Videography: Mariah Carey

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Mariah Carey is a lot of things. A diva, first and foremost. A loon. A mother to dem babies. A Jenny Craig spokeswoman. A Home Shopping Networker. But a fashion icon? Eh. When she first whistle-registered her way onto the music scene in 1990, she was fresh-faced, curly-haired and — style-wise — pretty boring. As the 90s went on, she shed her good girl image and most of her clothes to become the scantily-clad chanteuse we know and love today. For this edition of Videography, we emancipate Mimi’s style evolution through her best and most iconic music videos.

2012 Billboard Music Awards Honor Adele and Pay Tribute to Fallen Legends

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The deaths of Whitney Houston, the Beastie Boys‘ Adam Yauch aka MCA, Donna Summer and over the weekend the Bee Gees‘ Robin Gibb left a noticeable pall over the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, but in the spirit of that old show biz adage, the show went on. An absent Adele doubled her Grammy take by sweeping up an impressive 12 wins including Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist  and Top Billboard  200 Album for 21. LMFAO trailed with six wins including Top Hot 100 song for the ubiquitous “Party Rock Anthem.”

Brunch Bytes: Week of May 14th-18th

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The best bits you have missed on FashionIndie this week, including tributes to Whitney Houston and Donna Summer, god-awful musician tattoos, the most chic penis leggings you’ll (hopefully) ever see and dressing for your drug use.

Disco Heaven: Donna Summer’s Greatest Musical and Sartorial Hits

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

We lost yet another diva this year. In what is surely a sign of the End of Days, Donna Summer joins Whitney Houston in diva heaven where they’re belting out hit after goddamn hit with Etta James and Amy Winehouse. To honor the undisputed Queen of Disco — itself the music of the gods — strap on your platform heels and call into work today. We’re exploring Summer’s greatest looks and her greatest songs — the extended 12″ versions, of course — because there’s nothing better than a backbeat that just won’t quit.

From Vogue to Vinyl: Music’s Fashion-Forward Album Covers

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Whether its supermodels posing on the sleeve, renowned photographers behind the lens or just rock stars banging anything that catwalks, music and fashion have long been intimate bedfellows. Here, 30 iconic album covers with a delightfully high fashion twist. 

Videography: Whitney Houston

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Though she ‘s now belting in that great sold out concert hall in the sky, Whitney Houston left behind a catalog of classic tunes that redefined what it means to sang. Visually, her model good looks were a hit with the MTV crowd and as a result Whitney was a huge crossover success — picking up the torch passed to her by godmother and Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. Throughout the 90s Whitney made a series of comebacks, effectively earning her diva stripes and also some of the biggest hits of her career. Her output was more erratic in the 00s, but she at least had one last hit with the Alicia Keys-penned “Million Dollar Bill.” While we may mourn Whitney Houston’s untimely death,  we’ll continue to dance, emphatically point and lip-sync for our lives to her timeless music. 

Pugh’s Tutus, Lagerfeld Says Sorry to Adele with Chanel and Ryan Gosling Saving the World One Woman at a Time

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Called it. Leonard has confirmed the exit of Maxime Simoens. I knew I couldn’t trust that Simoens as far as I could throw him. Which would be pretty far, he seems rather willowy. Let the Dior speculation continue! [WWD, sub req'd]

- Gareth Pugh‘s costumes for the Royal Opera House production of the ballet Carbon Life — which also features music by Mark Ronson — and it’s safe to say this is not your traditional tutu. Which is perhaps the only safe thing about this. [Telegraph]

Accidental Drowning Ruled as Whitney Houston’s Cause of Death

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“The final cause of death has been established as drowning due to atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use,” said Los Angeles County Coroner chief, Craig Harvey. 

Viv Westwood Thinks You’re Ugly, Top Model Thinks It’s British and Stella McC Thinks She’s an Episode of “Glee”

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- ”People have never looked so ugly… We are so conformist, nobody is thinking. I’m a fashion designer and people think ‘what do I know?’ but I’m talking about all this disposable crap. So I’m saying buy less, choose well, make it last.” — delightful harridan Vivienne Westwood. [Guardian]

- Speaking of delightful harridans, these paper dolls of Dame Maggie Smith‘s sublime Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey are everything. Ever. [Vulture]

- America’s Next Top Model is still happening. Now in its 18th cycle, this time around it’s a “British Invasion” with seven British models versus seven American models. Sort of like a 21st century Revolutionary War with bikinis and smizing. [The Cut]

Bill Cunningham Struck by SUV, A Streaker at Fashion Week and Nicki Minaj’s Upcoming Film?

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Steetstyle anthropologist Bill Cunningham was hit by an SUV outside of the Reed Krakoff show but luckily he was fine and continued snapping photos. [Fashionista]

- Cindy Crawford‘s 10 year old daughter won’t be seen on any runways for at least another 7 years. That is, unless Marc Jacobs gets his hands on her. [Styleite]

- A woman streaked at Lincoln Center on the last day of New York Fashion Week. Cathy Horyn praised the show, calling it revelatory. [Refinery29]