Headlines This Week 12/18

December 18, 2009

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  • With 2010 upon us, we couldn’t help but ask: Who were the most fashionable women of the decade? What were the moments, sartorially-speaking, that we could never forget? Vogue.com

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  • Yes, folks, after a lazy season under the California sun, Project Runway has left Hollywood, returning to its proper home in the Big Grimy. The jump from Bravo to Lifetime dulled down some of the show’s bite, but it was really the L.A. vacation that made Project’s last go-around seem a bit too breezy. NYMag.com

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  • Charlize Theron is putting in some serious footwork to help kids in her native South Africa. Today she debuts a new, limited-edition collaboration with do-gooding company TOMS Shoes. People.com

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  • Spotted on StyleWatch, Kendall Jenner, 14-year-old half-sister of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, featured in a fashion campaign for Forever 21’s Twist Collection. Nitrolicious.com
  • As soon as my hair gets long enough I may even have to try this one! It’s always great to see hair and make up styles successfully make it from the runway to the streets, and that’s exactly what happened to the notorious braid from the Alexander Wang runway show. FashionIndie.com

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Headlines This Week 10/23

October 23, 2009

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  • The recession hasn’t killed the fashion industry, but it’s certainly crippled it. Fashion’s brightest future will only come with change, according to Ashley Olsen, Isaac Mizrahi, and Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan, who spoke last night at the 92nd Street Y talk “The Future of Fashion,” moderated by Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive. NYMag.com

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  • Gucci has announced the launch of the Gucci App for iPhone and iPod touch, which is now available from the App Store. FashionIndie.com

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  • Does this mean we can expect to see pointy cone-bra corset styles at Target? Mark your fashion calendars: Jean Paul Gaultier is doing a cheap chic collection for Target arriving in stores March 7, 2010. People.com
  • Vogue creative director Grace Coddington expressed her concern about the fashion industry’s attachment to very young, very thin — and many times anorexic — models, in a talk with ex–Men’s Vogue editor Jay Fielden at the New York Public Library last night. Popgloss.com
  • With the wind of Marc Levin’s HBO documentary Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, which aired Monday, at their backs, supporters of NYC’s shrinking Garment District gathered today at noon for a Save the Garment Center rally. There was a sizable turnout for the event at the corner of 39th Street and Seventh Avenue. Style.com

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