Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Fashion is as famous for its outsized personalities as its outsized skirts. The drama of a neckline is birthed — loudly, and often involving an unceremonious firing — by a complicated genius no one could hope to understand…let alone care to try to understand. Below are five profiles in the kind of batshit crazy you just can’t teach. This elegance is learned, kids.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Infused with that innate glamour and time-honored feminine sex appeal that only Tom Ford can create with such ease, the designer’s Spring 2012 collection has the classic romance we can always expect from his lines. Working some of the year from his ranch in Santa Fe, NM, Southwestern influences like leather embroidery and fringe make an appearance alongside dazzling body-conscience sheer skirts and a bright purple satin suit. Every woman should have the sense to dress this beautifully. Click for all the looks after the jump.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Sketch satirist aleXsandro Palombo may have recently fallen ill as he battles cancer, but his wit and pencil are still as sharp as ever. In his latest work, “Anna Wintour, Balloon and Dangerous” the bobbed Vogue editrix may look like a festive part decoration, but I doubt you’d want her helium-filled head floating anywhere near you.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Alexi Lubomirski captures Karlie Kloss in Ralph Lauren for the December issue of Vogue Deutsch.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Pocket hottie Joseph Altuzarra of eponymous line Altuzarra beat out nine other designers to be named the grand prize winner of this year’s Council of Fashion Designers/Vogue Fashion Fund at Skyhigh Soho last night.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Oscar winner, Dior J’adore‘r and all-around brick house, Charlize Theron garners her fifth Vogue cover, this time shot by Annie Leibovitz for the mag’s December issue.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
I guess even Vogue Italia, that one link to editorial relevance in the Condé Nast stable of periodicals, can run afoul every now and then. Case in point, this bit of visual vomit Michelangelo di Battista threw up for their latest issue. Filmed in what could easily be your grandmother’s attic painted the most abhorrent shade of blue — with uninspired styling by Alice Gentilucci and listless and lifeless posing from Kristen Stewart whose hair apparently hasn’t seen a brush in ages – this spread has Italian Vogue wading in levels of American Vogue dreckitude. Enjoy after the jump.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
“Glenda Bailey‘s not going to go to Richmond, VA, fashion week.” This quote from CFDA CEO Steven Kolb basically sums up the fashion industry’s attitude when it comes to fashion weeks outside of the big four: New York, London, Paris and Milan. Fashion is elitist, with the haves being vastly outweighed by the have-nots. A small cadre of editors, designers, photographers, stylists and — most importantly — businessmen control this billion dollar industry, but the cracks are beginning to appear in the facade. Milan’s breaking rank and challenging the fashion week calendar and in response Condé Nast has vowed that no Vogue editors will be in attendance should Milan continue its catwalk of impertinence. China is outspending both America and Europe in the luxury sector and many brands are opening stores in the Far East to meet this ever-expanding market. Then there are the some 100 other fashion weeks around the world, showcasing local young, up-and-coming and often, rather talented designers who, while not garnering the attention of Harper’s Bazaar‘s esteemed editrix in chief, are contributing to their own cities’ and countries’ burgeoning fashion industries.
