Headlines This Week 12/4
December 4, 2009
- For her upcoming wedding to Tye Strickland, former Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars star Melissa Rycroft will walk down the aisle wearing an Alfred Angelo bridal gown. People.com
- The Wall Street Journal reports: “No one has ever purchased the Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra. Past bras — including the 2006 Hearts on Fire Diamond Fantasy Bra, worth $7 million — have all been dismantled.” FashionIndie.com
- Models Kasia Struss, Lara Stone, Natalia Vodianova, Christy Turlington, and Gisele Bundchen photographed themselves for Vogue Italia’s December 2009 Twitter Cover Story. FashionIndie.com
- Most blogs we look at wouldn’t use the word “ass” in a headline, so our curiosity was most piqued when we noticed it in big bold letters at the top of a Style.com post. NYMag.com
- It is a wonder that Tom Ford, the former creative director of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent who turned louche sexuality into high fashion in the 1990s, didn’t try his hand at directing a movie sooner. NYTimes.com
- A gaggle of perfectly well behaved geese, prim as French schoolchildren, waddles down the catwalk, opening an over-the-top hallucinogenic circus parade to celebrate the “Sonia Rykiel pour H&M” collections (one lingerie, the other sweater dressing). Vogue.com
Headlines This Week 11/6
November 6, 2009
- More Motown covers, Blacksponation and Barbès-Bamako inspiration (Oups I forget the Pocahontas touch, with fringes and hairy mocassins)! Enjoy the last collection of “papa Marc (Jacobs) and the afro hair”, sounds groovy, isn’t it? Popgloss.com
- We teased you last week with this, but as promised, here is Lara Stone’s cover for the December 2009 cover of British Vogue, where the glossy named her the Model of the Year. Modelinia.com
- Leighton Meester (B. on Gossip Girl) looks Ahmazing on cover of Glamour UK. IKnowWhatYouWore
- Ridley Scott is working on a movie to begin filming next year about the downfall of the Gucci family dynasty. However, the Gucci family is freaking out over how scandalous the film could be. NYMag.com
- For the latest H&M Divided Art collection, they’ve tapped fashion illustrator, Laura Laine, hailing from Helsinki to create two illustrations to be printed on T-shirts and tanks. Nitrolicious.com
- Designer Jum Nakao created these incredibly ornate and delicate dresses for the Paper Fashion exhibition at the MoMu in Antwerp. At the end of the runway show the models ripped themselves out of them! CocoPerez.com
Headlines This Week 6/19
June 19, 2009
Photo courtesy of FashionIndie.com
- Half of the reason why I watch television (and 75% of the reason why I never miss an episode of Gossip Girl) is for the wardrobe. FashionIndie concocted a list of 10 shows, old and new, that we may watch just to see what they’re wearing. FashionIndie.com
Photo courtesy of People.com
- On the heels of Matthew Williamson’s boldly printed summer line, H&M has announced its next high-end collaboration with star-favorite accessories brand Jimmy Choo. People.com
Photo courtesy of NYMag.com
- From the moment LC announced she’d be penning L.A. Candy, the first in a loosely autobiographical young-adult series, we’ve been dying of curiosity. Could she write better than she feigned interest in her Hills jobs? Could she write better than she designed A-line jersey dresses? NYMag.com
Photo courtesy of Nitrolicious.com
- This week the winners for the 2009 CFDA Awards were announced, were they the ones you were rooting for? I’m so happy for Alexander Wang and Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte! Nitrolicious.com
