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It pays to have friends in high fashion places. The annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS gala held last week during the Cannes Film Festival brought in a record-breaking $11 million thanks to a little help from Carine Rotifeld and company.
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- Always one to turn lemons into overpriced lemonade, Marc Jacobs is now selling T-shirts bearing his graffitied storefront for $689, to the chagrin of the graffiti artist, Kidult. [The Cut]
- Jessica Simpson can barely give her baby photos away. The new mother has sold them for a mere $800,000 to People, a paltry pittance compared to Jennifer Lopez‘s $6 million and even Matthew McCounaghey‘s $3 million. It’s a sad day when you can’t even pull that Wooderson dough. [WWD]
- Who needs someone to put a ring on it when you look this damn good? Male model and lithe lady Andrej Pejic graced the Rosa Clara runway during Barcelona Bridal Week, thus upstaging every other biological woman. [Styleite]
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For her hugely popular “Fashion Icon” lecture series at the 92nd Street Y, Fern Mallis sat down with professional gentleman and modern day renaissance man Tom Ford. As usual, the mercurial Ford did not disappoint — which explains why the event was sold out for four months — tackling his well-documented feud with the late Yves Saint Laurent; his wish to be a plastic surgeon in another life; the most valuable lesson he’s ever learned (“Only hire people you want to have dinner with.”); and how film, as opposed to fashion, satisfies his creative juices. Check out a clip from Ford’s entertaining discussion with Mallis after the jump!
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- Christina! Bring me the heels! Steel your nerves and hide the wire hangers to take a peek inside Joan Crawford‘s shoe closet. [Stylelist]
- In anticipation of The Costume Institute‘s upcoming “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” exhibit, Vogue threw some models in Prada collections from spring 1996 to fall 2011. [Vogue]
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It’s that time again, kids! Time for the only awards presentation of any merit, the Fifis. Celebrating the best in perfumes, colognes, eau de toilettes, body sprays and pretty much anything that covers up the smell of failure and/or shame, this year’s nominees naturally include a number of celebrity vanity fragrances such as Beyoncé‘s “Pulse” and Justin Bieber‘s “Someday,” both finalists in the Luxe Women category. While Bey may have the biological advantage, if you ask me there’s no woman more luxe than the Biebs.
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Since its 1988 New York inception, Women Management has worked with some of the most familiar faces in the fashion industry. The agency’s philosophy to embrace non-traditional beauty has launched the careers of supers like Kate Moss and Carmen Kass and given us the alluring versatility of women such as Lea T and Jourdan Dunn. And with representation in New York, Paris and Milan, it’s easy to see why Women is a dynamic force in the industry. I got a chance to talk with 5-year agent Ryan Molloy about why she loves the industry and what makes Women one of the best in the business.
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The inaugural London Collections: Men schedule has been set and it’s going to be a gentlemanly affair with Prince Charles, Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger and a bevy of bespoked bros participating.
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Coachella wasn’t the only fashion-forward festival going down this weekend. On the other side of the pond industry luminaries — ranging from Tom Ford and bff Stella McCartney, to Diane von Furstenbreg and Dolce & Gabbana and Natalia Vodianova and Rachel Zoe – regaled attendees of the inaugural Vogue Festival with advice and anecdotes on a series of panels during the two-day event. After the jump, a few highlights.
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To quote a famous poet, “I got the Rolly on my arm and I’m pourin’ Chandon/ And I roll the best weed ’cause I got it goin’ on.” Yes, we can all have it going on this April 20th, just the way his High Holy Snoopness intended it. 420 is like stoner Christmas — the holidaze to end all holidaze. You’re likely to see these mavericks of marijuana — these Wizards of Weedly Place, these potentates of pot intake — wandering the streets and haunting 7-11′s the world over, as out of touch as their wardrobes. Granted, the garden variety stoner is not what one would call a fashionista, but if they can they lift their dreadlocked heads from the sweet, sweet lips of their bong to take a look in the mirror, they can avoid these few style missteps and look as fly as they feel.
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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.
