- David’s wife Victoria, however, knows exactly what she’s doing on the cover of i-D. [Telegraph]

- John Galliano resurfaced recently to fete the birthday of a close friend. And not a single Jew was harmed — it’s called progress, people. [Page Six]

- Beyoncé‘s twins made their first public appearance last night. [The Cut]

- Lindsay Lohan + Terry Richardson = CLASS. The two professional provocateurs teamed up for an unsurprisingly trashy photoshoot for LOVE Magazine. [Highsnobiety]

- The gays may soon be able to marry in California again after a federal appeals court ruled Prop 8 unconstitutional. But there’s still time to appeal so don’t start registering at Bendel‘s yet, queens. [Huff Po]

- Speaking of a disenfranchised subset of society: models. They have rights too!  They’re not sure what they are, but dammit, they have them. And now a non-profit group to represent them. [Racked]

- Michelle Williams took a break from snatching trophies to star in Band of Outsiders‘ latest campaign. [Paper]

- Miu Miu will debut a limited edition collection of 46 handbags during the major fashion weeks beginning with New York. Start coveting, kids. [Fashionista]

Images via Fashionsing

Gwen Stefani back in the day when she rocked that classic cotton candy hair.

Wolter’s Ford agent Gary Dakin says she’s “absolutely thrilled about the move.” I would be too if I could eat again… or would I?

LINK LOVE: The Cut

Newspaper printed nails- Fashion journalism at it’s finest.

Anja Rubik being the dominate force that she is, is definitely the reason why she’s the face of Kurt Geiger’s Fall 2011 campaign. She’s such an inspiration rocking all these important accessories that make her mundane but secretly chic outfits pop! Nothing says “I’m busy being amazing” like these red ankle wrap wedges, and a teal clutch for fall festivities.

From Benjamin Kanarek Blog

My expectations for the last Haute Couture Fashion Week shown in Paris at the beginning of July, was not of the kind that I thought would leave a lasting impression. The Fashion Designers Showing in the Official Haute Couture schedule is shrinking from one season to the next. I would love to see a revamping of the Couture Fashion Weeks in Paris. Luckily, there were some rays of light coming through the heavy cast of clouds to brighten up my day and the confirmation of a heavy trend: the arrival of the coat-dress for the winter season.

The Good News…

Giambattista Valli presented his first Couture Collection in Paris. It is always good news to see a new comer in the Haute Couture official Schedule reinforcing the statement that Couture has a raison d’être (reason to exist). The collection is quite complete from day wear with the coat-dress, the must of the season, cocktail dresses and evening gowns. The Giambasttista Valli clients are with no doubt feminin and chic, bringing a bit of a 60′s retro feel with beige, coral, animal-printed mousselines, beige ostrich-feathers and red dresses with Valentino influences.

Iris van Herpen was invited to present a retrospective of her poetic experimental work from her “Crystallization Collection”. She worked around a concept of the transformation of liquid into crystals. The volumes and materials are more about art performances and sculptures than wearable outfits like a skeleton dress to a water spray mini-dress. Her work is very organically inspired and reminds me of Alexander McQueen or Hussein Chalayan’s most conceptual work. I see a great potential in this young fashion designer, but would like to see how she transcribes her research into commercially viable clothing.

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Casting: Major network TV Show. A spin-off show from a very successful fashion design show. This show will also be airing on the same network in November. We need female models for on and off the catwalk. This is not a reality show and the models will be models only on the show–there will be no reality storyline associated with the models.

Please email online portfolio’s or images first to:
Attn: Show Casting
ENC.WHEELER@GMAIL.COM

Shoot dates: Aug 11 – Sept 2. Rate: $250 Inc. per day. 50 models/ days needed.

CASTING: Friday, July 29th, from 11:00am – 5:00pm.
*We need a diverse range of girls, must be runway girls, min height 5ft 9”.

Confirmations will be emailed to you privately, not posted.
Thank you.

That’s right, I’m a photographer, covering a very prominent part of our culture. I shoot nightlife — and what aspect of our society is more riddled with crazy fashion than nightlife – it’s our time to shine – strip off those work clothes (for those of us who have jobs) and hit the town to get fucked up.

(That’s me on the right in the coon skin hat along with my buddies Jesse Marco & DJ Sinatra.)

And so because of my excessive drinking and creeping on hot chicks, FashionIndie and I have teamed up to bring you a sorta-weekly blog that I call: Pretty & Plastered! (which for argument’s sake may not always contain plastered people, but will ALWAYS contain pretty people)

I will admit I am very biased, I like my girls hot & clothing optional… so brace yourself!

PS – Don’t expect me to comment on the photos like every other lame blogger does. Look at the photos for yourself and form your ideas – I’m not here to insult your intelligence. And so without further adieu…

Pretty & Plastered: The following photos were all taken at SL East in the Hamptons excluding the few day/bedroom shots:

View all photos at www.kirillwashere.com and follow me on twitter @KirillWasHere!

Covered from head to toe in Chanel Resort 2011

Street style is one kind of pleasure, but you have to admit there’s just something better about a model’s street style, don’t you think?

Photographer John Fisher shares his Rant on the Celebrity Boom in Fashion

What follows is an opinion in the form of a rant, a very emotional rant. As Deep Throat said during Watergate, “follow the money!”

Celebrities (and they are not celebrities, they are actresses, plain and simple) are the crack cocaine of the magazine business, and withdrawal will be painful. Let’s understand what has happened, and I repeat these are not “celebrity” covers. In the day, the fashion models WERE the celebrities, and Hollywood hated this. They were spending millions to make movies, and more people (a lot more people) could name a famous model (Cindy, Linda, Naomi, Christy, Tatyana, Claudia, et al. ……….) than could name a movie actress. How to solve this problem? Go to the big fashion magazines (one in particular) and buy the cover. The cover of the big (for the most part, American) fashion magazines are now an advertising page, sold for big money to pimp a movie. Check this out, when you see an actress  (so called celebrity) on the cover, look to see what movie is opening that month, and who is the lead actress.

If these were “celebrity covers”, driven by an intense interest in “celebrity culture”, then they would be random celebrities. But they never are (or Angelina would be on every cover!), it is always a movie actress opening a movie that month. Is this just a coincidence? Oh sure, movies cost millions to make, and more is spent on the advertising then is spent to make the movie. So it’s just a “coincidence” that Reece Witherspoon (a celebrity that everyone is just so interested in!, Like, didn’t her name come up in a conversation just this morning?) is on the cover of Vogue the same month that “Water for Elephants” is opening? For God’s sake, I picked up a “fashion” magazine several months ago and Tina Fey was on the cover. Surprise surprise, Tina was opening a movie that month (I didn’t even know she did movies).

These covers are no longer editorial content, they are paid advertising posters for the movie industry, and have nothing to do with fashion. Watch “September Issue”, the documentary about making the September issue of American Vogue. Five months out they already know who is going to be on the cover. Best picture? Best editorial? No, some uncooperative actress who refuses to even fix her hair and doesn’t fit the dress. But when the movie company pulls the money strings, the magazine jumps. Disgusting. The amount of (obvious) retouching that had to be done to get a cover shot that was even remotely acceptable was simply mind boggling (and remember, this the September Issue, the most important issue and cover of the year).

I could go on and on about how this is affecting fashion and it’s place in our popular culture, why this is a disaster pure and simple. But it is the crack cocaine of the industry, once the magazines got hooked on the revenue stream, it may be impossible to move away. Someone is leaving (and soon won’t be soon enough), when this happens it’s possible that the painful withdrawal will begin, and fashion in America will reclaim it’s covers, and it’s rightful place in our culture.

by: John Fisher

Source Benjamin Kanarek Blog

Lively and architect Peter Marino

Rachel Bilson

Clemence Posey

Poppy Delegvigne and Alexa Chung

Carine Roitfeld

Photos courtesy WWD

From: Benjamin Kanarek Blog

With a touch of a ’60s feel in her Vidal Sassoon and Peggy Moffitt haircut, Amber Anderson Model and Actress is posing for Benjamin Kanarek in Harper’s BAZAAR en Español, May 2011 presenting the major Ready-to-Wear Fashion Trends of the Spring-Summer 2011 Collections. (You can also read more about Amber Anderson: here).

Sensational Graphic Prints of Stripes and Waves from Diane Von Furstenberg, Azzedine Alaïa, Moschino, Playful Polka Dots from Moschino and Marni Scuba and Cycling look, Titillating Tribal Prints from Etro to Cacharel that makes you want to dance all night long, Savory Solid and Block Colors from Jill Sander long tube line dress and Louis Vuitton jumpsuit, as well as an Abstract Illusion leather vacuum-packed dress from Maison Martin Margiela.

Take bold and brash risks this season in Mixing and Matching. “Melange” is the key in coming up with your own delightfully invigorating new look. Don’t be Afraid and Mix It Up!

Hipnosis Optica

The unique furniture pieces from Designers and Fine Artists featured at La Galerie Italienne in Paris, immerse us in a graphic, vitaminized color, contemporary shaped universe which defines the fashion ambiance of the Season.

The Behind the Scenes Video

Hipnosis Optica with Amber Anderson by Benjamin Kanarek in Harper’s BAZAAR en Español –  May 2011 issue

Watch the Behind the Scene’s Video

The Team

Photography and Co-Creative Direction by Benjamin Kanarek
Co-Creative Direction & Video Direction by Frédérique Renaut
Model: Amber Anderson @ Oui Management
Fashion Editor: Alexandra Elbim
Make Up by Angelik Iffennecker @ Marie-France Thavonekham
Hair by Sébastien le Corroller @ Airport
Manicure by Kamel @ B Agency
Digital Retouching by Freddy Baby, Paris

Assitants
Benjamin Kanarek’s Assistant: Timothée d’Arco
Alexandra Elbim’s Assistants: Marie Dehé
Angelik Iffennecker’s Assistant: Véronique Reina

Special Thanks to Thierry Bys for his help & support

Special Thanks to La Galerie Italienne

Soundtrack Credits

Stereophonics, Pedalpusher
N*E*R*D, Baby Doll
The Kills, I Call It Love

Head over to our Facebook page and caption THIS POST. The best entry will be featured on Fashion Indie’s homepage tomorrow!

[Freja Beha Erichsen in Vogue Paris shot by Inez & Vinoodh.]

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Winner: “merman. merMAN.” – Gary Cook

Second Place: “Practicing on the marlin before I have to tackle a real land shark” – Nancy Reid

Honorable Effort: “The ventriloquist swordfish and his dummy…” – Stephan Swanepoel

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**Stay tuned for another Model Thought Bubble contest soon!

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The model search, set to align with prom season, will launch March 8th and run through May where two lucky winners will receive a dream prize package from PromGirl and NEXT.

From March 8th through May 6th girls can enter at the official website www.areyouthenextpromgirl.com by submitting details and photos via an online entry form.  Industry executives at NEXT will review all entries and select ten finalists based on overall appearance and photogenic qualities. Each finalist will create a short video explaining why she should be The Next PromGirl. The videos will then be posted to the official website and put to a public vote.  After one week of public voting, the two girls with the highest combined totals (public votes 33%, judges’ votes 67%) will be crowned the winners. The prize package includes a general modeling contract with NEXT Models, an all expenses paid trip to NYC for winners and chaperone, one prom photo shoot featured on PromGirl.com and one fashion photo shoot, a $500 gift certificate to PromGirl.com and a professional style consultation.

Going chronologically here, when I arrived at the backstage area, the models were all in run-through mode so there was zero motion by the ready mirrors. This gave me a moment to check out the Anna Sui Beauty Bar - she was showing press like me her signature perfumes, her new shoe collaboration with Hush Puppies, and her collection of spectacles.

I told you I went a little nuts with the glasses, but they’re so fly I had to give you a little show of them.

That was fun, but seriously, back to the real models. Zuzanna Bijoch and Daphne Groeneveld give serious backstage face.

The über talented Pat McGrath was responsible for the cosmetic creation. The aesthetic is perfect natural skin with futuristic lashes and lids. She achieved this look with tons of mascara infused with beeswax for extra thickness and playing with liner above the crease of the lid. Just a very small amount of blush on the apple of the cheek keeps the face nude without looking dead. The light white shimmer on the eye is Snow Blossom by Covergirl.

The famed Garren styled the smooth mod sixties hair that carried the show. He calls the look the “Mod Bardot” with fullness at the crown and full fringe with a center part, “Kind of the way Anna [Sui] wears her hair.” To get that voluminous lift at the root, he used Furterer Volumea. Girls with shorter hair were styled in that curly Twiggy kind of way. He envisions this hairstyle on girls having fun, not taking itself too seriously. And we’ve been forewarned, Garren states more as a fact than a vague prediction, “Fringe will be for Fall.”

I serendipitously crossed paths with Anna Sui on my way to enter the front of house to watch the show (we heard the announcement, FIVE MINUTES!) and I managed to squeeze two questions in:

What are you most excited about for your show?

“I hope people like it, that’s what I’m feeling.”

From what I’ve seen backstage, I’ve noticed a mod theme. Is the whole collection going that way?

“You’ll see. There’s a transition that happens, that’s what I’m trying to express.”

Now, more images for your viewing pleasure:

Alexander McQueen Black leather Flats, $580;; your nail polish color of the day (chipping isn’t cute);; Fujifilm Polaroid camera from Lomography, $70;; Stress away Johnson&Johnson lavender baby lotion, $2;; Nexxus Travel-sized Hairspray, $7;; Moisturizing Hand sanitizer, $3;; Cherry Chapstick (for both tint and shine) $2;; Colgate Wisps, $3;; Citrus 5 Hour Energy Shot, $3;; travel sized eau de parfume bottle;; phone charger ( & come to the LOOKBOOKS lounge to recharge!

La Perla takes over this CYF December 2010 shoot!

The pre-show cocktails were as fanciful as the venue, butlered mini-desserts and crustless cucumber sandwiches were passed around while male models sported the Lanvin tuxedos with oversized bowties.  I pretended to be interested in the fancy finger foods while I chatted with a Teen Vogue editor about how we both felt much more Eloise than the Princess of Monaco.

The runway room was stunning – at least 20 crystal chandeliers dangled from the ceiling and an entryway with hundreds of white roses surrounded a neon sign sporting Lanvin [hearts] H&M. Name cards in calligraphy sported the names of top editors, press, socialites and celebrities, and a live jazz band filled the air with music while people mingled and took their seats. I was in a pit between Patrick Demarchelier, Tory Burch, and a gaggle of NYC’s finest social circle.  Tory tells me that she is thrilled about the collaboration and that the looks are absolutely beautiful.

I’m not sure if it was the intimate setting, the beautiful venue, or the fact that Alber Elbaz is fashion’s reigning king, but I hadn’t seen that much excitement at a fashion show in a long time.  The energy was intoxicating and the audience went crazy for the giant tulle skirts, bold colors, and exaggerated shoulders that have been transformed by Elbaz into H&M looks.  Andie McDowell stated “I think it’s genius. I’m a big fan of Lanvin. I can afford Lanvin and my daughter can afford H&M, and now my daughter’s going to have the opportunity to have a little bit more pizzazz.”  The show was absolutely breathtaking and people ran out immediately after to get into the private sale.  After beating my way through the crowd, I snagged seven pieces of the collection including 3 dresses, a fur vest, a t-shirt, a necklace and a bow tie.  All in all, a successful evening!

Five original Alber Elbaz autographed sketches went up for auction on www.lanvinforhm.com through November 26. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to UNICEF, as part of H&M’s “All for Children” project.

[Written by Samantha Lim, LookBooks editor]

models :Sara Blomqvist and Jeremy Young

Don’t say we never gave you anything.

LINK LOVE: The Cut

LINK LOVE: Major Models

The New York Post reports that the financially troubled brand recently fired a model off their shoot when he was caught eating a croissant. 30 male and female were recently hired for a Montauk based shot with famed photog Bruce Weber. The girls were apparently paid $2500 and dudes $1500 for a weeklong shoot that included 13-hour work days. In addition they were given $13-a-day meal stipends which doesn’t buy much eating in the Hamptons.

The Post reports that the job was so strict that Belgian model Florian Van Bael got kicked off for eating a croissant. Considering that Abercrombie is already in the shitter for racist hiring practices and bed bugs, I can’t imagine encouraging eating disorders is a smart move for the brand that just seems to continue to alienate shoppers.  What’s next, sweatshop labor?

  

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