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The Ritz Paris, where Gianni Versace held his final runway show, will close for renovations on July 31, but not before Donatella can storm the runway to present Atelier Versace‘s fall 2012 couture collection.
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- Baby hit me 15 million times. Britney Spears is reportedly in talks to serve as a judge on the next season of American Idol The Voice X Factor for $15 million. [Huff Po]
- Beyoncé posted a super sweet letter she wrote — by hand, no less — to fellow HBIC Michelle Obama on her Tumblr in which she praised the FLOTUS for her grace, humility and sincerity. And she ended it with a smiley face period, just like Barack Obama does in his letters to Congress. [Refinery29]
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The truth will out. Or at least someone’s version of the truth. Cathy Horyn played devil’s advocate in her profile of Stella McCartney, she of the illustrious pop parentage and hugely successful eponymous fashion line. In discussing McCartney’s rise to prominence, Horyn sheds light on a decade-old tale of Tom Ford, then creative director of Gucci, trying to woo Stella into his shoes. A story that McCartney maintains but that Ford, once the New York Times journalist asks him, openly refutes.
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- Steetstyle anthropologist Bill Cunningham was hit by an SUV outside of the Reed Krakoff show but luckily he was fine and continued snapping photos. [Fashionista]
- Cindy Crawford‘s 10 year old daughter won’t be seen on any runways for at least another 7 years. That is, unless Marc Jacobs gets his hands on her. [Styleite]
- A woman streaked at Lincoln Center on the last day of New York Fashion Week. Cathy Horyn praised the show, calling it revelatory. [Refinery29]
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- Karl Lagerfeld had his stint as a guest editor at Paris’ Metro daily newspaper today and like any time a German invades France, no one was spared. After calling Adele “too fat” and Russian men “ugly,” the Kaiser did however praise Michelle Obama…and her “big black ass.” [Fashionista]
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Sarah Burton took New York Times fashion critic and noted sassbag Cathy Horyn on a tour of the Alexander McQueen atelier and the label’s gorgeous marine-inspired spring 2012 collection.
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“As I’m sure you know, being in a crowd while on acid is the worst thing in the world [True]. As I’m sure you also know, fashion people are the worst people in the entire world [Unfortunately, doubly true].” So begins Vice Magazine‘s “coverage” of London Fashion Week. Sending a young girl named Elektra to Topshop Unique‘s spring 2012 runway show on acid is such a Vice thing to do — and Vice is sooooo 10 years ago that I didn’t even realize it was still corrupting youth. But I’m glad that someone is…besides Justin Bieber. Vice‘s experiment in experimentation proved successful enough, however, that those kooky kids are broadening their coverage of fashion…in their own unique way.
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The pen has always been lauded as being mightier than the sword. Sure, the thrust of a sabre can end one’s life, but the turn of a phrase can end one’s career. Tom Ford is in no danger of either, but his spring 2012 collection just got cut to pieces by French journalist, Virginie Mouzat of Le Figaro.
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There’s a definite consensus around the FashionIndie office regarding this season at the tents: lackluster. Gone was the excitement and the thrill of the new and in its stead stood a circus comprised of the old guard impatiently appraising the crop of would-be streetstyle stars and the army of bloggers hanging about as they waded through the muck of the nameless and the irrelevant to find a collection onto which to pin their ever-dwindling hopes . Still, there were a few shows that set the five barely-beating hearts of FashionIndie racing and had our backs aching to be clothed in their bright and bold designs.
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According to New York Times style columnist/Lady Gaga‘s archnemesis Cathy Horyn, the must-see shows for New York Fashion Week are Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Calvin Klein, Narciso Rodriguez and Marc Jacobs. However, some designers not mentioned have a few things to say on the matter.
