The Olsens Top 2012 CFDA Nominees

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Is it really that time again for the biggest prize in American fashion? Yup! The nominees and honorees have been announced for the 2012 CFDA Awards and it’s a full house. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have graduated from the Swarovski Emerging Talent pool to be nominated for womenswear designer of the year for The Row along with last year’s winners Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough of Proenza Schouler and perennial favorite Marc Jacobs. Full list of nominees after the jump!

Simon Doonan: Gay Men Don’t Get Fat

Edited by Samantha Lim

If you’re fashion savvy on any level, you know who Simon Doonan is.  The visual charisma he brings to the windows at Barney’s resonates for every style maven from the posh women uptown to the wild experimentalists downtown. Like many icons and influencers tend to do, he started sharing his views with the world through books. His sixth literary installment Gay Men Don’t Get Fat launched this past weekend, and Simon held several speaking engagements (including a very chic breakfast with moi) where he divulged the secret world of the stereotypically stylish gays to audiences young and old. The book’s 60,000 perfect words diffuse and dive into achetypes of all sorts – from the gays to the straight men to the French women – and leave you laughing out loud…in my case embarrassingly so whilst alone in the Grey Dog Café. Here are some insights he shared, preparing us for what was to come in the book.

Simon Doonan Plays Designer Favorites

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Simon Doonan doesn’t get fat. Else he would not fit into that Alaïa he’s been eyeing and dying for. We found out all of his favorite designers this morning we met up and fêted today’s release of his new book, Gay Men Don’t Get Fat. We also learned that the gayest food on the planet is inarguably a macaroon; a burrito, quite possibly the straightest. Anyway, back to the clothing he fits into being so gay and skinny. Meet the best designers in Simon Doonan’s eyes. 

Are You Fab Enough to Have a Fashimal?

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

And that is the main career question you should be asking yourself. Only the most fabulous fashion peeps have a Fashimal, and we’re slightly obsessed with these hilariously clever doppelgängers. Including such famous industry heavy weights like Anna Wintour, André Leon Talley and Anna Dello Russo, we’re totally inspired to make our own FashionIndie Fashimals. Check out the gallery after the jump.

INDIE NEWSROOM: Jordache Goes Back in Time…Preview of V’s Liz Taylor Tribute…Love Between the Boroughs

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Nigel Barker took time out of his busy America’s Next Top Model judging schedule to shoot 30 Rock‘s Katrina Bowden for Jordache jeans’ first TV ad in 20 years. [Fashionista]

Our Top 3 Avant Gardians Abroad

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

To create something new in fashion is strangely a rarity. Think: McQueen, Kawakubo, Margiela… We’ve imported them from abroad, the three that are turning it out right now. It’s the kind of fashion that makes your cutting jaw hit your 7 inch platforms in sartorial lust. Our top 3 Indie Imports are:

Comme des Garçons’s Reclusive Rei Kawakubo Speaks to WWD

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Rei Kawakubo, the brilliant mind behind Comme des Garçons, is typically almost as quiet as Martin Margiela. However, there being nothing typical about her, she’s let WWD into her black-clad world. She talks about her new Beijing store, what new designers are doing wrong, and the growing strain to create something undeniably new.

RUNWAY: Comme des Garçons Fall 2010 Menswear Collection

Edited by Kirby Marzec

Rei Kawakubo had some fun with layers and detachable garment accessories for her Fall 2010 menswear collection. Tri-clip vest inserts, oversized shorts and fur-line hoods were some of the many recognizable Comme des Garçons pieces. It’s definitely another one of those “oh yeah, that’s totally Comme des Garçons,” collections, but it’s still relatively avant garde for the label.

DISCOVERY: Andreia Chaves

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

With influences such as Maison Martin Margiela, Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake,  Andreia Chaves appreciates design that provokes the common perceptions that people hold.

Style Rookie Is The Comme des Garcons Guest of Honor!

Edited by Kirby Marzec

What were you doing at age 13? Odds are, you probably weren’t dubbed the guest of honor at Comme des Garcons’ holiday party in Tokyo. Come November 27th, Tavi will be sitting alongside designer Rei Kawakubo as the center of attention. While in Tokyo, Tavi is slated to shoot for several Japanese fashion magazines. Go get ‘em tiger!

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