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- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are planning to make a mint on their style with new online venture, StyleMint, launching in July. Featuring 8 T-shirt styles for $29.99 designed and merchandised with the help of the Sisters Tanner, the site will combine e-commerce with social media. MK told WWD: “With Stylemint.com, Ashley and I have created an online experience reflecting our love of style and allowing us to engage with our customers directly, which is an inspiring new way for us to think and create as designers.” I remember just yesterday they were wearing clam diggers and 90s Cameron Diaz hair. Now look at ‘em. Businesswomen. How the time flies! [WWD]
- Snooki and JWOWW will continue to spread their own brand of charm — among other more communicable things — with their own Jersey Shore spin-off. Finally, we get down to the good stuff. Honestly, Ron, I’m frikkin’ over everyone else on that show. [Daily Beast]
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- Editor Casual seems to be running rampant in fashion as Carine Roitfeld donned corduroy jeans and a “no-name” T-shirt (thank god the shoe came to work) for an interview with a no-name mag about her current state. Turns out she never had any plans to replace Anna Wintour at Vogue (remember that plotline from Devil Wears Prada?), she just likes fucking with us: “I like to provoke. I’m very French. In America, they’re not even allowed to show a hint of nipple in photos. Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She’s a politician; I’m a stylist. They are two very different jobs. Incidentally, despite all the rumors, she is actually very nice.” What we don’t know is that Anna was hanging from the ceiling the entire time. [Fashionologie]
- If you’re like me and live for the Met Ball but have yet to receive a coveted invitation, you can at least live vicariously through one of its fabulous attendees, fashion icon Daphne Guinness. The kooky, couture-loving heiress will be getting dressed in Barneys windows before heading off to the Gala on May 2nd. How many years in jail do you think I’ll get for busting through that window and stealing a McQueen feather from Daph’s hem? [The Cut]
I was center square from 1969 to 1978, during which I perfected the art of the zing as well as a crippling cocaine addiction. Bea Arthur was responsible for both.
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