.
The Biggest Fashion Feuds of 2012
Cathy Horyn and Oscar de la Renta may have had the only beef that literally involved beef, but there were a slew of others this year. Fashion people simply could not just let shit slide. From drawn out legal battles to ironic graffiti wars, click through to rehash 2012's biggest fashion beefs.
The Marc Jacobs vs. Kidult War Rages On, Gets Real Meta
Late last week, Marc Jacobs and French graffiti artist Kidult were involved in a little tête-à-tête, if you will: It began when Kidult allegedly vandalized Jacobs's SoHo storefront with his signature gigantic letters, spelling out the word 'ART.' In lieu of pressing charges, Jacobs retaliated by releasing a super limited edition $689 cotton tee featuring a photo of his shop's blemished facade, which read 'Art by Art Jacobs.' But the graffitist got none of that $689 per shirt (if MJ even sold any), and he was maaad. Kidult's menacing Twitter response to this 'collaboration?' "LET’S PLAY, but we don’t play the same rules!” Scary stuff. Well, it looks now like someone else doesn't play by those same rules either.
Marc Jacobs Seems To Be In a Feud with Graffiti Artist Kidult
Most artistically inclined individuals would kill for a chance to work with Marc Jacobs. Not so for French graffiti artist Kidult, who's just found hi