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- Chaka Khan and Fantasia Barrino wore catsuits on the American Idol finale last night. [theGrio]
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It seems like you can’t turn on the radio, or more realistically open up your Pandora, without hearing some serious name-dropping in your favorite tunes. But label-whoring in lyrics goes way back in the day before Kanye West was the Louis Vuitton Don and Gwen Stefani‘s Harajuku-mania.
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If you’ve got a few thousand pounds saved up, it might be time to break that piggy bank in two because Christie’s today has unveiled some of the pieces from Daphne Guinness‘ upcoming auction to launch and raise funds for the Isabella Blow Foundation.
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If you’re fashion savvy on any level, you know who Simon Doonan is. The visual charisma he brings to the windows at Barney’s resonates for every style maven from the posh women uptown to the wild experimentalists downtown. Like many icons and influencers tend to do, he started sharing his views with the world through books. His sixth literary installment Gay Men Don’t Get Fat launched this past weekend, and Simon held several speaking engagements (including a very chic breakfast with moi) where he divulged the secret world of the stereotypically stylish gays to audiences young and old. The book’s 60,000 perfect words diffuse and dive into achetypes of all sorts – from the gays to the straight men to the French women – and leave you laughing out loud…in my case embarrassingly so whilst alone in the Grey Dog Café. Here are some insights he shared, preparing us for what was to come in the book.
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Simon Doonan doesn’t get fat. Else he would not fit into that Alaïa he’s been eyeing and dying for. We found out all of his favorite designers this morning we met up and fêted today’s release of his new book, Gay Men Don’t Get Fat. We also learned that the gayest food on the planet is inarguably a macaroon; a burrito, quite possibly the straightest. Anyway, back to the clothing he fits into being so gay and skinny. Meet the best designers in Simon Doonan’s eyes.
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Move over Liz Taylor, you ain’t got nothin’ on Blanche Devereaux. While the legendary Mrs. Taylor-Hilton-Wilding-Todd-Fisher Burton-Burton-Warner-Fortensky may have had enough jewels to shower the East Coast in White Diamonds, who wouldn’t want some treasured Golden Girls memorabilia? Rue McClanahan sadly passed away last June, but before her death she made sure that she left her fans a bit of herself. Now her son, Mark Bish, is fulfilling his mother’s wishes in a series of auctions of the star’s possessions across the country starting December 17.
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Vogue‘s editrix-in-chic Anna Wintour and her gal Friday Hamish Bowles sat down with CBS Sunday Morning in anticipation of the magazine’s 120th anniversary, where they talked past covers, the new digital archive, and how Anna replaced models with celebrities over the years.
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If you’re not familiar with Spanish brand Desigual, you’re missing out on some incredibly colorful, funky designs. Now there is even more of a reason to discover this European chain, as Christian Lacroix‘s first collection for the brand is launching in the United States come fall. These exclusive Desigual by Lacroix sketches and designs were recently released to the public, and we have them for you to see right here on FashionIndie.
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Chivas Regal reps stopped by Fashion Indie headquarters to toast French fashion designer Christian Lacroix. Known for his fantastically fanciful dresses and gowns, Lacroix had no trouble lending his design skills to create the Chivas Regal’s limited-edition, 18 year-old scotch bottle. Verdict: Stylishly delicious.
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James Franco to teach a class on himself, “Narcissistic Escapism and the Art of Joint-Rolling”? W tells Kim Kardashian to shut her uncultured mouth. And J. Crew shareholders get their sweater-sets in a bunch.
