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The prize that launched the careers of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent is being relaunched this year for a new generation of designers.
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In her speech at Harvard, Franca Sozzani mentioned that she would ”soon launch a provocation to stop” pro-anorexia and pro-bulemia websites by asking “for the help of the users themselves.” Sozzani is nothing if not a woman of her word and so Vogue Italia has turned to its readers to blog about the dangers of eating disorders and these websites in particular.
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- The Quaker on the Quaker Oats box, Larry to his friends, got his hair did in yet another brand makeover. [WSJ]
- And speaking of makeovers, Burger King might be onto something with this stunner. [Buzzfeed]
- Vogue Italia‘s April cover celebrates prom looks and…masks. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
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The Bronner Bros International Hair Show has been going strong for over 60 years. The annual expo draws thousands of hair stylists and enthusiasts who show off their wild and imaginative hair creations, which no doubt served as inspiration for Vogue Italia‘s controversial “Haute Mess” editorial. Many were quick to label the spread as racist or classist, but that misses the point of the shows and the intentions behind those cuckoo coiffures. Like any other form of expression, the hair shows are open to interpretation, but at the end of the day it is an art that requires a level of skill and creativity. So it was especially discomforting when I was looking up photos for this story yesterday and I came across this site.
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There’s been a lot of flack about the interwebs regarding Vogue Italia‘s “Haute Mess” editorial shot by Steven Meisel, styled by Lori Goldstein and starring Joan Smalls, Coco Rocha, Lindsey Wixson, Daphne Groeneveld, Jessica Stam, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Guinevere van Seenus and Karen Elson in all their ghetto fabulous glory. Some feel it’s racially insensitive, some think it classist, but Franca Sozzani thinks people just see what they want to see. And hopefully you see a lot of “messy drag queen.”
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You can barely flip through any fashion magazine without seeing the work of set designer Stefan Beckman. From ads for Banana Republic, Chanel, Calvin Klein and Dolce & Gabbana to editorials in W, various Vogues — including the holy grail, Vogue Italia –, Interview and Vanity Fair, Beckman’s sets often steal the show. They often make the show as well — Beckman has created the imagniative sets for eight Marc Jacobs runway presentations. In his spare time, he also lends his considerable talents to museum exhibits such as Joaquín Sorolla and the Glory of Spanish Dress and Balenciaga: Spanish Master. Get Pinspired.
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- Rumors of Maxime Simoens’ departure from Leonard may be just that. Backstage at the Leonard show, Simoens had this to say: “There is nothing to comment because we are in negotiations. For the moment, nothing is happening. So when something happens, we’ll talk about it.” [WWD]
- Parsons took on FIT in their annual student designer competition, the Fusion Fashion Show, with Parsons strutting home the victor. [Paper]
- Brazilian hoofer Caroline Trentini editorially jumped the broom this weekend, marrying photographer Fabio Bartelt. [Made in Brazil]
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- Some time actress and one time fembot Sean Young was arrested at the Governor’s Ball for slapping a security guard. Now that’s how you start a comeback, kids. [TMZ]
- Suzy Menkes thinks Christopher Kane could be in line to take over Dior. Then again, Stefano Pilati has some free time on his hands these days. [Vogue UK]
- Joan Smalls is the first black model to cover Vogue Italia since the epic “Black Issue” in 2008. And wouldn’t you know it, that bitch stole my look. [Huff Po]
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You can’t keep a good gay down. At least that’s what I took away from the season finale of VICE‘s Fashion Week Internationale on Nigeria, a country of enormous civil unrest and institutionalized homophobia. However, while same sex marriage is a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison, hostess with the mostest Charlet Duboc learned that to get ahead in the burgeoning Nigerian fashion industry — or anywhere in Nigeria, for that matter — it (allegedly) behooves one to be a friend of Dorothy. Duboc couldn’t help but notice this conflicting duality which seems to mark the entire country during her time in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city:
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QVC and HSN, once the domain of Marie Osmond‘s creepy fetishistic dolls and the legendary Joan Rivers Classics Collection has gotten a recent injection of diva with Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey taking to the air to hock their perfumes, clothing lines and pregnancy stories. For its first issue of the year, Vogue Italia, perhaps sensing a trend, tapped Steven Meisel and Karl Templer for this brilliant send-up of the home shopping networks featuring leggy ladies Joan Smalls, Karlie Kloss, Sigrid Agren, Caroline Trentini, Gertrud Hegelund, Daria Strokous and Natasha Poly. And if that weren’t enough to get your collective hearts beating in anticipation, there’s a…video. Listen closely and you can almost here Joan screaming from beyond (L.A.) about the only things these skinny bitches are eating up is her goddamn screentime. Video and gallery after the jump!
