Headlines This Week 8/30
August 31, 2009
- Rebecca Romjin wraps her arm around host Heidi Klum during an upcoming episode of Project Runway. JustJared.com
- So how fast can Rachel Zoe get her A-list clients gowns for the red carpet? In less than 24 hours, if last night’s premiere episode of Bravo’s The Rachel Zoe Project is to be believed. With less than a week to get dresses for Demi Moore, Debra Messing, Anne Hathaway, Cameron Diaz and Eva Mendes for last year’s Golden Globe Awards, Rachel’s team sprung into action. People.com
- Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Obnoxious Fashion Hybrid Words NYMag.com
- The much anticipated Anna Sui for Target Gossip Girl-inspired collection is coming to New York a few days earlier than the official release date. Anna Sui and Target are opening a pop-up shop on September 10th, as part of Fashion’s Night Out. Nitrolicious.com
- Time is calling Abercrombie & Fitch, which has experienced ten straight months of double-digit sales declines, the worst recession brand in the world. FashionIndie.com
Headlines This Week 5/1
May 1, 2009
- People matched up an image of a pedaling MK in windblown hair, layered necklaces, and Lennon-style sunglasses, with an eerily similar image of Ozzy Osbourne. Prince of Darkness vs Fashion Princess. Who rocks the look better? Fash
ionIndie.com - As of 2008, Gisele Bündchen was still at the top of the Forbes Top-Earning Models list, followed by Heidi Klum, Kate Moss, Adriana Lima, and Doutzen Kroes. But according to the Young People section of the Sunday Times rich list, Karen Elson and her hubby Jack White made the list at 52, while Natalia Vodianova placed 42nd, and Lily Cole came in 86th. Modelinia.com
- Last night at the Hot Pink Party for breast-cancer research we overheard Michael Kors talking about Spanx. Underthings being a favorite topic of ours, we tottered over to join the conversation. “I was talking about how they should make Spanx for men and call it Manx. Manx for men. But I’m not wearing Manx. But I might,” Kors said. NYMag.com
- Until now, style icon Victoria has been the Beckham family’s resident designer — but it looks like Posh is in for a little competition! Her footballer husband David is branching out from underwear modeling to launch his own fall-winter men’s line for Adidas Originals by Originals, WWD reports. People.com
- Karl Lagerfeld really loves music doesn’t he? He owns 100 iPods and he confessed to Bazaar that he dreams to be rapper. And now check out those outrages headphones, helmets… RockTheTrend.com
Headlines This Week 2/20
February 20, 2009
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While the fashion shows charge on in New York, the parties have been few and far between. It’s no surprise, then, that Giorgio Armani blew into town to throw an all-star fête in honor of his new Fifth Avenue flagship. Among the familiar faces in the crowd were Leonardo DiCaprio, Alicia Keys, and Milla Jovovich. HarpersBazaar.com
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Justin Timberlake was so nervous when his William Rast clothing line hit the catwalk at New York Fashion Week on Monday, he insisted that bailing out the Grammy Awards was nothing by comparison. The pop superstar was asked to fill in for an absent Rihanna at the Grammys on February 8, and he faced the prospect of having to persuade his hero Al Green to join him onstage, according to SFGate.com.
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According to NYDailyNews.com, Fashion Week cannot escape the celebutard whirlwinds that are the Hilton sisters. The Hiltons multitasked via Blackberry, Googling and demanding free dresses while the show was underway. Paris even ordered one poor staffer to say that none of the bags of free things sent to their hotel room “worked” for her, and she’d be needing more.
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Klum dropped the bomb during Fashion Week at Bryant Park that it will be “at least a couple of months before Project Runway airs.” This, she said, “obviously is sad for the designers because they’ve really worked their butts off for so many weeks being on the show and normally, you know, this is their moment. That’s why they’re here, because they want to get the recognition at Fashion Week.” NYMag.com
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Victoria Beckham may have started her dress collection with 12 styles in September 2008, but she’s returned this Fashion Week with a expanded collection of gowns, jackets and embellished minis that has debuted to rave reviews. Style.com says, “These dresses look so well-made, so of-the-moment yet also timeless…that they do the talking for [Beckham]”.
