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- Monday’s CFDA Awards will feature presenters including Jessica Chastain and Mad Men‘s Jessica Paré – aka Megan Fucking Draper. [The Cut]
- David Beckham covers the July issue of ELLE UK just in time to shove the Olympics down your throat. [Telegraph]
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While New Yorkers will be clamoring over the Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s ”Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations,” Londoners can feast their eyes on the 175-year history of Hermès at “Leather Forever.”
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From Lauren Hutton to Lindsey Wixon, Madonna to Lady Gaga, the gap tooth has been in fashion forever and a day. Assembled here for your dental diversion are 12 divas of diastema.
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Now that the swarms of photogs, editors, bloggers, stylists and what-have-yous have descended on Milan Fashion Week, we here at FashionIndie can finally take some time out to reflect on the hectic week that was New York Fashion Week by rifling through our still bursting bags. Nothing tells the details of debauchery like the contents of a lady’s purse.
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The much awaited Moda Operandi vintage Hermès Birkin trunk show has once again arrived! The sale covers an unbelievable selection of Hermès bags from Heritage Auctions. We’re talking a white crocodile Himalaya Birkins, ostrich skin Ebene and Etrusque Birkins, and iconic Horse canvas Birkins. Many of these styles we’ve never even seen before! Granted we are a ways a way from spending $50,000 on a purse, we can still dream. Here are our favorite picks for some lucky shoppers.
The Brighton Blue Crocodile Birkin $59,500
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Everyone needs a healthy stack of carefree summer reading to get through the heat wave. Whether you’re road-tripping across the United States, traveling abroad or just hanging in the city, there’s nothing better than a good ole’ book to keep you occupied. From interior style, to eco-friendly fashion and beauty with a murder mystery thrown in, we have 13 summer reads to keep your cocktail company by the pool.
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- I think it’s safe to say the Met’s Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibit is fairly popular.
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This is soooo weird, but I am thoroughly entertained. Only Courtney Love could come up with such a strange masterpiece. The “Best Line Award” goes to cartoon Karl Lagerfeld when he tells us exactly what a Birkin Bag is:
“And darling that Birkin looks fabulous, but it’s just a dead cow.” You can watch the video here.
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“My idea was to work around the trompe l’oeil concept with the Birkin,” Hermes designer, Jean Paul Gaultier, recently explained to Harper’s Bazaar. “The flap, straps, and clochette seem to have been chiseled in the raw material, the result of unbelievable craftsmanship.” And the price… just under $11,000.
