Edited by Lester Brathwaite
As if it needed any help drawing a crowd, next Tuesday’s press preview of Versace‘s diffusion line for H&M will feature live performances from the artist currently known as Prince and the tranny usually known as Nicki Minaj.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Famed makeup artist and Creative Advisor for Dolce & Gabbana The Make Up Pat McGrath has plenty of Fashion Week experience under her belt. With the Spring 2012 collection shows behind her, McGrath wants to share her backstage polaroids with the world. Not only can you see her brilliant makeup jobs on the industry’s top models, but these photos give you a glimpse of the most exclusive backstages in the fashion world. Click through for the gallery.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Damien Blottière creates a collage of the latest men’s couture for VMAN‘s eye-catching editorial, “The Shape of Things to Come.” Tom Van Dorpe piles on the prints with looks from Versace, Comme des Garçons, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Lanvin, Paul Smith and Zegna. While AJ Abualrub, CJ Hancock, Ethan James, Michael Wozniak, Nicholas Madrid, Petey Wright and Paolo Anchisi strike puzzling poses. The spread appears in VMAN‘s “Decades Issue” already on newsstands featuring a red hot James Franco on the cover.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
InStyle‘s fashion director, Hal Rubenstein waxes iconic in his new book, 100 Unforgettable Dresses (Harper Design, 2011). From Rita Hayworth in Gilda to Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, Princess Diana to the Duchess of Cambridge, Grace Kelly to Grace Jones, Bob Mackie to Karl Lagerfeld, Rubenstein delves into fashion history and comes up with an informative and entertaining read. But what makes a dress unforgettable? Calvin Klein — one of several designers interviewed for the book — put it best: “an unforgettable moment is the combination of the right dress on the right woman at the right time.” Click through for a sampling of some of the dresses that made the list.*
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Exclamation points! As I’m writing this, I’m currently camped out the Herald Square H&M awaiting the Versace collection to which I have already pledged to devote my entire paycheck. Okay, I haven’t lined up yet…that’s what the weekend is for. But for the time being, take a gander at my new fall/winter wardrobe and the accompanying campaign, shot by renowned duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and starring the adorable River Viiperi and Naomi winners Lindsey Wixson, Daphne Groeneveld, Sasha Pivovarova and Abbey Lee Kershaw.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Awards season has just begun and while film and the occasional TV stars are busy patting themselves on the back — among other places — we’d like to take some time out to honor our favorite catwalkers and posers of the past year. Roll out the red carpet and break out your best Joan Rivers schtick — “Ugh, Lara! Were you in a car accident because it looks like you left the airbags under your dress!” — we’re going to the FashionIndie Model Citizen Awards!
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
That special time of year has come ’round again, the time when we all get wasted together and dress like other people. Here are our top 6 somewhat inappropriate, pop culturally relevant, scandalous Halloween costume ideas.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
As you may have realized, we’re a tad bit obsessed over the Versace for H&M collabo. And with each new ad campaign image rolling in, a collective gasp arises from the FI loft. Pearls are clutched, vapors are fanned, ladies are fainted. This time, noted tumbler Lindsey Wixson is flanked by two male models, thus combining our two favorite things: metallics and half-naked mens.
Edited by Samantha Lim
Sasha Beyonce Fierce graces the November cover of Harper’s Bazaar and she. is. werqing. it. (Thanks to our fave Terry Richardson, of course). With hair bigger than her baby bump will ever be, she dishes about her pregnancy, motherhood, marriage, her hip hop hubbie king Jay-Z, and more. And although we are fully aware how those photoshopped Barbie twigs could never be her real thighs, we’ve at least got the best real quotes and behind the scenes pics right here…
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Fashion Week has spread its Spring seed. The Big 4; NY, London, Milan and Paris have offically had their say, and now we can reflect. (We’re certainly not reflecting on NJ Fashion Week. Wait, what? That exists?! No, no. Well, yes. But really, no.) We’ve collected the trends that have spoken. The four trends that dominated the four cities we trust with our fashionable senses called out to us from many a runway. We’ve taken our favorite from each city, each trend that matters. See what’s abuzz here, there and everywhere for Spring 2012.
