Material Girl

H&M has its eye on India: The retailer is reportedly planning to spend about $130 million on an initial 50 stores in the country. {The Business of Fashion} Naomi Campbell goes blonde on the cover of Vogue Brazil. {Fashion Gone Rogue} Here's a first look at Alber Elbaz's debut makeup collection with Lancôme. Unsurprisingly, it looks pretty adorable. {WWD, Subscription required.}

The Jaggers are having a big week--Jade Jagger tied the knot this past weekend and today her half sister Georgia's latest ad campaign dropped. We'r

What young girl hasn't gone shopping in her mother's closet from time to time? There's just something really alluring about blazers with oversized s

Sasha Pivovarova gave birth to a cute little "fairy princess" named Mia Isis... Collective awwww. {Twitter} Naomi Campbell cares about "good vibratio

Madonna is finally launching her own brand for grown-ups. Following the success of Material Girl, the junior's line she does with her daughter Lola, Madonna is launching Truth or Dare by Madonna, starting with a fragrance deal with Coty. After that will come footwear, handbags and intimates. According to PR Newswire, Truth or Dare is aimed at women ages 27-50 "who have a timeless style and an innate sex appeal." If that sounds like you, the collection will reportedly be available exclusively at Macy's (like Material Girl) for the initial launch in 2012, but the fragrance will get a wider distribution in 2013. But why now?

Madonna is nothing if not self-aware--after all, she manipulated her own image successfully for several decades. In this new promotional video for h

While waiting for Zac Posen's show to start on the open air balcony of Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center (review and pix to come) , we had the chance to chat with front-rower Kelly Osbourne. She's ascended the fashion food chain as an E! red carpet interviewer and morning-after Fashion Police lady. She's also the face of Madonna's Material Girl label, so she rubs shoulders with some pretty fashion forward people. We had to ask her about what all this recent experience taught her about fashion. Fashionista: Have you been to any shows yet this season? Kelly Osbourne: I was at Charlotte Ronson last night and that was great. I just decided to do one show a day this week because it’s too much otherwise and I just want to have fun and enjoy it. So I’ve just picked the ones that I really, really, really wanted to see. Unfortunately some of them are all at the same time. How has doing red carpet commentary changed the way you look at fashion or the way you dress?

It's been a little over a year since apparel manufacturer L.A. Triumph slapped Madonna with a lawsuit, claiming that her "Material Girl” line for Macy’s threatens their own “Material Girl” juniors clothing line that they have been selling since 1997. We thought it sounded crazy, considering the fact that Madonna invented "Material Girl," the song (well, writers did, but you know what we mean), in 1984. However, we learned last August that L.A. Triumph actually had a leg to stand on, because while Madonna may have the copyright to the name of the song, she doesn't have the trademark, since she hadn't yet sold any products bearing the name (several missed opportunities there if you ask us!) Madonna, understandably, was hoping they didn't--she requested that the court throw out the lawsuit, which the judge has denied.

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Whether you’re a hip parent with a newborn or a teen on the verge of leaving the juniors’ department, pop star mommies Madonna and Gwen Stefani have you covered. Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lover’s line is shrinking down for the diaper and preschool set; Stefani is taking her pop-arty ode to Japanese street dressing and making it kid friendly for Target. Called Harajuku Mini for Target, the line will be introduced in November and again in January 2012. While she’s designed children’s clothing and shoes for her contemporary LAMB line, this is a first for the younger Harajuku line.

After Taylor Momsen was dropped from IMG, it was no surprise to learn her reign as the face of Madonna and Lourdes' Material Girl line for Macy's was coming to an end. The homepage of the Material Girl website still says that they are "desperately seeking" a new Material Girl to be the face of the brand, and has been asking readers to write in who they think should be the next Material Girl since January 11. But the search is over. Material Girl has just announced on their twitter and then on their blog that they've selected Kelly Osbourne as the new face of Material Girl for 2011. "We’ve had a long time crush on Kelly and featured her as one of our “cool peeps” over the summer," the blog reads, "We are so thrilled." Apparently the crush is mutual. After being featured as one of Material Girl's "cool peeps" last summer, Kelly responded by writing, "to be thought of as an inspiration in that way is brilliant… I hope little girls look up to Lourdes because she doesn’t dress too grown up and she always looks so stylish," Grazia is reporting. Osbourne is a great (read: safer) choice to be the face of Material Girl.

Cathy Horyn Laments a Dull Moment In Fashion: Horyn's point here is that designers and photographers are using sexuality and gender crossovers to be shocking rather than push themselves creatively. She calls out restrictions placed on designers and publications by advertisers, as well as American society's prudish hangups about sex. {NYT} Dave Matthews Is The New Face Of John Varvatos: The campaign, shot by David Clinch, was inspired by Matthews' love of vintage instruments and his fascination with carnies. {WWD subscription required} More Details on the Royal Wedding Wear--Prince William's That Is: In the latest royal wedding news, Prince William's Italian tailor describes the groom-to-be's royal marriage shirt as "classic yet innovative" and says it will feature a high wing collar and embellished button holes. {Telegraph} Taylor Momsen No Longer A Material Girl: We're not surprised to hear that Lourdes and Madonna are "desperately seeking" a new face for their Material Girl clothing line. They are asking fans to decide which trendy young starlet should replace Momsen as spokesperson. Thoughts? Suggestions? {Styleite}

Norma Kamali is one of my industry idols. Not only because she makes a great swimsuit, but because she runs a successful, independent business pretty much on her own. A business that includes a flagship store, a diffusion line sold at department stores like Bloomingdale's, a bustling online retail site, a massive deal with Wal-Mart, and special projects with eBay as well as several other mini ventures. That's why she's the ideal keynote speaker for FashInvest's first annual conference, taking place December 15 at FIT. Neil Cole, CEO of Iconix Brand Group, which owns everything from Madonna's Material Girl collection for Macy's to Candie's to London Fog, is the other keynote speaker. FashInvest is a New York-based organization formed by a group of venture capitalists, private equity managers, and fashion company executives who want to help emerging designers and other fashion entrepreneurs find funding. Unlike Fashionstake, another fashion/business startup I've written about, there's really no crowdsourcing involved. It's all about finding the right investors for your specific brand.

Late last Thursday, apparel manufacturer L.A. Triumph Inc., filed suit against Madonna, claiming that her "Material Girl" line for Macy's threatens their own "Material Girl" clothing line that they have been selling since 1997. L.A. Triumph is hoping a judge will rule that Madonna's new tween line creates confusion among consumers ("deception in the marketplace" in legalese) and that Madonna should fork over all her "Material Girl" profits to L.A. Triumph. So how is it that Madonna, the original "Material Girl," she who sang the song, could be infringing on L.A. Triumph's trademark? We checked in with our resident fashion trademark expert, attorney Anne Sterba, of leading intellectual property firm Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, to find out if L.A. Triumph has a leg to stand on.

The Big Tweeze: Tweezing: we do it to look good, but we rarely look good while doing it (just watch the faces you make in the mirror next time you start plucking). Until now, that is--Betsey Johnson, in yet another somewhat strange collaboration, will release her line of designer tweezers for Tweezerman starting September 1. {Bella Sugar} Dolce Dispute: Dolce & Gabbana and Selfridges have come to an allegedly mutual agreement to stop their partnership, come next spring. While neither party has pointed fingers, we can't help but look on this with the same skepticism we have when couples "mutually" split--c'mon, guys. One way or another, somebody's getting dumped. {Vogue UK} Causing A Commotion: A Los Angeles clothing company is suing Madonna in regards to her new clothing line for Macy's, claiming that they have been using the name "Material Girl" for years. Wait, who's ripping off whom? Didn't Madonna invent that phrase? Yeesh. {TMZ}

This one is so close I had trouble telling which image was which for a good ten minutes. One clever tipster, upon seeing a piece from Madonna's new line for Macy's, pointed out that the "Material Girl" line blatantly rips off a design from Ronny Kobo's work for Torn. I mean, it's identical--the pattern, the cut of the top, and even the arrangement of the embellishments. There's nothing "Borderline" about it-- Madonna's been a "Bad Girl." What's your take?

If you, like us, are entranced by Lourdes Leon's Material Girl blog, you've surely noticed that Madonna's daughter has her own language, replete with neologisms and wacky phraseology. Now Lola's got three posts up, the latest of which includes the word "FABNOSITY." It's like her own hipster tween spin on Kimora Lee Simmons' "fabulosity." So I culled through her musings to put together this handy Lola Lexicon, and tried my best to interpret and define each new word and phrase (Brits please clue me in if some of these are British-isms I don't understand). This girl deserves her own urban dictionary. Here it is in alphabetical order. Enjoy.