Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Olympic fever has officially gripped the world of fashion with US Olympians invading the June issue of US Vogue. In “Country Strong,” Annie Leibovitz captures Karlie Kloss with a handful of male athletes as she meets them on their respective turfs.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s annual Costume Institute Gala is tirelessly referred to as the Oscars of fashion and it certainly ranks as the industry’s glitziest and most glamorous night. But unlike the Oscars red carpet, where actresses willfully play it safe for fear of a career-defining performance on the worst dressed list, at the Met Gala the balls are to the haute couture wall. This is Fashion with a capital effin’ F. Sometimes the results are truly stunning and other times they’re…how can I put this gently…god-awful. Let’s take a look back at the Met Gala’s greatest hits and misses.
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- Tyra Banks addressed the recent mass firing on America’s Next Top Model saying that they’ve “reached a point where we feel that the show just needs a new boost.” Yeah, and that boost was called André Leon Talley, after which Top Model should’ve smized its last smize and hunched into obscurity. [The Cut]
- Now that motherhood has her feeling “more beautiful than…ever,” People has acknowledged Beyoncé’s newfound hubris by naming her the “World’s Most Beautiful Woman.” It also didn’t hurt that she’s back to her pre-baby weight. I guess taking that cushion out from under her Dereon was a laborious process. #Kidding #NotReally [People]
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Eco-fashion as we know it developed in the 1960s thanks to those damned dirty hippies and the burgeoning environmentalist movement. However, the history of sustainable style can be traced back to the 18th century when hand-crafted silk garments were “meticulously cared-for and altered for continued wear,” according to the Museum at FIT‘s Eco-Fashion: Going Green exhibit from two years ago. That exhibit explored the often contentious relationship between fashion and the environment and how it has developed over the past few centuries.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Ohmygosh now this is adorable. The kids are about to meet an Oscar that’s not so grouchy. Oscar de la Renta is outfitting the grandchildren! A thousand years old with style that can never die, he is bequeathing his fine aesthetic to the cutest upper crust youngsters via princess printed sundresses and yachting suits for little sailors. Take a look at the collection, which launches today at Bergdorf Goodman.
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While Vogue explores Nicki Minaj‘s costumed place front row at shows like Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera (“so regal and special”), FashionIndie explores photographer Steven Klein‘s blue shot (photoshop or makeup?) in the March issue. Trying to get in the family with Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Auditioning for the Blue Man Group? Battling Katy Perry for the role in Smurfs 2? If not on the pages of Vogue, where does this cerulean Nicki Minaj belong?
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Belts have come up and down, all around, and in some seasons have disappeared altogether. For the Fall of 2012, however, a strong regime of stylists has determined the belt will fall at the natural waist. Ho hum as this may seem, it’s good news for you as the waist is naturally the skinniest part of the body. So you get to cinch it in tight and show off that sexy hourglass figure. Unlike the drop waist that dominated runways a year ago.
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It’s the Karlie Tyler Kloss Show! Or, the Simon Van Nessman Comedy Hour! Either way you slice it, Americana Manhasset struck retro gold with its spring 2012 lookbook starring super-male Simon Nessman and runway runaway Karlie Kloss. Along with their lovable dog Sassy, The Twins and big sister Sally, Kloss and Ness make the most appallingly adorable 60s family since Mary Tyler Moore and Dick van Dyke. And proving that she always knows what the hell she’s doing, Karlie is the perfect housewife — in Chanel, Oscar de la Renta and Louis Vuitton, no less. Check out the Americana spring lookbook as well as the hilariously on point video after the jump.
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Whilst daydreaming about the wardrobes of the Fashion Week Elite, we found ourselves wondering whose closets they, in turn, covet. Style icon Iris Apfel, budding designer & Eco Domani winner Titania Inglis, and front row celeb staple Kristin Chenoweth and stunning others let us peek inside their imagination at whose wardrobe they’d go all Winona Ryder on. Who wants in on Tom Ford‘s dressing suite? Who’d take on Daphne Guinness? Take a look.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
- Paper Magazine proves that if more people dressed like Nicki Minaj, the world would be a better place. Or at least a more tranny place. [Paper]
- YSL‘s Stefano Pilati thinks John Galliano pretty much ruined drugs for everyone. [Styleite]
- Well, this happened. Anna Wintour in the subway. Note the look of complete and utter fear on her usually emotionless face. [The Cut]
