Pinspiration: Photographer Gail Hadani

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Hailing from that foreign land known as New Jersey, but a New Yorker most of her life, photographer Gail Hadani is inspired by the drama of opera and the romance of fine art. No wonder since she was proficient at both before ever picking up her camera. Deemed a child painting prodigy, Hadani later moved onto the operatic stage where she performed all the greats — Mozart, Puccini, Verdi. Once she retired her scales, she began incorporating photography into her love of the brushstroke and since then her work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Zink among others. Today, get classically pinspired with some of Gail Hadani’s photos after the jump.

Hearst Magazines Bringing $10M Worth of TV Shows to YouTube

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

On April 15, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire will make their viral video debut on Hearst Magazine‘s new YouTube channel, Hello Style. 

16 British Fashion Designers & Contemporary Artists Collaborate

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

A tight pack of British fashion designers and contemporary artists have paired off at the British Fashion Council’s discretion, to create eight installations for the London 2012 Festival. Backed by the BFC and Bazaar Fashion Arts Foundation, the event is set to raise funds for art and design scholarships. There are 16 creative minds already at work on the projects: Giles Deacon and Jeremy Deller, Hussein Chalayan and Gavin Turk, Jonathan Saunders and Jess Flood-Paddock, Mary Katrantzou and Mark Titchner, Matthew Williamson and Mat Collishaw, Nicholas Kirkwood and Simon Periton, Paul Smith and Charming Baker, Peter Pilotto and Francis Upritchard, and Stephen Jones and Cerith Wyn Evans. Flip through the gallery to see how the pairs’ styles compare.

INDIE REWIND: How to Wear Green on St. Patrick’s Day (without Looking Like a D-Bag)

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

St. Patty’s Day is tomorrow which means three things: 1.) Dave & Buster’s is going to have their busiest day of the year 2.) My own all-day drunkeness will be masked if not completely eclipsed by everyone else’s and 3.) There will be a sea of green flooding the streets…followed by a sea of vomit. Sure, the Irish have only so much to be proud of* — a potato famine and Bono, I mean, I get it — so they want to show off their pride the only way they know how: by wearing head-to-toe green and getting sloshed beyond comprehension. I’m all for that. But there are ways to wear green — even in a head to toe fashion, which, not gonna lie to ya is tricky and best left to the masters. How many ways, you ask? Let’s say 5…and discuss.

Snooki Knocks Off McQueen, Kate Middleton Shoots, She Scores and Kate Moss Does Absolutely Fabulous-ly

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Pope Benedict now has his own signature cologne, which presumably smells holier than thou. [Telegraph]

- Even when playing field hockey in sneakers and a hoodie, Kate Middleton still manages to look better than most of us on our best day. And if that’s not a quality you want in a future queen, I don’t know what is. [Fashionista]

Moves Like Jagger on Rolling Stones in Harper’s Bazaar

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

She doesn’t need to try to control you. Look into her eyes and she’ll show you the moves like Jagger. Because Georgia May Jagger inherited those moves from her legendary parents, Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, then learned a few of her own. Writhing around on rocks off the sea, the light finds her in metallics of chains, golden thread and fish scaled paillettes. Alexi Lubomirski lensed this cover shoot for Harper’s Bazaar UK March 2012, bringing rich bronze tones from the natural jagged surroundings while Vanessa Coyle brought looks from Givenchy, Herve Leger and Salvatore Ferragamo to rock Jagger rolling on the stones. 

IndieNewsroom: McQueen’s Heavenly Spring 2012 Ads…Moms Want Ellen Ousted from JC Penneys…Beckham’s Boys Hate Dad’s Briefs

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Alexander McQueen‘s spring 2012 ads, starring Zuzanna Bijoch and shot by David Sims, are unsurprisingly stunning in imagery and vaguely religious in tone. [Grease and Glamour]

Harper’s Bazaar’s Redesign Features a Faceless Gwyneth Paltrow

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Harper’s Bazaar has had some serious work done and she is looking good. Glenda Bailey is determined that nobody put her baby in the corner and has revealed a new look for the magazine beginning with the March issue. Harper’s is now one inch larger with thicker paper, new typograhy and features — and who better to launch the makeover than Bailey’s favorite cover girl, Gwyneth Paltrow? Photographed by Terry Richardson, the striking subscriber cover features Gwyneth with her face obscured by her flowing golden locks while giving body and leg for days in a revealing dress by relatively unknown designer Anthony Vaccarello. 

Vogue Still Number 1 in Ad Pages, but W Is the Fastest Growing Pub

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Anna Wintour is still effing shutting it down. 300 years into her tenure as editrix-in-chic of Vogue, the fashion’s unofficial bible retains its top slot with ad pages for its March spring fashion issue — the lesser man’s September issue — totaling 442.74. You see that .74? That’s called putting in work, kids. It’s also called Kohl’s ads alongside Louis Vuitton, but such is the (reduced) price of success. 

Celebrity Sundance Style: Big Sweaters & Boots With the Fur

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Sundance Film Festival has been going in full force for five days now, which means there is plenty of celebrity style on which to comment. While biker boots, chunky sweaters and fur-trimmed everything were seen abundantly on the streets, there was still plenty of sparkle on the red carpet. Check out the gallery of our favorite looks after the jump.