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HELP IS IN THE BAG
Gift Bags for Good, Clothes Off Our Back Foundation and Water Partners are hosting a party raise some much needed capital for charity. Be sure to hit up this party if you have some cash to put down on great goodie bag items.
WHO: Gift Bags for Good, the celebrity and tastemaker bag auction, is proud to announce that proceeds from its second annual fundraiser will benefit the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation and Water Partners International.
WHAT: On Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 from 7:00pm-9:00pm, Gift Bags for Good guests (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) are invited to bid on must-have gift bags donated by celebrities, tastemakers, and organizations as they sip exclusive cocktails, enjoy music by DJ Josh Madden and take in a live performance by UNISEX SALON. The high profile event, which is attended by celebrities and other influencers, is sponsored by The New York Times, FIJI Water and Ruffino Wine.
GIFT BAGS INCLUDE: Some of the most buzzed about items up for auction this year range from gift bags from the Grammy® and Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, handbags from Carlos Falchi and Coach, and swag bags from publications such as InStyle, Cosmopolitan and Lucky. Select high-ticket items will also be exclusively available to bid on as of Monday, May 12th, through an online auction conducted by www.clothesoffourback.org
WHERE: The Great Room at W New York – Union Square 201 Park Avenue South
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If The Jeans Don’t Fit, You Must Acquit
Separated at birth?
Posh Bot 2000 is getting ready to sue Rock & Republic jeans for lost wages. She claims the company is lying about her jeans inability to sell and wants $100 million in damages. This is probably the first time a celebrity designers sues for not being sellable.
Rock & Republic claimed the jeans didn’t sell cause Becks never promoted the line, missing appearances at LA spots like Kitson. Personally, her Planet of the Apes mug wouldn’t have gotten me to drop $200 on a pair of over embellished denim, but that’s just me.
I love that Becks thinks the problem is with Rock & Republic and isn’t thinking that maybe, just maybe, no one gives to shakes about the shit she tries to sell. Sorry Marc, it’s true.
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Sneak Preview: Weddings on Gossip Girl
As you can see a couple of our most beloved characters are sporting some pretty high-fashion outfits especially for the television event.
It is floral all the way at this GG wedding, with Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) looking spectacular in a Ralph Lauren yellow tiered halter neck from the designer’s spring 2008 collection. She has even continued the black gloves from the catwalk show for that extra special glamorous touch.
Looking equally glam is Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) in a pink halter neck bubble dress by Australian designer Collette Dinnigan. In typical Blair style, the Queen Bee of GG matches her outfit with pink accessories, not forgetting her signature headband.
The wedding season finale was filmed yesterday on location in New York. In other GG goss, it is rumoured that Lisa Loeb might actually perform on the show… how bizarre!
Content courtesy of ShinyStyle
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55DSL X SPACE INVADERS
55DSL announces a new collaboration with SPACE INVADERS to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. The collaboration activity includes the release of the 55DSL edition of SPACE INVADERS WORLD WAR (tentative name) a new online game, and 55DSL x SPACE INVADER a collaboration t-shirt.
The brand new shooting game made for PCs can be played by anybody from around the world. Using just the mouse, players can enjoy competing against players from other countries, what makes this game special is that players are not only fighting against the SPACE INVADERS, but players can also enjoy the thrill of teaming up with his or her peers as well as sharing tactics with different countries.
This special 55DSL online version of the game was created by the 55DSL design team located in Italy with a exclusive design and will be distributed from March 2008.A limited edition t-shirt has also been designed by the 55DSL design team in Italy for the collaboration with SPACE INVADERS and will be sold at select number of stores worldwide.
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Patricia Fields Loves Designer Coke (I know you’re all like “Who Doesn’t?” but keep reading and you’ll see that it’s not the type of coke your thinking about.)
Patty Fields just created a new collection of custom Diet Coke bottles for Great Britain’s Sefridges stores. She joins designers Julian MacDonald, Matthew Williamson, Jonathan Saunders and Manolo Blahnik, who have each lent their talents to Coca-Cola.
In true Gwen Stefani-knock off style, each of her harijuku bottles have a different names; gold is “Career”, red is “Passion”, pink is “Love”, and turquoise is “Damn, I Wish My Main Claim to Fame Wasn’t Dressing Slutty, Self Absorbed 40-50 year Olds in Outfits Made for 20 Year Olds”, um, I mean “Fashion”.
You can’t get the bottles here. Although I’m sure if you asked nicely at Patty’s store on Bowery, she just might have some of the bottles hiding in the back along with Cynthia Nixon’s “straight” clothes, photo’s of Darren Star in compromising situations with every gay cast member of “Sex”, and the final episodes of Cashmere Mafia. You can keep Lucy Lui, just give us some more Cashmere Mafia!!! (Yes, Daniel Saynt is secretly addicted to Cashmere Mafia. He is not proud of it and he is currently seeking refuge at Promises to ween him off his addiction.)
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Terry Richardson Shoots Iron Man
It’s all fun and games till someone loses a testicle.
Robert Downey Jr (favorite actor ever) was shot by Terry Richardson for GQ magazine. The spreads were definitely tame by Richardson’s standards, which could be due to the magazines strict rules for Terry or Robert’s mainstream taming. God damn is rehab a bitch. If you haven’t seen Iron Man, go see it today. The movie is by far one of the best of the Summer blockbuster season and deserves a sequel or two. More Robert Picts after the jump…
Photos courtesy of GQ
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The Bashed: Junya Wantanbe for Lacoste
The Satchel said it best. The new collaboration with Junya Wantanbe MAN and Lacoste is by far the most laziest, lamest and unnecessary partnership in the history of design. They must have beat Junya over the head with a hammer before asking him to come up with these unoriginal polo’s.
“Yes, I will change the color of the alligator emblem and then sell the polos for $100 more than traditional retail.”
You would think Junya would have made a better effort on this line, but sometimes it’s just about the name and has nothing to do with making good fashion. Or maybe they just didn’t want to send their overstock of polo’s to T.J Maxx or Marshall’s and figured a collaboration with Junya would have been cheaper than paying for shipping?
Source: SatchelofGravel
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Behind the Scenes of a Henri Bendel Trunk Show
Hey indies,
I’m going to give you the scoop on what goes on at a designer trunk show at Henri Bendel so that next year when they are looking for new talent you’re ready to make it past their judges on on to their selling floor.
Twice a year designers line up around the block to show their creations to the buyers at this high-end department store. If you have something that sparks their interest they let you show in their store. If all goes well from there you can keep showing on a regular basis. Hopefully one day you can prove yourself worthy and they will just be able to buy your line.
Above is my little headband line. I would like to introduce all you Fashion Indie connoisseurs to the other talent that was sharing the spotlight with me this weekend. Should you get picked it is a very good idea to bring help along. My publicist Mylan Bui and Jowita Kurowski helped me, bringing over a good three bags full of head candy goodies!!! Bui-Lavry PR Rocks!!!
In the front of the store there is currently a designer cupcake maker/celebrity birthday cake baker showing. I promised not to tell who they are designing a birthday cake for next week. If I leaked this bit of information their Lower East Side bakery would be paparazzi mayhem!!! Let’s just say John Mayer was the last rock star they designed for. Strictly A-list.
Check out their work www.howsweetitispastry.com!!!
Indie Jewelry designer Mindy Lam was in Henri’s on Sunday but has been showing near the entrance all week long. Her jewelry is nothing less than a work of genius. I say it like this because all her jewelry is couture and can only be produced by her personally, her designs are a hand-crafted skill that can not be taught. She is beyond indie, Mindy’s gems are in a whole other category of independent design.
One of my most favorite designer’s was a Chocolatier named Confuzzled , these intense chocolate toffee cookies are making an appearance on the View this Tuesday (Be sure to notice her pretty little girl who will be wearing an Angel Lust bow). Confuzzled is proof that The Daily Candy is God!!! Confuzzled started out doing monthly trunk shows at Henri Bendel, during which an article in The Daily Candy featured her. Eventually Bendel’s bought her stuff in bulk and placed it permanently in their high-end chocolate bar in the penthouse!!!
So here are three quick tips for making it on the Henri Bendel buyers short list.
- Get to the Henri Bendel casting calls early.
- Have professional help from a PR agency.
- Get mentioned in Daily Candy or any other noted press and be sure that your first collection sells out, quickly. Call friends, put in favors, do whatever you have to do, just make sure that when you hit the selling floor of Bendel’s you’re selling.
The list goes on with all the fantastic talent you will find here. I look forward to bringing you updated indies in progress.
-Kristen May of Angel Lust !!!
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April 77 Records Artist of the Month: The Red Hearts
Vintage-inspired skinny jeans $200, limited edition tee $110, hair cut from punk chop shop $80.
Looking like you’re part of the band. Priceless.
Our sound is fast and tough. We dig the Clash, Buzzcocks, The Jam and all that mid-70’s early punk stuff. The list could go on and on…
-Lenny Pops, singer of THE RED HEARTS.
The line between fashion and music get blurred a little bit more this month as French jeanswear label April 77 introduces April 77 Records, a collaboration between fresh bands and the clothing company. Each month, April 77 jeans and merchandise will feature special codes which can be used to redeem free music on their site from some of the world’s best up and coming bands. This month, THE RED HEARTS…
THE RED HEARTS are a household name in the Los Angeles indie rock and punk scene. They are lead by Lenny Pops, who formed the band in 2004 after having played in the Brian Jonestown Massacre. The guys have shared the stage with cult icons such as Silver Apples, The Avengers, as well as playing with many of todays top bands including Black Lips and Lords of Altamont.
I first saw Lenny on New Years Eve of 2007. With his jangling Rickenbacker, striped shirt and curls, he stood apart from his garage rockin mates. This boy was pop-incarnated. As I danced my ass off I couldnt help but wonder what his story was. Where did this guy come from? Obviously not Lala, the land of garage psychedelia.
And so it goes, his name is Lenny Pops, hes from Detroit and spent a chunk of his youth in Atlantic City, which explains his intense fondness for Lucy the Elephant (The Amusement Park). His beating red heart is shared by Punk and Powerpop and, of course, his lovely wife.
When he started THE RED HEARTS, their first single - More and Faster - manifested itself as a proper punk anthem best described as raw. But I thought they were a Powerpop band… At least thats what their MySpace said!
Being the snot nosed, MySpacin’, Powerpop victim that I am, I was immediately up Mr. Pops ass about this. Are THE RED HEARTS a pop band or not? Four drummers later, and then there was light!
Their next single, Let’s Get Lost - out as APRIL77RECORDS first release in April - is a fucking gem. A perfect balance of everything we love. Gary Valentine meets Elvis Costello on Adderall with a Farfisa! Punk, Powerpop, whatchamacallit, its a mover!
-Stephanie, Sales Charmer at APRIL77RECORDS
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Temperley Dumps NY. We’re Not Sad. The Feeling Was Mutual.
Dear Alice Temperley,
I thought we had a good thing going. You came to New York and showcased for the past couple of years. We gave you a great time and a spot as a GO! International designer for Target. And now we hear you’re leaving us for London?!?
Did we do something wrong? I just feel so betrayed Alice, I had no idea that you were even checking out other cities. And London? Of all places London? I could understand if you left us for Paris or Milan. It’s hard to argue their appeal, but London is just the flavor of the month. He’s just cool right now, we’ve been cool forever Alice. Can’t you remember the good times we shared? Long walks through Central Park, tours of the MET, shopping in SoHo? Oh, they have their own SoHo?
I hope you enjoy your time in London, Alice. Just don’t expect us to be waiting with open arms when you realize their “Big Ben” is nothing compared to our “Empire State”.
Love,
New York
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Agyness on UK Vogue
Another month, another Agyness Deyn cover. This time the “it” model is on the cover of UK Vogue. There are no editorials inside on the model, big surprise, which means she just got the cover for being so god damn good at modeling.
The face has a level of surprise, as in, “Oh, shit your taking my picture, cheerio!” Okay, I’ve never actually heard a British person say Cheerio, but I assume they only say it when the yankees aren’t around.
The look is killer with tall white summer heels, ala gladiator style, and a necklace that is an eclectic mixture of tons of shit that would look very cool on any girl on the street.
Definitely worth a read.
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Kate Moss for Agent Provocateur
There are certain days when I completely and absolutely remember why I love fashion. It’s not the days when I get to sit front row at NY Fashion Week, or the days that packages arrive from designers trying to woo me with freebies (athough those days are nice. please send all packages and invites to the address listed at the bottom of this page. thank you). It’s all about the days when campaigns like Kate Moss’s for Agent Provocateur end up in my mailbox and for a few fleeting moments I realize that I am in a field where people will randomly ask me to examine the half-nude (sometimes fully nude) body of a supermodel.
Kate Moss shines in these ad shots for her recent campaign with Agent Provocateur. Her beauty is undeniable and the looks are a major step up for the lingerie brand, who famously dumped Kate for the less than spectacular Maggie Gyllenhall. Thank god Kate is back, cause these shots remind us why we love the aging, nearly over-the-hill model. It’s her drop dead gorgeous appeal and limitless sexual energy. Her ability to own each shot and remind you that she has what you want. Her pouty lips and sweet sounding British accent. Her in with nearly every dealer in London, NY, LA and Milan. Her …
Now, I’m going to close my computer and stop talking about Kate Moss, Rebecca looks like she’s ready to kick my ass if I say anything else about Ms.Moss … whose supple breast and soft skin speaks to me in these ads … what’s that Kate? You want me to kiss you? I don’t know if I can? Maybe just one … little … Rebecca proceeds to beat me over the head with her Mac book. (I’ll most likely be in the hospital this weekend. See you next week indies. And enjoy more Moss photos after the jump. Ow, I think I forgot what yellow looks like. Is that even possible?)
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