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Olympic fever has officially gripped the world of fashion with US Olympians invading the June issue of US Vogue. In “Country Strong,” Annie Leibovitz captures Karlie Kloss with a handful of male athletes as she meets them on their respective turfs.
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- The CW has officially picked up The Carrie Diaries, thus ensuring you’ll get your fill of cheap puns and over-the-top fashion come fall. [Deadline]
- Chanel staged its 2012 Cruise collection at the Palace at Versailles with guests Tilda Swinton, Haider Ackermann and Karl Lagerfeld‘s plaid vest. [Grazia]
- Olympian hotties Hope Solo, Ryan Lochte and Serena Williams grace the June issue of Vogue. [Styleite]
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Vogue‘s EIC/HBIC Anna Wintour has reportedly asked the mag’s editors to wear pink in honor of Elsa Schiaparelli – who famously created the color Shocking Pink in her surrealist heyday – to The Met‘s Costume Institute Gala tonight.
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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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If you’re like this gal, you’ve always wanted/desired/demanded a ticket to the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute Gala. Well get ready for the next best thing as this year’s Gala red carpet will be live streamed.
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America has joined forces with the National Resources Defense Council on Clean by Design, a program seeking to significantly reduce the fashion industry’s environmental impact.
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Editirix extraordinaire Carine Rotifeld has started spilling the beans on her new biannual magazine, officially called CR Fashion Book. Describing it as a “celebration of fashion and creativity,” each issue will be centered around a theme and feature established and emerging talents both in front of and behind the camera.
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You can barely flip through any fashion magazine without seeing the work of set designer Stefan Beckman. From ads for Banana Republic, Chanel, Calvin Klein and Dolce & Gabbana to editorials in W, various Vogues — including the holy grail, Vogue Italia –, Interview and Vanity Fair, Beckman’s sets often steal the show. They often make the show as well — Beckman has created the imagniative sets for eight Marc Jacobs runway presentations. In his spare time, he also lends his considerable talents to museum exhibits such as Joaquín Sorolla and the Glory of Spanish Dress and Balenciaga: Spanish Master. Get Pinspired.
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- Another Alexander Wang employee has jumped on the legal bandwagon, suing the designer for being subjected to sweatshop labor conditions. And I supposed if everyone jumped out of a burning factory after working a 90-hour week they would do that too. [NY Post]
- Noted…Brit dude Piers Morgan thinks Kate Moss is “a vile little creature,” it seems, because she kicks him every time she sees him. Some people are so sensitive. [Telegraph]
- Jennifer Lopez breaks out her best smolder for the April cover of Vogue for the third popstar– is that what we’re calling her these days? — in a row to be featured this year. [Fashionista]
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Call it a fashion foreign exchange program. The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund will launch a new initiative with China this spring when Proenza Schouler‘s Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez trek out to Shanghai and Shanghai-based designer Uma Wang takes a bite out of the Big Apple.
