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After seeing ad pages and newsstand sales take a hit this year, Glamour‘s editor in chief Cindi Leive is giving the pub a much-needed makeover to appeal to a much-needed hipper clientele.
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Diane von Furstenberg and co. are standing their ground. Last week the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana accepted the Council of Fashion Designers of America‘s attempt at compromise — moving New York’s shows next September in exchange for Milan accepting the second Thursday rule — but only if the CFDA cut the last day of New York Fashion Week. Well, turns out that last day has some big names attached — Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein Collection, specifically – so the CFDA said “no dice” in a letter to the Camera on Tuesday.
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I guess even Vogue Italia, that one link to editorial relevance in the Condé Nast stable of periodicals, can run afoul every now and then. Case in point, this bit of visual vomit Michelangelo di Battista threw up for their latest issue. Filmed in what could easily be your grandmother’s attic painted the most abhorrent shade of blue — with uninspired styling by Alice Gentilucci and listless and lifeless posing from Kristen Stewart whose hair apparently hasn’t seen a brush in ages – this spread has Italian Vogue wading in levels of American Vogue dreckitude. Enjoy after the jump.
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“Glenda Bailey‘s not going to go to Richmond, VA, fashion week.” This quote from CFDA CEO Steven Kolb basically sums up the fashion industry’s attitude when it comes to fashion weeks outside of the big four: New York, London, Paris and Milan. Fashion is elitist, with the haves being vastly outweighed by the have-nots. A small cadre of editors, designers, photographers, stylists and — most importantly — businessmen control this billion dollar industry, but the cracks are beginning to appear in the facade. Milan’s breaking rank and challenging the fashion week calendar and in response Condé Nast has vowed that no Vogue editors will be in attendance should Milan continue its catwalk of impertinence. China is outspending both America and Europe in the luxury sector and many brands are opening stores in the Far East to meet this ever-expanding market. Then there are the some 100 other fashion weeks around the world, showcasing local young, up-and-coming and often, rather talented designers who, while not garnering the attention of Harper’s Bazaar‘s esteemed editrix in chief, are contributing to their own cities’ and countries’ burgeoning fashion industries.
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Kelly Florio Kasouf, the daughter of the late Steve Florio — former president and CEO of Condé Nast — has written the chicest children’s book of the year about growing up in and around the publishing house. The Adventures of Sophie and the City: All in a Day’s Work follows a little girl as she’s whisked away into a magical world of fictionalized Vogues and Vanity Fairs and oh, the people she’ll meet!
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Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion is the Met Costume Institute‘s next undertaking after the rip-roaring success of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The exhibit will feature imagined conversations with the two iconic Italians on various subjects, from art and politics to women and creativity.
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Condé Nast is coming to a TV near you. Or a digital channel. Or even a movie theater. The publishing giant is expanding with an entertainment venture headed up by former CW and UPN network head, Dawn Ostroff.
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New York, London, Milan and Paris. As any follower of fashion knows, those four cities are the main fashion capitals of the world and in that order their fashion weeks have progressed for what seems like time immemorial. Well, New York’s moving their fashion week to Sept. 13th to avoid conflicting with Labor Day, but that leaves Milan in a time crunch. And the Italians are not standing for it.
