The recent glamorized burka has really got me questioning the ethics of today’s designers. We don’t see sequined Orthodox Jewish prayer shawls flapping down the catwalk and we certainly don’t see Sikh inspired rabbit-fur turbans on the cover of Vogue. No, that would be sacrilegious. So, why on earth are fashion designers exploiting an Islamic tradition as something that can be jazzed up with jewels or modernized with ski-goggles? 

And if pimping out religious and cultural symbols isn’t bad enough, the fact that a burka is a sign of women’s oppression in Islam picks up the slack. Since when is it right to glorify something that persecutes women worldwide? 

This isn’t fashion. This is a cotton prison.

Thanks for the images Popgloss!

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Patricia Field, designer for “Sex and the City”, created a line for the Home Shopping Network that is pathetic on so many levels. Allow me to enlighten you:

1) These clothes are god awful. Red metallic pants? A tea dress made from your grandma’s old moo-moo? A shirt that has more shoes than you do? A shimmery rose top missing a sleeve? A little black dress decorated (or should I say dilapidated) by a hideous silver and gold tropical flower? Come on Patricia Field, you design for TV’s sex goddesses…none of your customers will get laid wearing these ugly things.

2) If you buy any item from the Patricia Field collection, you will get a free subscription to Vogue Magazine. Is Vogue really that desperate for readers that they will go as far as giving away free subscriptions to women who probably have never heard of the magazine? I’d buy the horrid metallic leggings just for the free subscription!

3) This one has got to be my ultimate favorite. Yes, you can pay for the Patricia Field collection through installments! Are you really dying to buy the ugly $29.90 turquoise pleated scarf? Only work 2 hours each week cleaning bathrooms at rest-stops? Not to worry! Three payments of $9.97 and the unsightly scarf is all yours! Yes, and you still get the Vogue subscription! But don’t get too excited…the shipping and handling fee of $6.21 is all due with the first payment. Looks like you’re going to have to skip out on the Starbucks for a few days!

READ MORE ABOUT: BASH, patricia field, sex and the city, Starbucks, vogue

Kate Moss is again on the cover of Vogue, looking fab as usual. Shot by famed Mario Testino, Kate is wearing the Atelier Versace dress already worn by Charlize Theron and more recently by Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Thanks Fabulousness for the pics

READ MORE ABOUT: britaney spears, Charlize Theron, kate moss, Mario Testino, Versace, vogue

What do fur coats, mountain climbing, and well groomed models have in common? Why it’s the latest editorial by Steven Miesel for the October issue of American Vogue. If these photo’s look a little too high concept for the bland Vogue, that’s because the editor is Marie Amelie-Sauve (on loan from French Vogue). So this Fall strap yourself into some 5-inch shoes, put on a dead animal, and go hiking. It’s the Vogue way.

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Posing for Mark Seliger, 18 year old Harry Potter star, Emma Watson has recently taken over a spread in Italian Vogue. Emanating alongside couture dresses and one-of-a kind accessories, Emma’s spread in the magazine has become a bold addition. The issue is set to hit stands this month.

“I was terrified of ripping, getting mud (as we shot outdoors), cake, a prop, or anything on the dresses!”

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picts from Vogue’s swimmingly fine spread on CultIndie.com

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A recent survey conducted by MyCelebrityFashion revealed that 49% of the British public spend more every month on their appearance than they do on food while 18% admitted to spending more than half their wages on clothes and accessories.

What’s even more interesting is that 32% of UK females confess that if push came to shove they’d prefer to go without food to nab that fashion “must-have”. As Carrie Bradshaw once said, sometimes she felt Vogue fed her more than dinner.

As distrusting as these figures are, it almost goes together. Think about it, the less you eat the more close you can buy, and the more “fashionable” you’ll look while drastically dropping in sizes. Not that I encourage this sort of behavior, I just unfortunately know too many of these fash-o-rexics that would rather buy the latest LV bag than eat a full meal (of course, a LV bag is more than just a few meals, it’s weeks without food).

Thanks MyFashionLIfe

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What else has greeted me this weekend but the September issue of Vogue. I had thankfully seen a preview of the awful cover, so I was not as alarmed when I saw Kiera Knightly, her matted hair and her never ending torso on the cover. But I am not here to bag on the Kiera Knightly cover, even though the cover image has nothing to do with the 1920’s glamour look she has in the editorial. No. Instead I would like to bring your attention to a quote from Anna Wintour’s letter from the editor. I will bring it to your attention because I doubt you will find it in the 658 pages of ads that are wedged in between every page of real content.

“In putting together these stories, we were always conscious that fashion may not be, in this period of economic and political uncertainty, at the forefront of our readers’ minds. We’ve tried, therefore, to edit the collection with value for money in mind-”

Yes that’s why this issue is jammed with J. Mendel $4,500 dollar dresses, Zac Posen couture gowns, and a boat painted by Jeff Koons for some crazy rich guy!

All I have to say is: Get over yourself Anna Wintour! It’s fashion. You’re not curing anything!

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Sure I wrote a story calling the new Vogue uninspired but here’s a video of fabulous, rich women talking about how awesome it is to get older. As well as  the editors and stylists talking about how putting older women in 10,000 dollar gowns makes them more fabulous:

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Keira Knightely and Jessica Simpson are set to grace the covers of upcoming fall magazines for their September issues. Get ready to see Keira on your Vogue covers, which is surprising since her last cover with them caused one of their lowest sales to date. Jessica returns to Elle a veteran as she poses for cameras. Hopefully for a repeat of the highest sales they have ever seen.

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Hide the kids cause Kate Moss is the covergirl for the August issue of Vogue. The August issue which is usually the “Age” issue, is now the “Age(Less) issue-way to be cutting edge Anna Wintour. What I can’t figure is there are so many women in their 30’s that ARE ageless-Kate Moss not being one of them. She smokes, she drinks, she does hard drugs, her skin looks like leather…and we all know the Brits don’t age well.

This is what Moss looks like before make-up and photoshop:

See my point?

Anyway it was cool to put Moss on the cover after she got out of rehab, when everyone was saying she had no career, but now she really is on her way out. Anyone would have been better a cover choice… Agyness Deyn, Nicole Richie, even Condoleezza Rice. All three more cutting edge than Miss Moss.

The 30s
Kate Moss, 34, Supermodel
“I am still acting like a seventeen-year-old,” admits Moss. “I definitely haven’t become middle-aged. I’ve got a house and a daughter and all that, but I still like to have fun. Even in my business we still have fun.”

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Arlenis Pena is taking the fashion industry by storm. A newcomer, Pena has already booked Vogue, Italian Vogue, Banana Republic, Christian Dior and now a lucrative Lancome contract. Did we mention she has only been working as model, for four months? The 5′11 beauty is simply wonderful.

The Dominican Republic native has made history by being the second women of color to be featured in a Lancome campaign, with supermodel Liya Kebede preceding her. While we couldn’t be happier with Lancome’s choice, we are disturbed with Lancome’s track record. Lancome has been around, since 1935. Given the longevity of the Lancome line, they have had ample time to represent all of their consumers, but chose not to. Despite their previous void of diversity, we applaud Lancome for choosing a true star in the making. 

READ MORE ABOUT: Arlenis Pena, fashionista, Marilyn Agency, vogue

Month after month Vogue has failed to impress us here at FashionIndie and it turns out were not the only ones. The Queen of Vogue, Miss Anna Wintour has misfired on back-to-back covers this year. First there was the Lebron James/King Kong fiasco that led media outlets to call the magazine racist. Now the sales figures show that the April issue sold well below average, a paltry 350,000 copies-the lowest numbers since the April 2001 cover. But that wasn’t the worst selling cover yet….that belongs to May cover girl Gwyneth Paltrow, the issue only sold 310,000. I guess we weren’t the only ones not interested in seeing her stone-y machine like face.

READ MORE ABOUT: Gwyneth Paltrow, lebron james, vogue

Everyone must realize that magazines are a dying breed.  With circulations dipping, ad sales moving online, and content getting dated by a slew of bloggers posting around the clock, it was only a matter of time before some of the big wigs felt the pinch.

Enter Andre Leon Tally, fashion indie bashing boy and editor-at-extra-large at Vogue.  According to Page Six, the plus-sized fashionisto was caught with his panties in a twist when he attempted to buy a pair of XXL Calvin Klein thongs at Macy’s (really Calvin, XXL thongs. FOR MEN!!! You’re a real son of a bitch.).  The hilarity ensued when Tally attempted to open up a store credit card and was DENIED!!!  Apparently, he left in complete embarrassment and had to come back later for the purchase.

Number 1. Do you really need to BUY Calvin Klein thongs!?!  Can’t you just have them sent to you for free?

Number 2. What’s up with your credit man?  Your sounding a bit like the punchline of a Chris Rock joke.

Number 3. Who the fuck still shops at Macy’s?  It’s all in Soho now or Brooklyn buddy. Macy’s for soccer moms and tourist.  I would have given you Lord & Taylor since it’s now Robert Verdi’s favorite store (goddamn those in taxi ads) but Macy’s is heading the way of J.C.Penny’s or worse, Sears.

Hopefully, Andre will get his finances in order before the ball drops on all printed fair, cause once the empire collapses there will be few spaces left for hefty print fucker to lie his pretty monogrammed head.

Source: New York Post

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Here’s a photo shoot from back in 1990s’, when fashion actually had supermodels. You can see Cindy, Linda, Helena, Claudia, Naomi, and Stephanie.

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Here’s a vintage music video to start off the weekend right.

Enjoy Madonna performing ‘Vogue,’ Marie Antoinette style at the MTV Music Video Awards circa 1991.

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THE BEST

Love love this look, so avant garde and yet girly, with very simple accessories, super cute.

Elegant, and springy, fits her body perfectly, the hair is delightful.

Great color against her skin tone, and love the edgy pixie cut.

Paulina Rubio looks beautiful, sexy natural hair, and great bright color.

Laetitia Casta looks like a Grecian goddess in this stunning aqua blue dress.

A little much for my style, and a little long on her tiny bod, but the color compliments her skin well.

THE BAD

A little old for this many ruffles, and the hair got stuck in the 80s.

Great tiny figure, but dress emphasizes how small her chest is, and makes her hips appear large.

Not sure what is going on here, too much gray and white, very stark, and the bow comes out of nowhere.

Sequence covered and very short, a little like a call girl.

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Here are some great scans of an editorial from Vogue in the late 60’s. Showing the latest fashions from Balenciaga and Givenchy from 1967. Wow Vogue used to be good!

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We’re so addicted to the all black model issue of Vogue right now. We got some sneak peaks at the issue here for you so check it out. Jourdon, Chanel, Iman, and Naomi all get up close and personal to highlight an issue that has been going on too long in fashion, lack of diversity on the runway.

What do you think of the shots?

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Guess who’s on the cover of the new Vogue? Nicole Kidman! Who else could it be? In preparation for new film Austrila, directed by Baz Luhrmann (which doesn’t come out until NOVEMBER), Annie Lebowitz went down to Oz to document the period-piece extravaganza. However from the looks of these photos it seems like someone from Lebowitz’s crew photoshopped Nicole Kidman into the frame. How fake do these pictures look? Can we all agree that airbrushing has gone way too far? No one wants to see wrinkles (i.e Sarah Jessica Parker’s June Cover), but then again no one wants to think someone photoshoped Nicole Kidman into the Australian outback.

You Deciede Indie Readers:

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Just incase you needed further proof that American Vogue sucks testicles. This spread is poignant, controversial and fashionable.  The war continues and fashion makes due.

Thank you who ever is responsible for this ad.

PS. Daniel Saynt officially wants more tattoos. Yes, I’m easily influenced. Fuck you for pointing it out.

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Last night I was dragged (also see jump with giddy glee when a third midnight showing was added to our local theater) to the Sex and the City movie. My expectations were low, since I was imagining a very, very long season finally of a show that had ended well enough by itself, with no real story lines open and no reason to continue the tale of four Manhattanite women who had found love in the Big Apple, I didn’t understand why they would try to continue the story if for no other reason than to cash out with a major payday

I’m glad I went cause there is one big thing all you women need to know about this movie, IT IS ANTI-FEMINIST PROPAGANDA WRAPPED UP IN A PRODUCT PLACEMENT SHIT BALL.

Here are ten things I learned about my fellow “weaker vessel” from watching this flick. If this becomes the biggest female driven movie of the year it will be the equivalent of taking a major, massive step-back for womanhood. Don’t take your boyfriend/fiance to see this cause his view of you will change the instant Carrie hits the screen.

So without further ado why Sex and the City the movie kicks women in the vagina. If you haven’t seen the movie, don’t read further.

1. Men Cheat. Forgive Them. Miranda fucks up her marriage by being a cold fish in bed, not shaving, and being the usual man hating bitch she is portrayed to be. Steve cheats in a random moment of desperation, cause men will do this if you don’t fuck them, and Miranda leaves him for almost a year. It’s all better later cause Miranda realizes that eating Chinese food at New Years is no way for a women in her 40’s to spend her life. He cheated, but it is justified because Miranda doesn’t give him pussy.

As a dude, I realize that this might be a good reason to leave someone, but what happens the next time there’s a dry spell, what happened to the open communication factor which should prevent this type of shit from happening in a relationship, what will prevent him from doing it again, NOTHING. Men were granted by god the ability to cum faster than women so that they can get their rocks off in a morning with a quick hand gesture. The villain in this story is Miranda, who all the girls believe has screwed up her life cause she let a “good man” get away. The cheater becomes the victim, which is what happens when a man writes a chick flick. MEN 1. WOMEN 0.

2. Men Will Leave Your Ass at the Alter. Forgive Them. When Big decides to skip out on the wedding, Carrie freaks the fuck out. She becomes a sad little recluse and for the first time you see her without make-up (close your eyes at this point indies, it ain’t pretty). Instead of Mr.Big being a man about it and heading to Carrie’s apartment and begging for forgiveness he shoots her emails. EMAILS!!!! Really dude. Number one, Carrie is notoriously electronically challenged and the best he can come up with are emails, two, you skipped out on the FIRST wedding of a 40 year old woman who has loved and cared for you forever and three, the emails feature love letters from famous writers which you most likely copy and pasted in.

When Carrie discovers the emails she gets all flustered and takes him back. “Happy” ending.

After seasons of treating Carrie like a secret mistress his final show of “love” to her was hoping she didn’t send him to her junk box. Ill. If any of you women out there would fall for this sorried attempt at redemption, you’re complete idiots who deserve to get cheated on. Grow the fuck up. It ain’t love if it makes you cry. MEN 2. WOMEN 0.

3. Samantha Would Rather Eat Than Cheat. In the final chapter of the movie Samantha becomes hungry for a new cock. Instead of just fucking someone and giving this movie a little jolt of female empowerment, she decides to eat. While cheating is obviously not ok, it would have passed my judgment radar in a movie that featured two pricks getting away with their sins. Samantha plumps up for “love” and the result is disastrous, which follows in the typical line of thought this movie was pushing out about women, destroy yourself before you destroy your relationship. BEN & JERRY’S 3. WOMEN 0.

4. Marriage Ain’t About Love. When Big and Carrie decide to get married (the first time) there is no ring, no kneeling on one knee, just a very frank conversation about Carrie fearing she might get thrown out with yesterdays newspaper when Big wants a newer and younger model. Is that what marriage has become? A business contract. Any man who sees this will think twice about proposing and as Carrie gets caught up in the marriage fluff, her attention to Big falters. So remember girls, marriage ain’t about love it’s about heading to city hall and making it official. Thank god. I think I just saved $20 grand on my nuptials.

Actually, take that back Becks is giving me the stink eye right now. Love you baby. MEN 4. WOMEN 0.

5. If He Takes You Back Up and Leave NY. Underutilized Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson plays Carries assistant in the film. Her back story is that she’s in New York to find “love”. Puke and vomit. Number one there’s no “love” in New York (present company excluded) and coming here for it is like heading Alaska for a snow cone, laborious and completely unnecessary. If any of you single losers start flooding the streets expecting to find love in this city, realize that all the men here are way to into their careers to notice you and/or are ass munching homos. That’s it. Nothing else.

Which is why Jennifer is so desperate to fly back home and leave her “new life” in the city when her ex-love decides he wants to try out the relationship thing again. They get married. She gets pregnant and in a few years she wonders what it would have been like to be single and in NYC again. She then leaves him and finds her real Mr.Big. Okay, the last parts a lie, but you know it’ll happen. But basically, if you can’t make it here, there’s always that back-up dude you left behind. MEN 5. WOMEN 0.

6. Good Men are Fat, Bald Jews. Charlotte’s husband is the only one who manages to remain unscathed through this movie. He’s a good husband who fucks his wife 4-5 times a week, is able to get her barren womb knocked up, and big surprise, he doesn’t cheat. Thats right ladies, if all else fails, settle for the fat, bald jewish dude who will be a zero to your ten. Mazel Tov!!! RABBI FATTY 6. WOMEN 0.

7. Any Voids In Your Life Can Be Filled with Shopping. Women don’t need love. They just need access to a Saks Fifth Avenue. Honestly, is this the message you want portrayed? MANOLO BLAHNIK 7. WOMEN 0.

8. If That Fails There’s Always Dogs. The overall message was if you can’t find love, find replacements. I’m not so sure if that’s anti-fem, but it really doesn’t put you ladies in a good light, almost as if you are not whole until you have one of us in your life. Samantha adopts a randy little puppy when things with her and Smith start going sour. The dog pays her the attention she desires and acts like a crutch to keep their relationship going. FIDO 8. WOMEN 0.

9. Smith’s Got 99 Problems but a Bitch Ain’t One. When Samantha finally reveals to Smith that she wants out of the relationship he doesn’t try to fight for her, actually barely changes the tone of his voice. In what was the easiest break-up ever, Smith just let’s Samantha walk out of their life together. A five year relationship ends in a whimper. I’ve never seen a man in a movie act so laissez faire about a break up, guess that’s what happens when your hot and know you can get some tomorrow from that craft services girl you’ve been flirting with for months (didn’t happen, but come on). Out with the old and in with the new pussy. If you feeling like a pimp, go brush your shoulders off. JAY Z 9. WOMEN 0.

10. Men Will Cheat If You Don’t Wax. Seriously, we will. MEN 10. WOMEN 0.

So ladies, if you’re expecting Sex to be anything else than a really long issue of the Bloomingdales catologue you are fresh out of luck. The fashions are more notable than the story line cause in the end none of the characters grow and we’re left in the same situation we were left in at the shows finally. Carrie and Big are together. Charlotte and Jew Ball are together. Miranda and Steve are together. The only difference this time around is that Samantha will die old and lonely.  Wow, that was a shocker.

Oh yeah, and Vogue is a fucking bitch. Goddamn are those assholes nasty. Love you Andre Leon Fatty.

READ MORE ABOUT: carrie bradshaw, jennifer hudson, sarah jessica parker, sex and the city, vogue

Love these photos of the Sevignmeister from back in the day. Thought you would too. Enjoysies.

More after the jump.

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Really hot fashion photos courtesy of Fashion Phenoms.

“Fusion Mood” | Vogue Italia May 08
Model: Hana Soukupova
Shot by: Michelangelo di Battista

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