If the talks prove succesful, Nicki Minaj would — correct me if I’m wrong — be the first rapper on the cover of Vogue. Although god knows Gwyneth Paltrow‘s been known to drop a hot verse in her day.

What do you think, Indies? Are you excited for a Nicki Minaj Vogue cover or has Anna finally gone over the deep-end?

“Fashion terrorist” Boyet Hernandez is living the glamorous life as a young designer on the rise in Williamsburg. In his “size 30 skinny jeans” and his hair “classically fashioned after the major hip-hop artists of the 1980s,” Boy becomes enmeshed with the photographers, stylists, models et al that make up that “incestuous machine with one purpose: to create beauty.”

The glamorous life loses a bit of its luster after Boy is mistaken for a terrorist and is imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay. There, his efforts to stay au courant – including making some much-needed alterations to his standard-issue orange jumpsuit — make him an easy target of the guards as well as his fellow prisoners. While imprisoned, however, Boy writes his memoirs on the Philippines and the Williamsburg fashion scene.

“My initial idea was to write about an artist from a superficial world thrown into a political world,” Gilvarry told The New York Times. “That’s how I came up with Boy.” Only later did the author, who is half-Filipino himself, realize that his character bore a striking resemblance to blogger-cum-businesswoman, Bryanboy. Which is totally believable considering that Bryanboy would never be caught dead in a “size 30″ anything. [NYT]

Photo: Holy Moly

Nighttime shopping has grown in popularity, with order volumes peaking around 8 pm and the number of orders between 9 pm and midnight increasing from previous years. On eBay, the busiest time of day is between 6:30 pm and 10:30 pm, when the customer is allegedly in a “good mood” (read: has had a few).  Gilte Group has added more sales beginning at 9 pm in response to higher traffic while retailers such as Neiman Marcus, Loews and Saks inundate customers’ email inboxes with special offers and deals throughout the night and into the early morning.

It speaks to logic that people are less tight with the purse strings after they’ve tied one on; when that sequined jumpsuit you’ve been eyeing for the past month or so suddenly seems like a life or death purchase and you just say “to hell with it” and add it to your cart. The article is quick to point out that drunk shopping in stores is more rare than online, but speaking from personal experience, there’s nothing better than walking into an H&M with a cocktail in hand and daring the salesgirl to say something to you. And on the rare occasion they do, that’s when you throw both a violent tantrum and your drink in their insolent faces. [NYT]

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LINK LOVE: Fashion Gone Rogue

The Wall Street Journal will start to look more like its mainstream rival The New York Times on Dec. 4 when it puts out the first issue of WSJ., its weekend lifestyle magazine supplement, edited by Deborah Needleman.

WSJ. has covered the intersection of fashion and business since it launched two years ago. But the first issue of Needleman, the former chief editor of Domino who also heads up Off Duty, the Journal’s new weekend lifestyle section, broadens the fashion coverage to help deepen the magazine’s appeal with female readers and fashion advertisers.

“Part of what we’re doing is creating a woman-friendly place,” Needleman explained. “What I’m trying to do in every issue is a women’s fashion story and a men’s fashion story, and I want to try to do a couple’s fashion story. This reader is not buying fashion magazines. So I feel like there’s a real opportunity here.”

It could be a risky move, given the female Journal reader isn’t fashion-obsessed. And fashion advertisers already have a glut of glossies to run in. (credit: mediaweek.com)

Joe Zee and Rachel Zoe watch your backs, Cathy Horyn is the latest fashionista to join the twitterati. She’ll be tweeting her exploits as she hops from show to show. The New York Times made their announcement via Twitter with this tweet: “In news that should send shivers down the backs of designers: Cathy Horyn is finally going to start tweeting this season.” We can’t wait!!!

LINK LOVE: http://twitter.com/themoment/status/7761013975

Get ready for even less of T Magazine, that lovely little fashion rag that’s inserted into The Sunday New York Times.

They have reduced circulation to only 12 times a year. Not a horrible decline, but one that is surely going to continue dropping.

LINKAGE: Even Less Fashion for the Times

Cathy Horyn, fashion journalist and critic for The New York Times, hit the nail on the head when it comes to pinpointing reasons for Vogue’s failure: Editors don’t understand the digital age our world is now living in, the magazine itself hasn’t seen any sort of change in far too long, Vogue features the same old celebrities and the same old models and they fail to give mention to the socialites. 

I know times are hard, but Vogue has simply got to roll with them. Readers want to see fresh ideas and new faces. We want to live vicariously through socialites whose immaculate lives entertain us. We want to stay awake past page 5 for once. It might take a few attempts, but if Vogue is willing to change, I bet 99% of readers are willing to support them.