London Fashion Week Getting the Proverbial Shaft When It Comes to Models

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Damn you, Marc Jacobs. The acclaimed designer had to move his show at the last minute — damn you, Hurricane Irene — causing a whole gaggle of girls who were supposed to fly to London Fashion Week to miss their flight. Then Gucci — damn you, Frida Giannini — pulled a cattle of catwalkers to Milan for early fittings, leaving London designers strapped for supers. All this negligent behavior and diva antics has some London-based model agencies threatening to boycott next season’s London Fashion Week if the British Fashion Council doesn’t get its shit together.

Game Over for Ungaro and Giles Deacon

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

After a sexed up year at Ungaro, Giles Deacon has amicably decided to part ways with the brand. Ungaro is ever attempting to rejuvenate the brand, re: Lindsay Lohan as artistic director back in ’09, and now they’re onto new strategies. The forthcoming show on October 3rd will be by the collective efforts of the design team. We saw how that boded for Dior, get it together Frenchies. Serve it up.

Top 11 Classiest Fashion Schools in the World

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Welcome to our month of Fashion Education. To start you off in the right direction, let’s examine your choice of design university, or more importantly, the fashion schools of choice. Certain alma maters produce an exceptional level of talent, consistently. Let us see where you stand, and who stands out as your alumni and professors. (Note: we are only looking at schools that speak English. Paris has burned.)

TWEET-A-TETE: @marian_kihogo

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Marian Kihogo is a blogger, stylist and creative consultant as well as a contributing editor to PUSH IT Magazine. We took to Twitter to transcend the thousands of miles of ocean and a five hour time difference for a Tweet-à-Tête.

Emanuel Ungaro has Something for Your Mistress, Not Your Wife

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Looking at the Emanuel Ungaro Fall 2011 collection, a repeat of leather collars with metal accents was the first indication that designer Giles Deacon was listening when Ungaro notoriously said, “I dress mistresses, not wives.” Sheer garments adorned with Lesage embroideries were rich and risqué while hemlines skimmed the tops of thighs. Body-conscious garments came down the runway in various forms like leather cocktail dresses, velvet suits and teeny tiny colorful silk dresses. The shoes were sweet yet sharp, in a rainbow of colors easily interchangeable among the looks. It won’t take long for these mistresses’ clothes to end up on the floor, as there is little to remove and barely anything left to the imagination. But I could see many a young fashionista work these dresses and jumpsuits into more avant-garde forms, mixing them with heavier fabrics and softer hair.

Dressing Charlie Sheen’s Goddesses

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

It’s not easy being a goddess, but the first step in reaching those divine heights is looking the part. Now that Charlie Sheen‘s goddesses — a porn star and a marijuana cover girl (the criteria for goddessing these days are noticeably lax) — have been THRUST into the spotlight, it’s makeover time! After all, they’re representing Charlie Fucking Sheen here. And he deserves only the best. So here are 10 goddess-worthy gowns fresh off the runway, sure to keep the Sheen Machine running on all four cylinders.

BEAUTY BADASS: Go Googley-Eyed For Manicures

Edited by Marissa Moshell, Student

Check out these googley-eyed manicures that were given to the models for Giles Deacon’s runway! All of the manicures were even multicolored! What do you think, too much or just perfect?

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Giles Deacon taking over Emanuel Ungaro

Edited by The Fashion Web