Headlines This Week 1/15
January 15, 2010
- It’s the changing of the models at Armani this week. First Megan Fox made her sexy debut, replacing Victoria Beckham. Now, the design house is offering a sneak peek at their new men’s campaigns, featuring David Beckham’s hot, new replacement in the Emporio Armani Underwear. People.com
- This seemed destined somehow. One of Britain’s best, Stella McCartney, has made almost as much hay out of her collaborations with Adidas, GapKids, and others as she has off her own label. NYMag.com
- Curves Ahead: V Magazine – I think it probably could have been a better editorial, but the models are gorgeous. Mahalo Fashion
- Natalie Portman was an early convert to Rodarte’s transcendent dream world filled with artful prints, thoughtful silhouettes, and futuristic visions. Elle.com
- While fashion designers might seem like the keenest clairvoyants of the fashion sphere, we actually hand the honor to textile designers. Before the sketches are even drawn at fashion design houses, mills are producing the fabrics in colors and patterns that will outfit people a whole year in advance. Pipeline.refinery29.com
Headlines This Week 1/8
January 8, 2010
- Tell-it-like-it-is Hills boss Kelly Cutrone has finished a new book with hints for
burgeoning fashionistas and working girls based on her own experiences! JustJared.com
- Yesterday, jacket company Weatherproof installed a billboard above the Red Lobster in Times Square starring a model who was neither a fashion professional nor size zero. NYMag.com
- Fashionation has a list of six super-human women who are aging quite gracefully. We’ve added four more to complete the list. FashionIndie.com
- What do you guys think were the worst fashion trends of the decade? I would have to say these. Every time I saw a girl/woman wearing these boots, it made me cringe. Popgloss.com
- Lady Gaga is hitting the small screen tonight for her much-anticipated stint on Bravo’s Launch My Line. People.com
Headlines This Week 10/23
October 23, 2009
- 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
- Gucci has announced the launch of the Gucci App for iPhone and iPod touch, which is now available from the App Store. FashionIndie.com
- 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
