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Anna Wintour Gives Roger Federer Outfit AdviceBy Mike Vilensky on August 26th, 2010
Roger Federer can’t take any credit for looking so suave lately: He admitted at last night’s Nike Primetime Knockout benefit that he often consults with Anna Wintour about his ensembles both on and off the tennis court. “I kind of ask her sometimes what she thinks,” he said. “I get a very strong second opinion.”... -
Love Unveils New iPad App and VideoBy Mike Vilensky on August 16th, 2010
Love magazine only officially joined the Internet last May, but it’s forging ahead, technologically speaking, pretty quickly. The fashion rag plans to launch an iPad app for its next issue, a trailer of which features puppies, Agyness Deyn eating an apple, and celebrities smoking! Spot ‘em all after the jump. Read more posts by ... -
T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s Are After In-Season StylesBy Mike Vilensky on August 16th, 2010
Over the weekend, big-box stores T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s lured a group of bloggers to their HQ in Framingham, Massachusetts, to chat. The stores revealed that they basically have buyers all over the world working around the clock to nab cheap designer duds, including in-season stuff! Fashionista reports: “Over 40 weeks out of the year... -
A New Crop of Designers Wants to Make Fashion Less Wa...By Mike Vilensky on August 16th, 2010
A small group of international designers is aiming to create clothes with zero waste, e.g. “not so much as a scrap of fabric on the cutting room floor.” How wasteful is fashion in the first place? Well, according to the Times, “fifteen to twenty percent of the fabric used to produce clothing winds up in the nation’s landfil... -
Hilary Duff Weds in Vera Wang, Denies World PhotosBy Mike Vilensky on August 16th, 2010
So rumor has it that Hilary Duff got married this weekend! But if there isn’t photographic proof (and thus far, there isn’t), did it really happen? InStyle is reporting that the Disney turned Gossip Girl star wed long-term boyfriend/hockey player Mike Comrie, rocking a strapless Vera Wang gown and voluminous train. The couple made it o... -
Start ’Em Young: Hermès’s New $130 Coloring BookBy Mike Vilensky on August 9th, 2010
The chicest of children wouldn’t be caught dead scribbling in some ordinary coloring book. No, for them — or, really, their lah-di-dah parents — there is the brand-new $130 Hermès Les 4 Mondes coloring book. Now $130 might sound steep for twelve pages and 24 designs (markers sold separately), but compared to ... -
Toning Shoes May Not Actually Tone Your LegsBy Mike Vilensky on August 9th, 2010
So-called “toning shoes,” those crazy-looking cross-trainers you see advertised all over the subway and that claim to make your leg muscles work harder than regular ol’ sneakers, may not actually be effective at all, NPR reports. The kicks claim to “sculpt your legs and reduce the girth of your backside” while you wal... -
Is Urban’s ‘Ironic’ New Storefront Mocking Mom-...By Mike Vilensky on August 9th, 2010
On Thursday, a new Upper West Side Urban Outfitters will open, featuring an “ironic” façade that references old New York storefronts. “The whole idea was to do this kind of ironic statement of lining the building with storefronts that would be reminiscent of independent businesses,” the creative director of the company... -
Robert Duffy Says Marc Jacobs Is ‘in the Very Begin...By Mike Vilensky on August 9th, 2010
Robert Duffy, Marc Jacobs’s business partner, has continued to overshare on Twitter, to the joy of both fans and the fashion press! Last week Duffy said, “We gotta do larger sizes,” and now he’s tweeted, “Listen, we are in the very beginning stages of talking to a partner about plus sizes. Relax. It won’t be ba... -
Tamara Mellon Might Sell Jimmy ChooBy Mike Vilensky on August 9th, 2010
Tamara Mellon is considering selling Jimmy Choo, which is worth around £500 million, or roughly $800 million. The former fashion editor, who is president and CEO of the company, is “sounding out investment banks about ’strategic options’ for the business,” according to the Telegraph. Since she owns one-fifth of it, she cou... -
French Teen Fashion Phenom Charles Guislain Is So Ove...By Mike Vilensky on August 6th, 2010
Seventeen-year-old Charles Guislain fancies himself “the goth counterpoint to Tavi,” but he doesn’t even have a blog — or a high-school diploma (yet). What he does have is a keen sense of style, first discovered by cult journo Diane Pernet, and later adored by the fashion-loving masses on YouTube. And though he’s ... -
Alexa Chung Upstaged by Dreamy Jon KortajarenaBy Mike Vilensky on August 6th, 2010
Jon Kortajarena, fashion’s favorite male model of the minute (who also excellently channeled James Dean in Tom Ford’s A Single Man, earning him the affection of Madonna), is side by side with Alexa Chung in a new Pepe Jeans campaign. But is she even in this photo, next to those cheekbones [....rest of the story....]... -
GQ, V, and Interview’s September Issues All Feature...By Mike Vilensky on August 6th, 2010
This week, Marc Ecko’s Cut & Sew line unveiled an ad campaign starring a 3-D Lindsay Lohan hologram, and in July, Time Out New York joined Dazed and Confused on the growing list of mags embracing multidimensional editorial and advertising. Now Armani Exchange [....rest of the story....]... -
Caroline Giuliani’s Incredible Post-Arrest MakeoverBy Mike Vilensky on August 6th, 2010
Caroline Giuliani was brought to a Manhattan police station for allegedly shoplifting from an Upper East Side Sephora on Wednesday afternoon, looking “frumpy,” according to the Post, in a ratty NYU T-shirt, bangs all in her eyes, unsure of how to smile or act for the cameras. (See photo evidence here.) But at the [....rest of the story... -
Jill Stuart Commends Lea Michele for Not Stealing a D...By Mike Vilensky on August 6th, 2010
Glee songstress Lea Michele “fell in love” with a Jill Stuart resort dress she wore for a recent Teen Vogue photo shoot, so, naturally, she asked the designer if she could have it. Stuart readily agreed to let Michele keep the dress, explaining: “It’s a breath of fresh air to have such a respectful young actress not feel ov... -
Anne Christensen Hires T’s Melissa Martin As Glamou...By Mike Vilensky on August 6th, 2010
Earlier this week, it was announced that fashion editor-at-large Suze Yalof Schwartz would be leaving Glamour for California, a move, Yalof Schwartz told us via The Cut’s comments section, that was entirely unrelated to Anne Christensen’s recent hiring (turns out, the two are old Vogue pals). So then yesterday, new fashion director Chr... -
Essence Has Three September Cover GirlsBy Mike Vilensky on August 5th, 2010
Naomi Campbell, Liya Kebede, and Iman all grace the cover of Essence’s September issue, which also happens to mark the title’s 40th anniversary. The magazine features the first official spreads by controversial new fashion director Elliana Placas. [Essence via ... -
Karl Lagerfeld Told Lori Goldstein They’re ‘Worki...By Mike Vilensky on August 5th, 2010
Veteran stylist Lori Goldstein, of W, Italian Vogue, and QVC, says real fashion folks aren’t aspiring celebrities or reality-TV stars: “The people that I have always been drawn to are the worker bees. Whether that’s Steven Meisel — whoever it is — nobody I know wants to be a celebrity. They’re attracted to the w... -
Naomi Campbell’s Mysterious ‘I’m Watching You...By Mike Vilensky on August 5th, 2010
Naomi Campbell gave testimony this morning at the war-crimes tribunal for former Liberian leader Charles Taylor in The Hague, saying she was handed “dirty-looking stones” by two strangers after a 1997 dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela; she claims she gave the questionable rocks to charity. But never mind all that. What did she wear... -
The Journal’s Tips for Getting Snapped by a Street-...By Mike Vilensky on August 5th, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has discovered street-style blogs! “We’ve had the age of supermodels as fashion icons and the age of celebrities. Now comes the age of attractive strangers,” Christina Binkley writes. The idea that the stylish everyman is now also a tastemaker is not exactly news to anyone with an Internet connection and a... -
Tommy Hilfiger’s Son, Rapper ‘Rich Hil,’ Arrest...By Mike Vilensky on August 5th, 2010
Tommy Hilfiger’s son, rapper Richard Hilfiger, who apparently goes by the professional name of “Rich Hil,” was ‘cuffed in L.A. on a count of felony possession of marijuana for sale. He posted $20,000 bail the next night. Sister Ally — she of MTV Rich Girls and “I’m so brain dead … this is why people ... -
Taylor Jacobson Says She Doesn’t Fit Into Sample Si...By Mike Vilensky on August 5th, 2010
Taylor Jacobson, Rachel Zoe’s sassy former assistant, apparently can’t talk too much about Rachel Zoe, “for legal reasons,” but she wouldn’t want to, anyway. She told TV Guide last week: “I was done, no more TV for me. As much as people want me to go off on the show and Rachel, I don’t really have anything...
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