INDIE REWIND: The 10 Greatest Fashion Moments in Music History

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Music and fashion have always seemed to go hand in hand; one inspiring the other, one amplified by the other, one blatantly stealing from the other, etc.  As rock and roll became a lifestyle and MTV invaded the airwaves, the line between music and fashion began to all but disappear. That is in large part thanks to these 10 performances, albums, songs, music videos — moments in pop history — that forever defined and redefined the relationship between music and fashion.

Tilda Swinton Shows Her Candy, Facebook Goes Public and Kanye’s Cannes Debut

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Model or work of art? Raquel Zimmermann is having an identity crisis in this Dior Joaillerie video directed by Steven Meisel. [Made in Brazil]

- Victoria Beckham is planning her first brick and mortar store, “probably” in London. [Fashionista]

- Tilda Swinton looks absolutely transtastic on the cover of Candy #4. [Fucking Young!]

Mark Zuckerberg’s Hoodie Stirs Up Controversy On Wall Street

Edited by Samantha Lim

Days before the famous Facebook IPO, Wall Street is all up in arms about Mark Zuckerberg wearing a hoodie.  Wall Street analyst Michael Pachter told Bloomberg that Zuckerberg’s dressed down decision suggests that he’s too immature to be the CEO of a massive corporation.  He stated:

Geeks Still Chic: Vogue.com, SHOWstudio and Instagram Win Webby Awards

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Winners of the 16th annual Webby Awards have been announced with vogue.com taking the People’s Voice Award, voted on by Internet users like you, for best fashion website for a second year in a row. A panel of judges including Arianna Huffington, voted Nick Knight‘s SHOWstudio the Webby Award winner for best fashion website, besting the likes of NOWNESS.com and tmagazine.com. Meanwhile, Facebook‘s billion dollar baby Instagram was named Webby Breakout of the Year and Pinterest won best social media site.  

Facebook Buys Instagram for $1B, FashionIndie Buys Facebook For $2B

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Okay just kidding. But FashionIndie does have a newfound love for Instagram, the super popular mobile app that makes every rando with a smartphone the next Patrick Demarchelier. See some of our skills after the jump.

Easter Hats Gone Wild, Anne Hathaway’s ‘Miserables’ Haircut and Facebook ‘Likes’ Instagram for $1B

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Scarlett Johansson has apparently been moonlighting from her unconvincing portrayal of an actress to hawk sex toys in Mexico. [TMZ]

- Lindsay Lohan has been accused of attacking a woman in West Hollywood, but LiLo denies the charges. She only attacks people when there’s a rogue SUV involved, thank you. [NYDN]

- Some people brought their A-Easter-hat-game yesterday for New York’s annual Easter Parade, particularly this gal who clearly decimated a forest of drag queens for her chapeau. [Paper]

Go Back in Time with Burberry, Macy’s and Walmart Through Their Facebook Timelines

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The new Facebook timeline is one trend I refuse to acknowledge let alone understand or endorse, but the same cannot be said about a handful of brands who debuted the chronological countdown on their pages today. 

12 Social Media Founders Gone Sexy

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Our idea of a perfect man? Abs you can wash your dirty clothes clean on + a brain that creates and codes social media empires. Give me an ass you can bounce a dime off and a back sculpted from marble, and I’m listening. Which is why, in our steamiest fantasies, we can Instagram the nerdy social media founding Twits into a sexy Facebooks that make  us go Googley-eyed. From [four]square to super stud.

Dior Has, Like, the Most “Liked” Posts on Facebook

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

A little scandal never hurt anyone. Just ask Bernard Arnault and the folks at Chrisitan Dior. While Converse is the most liked brand on Facebook with over 22 million fans, Dior’s 6.5 million fans ain’t nothing to sneeze at; particularly since more than 153,000 of them liked the posts Dior added in January. Compare that to the 100,000-plus post likes at Converse and it looks like quality trumps quantity — a first in Facebook’s short but trashy history.

INDIE NEWSROOM: Lindsay Lohan for Philipp Plein…Brandy & Monica Continue to Discuss If “The Boy Is Mine”…Facebook for Zombies

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Lindsay Lohan‘s sultry ads for German designer Philipp Plein have hit the interwebs, proving that despite being virtually unemployable and not knowing where her next prison sentence is coming from, girl can turn it out at the drop of a dime. Or at least a dime bag. [Accidental Sexiness]