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Fashion’s finally getting exciting again thanks to some old faces in new positions and no doubt one of the most anticipated returns is that of Hedi Slimane to the house of Yves Saint Laurent. And no one is more excited than Saint Laurent’s former partner Pierre Bergé and former muse Betty Catroux.
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- Rooney Mara‘s changed her Dragon Tattoo girl ‘do thus rendering her completely unrecognizable/irrelevant. [Refinery29]
- The newest trend in male grooming: the man bikini wax. The Brazilian is the most popular so just try and get that image out of your head. [NYT]
- Clearly a fan of discretion, Kanye West is rumored to appear on the upcoming season of the cause of the downfall of western culture otherwise known as Keeping Up with the Kardashians thanks to noted mantrapper/current girlfriend Kim Kardashian. And some people have the audacity — the CHEEK — to think this is all just a marketing gimmick. To those people I say…good call. [Radar]
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- Marie Antoinette may have lost her head but at least homegirl kept her shoes. A pair of the infamous queen’s pumps dating back to 1790 sold for over $57,000 at a recent French auction. [WWD]
- Abercrombie & Fitch got in touch with its not-so-inner homosexual with this Bruce Weber-directed homage to hot boys groping each other wrestling. Seriously, when is A&F going to stop circling the gay porno airport and bring that sucker into a well-lubricated landing? Video after le jump. [Huff Po]
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“As one of the most important French fashion houses, Yves Saint Laurent today possesses formidable potential, which I am confident will be successfully harnessed and revealed through the vision of Hedi Slimane.” — François-Henri Pinault, chairman and chief executive officer of PPR, Yves Saint Laurent’s parent company.
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- The sweatshop lawsuit against Alexander Wang is now in the amount of $450 million with an additional 30 workers added to the case. The company, however, denies any wrongdoing and vowed to “vehemently defend any allegations to the contrary.”[WWD, sub req'd]
- Yves Saint Laurent is set to confirm on Wednesday what everyone’s already known for some time now, that is, that Hedi Slimane will take over Stefano Pilati‘s recenlty vacated creative director role. [NYT]
- The video for Brandy and Monica‘s new single finally descended from the heavens, “It All Belongs to Me”, or as I like to call it, “Fierce, Sassy Bitches Blowin’ Shit Up.” [Perez Hilton]
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I don’t know what it is, but there’s something about Paris Fashion Week that brings out the crazy in everyone. Lest you forget it was around this time last year that John Galliano went swimming in a pool of anti-Semitic haterade, thus plunging the fashion world into a year-long speculative mission regarding his successor, Christophe Decarnin had his breakdown and falling out with Balmain and Kanye West dropped the biggest bomb of his career – and I’m not talking about 808s & Heartbreak. Not to mention a few months ago during the spring 2012 season that whole fashion calendar war was ignited. This PFW promises to be, if not equally scandalous, at least worth the clutching of your collective Chanel pearls. Here are the top scandals burning down the City of Lights.
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It seems like a neverending game of fashion musical chairs with the recent upheavals in creative directorship. Raf Simons leaves Jil Sander; Stefano Pilati leaves Yves Saint Laurent; Jil Sander comes back to Jil Sander; Hedi Slimane comes back to Yves Saint Laurent; while Christian Dior‘s seat remains conspicuously empty throughout. The latest exit comes courtesy of couture wunderkind Maxime Simoens, who is leaving his post as creative director at French label Leonard after only four short months. And guess where he’s rumored to be going?
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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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Well, I can safely say I didn’t see this coming. On the heels of Raf Simons exiting Jil Sander, Stefano Pilati, long-plagued by rumors of replacement, has departed from Yves Saint Laurent. And it seems that designer turned photographer Hedi Slimane will once again turn designer and slip into Pilati’s recently vacated shoes.
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- 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]
