Edited by Zosia Baroody
With summer comes an abundance of concerts. From festivals to nightclubs, artists from every genre are booking themselves up for the next few months. From mosh pits to classy, sit down performances, here are 5 looks to wear to each type of concert.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
If you love the FashionIndie feature 5 Steps to a Style Icon, you’re going to love our special twist for Music Month, 5 Steps to a Video Ho. This week, I’ll be dissecting Rihanna‘s video for “Rude Boy,” and I guarantee you’re in for tons of bright colors, gold chains and hot pants. Watch the video and learn how to get the look after the jump.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Betsey Johnson has filed for Chapter 11 and will close the majority of her 63 boutiques, putting hundreds of employees out of a job. Johnson, however, will remain creative director of her namesake label and will still hold a fashion show this September.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
- Ah, the future. Hopefully New York will legalize, or at least decriminalize, marijuana so we can get these badass weed vending machines. [MSN]
- Megan Fox is preggers with her first child thanks to 90210 alum/perennial hottie Brian Austin Green. I guess a naked pregnant photoshoot is pretty much inevitable at this point. [E!]
- Charlotte Free is the new face of Maybelline, as announced in this brillz video by the bearded mastermind behind Shit Fashion Girls Say, otherwise known as P’Trique and featuring fashion folk like Betsey Johnson and Derek Blasberg. Video after the jump! [Huff Po]
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
- Demi Moore has reportedly turned to Oprah for some tender, love and care following her stint in rehab and split from Ashton Kutcher, citing the big O’s help in getting Jennifer Aniston back on her feet after Brad Pitt dumped her for that Jolie woman. Oprah will in turn have dibs on Demi’s first post-rehab interview/soul. [Page Six]
- You know who knows how to properly celebrate 420? Rihanna. Aside from rolling a blunt on a bald man’s head — while in Chanel no less — she also puffs with the mightiest lungs in America, if not the world, Snoop Dogg himself. No wonder she ran out of fucks to give…she never had any to begin with. [Buzzfeed]
Edited by Samantha Lim
Families are spending between $1000 to $2000 on prom this year, which is a lot of money to look like a cheap slut and get knocked up in the back of a Chevy Camaro.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Eco-fashion as we know it developed in the 1960s thanks to those damned dirty hippies and the burgeoning environmentalist movement. However, the history of sustainable style can be traced back to the 18th century when hand-crafted silk garments were “meticulously cared-for and altered for continued wear,” according to the Museum at FIT‘s Eco-Fashion: Going Green exhibit from two years ago. That exhibit explored the often contentious relationship between fashion and the environment and how it has developed over the past few centuries.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Take a look in your jewelry box, and it’s almost guaranteed you’ll find a lion, tiger or bear somewhere in there. From snakes to elephants, cats to fish, we love our animal jewelry and think it nearly impossible for a girl to own too many pieces. These tiny little spirits can bring positive energy to any situation and life to your every outfit. Check out some of our favorite tiny creatures after the jump.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Following the blockbuster success of their first collaboration — which sold out within 48 hours — the CFDA and eBay have teamed up once again for a new line of ”You Can’t Fake Fashion” totes, with the aim of cracking down on counterfeiting.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
“Real women” at New York Fashion Week are hard to come by. Even harder on the runway. Stone face beauties? Yes. Smooth double zeros? You bet. So the prospect of putting 22 homeless women on the catwalk in custom designer clothing is completely radical! One man and one organization, Derek Warburton and Bottomless Closet have teamed up with 22 designers, such as Nicole Miller, Betsey Johnson and Lela Rose, to clothe the down-on-their-luck women that reap the benefits of Bottomless Closet. It will be a star studded event, and you can be there too! Find out how to buy your ticket into Fashion Week (and into the open bar that precedes the show)
