On magazines: “It shocks me when young kids still say, ‘I want to do a magazine.’ Really? Do you want to do a magazine because you want to be an editor — what you think that life is, that romance — or do you want to communicate? Because if you want to communicate, why the fuck would you put all those obstacles in your path and have to print pages, as opposed to going right on the Internet and actually communicating?”

On being seated front row at a D&G show along with Garance Doré, Tommy Ton and Bryanboy in 2009, where they were all given laptops on podiums: “They got a humongous amount of press. ‘Look, we brought the bloggers in and gave them the front row. Look at the dancing-monkey bloggers!’ I could barely bring myself to sit down…Like, ‘Ugh, I don’t want everyone looking at us.’ Like, ‘Oh, look at the cute bloggers! Isn’t that cute! Are they playing Angry Birds?’ When you’ve got Ron Frasch [president and chief merchandising officer of Saks Incorporated] behind you going, ‘I spent two fucking million dollars on D&G’s last collection, and I’m sitting here? For these little schmucks?’”

On being introduced to Ron Frasch as a stay-at-home dad : “He’s looking right over my head and I remember thinking, I’m gonna make this fucking blog so he looks at me when I’m talking to him.”

While being interviewed, Frasch and Schuman cross paths and Schuman, it seems, has gotten his wish:

“Hey, Ron.”

“Hey, Scott,” says Ron, politely but without slowing down.

“Happy New Year, buddy,” Schuman says.

And that, kids, is why you want to work at a magazine: to capture precious moments like these. [WWD]

Thom Browne Fall 2012

His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales will kick off the sartorial weekend on June 14 with a reception at St. James’s Palace followed by the opening reception hosted by Topman that night. The following evening Ford will hold a dinner while Esquire and Mr. Porter have an event of their own.

On Saturday night, the 16th, Louis Vuitton and Spencer Hart will both host cocktail parties and everything will be wrapped up nicely on the 17th with a  Burberry event hosted by Christopher Bailey and a GQ dinner hosted by Calvin Klein.

As for the actual fashion, Hilfiger, Pringle of Scotland, Thom Browne, Belstaff, Jonathan Saunders, Christopher Kane, Joseph Abboud and Richard Nicoll among others will all hold presentations.

For the full schedule click here. [WWD, sub req'd]

You can read the full story over at GQ.
Check out the honorees below:

- According to GQ, Los Angeles is the best smelling city in the world. Because nothing beats the scent of smog, Botox and desperation. [GQ]

- George Clooney‘s girlfriend-of-the-moment, Stacey Keibler, will be making the rounds at New York Fashion Week. And in jeans she’s being paid $5000 to wear, no less. Way to put that beard to work, Clooney. [Page Six]

- Once, twice, three times a mermaid. Katy Perry snatched the worn out page that Lady Gaga originally stole from Bette Midler‘s playbook and got a little fishy for hair straightener ghd’s new campaign. [ONTD!]

- Miley Cyrus, gay rights activist. The poptart wrote a surprisingly thoughtful article on her gay marriage tattoo and the subsequent backlash. Her equally thoughtful response: ”Dude, everyone lay off.” The children really are our future. [Glamour]

- The 10 “real” guys Carine Roitfeld used for her VMAN spread  are real friggin’ hot. [The Cut]

This comes at an interesting time for both parties, considering that Abercrombie and The Situation are in a bit of financial crunch these days. By missing Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings projections, the A&F stock recently dropped 13.6 percent. Meanwhile, the Situation’s stock is also in the red, as revealed earlier this month by his co-star and noted Oompa-Loompa, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi in an interview with GQ.

Quote the guidette:

“Jersey Shore is going to end soon. I’m not going to spend money like Mike. He’s already broke!”

So could this latest, and belated, ploy be a last-ditch Sitch effort to cash in on his already dwindling notoriety? And even if he somehow gets away with it, will Abercrombie have the money to pay up if their stocks keep going the way of its male model’s jeans? And finally — and most importantly — who the hell cares? [TMZ]

Vincent Ottomanelli & Victor Cruz

Salvatore Ferragamo presents Special Edition, a new collection of men’s handmade Tramezza shoes and a limited collection of handmade signature Gancino belt buckles. To celebrate the launch the brand along with New York Giant’s Victor Cruz, invited guests to shop the collection first.  They were also given the chance to win  a great Super Bowl prize package including: roundtrip airfare, hotel for 3 nights, and 2 tickets to the GQ party and Big Game. (Amazing right?) To top it off a percentage of the evening’s sales benefited The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s 2011 Annual Appeal for Prostate Cancer Research.

The Special Edition collection will be available in Salvatore Ferragamo flagship stores and directly operated boutiques worldwide.

I don’t know who keeps trying to make Kristen Stewart happen, but whoever they are, they are relentless. If I had to place my bets, though, it’s the same person who’s trying to make Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Katy Perry happen, i.e. Satan…if Satan were a 13-year old girl with dubious taste and a very impressive Rolodex. [Photos: Socialite Life]

Oh, right, it’s GQ, after all, and, much like Anderson Cooper, they’re only gay in theory. Although, whatever perfume Ford is developing in this photo I wouldn’t want a part of even if those strips were coming from Jon Kortajarena himself.* [Jezebel]

*Who am I kidding, I’d at least consider it.

- The always pragmatic Rachel Zoe came to Paris Fashion Week with 11 suitcases. Because those caftans and block wedges aren’t going to fly transatlantic by themselves. [Fashionista]

- Tom Ford, in a position to which he has grown suspiciously accustomed, for Russian GQ. [Image Amplified]

- An Irish farmer kicked a scantily-clad Rihanna off his land, hoping RiRi and her friends “acquaint themselves with a greater God,” i.e. Beyoncé. [BBC]

- Crystal Renn was accused of being too skinny by a plus-sized designer; there have been worse insults. [Fashionista]

- Natasha Poly, 52 years after entering the game (in model time) , is the hardest working model of Milan Fashion Week. [The Cut]

We’re going to be breaking down all of our daily looks starting on the next page.

Ogilvy & Mather and Cool Hunting created 30 short videos, each 20 to 90 seconds long, profiling members of the Gap 1969 denim studio in Los Angeles, as well as going behind the scenes of the design and manufacturing process.

“Increasingly, people want to know the stories behind the products — who’s designing it, where it comes from,” said Seth Farbman, Gap’s global chief marketing officer. “We recognize that we have to be more open. We had not done enough storytelling about what was new and different at the Gap.”

The videos debut this week at Cool Hunting and Refinery29 followed by sponsored content next week on DailyCandy, FabSugar, Hulu, Pandora and Gap’s Facebook page among other sites.

The print ads will star “real-ish” [read: a half-inch short of model] people in Gap 1969 pants and will run in the September issues of seemingly every mag including Vogue, Elle, Glamour, Nylon, Details, GQ, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire and ESPN. [WWD]

- Halston is apparently falling apart at the seams. First SJP, then Harvey Weisntein, now Marios Schwab is the latest to jump the label’s quickly sinking ship and there’s no Spring 2012 collection planned. [WWD]

- Beyoncé dropped a measly $15K on a 90-minute shopping spree with mom Tina Knowles at Topshop and Selfridges. Meanwhile, let me loose in a Wal-Mart for 90 minutes and I could rack up the same bill.  [NY Mag]

“I’ve been a huge fan of The Roots for years,” says Varvatos, “They are one of the most innovative musical forces on the planet.”

True story. Also, Black Thought, most underrated MC. There, I said it.

Danny Clinch shot The Roots at Republic Airport in New York right as they were getting off the plane — an homage to how rock stars traveled in the 70s. Creative director Stephen Niedzwiecki explains:

“The way The Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles traveled had a huge impact on the direction for this season’s campaign…Led Zeppelin’s plane had fireplaces built in. So that’s what inspired us to shoot them in that way.”

And that’s why Led Zeppelin is fucking awesome. Anyhoo, in addition to the airport scenario there are other “image-based” shots that will debut in the September issues of GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Details and other fash mags.

And as a special treat, The Roots threw together a little impromptu number on the tarmac:

[WWD]

Menswear wasn’t always in the cards for Wang. His T by Alexander Wang line started off  as a “vanity project.” He claims he “just wanted to do stuff [he] wanted to wear.” But after GQ named him Best New Menswear Designer in America and he was nominated for the CFDA’s Swarovski Menswear Design Award, he got the message:

“That was like, ‘Whoa.’ You know, awards are great, but they put you on fast track — you have to do this, you have to do that. Now we can breathe and go back to focusing on this new line.”

This new line will have, according to Wang, “a more refined point of view” with slicker fabrics, sleeker lines and “less flashy” embellishments. And that translates to a less sexually-charged aesthetic than his womenswear: “[M]y guy isn’t about exposing his chest. It’s not the male gigolo.”

Capt. Jack Sparrow probably wouldn’t approve. [WWD]

Check out Alexander Wang’s Spring 2012 Mens Ready to Wear lookbook below:

The story goes something like this:

InStyle – up 4.7 % to 1,156 pages

Vogue – up 11% to 1,094 pages

Elle – up 15% to 1,082 pages

Harper’s Bazaar – down 5.4% to 712 pages

W – up 5% to 44o pages

For  men’s titles:

GQ – down 3% to 485 pages

Esquire – up 12.5% to 410 pages

Men’s Health – up 4% to 377 pages

Men’s Journal – up 5% to 353 pages

Details - down 2.8% to 311 pages

And on the lifestyle front:

Real Simple, down 6.6% to 688 pages

O: The Oprah Magazine, up 3.8% to 671 pages

Vanity Fair – up 6.5% to 650 pages

Redbook – down 1.6% to 635 pages

Martha Stewart Living – up 2% t0 507 pages

More – down 3.3% to 401 pages

[WWD]

- Prada has officially gone public on the Hong Kong stock exchange. [WWD]

- GQ counted down the 25 Most Stylish Men on TV. They’re not fooling anyone by putting Don Draper at #2, but perks for giving  Parks & Recreation‘s Tom Haverford (#3) his props. [GQ]

- OH-NOOOOOOO! Beloved childhood wrestling favorite Macho Man Randy Savage died in a car accident. And cue fashion retrospective. No one ever did neon, bold prints and fringed bell bottoms better. Except maybe Cher.  [Buzzfeed]

- And it’s Cher’s 65th birthday today! Cue fashion retrospective. [Fashion Indie's Facebook]

Swedish giant Alexander Skarsgård who plays 1000 year old vampire Eric Northman

Aussie hottie Ryan Kwanten, Sookie (Anna Paquin)’s older brother Jason Stackhouse

The absolutely gorgeous Mechad Brooks, Tara (Rutina Wesley)’s slain boyfriend Eggs

And last but certainly not least, Joe Manganiello, the sexiest werewolf  this side of Transylvania, Alcide Herveaux.

I can’t wait to be reunited with the zany, kooky and in-bred folk of Bon Temps, Louisiana for another season of vampire hi-jinks, random mysticism and more gratuitous flesh than you can shake any kind of stick at.

And if you’re craving more of a Blood-y good time, head on over to our Facebook page for more pics!

Though I’m personally not into this sort of thing, Alessandra looks…how would straight guys say this, totally hot? Smokin’? Boneriffic? Well, no matter. Photographed by Gavin Bond,  La Ambrosio gives the new mag a sexy and steamy entrance into the publishing world and boys/girls around the world a reason to lock themselves in the bathroom for hours on end.

Photos: Alessandra Ambrosio’s Facebook Page

Erez works with one of fashion’s most visionary and relevant agencies, Kate Ryan. His style blends striking high fashion concepts with subtle artistic undertones. One has only to catch sight of Erez’s photography to realize his deep passion for his profession.

Recently Fashion Indie was awarded the chance to ask Erez about his incredible images and views on the industry. Here’s what the multimedia artist had to say.

Who or what influenced and shaped your photography style?

I began shooting at 16. As a teen growing up in Israel, I was always interested in magazines like The Face. Nick Knight and Javier Vallhonrat were photographers I admired.

The turning-point came when I moved to Paris to shoot for magazines like l’Uomo Vogue, Detour and 20 ans (of which Emmanuelle Alt, today editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, was fashion director).

You can still see traces of that influence in my work as a director and multi-media artist. For example I did a show at the International Fashion Festival in Japan, “Master Minds of Mode,” which was all about painting my subjects with lighting.

So many of your portrait shots not only convey a message, but have an artistic nature infused within. What’s involved in the creative process to capture your photos?

To each portrait shoot I bring 100% of my energy. I aim to capture the best of each subject, looking from the perspective of a warm heart with a cinematic sensibility. I’m only satisfied when magic happens on set, and have been fortunate to work with an amazingly talented team.

I spent almost three years shooting images for my first book “My Favorite T-Shirt,” which explores the lives of artists in New York. It was a fulfilling journey for me as an artist, very pure and honest – no digital, no retouching and no cropping. It felt like I was seeing everything for the first time.

I’m amazed with how you use location and setting to create a real depth in so many of your images. What are some secrets to making your surroundings work for you and not against you?

Some places really inspire me, such as Azerbaijan where I shot a story for Baku. You can see how we enjoyed shooting this in a behind-the-scenes video we made. I enjoy integrating subject and setting, creating a synthesis. An inspiring location helps create dynamism, movement and high energy, as well as the interaction of textures, colors and light. Trying to do justice to the setting, you have to make sure you’re not distracted from your subject.

What advice might you have for other young photographers who would like to achieve the same level you’re at?

Keep going. There are so many others in the field now, but you have to focus on ensuring that the amount of love you have for the craft shows up in the images. Trust yourself!

What’s your favorite camera to use on a fashion photography shoot?

I use Hasselblad with p+30, P45, Canon 5D Mark2 and MAMYA RZ. It all depends on the project.

See the rest of the interview + more pics on LookBooks.

Ranked Second is none other than the voice of one of the ugliest girls on television, according to her father, Peter Griffin. Mila Kunis has stepped out from behind the voiceover and back into the spotlight to remind us why Ashton Kutcher‘s character got it on with her for so many years on That 70′s Show. Miss Black Swan understudy, you are number 2.

Numbero Tres is hands down the hottest mom on television. Sofia Vergara flaunts her assets, like that Colombian accent, on Modern Family once a week. Men are turning their TV on in droves every Wednesday night for at least a couple of large, well placed reasons.

The rest of the results may surprise you. Scarlett Johansson dropped to number 7, and men love her. I mean, have you seen, like, every other issue of GQ? Emma Watson ranked #17, which is amazing for a girl who’s just played Hermione Granger for a decade. And can you believe that Angelina Jolie didn’t even make the top 20? So, the Top 99 Women (of ?) have been judged. Men can still go on and decide whether these ladies deserve to be moved up or down on the list. Let’s see if anything changes.

Link Love: AskMen.com

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: Actress Blake Lively attends Fashion's Night Out: The Show at Lincoln Center on September 7, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Conde Nast) *** Local Caption *** Blake Lively

Actress Mila Kunis arrives at the 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 14, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 14: Actress Sofia Vergara arrives at the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 14, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for VH1) *** Local Caption *** Sofia Vergara

I’m just saying, when you deliver a fresh-faced tween pop sensation into the grubby hands of one Mr. Terry Richardson, you expect a bit of trash, some inappropriate behavior, a heaping helping of sleaze and, if we’re lucky, a lawsuit.

Even Vanity Fair slutted it up  more than this.

But wait, just when you thought it was safe to bring LOVE into your household,among your children, they slap on this subtitle: “The Beautiful One.”

Those three words are profoundly unsettling. Not because they’re applied to a 16-year-old boy, but because that 16-year-old-boy reminds me of a Muppet more than a paragon of beauty.

I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise, though. The Muppets are slowly taking over the fashion world.

Photo: Fashionista

Other newsstand winners included GQ‘s triptych August cover featuring funnymen Tracy Morgan, Paul Rudd and Zach Galifinakis; Esquire‘s March cover with Leonardo Dicaprio boozing it up proved a hit  as did their September issue with possibly gay James Franco; and Details‘s March issue with Twilight‘s dreamy vamp Robert Pattinson sunk its teeth into the market.

Readers, however, avoided Pattinson’s co-star Taylor Lautner‘s July GQ cover, proving that tweenage girls aren’t very gentlemanly; not very many people were mad about Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm‘s Details cover in October; and Javier Bardem‘s cigarette was the only thing smoking about his February cover of Esquire.

Men’s Journal deigned to put  Mel Gibson on their cover and paid the price since very few people were willing to pay for it. Next time, Men’s Journal, strip down that raging anti-Semite and give him a smoky eye, maybe then he’ll sell a few more copies.

Link Love: WWD

I thought Glee was nice and wholesome show. If I knew it was full of sluts then I would have hopped on the bandwagon a long time ago.

Mauro rocks out the military trend in an editorial for GQ Taiwan. Chiun-Kai Shih shot the editorial and Yahaira Familia styled it. All I can say is  “Sir, yes sir!”

Meet the true prince of darkness, Rick Owens.

Last year’s GQ designer of the year looks to keep the ball rolling with his latest collection.  And, by the looks of it, he’s doing a pretty damn good job.  Keeping his base inspiration of dapper 50s/60s Southern gentleman, Reid plays with fit, a few unconventional patterns, and a variety of different and daring footwear choices.  Jump like David Lee Roth for more.Overall it looks stunningly good.  It’s tough to make RTW menswear that’s different enough from previous seasons to warrant buying but it seems like Reid’s got a good formula.  Plus, the pretty radical display methods don’t hurt either.  Mayhaps the BR headquarters are silently chanting ‘Repeat!  Repeat!‘  And for good reason.

LINK LOVE: Hypebeast

On rumors he’s dating Aniston: A pause, followed by laughter. “She should be so lucky.”

On Ellen DeGeneres: “I’m dead serious—she’s my Justin Timberlake. I had a crush on her. Still do.”

Celebrity trivia: His uncle is George Wendt, a.k.a. Norm from Cheers.

Best advice from his uncle: “Get on one of the best sitcoms ever and then ride it out.

How he got along with co-star Nicolas Cage: “He’s as fucking batshit crazy as I am.”

How people describe his vibe: “I sound like a nerdier Christian Slater. And I look like James Franco‘s drug-addict brother.”

Images via GQ

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In this editorial shot by Sergi Pons, the basic polo takes on many forms. In fact this spread offer a really cool look and different idea in ways polo can be worn.

LINK LOVE:Will Chalker by Sergi Pons for GQ France June 2010

Sex and the City 2  hunk, Noah Mills show off his rugged side in this spread for GQ Taiwan shot by photographer, Chiun-Kai Shih.

LINK LOVE:  WowWow.Me

For the third year in a row, GQ along with with Levi’s and Bloomingdale’s honor young talents in the fashion industry as part of the Best New Menswear Designers in America project. Here’s the deal: six designers were selected by GQ editors to compete for a $50,000 cash prize and the opportunity to create a limited edition collection for Levi’s. They  developed a series of behind-the-scenes documentary videos to show the process. Keep reading for video…

You can check out videos like this at GQ.com, Levis.com, and Bloomindales.com

Miranda Kerr was photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin for the June 2010 issue of GQ Magazine. She wears a Victoria’s Secret bra on the cover, and not much else in the inside spread images. More after the jump…

Entire Gallery on Envy.

Read more on GQ.com

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Christina wears only a studded pair of gloves and thigh high Louboutins on the cover of the June issue of GQ.

LINK LOVE: Just Jared

A very seductive Rosie leaves almost nothing to the imagination in this sultry spread for British GQ.

Entire spread on Envy

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Find more photos like this on ENVY

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David Beckham hits the cover of Russia GQ. I’m not sure what look he was going for but it seems a bit off from sexy. It looks more like what it would look like if they decided to reboot Indiana Jones with a CGI’d Harrison Ford.

The new Spring/Summer 2010 issue of GQ Style Russia breaks all boundaries with a dominatrix-inspired spread that features groping, guys in wheelchairs, foot worship and a little animal action. Let’s just say you’ve been warned. The full spread is on ENVY, click here to view.

LINK LOVE: Homotography

Cesar is captured by Lorenzo Bringheli for the current edition of GQ Russia.

Gallery on Fashionisto

GQ’s designer of the year Billy Reid showed his latest Fall 2010 collection at the Mac & Milk venue. The collection is classic Americano, totally loved it. Nice choice GQ, and way to follow up after Robert Geller last season.

Gallery: RUNWAY: Billy Reid Fall 2010

LINK LOVE: GQ