Elmo loves you. And so does Versace. Doesn't the red fox fur tote look an awful lot like the Sesame Street star? Come to think of it, the blue version of the bag looks like Cookie Monster. (Both bags are an extra 10% off till 7/8 -- that's tomorrow -- at 6:00am) [Elmo photo courtesy of AllPosters.com]
Doesn't actress Leelee Sobieski (right) look like a younger version of Gucci's creative director, Frida Giannini? Check out Gucci's Spring '09 menswear pics, and peep the designer in image #45, isn't the resemblance striking? It made me wonder where Leelee has been. According to Metro, Leelee took a break from acting to deal with her parents' separation and attend Brown University for a bit before jumping back into indy roles. [Frida photo courtesy of gettyimages.com; Leelee photo courtesy of gutsandgory.com]
They're getting wiiiidddder. Wideleg pants were all over the Resort '09 collections, but John Galliano split the seams wide open in his collection for Christian Dior featuring widelegs reminiscent of the ones MC Hammer used to wear.
[Dior photo courtesy of WWD, MC Hammer shot courtesy of GettyImages.com]
How awesome is it that John Galliano can create the most breathtakingly luxe collections -- and dress himself like a ragamuffin? LOVE him!
[John Galliano at his Christian Dior Resort 2009 show; photo courtesy of WWD]
In a meeting today, my co-worker, Joellen told us about a morning show segment she caught that revealed guys think you look skinnier if you're wearing a floral scent! This led to a lil' debate over whether the sensual -- the sense of smell and sight -- was more powerful than the psychological -- the idea of flowers as delicate petals held up by slender stems (I know, I work with really smart people). I'm still not sold on how a fragrance could make you see things differently, but I did think this hourglass-shaped bottle of "Andy Warhol Union Square" by New York neighborhood-inspired perfumers, Bond No. 9 looked a lot like this waist-cinching Sweetees top.
PETA’s nasty ad campaign decrying "Hairy Kate and Trashley Trollsen” for wearing fur and including it in their clothes lines seems as wrongheaded as style editors zeroing in on their “edgy” style and signature "homeless" look. Adult gerbils routinely shred scarves and sweaters to make nests and keep warm. What the media should concern itself with is the lack of a contingency plan should these two start multiplying.
Related Links: Start with a good pair of running shoes.
While watching the ANTM finale tonight -- congratulations, Saleisha! -- I couldn't help but wonder if Miss Jay and Paris Vogue's November cover model, Andre J have any relation. And while I'm asking, doesn't Saleisha look a lot like Tyra?
These days, everybody wants to be Anna -- or just look like her. Fashionista noticed that Christina Ricci's new hairdo has a distinctly Wintour-ian look to it, and Black Book dressed a model as Anna, arms crossed, sitting in the front row. Add to that Snejana as Anna and the shout-outs are non-stop.
The opening act for Louis Vuitton's spring 2008 runway show was more than just models playing nurse. Take a good look at artist Richard Prince's nurse series -- he's the one who worked with Marc on the LV handbags -- and you'll suddenly see Naomi Campbell as "Debutante Nurse" and Natalia Vodianova as "Man-crazy Nurse." Who's "Sonic Youth Nurse"? Maybe that honor belongs to Kate Moss.
Related Links:Crispy whites good enough for a medical professional.
Yet another case of copyright infringement, this time it's a cute poly-blend navy vest with a ruffled neckline. The ripper? Matix, right. The original? Nisa, left. C'mon, people, aren't there better things to do than sit around stealing ideas from the latest issue of WWD?
Jenna Jameson's recent loss of curves may have hurt her adult film career, but it's surely helped her turn as a runway model for Heatherette, where she sported an orange tan and blonde extensions in L.A., left, and a blonde bob and a dress that showed off her prominent chest during New York's fashion week, right. E!'s Party Girl wonders if Jenna's tan and hair extensions were meant to make her look more "L.A.", but hello, the woman's a porn star. What could be more L.A. than that?
Model Sophie Dahl is a dead ringer for a young, in-her-prime Blondie on the latest cover of British Vogue, left. She looks more like Blondie than Blondie herself.
Chloe showed some fantabulous shoes and handbags for spring 2008, not least among them these banded white patent leather numbers, which recalled New York's modernist spiral Guggenheim Museum.
Looks like Marc Jacobs' collection for Louis Vuitton wasn't the only label to take inspiration from Spongebob Squarepants. Both Lanvin and (as Marc mentioned at the end of the LV show) Comme Des Garcons used the same color palette and billowing sponge-like shapes in their spring 2008 collections.
Ever feel like you could use a little extra storage space in the old noggin? This spring 2008 Versace handbag could be just the thing for dragging around extra memory, since it's got almost the same texture, shape and color as the human brain.
Luella Bartley's spring 2008 collection featured retro-cute dresses, bat accents, and giant nerd glasses all of which remind us of Daniel Clowes's first-comic book, then-movie "Ghost World."
News that a "Tron" sequel may come out some day must have leaked from the geek community to the fashion community, because Badgley Mischka's spring 2008 collection clearly got the message with this dress and head wrap.
Celebrating 40 years in fashion -- as Ralph Lauren did last weekend -- means you can do whatever you want, including remaking the dress Audrey Hepburn wore at the end of "My Fair Lady."
Did you know what designer Nicole Miller is the spitting image of tennis ace Steffi Graf? We didn't. Thanks to Fashion Week Daily for pointing out these long-lost twins, along with freakish lookalikes Giles Mendel of J. Mendel and Yankee Derek Jeter.
Alexander Wang's relentlessly cool runway show, backed by a giant stack of oversized speakers, reminds us of the endless piles o' Marshall amps in the Darkness video "I Believe in a Thing Called Love." Same return-to-the-80s aesthetic, with ripped shorts from Wang and long guitar solos from the Darkness, same mega-watt sound.
Any fashion spread involving Chewbacca makes us happy, so we especially love Le Freak C'est Chic inside T. It also made us want to mash it up with one of those CK One ads from the 90s so that we could pretend to see Kate Moss making out with one of the monsters.
Help, we're surrounded by feathers! From Wired magazine's news that Japanese schoolgirls are getting into feathered eyelashes to the New York Times' love note to this Louis Vuitton blue feathered bracelet, you can bet feathers will be big for fall.
Is it "inspired by" or ripped off from? You be the judge. On the left, a little something patchwork from Marc Jacobs last spring collection, and on the right, a dress from Topshop. Props to seanutbutter of The Fashion Spot for noticing this one.
We know Pepe Le Pew might find it irresistible, but unless you're interested in attracting attention from skunks, you might want to avoid this fur hat from Anna Sui's fall 2007-08 collection.
Related Links: go fur a hat with a lil' less Pew appeal.
A psychedelic image from the surprisingly great "Fashion Rocks" supplement and 70s designer Zandra Rhodes, whose punk vision is having yet another comeback. [via Fashionista and the New York Times]
As Warhol did Marilyn, now British artist Banksy pays tribute to his own messy female icon -- Kate Moss -- with more than a nod to the original. [via Me.Style.com]
Let me begin by saying I love Lauryn Hill. She takes bold fashion risks where others fear to tread. But has she gone off the deep end this time? With a reddish afro not unlike Brandy Rusher's from "Top Model," a red leather jacket like "Thriller"-era Michael Jackson (right before he went nuts, as you may recall), and a smidgen of Grace Jones, Lauren rocked some crazy 80s style at a free concert in Brooklyn the other day. I think in the end, her style instincts will be proven correct, but she is definitely pushing the envelope with that look. [via TMZ]
Six years after Vanity Fair uncovered the soft and fluffy world of plushies, W makes it into an editorial with loads of fetishized fur by Comme Des Garcons, Emanuel Ungaro and Hermès. Plushies would never approve of using real fur, though. That would be too kinky.
There's something about a model atop a ladder plus a model on the right with a jaunty, hands-on-the-hips pose that makes art directors go, "Ahhh, yes! That's the one!" The fall Moschino campaign proves this array of ladies is a classic one.
Why can't our Vogue be as cool as Paris Vogue? The mag's most recent issues features a ten-page spread of Snejana Onopka dressed as Anna Wintour, complete with bobbed brunette wig, sunglasses and, of course, tons of fur. See more pics at The Fashion Spot. [via WWD]
Yes, it's Winona Ryder on the August cover of Vogue. And yes, she's wearing a gown by her fave designer, Mr. Marc Jacobs, the closing look from his fall 2007 collection. The same one she wore in black to the Met Costume Institute Gala not too long ago. Is she angling for another MJ campaign?
Calvin Klein's new men's underwear ad campaign, left, with actor Djimon Honsou looks like a repeat of some of the gorgeous black and white snaps photographer Herb Ritts took of Honsou in the 80s. Honsou is no stranger to stripping to his skivvies -- he was one of two scantily-clad hunks in Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do" directed by Ritts.
The fall 2007-08 haute couture collection from Anne Valerie Hash showed plenty of heavy satins and gorgeous draping, and a jacket that looks like one of those seat-belt strap handbags.
Hatmaking genius Eugenia Kim will work with Michael Kors for spring 2008, making headgear for the runway. She gave Style.com a sneak preview of what she has in mind -- the orange visor at left. But go to GamblingHabit.com and you can get it in green for just $3.
On the gold wide-leg pants in Chloe's resort collection, perhaps amberdemure at The Fashion Spot said it best, "I am not ready for MC Hammer pants to make a comeback. Not now. Not ever." For more from the collection -- most of which is great, don't get us wrong -- visit The Fashion Spot. For more disturbing images of MC Hammer, click here if you dare.
Related Links: Just a little lamé goes a long way.
Charlotte Ronson's new ad campaign, featuring The Virgins frontman Donald Cumming and Ronson's sister Annabelle Dexter-Jones, has a touch, just a touch, of "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" to it. Of course "Freewheelin'" was shot on Jones Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, while the Ronson campaign was shot at Chrystie and Rivington Streets on the Lower East Side. But the theme -- the musician gets the girl -- still feels the same. [via WWD]
We've heard about Forever 21 ripping off major designers, but have you ever seen a major designer -- especially one known for his elegant designs and quality construction -- rip off Forever 21? See it happen in Dries Van Noten's resort collection on the The Fashion Spot. His collection looks so cheap chic, it's scary.
Gisele looking like a lost member of 1980s new wave group Devo, on tour this month in Europe. That hat, by Philip Treacy London, has a Hershey's Kiss quality to it, too. Love the coat? It's by Balenciaga. [Gisele photos by Michael Thompson for W]
At left, Gisele on the July 2007 cover of W. Center, Cindy Crawford on the (gasp!) 2005? cover of British Vogue. Right, that's Twiggy on the 1974 cover of British Vogue.
We have a feeling we're gonna be seeing a lot of this gorgeous burnt sienna color and sculptural wedge look over the summer, as our favorite bloggers are swooning over the kicks of Marc Jacobs and Martin Margiela.
Never a good idea to take a page from Kid Rock's style book, but, as usual, Kate Moss makes every dumb idea look pretty good, inluding wearing sunglasses over one's hair. [via Off the Rack]
Now that news of the Vivienne Westwood biopic is out, the horse trading has begun for who might play the red-haired punk rock designer. Thing is, she wasn't always a redhead -- in her days as a Sex Pistols stylist she was bottle blonde with Rod Stewart hair before Rod Stewart had Rod Stewart hair. With a wig and some Tammy Faye Bakker-style makeup, we think Tina Fey is a dead ringer.
Folks over at The Fashion Spot are wondering what's up with i-D magazine's semi-retro turn. The July 2007 cover features model Devon Aoki in a shell-collared dress by designer Jeremy Scott (he's the one who did the junk-food line back in fall 2006), but one attentive Fashion Spotter noticed this is a repeat from a Jalouse magazine spread from five years ago -- same model, same designer, pretty much the same dress, too. I guess things worth doing are worth doing again?
A new show opening at the Fashion Institute of Technology, "Luxury," features some wildly over-the-top items, such as these 2004 mink-lined shoes by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton. They remind us of Surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim's eqully absurd and fabulous fur teacup. Preview the show at Daily Fashion Report.
A recent issue of Numero features an editorial that's in love with the beehive and a model (can anyone ID her?) who is styled a lot like nouveau-soul singer Amy Winehouse, tattoos and all. For those who say Winehouse needs a makeover, we say, isn't it refreshing to see a celebrity who doesn't look perfect and actually has talent? We love her punky retro style, but just in case Ms. Winehouse would be wise to try the Numero stylist's outfit of Lanvin hoop earrings and Dolce & Gabbana strapless denim and velvet dress. [thanks to BerlinRocks for the scans]
Louis Vuitton can't seem to leave the animal kingdom well enough alone. First there was the LV tattooed pig. Now there's the accessorized elephant. We're just glad didn't pull a Banksy on us and paint the poor elephant.
These wraparound "Robo" summer shades by Ksubi, left, sure are hot, but they do remind us of a cheaper type of sunglasses -- good ol' geriatric Blu Blockers, which, if you rock them with the right clothes, can look really great. And at $14.95, they're a lot cheaper than a pair of Ksubis.
We're not sure if this is the final image from the fall YSL campaign with Gisele, left, but some say it looks suspiciously like Prada's darkly-lit fall 2006 campaign with Sasha Pivovarova. No one does grumpy and noir like Sasha, though. Gisele's a bit too sunny for that. Thanks to sethii of the Fashion Spot for noticing.
Related Links: We think Prada wins on the handbag front, too.
Sometimes Hedi Slimane looks so much like actor Marty Feldman, it's eerie. Anyway, aside from that, there's an interesting article in WWD about how difficult it can be for big name people like Hedi to get financial backing for a brand-new brand. But Fashionologie has heard Hedi may have gotten some backing.
There's plenty of pill-popping in the fashion industry, but never before have we seen such proud displays of pharmaceuticals on the clothes themselves. This new Prada tee, co-designed with architect Rem Koolhaas, shows pills that will increase your style or get you laid, 100 mg at a time. The "Style Pills" shirt reminds us of the gorgeous and witty pill-encrusted gown Chanel created for its spring 2007 collection. We wonder, was it covered with Karl's diet pills? [via Vogue.com]
Anybody know what happened to these shoes from Dior's spring collection? We're guessing they never got made, because we haven't seen them in any stores or on the Dior website. Perhaps it's all for the best -- we're not sure why Galliano went for a cartoonishly pointed shoe now that everyone has pushed those kicks to the back of their closets. Only the croc knows...
John Galliano is in hot water over accusations of plagiarism from photographer William Klein (his work, left), who says his signature style of painting over contact sheets was copied in a recent Galliano ad campaign, right. Perhaps Galliano's biggest mistake was to run the ads in French Vogue, because a retrospective of Klein's work in Paris left the images fresh in people's minds -- and especially Galliano's, who claims he was "inspired" by Klein. (Once again, the word "inspired" seems to be a substitute for "copied"). Notice how the Kate Moss/Calvin Klein ad campaign managed to escape notice. [via Vogue.com, Fashion Spot, Fashionologie]
This lip ring by Solange has more than a little in common with the collagen-enhanced lips of Amanda Lepore, the self-titled "World's #1 Transexual," photographed here by David LaChapelle.
We have Fashionista to thank for noticing the similarities between the queenly promo photo for John Galliano's new perfume and the queenly promo photo on the cover of Nicole Richie's book. If you can believe it, the new fragrance promises "to capture Galliano's DNA in scent form." Pretty neat trick.
Viktor & Rolf's fall 2007 show got zero credit for originality from the New York Times. "The idea of individually spotlighting models was not new," sniffed the Times' Cathy Horyn. "Martin Margiela did it several years ago." And as for the "sadistic humiliation" endured by ever-compliant models, that seems lifted directly from the S&M-lite movie "Secretary."
The clean lines of this clutch from Fendi's fall 2007 collection echo the squeaky clean lines of a bar of Dial soap. Could it be anti-bacterial as well?
There was plenty of head-scratching over the shapeless bits of carpet that passed for clothes in Prada's fall 2007-08 collection, but, as usual, Miuccia went her own way with crumpled and dip-dyed satin (far left), felted hats (right), and more hot socks. And who's saying Prada's not practical? Her pickpocket handbag already has a few fans. Urban Stylin on the Fashion Spot says, "She has finally discovered the anti-purse-snatcher bag!"
If you find yourself in the water while wearing this Toni Maticevski dress, not only will its billowing layers keep you afloat, but you just might attract the attention of one of Spongebob Squarepants' friends.
Makeup guru Gucci Westman, who's worked for Proenza Schouler, Peter Som and Thakoon, has developed a new product for Lancome that one Fashionista commenter notes looks just like a 10-sided Dungeons and Dragons dice. Even the name, The Destiny Cube, sounds super geeky. [via Fashionista.com]
Related Links: Tote dice, makeup and more in this clutch.
Was "Project Runway" alum Jay McCarroll having an X-Men 2 moment when he designed this piece for his Spring/Summer 2007 collection? At least the rest of his techno-bohemian line is more marvelous than Marvel Comics.
Related Links: If you prefer your plum overcoats on the sedate side, try DKNY.
Givenchy's gorgeous haute couture show featured this oversized hat with its distinctly Mad Hatter flair. Fashionologie correctly points out that you'll be seeing a lot of it in upcoming magazine editorials.
When a 1980s soap star dispenses fashion advice wearing gold lamé beside a portrait of herself in her living room, we're not surprised. But when we notice that French Vogue editor in chief Carine Roitfeld's office contains a giant photo of Carine Roitfeld (that's her on the far right, and can't miss the huge image of herself on the left), we're a little disturbed. [via Paper and Fashionologie]
PETA’s nasty ad campaign decrying "Hairy Kate and Trashley Trollsen” for wearing fur and including it in their clothes lines seems as wrongheaded as style editors zeroing in on their “edgy” style and signature "homeless" look. Adult gerbils routinely shred scarves and sweaters to make nests and keep warm. What the media should concern itself with is the lack of a contingency plan should these two start multiplying.
Related Links: Start with a good pair of running shoes.
This is a copycat case so blatant that there must be lawyers involved. The cover of London Times Style magazine used the exact same photo from an old issue of Paper -- a cover that was one of Advertising Age's favorites of 2005.
Radar shows us there's little difference between a Miu Miu Matelasse Hobo and a zombie from "Return of the Living Dead" in Handbags of Horror, a gallery of bags and the horrible creatures that resemble them -- or is it the other way around? [Radar via Fashion Addict Diary]
"I was thinking of robotic articulation," Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquiere told Style.com of his cyborg-esque spring 2007 collection. "Star Wars" was in the house, and not just for droids. As the Los Angeles Times put it, "Darth Vader would have been right at home in the molded black plastic leggings with kneepads."
The Undercover spring 2007 show ended with this long purple cape, made entirely from skulls. We fully expected Grimace to follow her on the runway, but alas, he was busy getting a milkshake. [via Style.com]
Gwen Stefani said her L.A.M.B. spring collection was inspired by Elvira, Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the 1983 film "Scarface," but we saw similarities to another early-80s classic in the print of one gown -- the 1982 video game Q*bert.
If there are too few black jumpsuits with wide white belts in the world, be sure to let Catharine Malandrino and Michael Kors know, both of whom showed the look, far left. Ditto for long green dresses with dramatic keyhole necklines, as seen from next season's Zac Posen and last spring's Gucci.
Related Links: Different stuff from Malandrino and Kors.
When I heard Kiwi designer Karen Walker was making her debut at New York Fashion Week, I was super giddy. Her "Dough and Dynamite" collection from last season was spot-on. But this? File it under "What on earth was she thinking?"
New York magazine's fashion issue seems to pay tribute to W's infamous Brangelina-at-Home July 2005 spread shot by Steven Klein, this time using actors Rachel Weisz and Justin Theroux. Gawker also laments the weight of the fashion issue at barely a pound.
Who looks better in this Yves Saint Laurent gown -- which appears to be the maternity wear of choice for well-heeled pregnant celebrities -- August Vogue cover model Linda Evangelista or July Bazaar cover model Britney Spears?
Designers may have made a nod to the concept of protective coverups for the fall 2006 season (Yohji Yamamoto, pictured), but Afghanistan sent age-old muslim burkas and headscarves down a runway of their very own in Kabul's first fashion show in a decade. [via Toronto Fashion Monitor]
Tiny little hats and skeletal looks reigned at Jean Paul Gaultier's haute couture show. Although model Erin O'Connor (pictured) reveals quite a bit in this Gaultier gown, she doesn't plan to share much about the fashion world in her upcoming biography, which goes without any mention of fashion. A model's biography without fashion? What, I ask, is the point? [via ContactMusic]
Ricardo Tisci's designs for Givenchy's haute couture show were a true spectacle of otherworldly delights, much like the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on July 4th. [Givenchy photo by AP/Francois Mori, NASA photo courtesy Space.com]
An image from a Vogue Italia spread inspired by Henri Matisse, left, and a woman who inspired the painter, right, in this case "Seated Odalisque, Left Knee Bent, Ornamental Background and Checkerboard," painted in 1928. Thanks to Faith of The Fashion Spot for scanning.
Perhaps in preparation for the title role in the "Sailor Moon" film, Lindsay Lohan wears the latest in marine fashion from Balenciaga in this month's Harper's Bazaar.
Related Links: Everyone else is going sailor-crazy this summer, why not you?
Louis Vuitton's new campaign shows us there's more than one way to wear a shoe, as did designer Elsa Schiaparelli's surrealist shoe hat, a collaboration with Salvador Dalí in the 1930s. [LV scans WWD via Fashionologie]
Elle has taken the notion of recycling a little too far, styling Hilary Duff for the July cover in much the same way they dressed Shakira inside the magazine last year. At least the tops are cute, and Hilary actually looks pretty good. Thanks to Perez Hilton for noticing this one.
Cross-breed Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse with Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink and you get Christine Brandt's otherworldy jewelry, pendants made from deep African woods and rough-cut crystals. [via JC Report]
You know what? After a while these "homages" to iconic images of famous actresses start to look more and more like a total lack of originality. We expect more from Karl Lagerfeld, who snapped these pictures of Lindsay Lohan for Interview's June 2006 issue. But so close on the heels of Vanity Fair's Lohan-as-Marilyn-Monroe pics, we're just getting tired of it. Thanks to Fashionologie for the scans.
What can't you cover with Swarovski crystals? Not much, apparently. Nothing goes unbedazzled this week, from this sparkly Mercedes Benz to an entire human body. [via Paper and Shiny Shiny]
With her sad eyes and slightly slouched posture, model Snejana Onopka is the perfect cover choice for i-D magazine's June "Horror" issue. If it weren't for Dita von Teese, Marilyn Manson would surely find her look attractive. Or at least familiar. [i-D cover via Fashionologie]
What do Emilio Pucci and Bronx-born graffiti artist Crash have in common? Plenty. See Pucci circa Fall 2005, left, and Crash's "art car," on view now in NYC.
Related Links: A more conventional approach to automobile-inspired fashion -- the car coat.
Vogue must really like this Dior dress to put it on the cover of Japanese Vogue and British Vogue a few months later. Really, my dears, in a globalized world, you can't get away with these sorts of repeats. Thanks to the wonderful blog Fashionologie for noticing the duplicates.
Jupiter has a new spot, actually a storm, to go with its trademark red spot. Also taking the world (okay, fine, just the fashion world) by storm is Coach's new limited-edition Ombre tote, in all the same colorful glory as the red planet.
Fashion Week Daily has come out with a teensy new magazine The Daily Mini, filled with lots of fabulous fashion, behind-the-scenes looks and many, many exclamation points ("Because every week is fashion week!" and "Look at those cheekbones!"). They also present fashion-world lookalikes, noting similarities between Roberto Cavalli and Liberace. We'd like to add a little Ricardo Montalban to the equation for the complete doppelganger effect.
Chanel kisses Kate Moss goodbye and says hello to actress Keira Knightley as the new face of Coco Mademoiselle. "She certainly has a vein of irreverence that is similar to Mademoiselle Chanel herself," an executive vice president told WWD. I guess Kate did too much coke for Coco.
The battle between found-signage artist Jack Pierson and found-signage window display artist Simon Doonan continues, with each accusing the other of a rip-off. Barneys creative director Doonan claims to have first used the style in 1978, when Pierson was a teenager; Pierson's gallery claims Barneys has "no respect for artists or the art world." But what about the guys who actually manufactured those signs in the first place?
The J.Lo editorial in the May 2006 issue of Harper's has the same post-pillow-fight feel as Vogue Paris' April 2006 cover with model Natalia Vodianova. [thanks to The Fashion Spot for the Harper's scan and Fashionologie for Vogue Paris]
WWD cattily points out that although Vanity Fair "went green" for their April issue, the only thing recycled was the cover image, shot by Annie Leibovitz but "inspired" by fashion photographer and master portraitist Irving Penn's shot "Ballet Society."
The planets aligned for designer Erdem Maralioglu, who won London's 2006 Fashion Fringe award. This look from his spring collection looks as crater-filled as one of Saturn's moons, 12 of which were recently discovered.
The recently unearthed fossil of Tiktaalik roseae, a fish on its way to becoming a land animal, reminds us of the Marc Jacobs "Mouse" flats, a shoe on its way to becoming a mammal. [via Shoewawa. Photo courtesy University of Chicago]
Hello, helmet head. The April issues of Nylon and Vogue Japan both seem into the super-structured hairdo. Thanks to Fashionologie for the Nylon scan and Kanna Scans for Vogue.
"Bandanas on every single girl, combined with these great big sunglasses, so you just get that complete blackness," Stephen Jones said of John Galliano's fall 2006 designs for Christian Dior. "It's an incredibly strong look." And it also happens to look just like the designer. [via Style.com]
Watching the "Project Runway" finale was kinda like an Oscar rehash. Daniel V.'s brown dress echoed the Carolina Herrera brown number worn by Amy Adams (which came first, we wonder?), and Chloe's empire-waist dress had the same pockets as the empire-waist Bottega Veneta drapes-in-chains worn by Maggie Gyllenhall.
Hey, hey ladies, strut with care. A model on the runway in Paris took a spill in some of those too-hot but perhaps also too-high Chloe platforms, and although we're not sure what kind of shoes she was wearing, actress Jennifer Garner nearly crashed in her heels, tripping over her long Michael Kors gown on her way to the Oscar podium.
An image from ultra-hip fashion magazine Self Service and a blobby, peppermint-striped chandelier in Tokyo's Side by Side shop. [Side by Side pic from Tokion mag]
Lanvin's creepy new ad campaign for spring, featuring Snejana with over-large eyes, reminds me too much of those awful big-eyed, big-shoed, weirdly-proportioned girls from the Steve Madden ads.
At last, Olympic gear you might actually wear. Roots' retro-future jackets for the U.S. Olympic team remind us of Adidas' re-release of Carlo Gruber's mod-tastic ski gear. Now if only the athletes could trade in those berets for some crazy sunglasses and rainbow shoes with the built-in socks.
Lera over at Fashion Addict Diary wonders if this Kate Moss spread in W is ripping off the blue unitard, 80s hair, gold sandals and sand dunes from the 2004 Louis Vuitton campaign with model Karen Elson. But it looks like poor Kate lost her mirror -- or did they take it away from her in rehab?
The best way to deal with wearing the same outfit someone else wore three years ago? Own it. On the "vintage" Chanel dress that had been out on the town before on Kirsten Dunst, Reese Witherspoon said, "It was a great fit and I liked it." (Note the tepid use of "like.") [via ContactMusic.com]
Related Links: Most dresses are mass-produced -- what can you do?
Fashion photog Mario Testino plays homage to George Barris' images of Marilyn Monroe, with Lindsay Lohan as his messed-up muse, in a series of photos in the February issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands nationally January 10. More photos on Pink is the New Blog.
Chunky black-and-white heels and high-necked blouses from Balenciaga's spring 2006 collection must have inspired former "Baywatch" actress Brooke Burns to sport her fancy neck brace after diving headlong into a shallow pool. [via Defamer]
Wolbachia bacteria, which make mosquito eggs infertile, is a big player in the search for better global health. While the bacteria are working on those beastly mosquitos, Alexander McQueen seems to have fashioned the look into a belt for his spring 2006 collection.
Ever wonder what Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour will look like in 20 years? Just check out the new Harry Potter installment and look for Madame Olympe Maxime to get a glimpse into the future.
Vying for the crown of reigning redhead rocker are model and Citizens Band member Karen Elson, seen here on the cover of next month's W, and Madonna, on the cover of her new album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor."
Mars will make a close pass to Earth this Saturday, making the red planet extra visible for some late-night star gazing. Anyone who has had their eye on the catwalks has already seen the planets up close with Comme des Garçons and Fashion East.
Vice magazine makes the fashion spread fun by showing off their season picks in a parody on 1980s Boomer classic "The Big Chill." We do wonder, though, what happened to Glenn Close (a.k.a. Sarah)? She seems to have disappeared at left.
Models may think twice about heading down the runway for Junya Watanabe after the spring 2006 ready-to-wear show. Half their faces were smothered by plastic wrap, and their heads were topped with plastic spikes. Some headdresses looked not a little like a puffer fish. There seemed to be other representatives from the animal kingdom from Alena Akmhadullina.
Moschino appeared to give props to the 50th anniversary of Vladimir Nabokov's dirty-old-man opus "Lolita" (he also wrote the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick's film, at right) on the Milan runways.
This purse by Malini Murjani, profiled in a JC Report feature on exotic handbags, directly affects the pleasure center of the brain -- and looks like it too.
Looks like designer John Galliano has copied Andy Warhol who copied Gene Korman who photographed Marilyn Monroe. And Levi's is also jumping on the pop art bandwagon. That's so postmodern I can't even think straight.
D&G's lacy bib hearkens back most recently to "Switched-on Bach," which popularized the mod, spaced-out sounds of the Moog synthesizer. Dr. Moog died today. R.I.P.
Related Links:Giant ruffles from Catherine Malandrino.
Sauceboat from Eva Zeisel's iconic 1950s modern porcelain collection (now on view at the Hillwood Museum in Washington, D.C.) and a headdress/toothache sling from the FrostFrench fall collection.
Sarah Jessica Parker channels Marilyn Monroe in a ballerina gown by Oscar de la Renta (just a little less cleavage) in an ad for Lovely, her new perfume. Parker's not the only one bringing Marilyn back from the dead: there are those revealing transcripts Marilyn taped for her shrink, and the psychiatry professor who claims one of his patients is Marilyn reincarnated. [via ClothesHoarse, LA Times and PR Newswire]
John Lennon's Sgt.-Pepper-era military band tunic, on the auction block today, fits right in with the Military/Russian trend for fall, seen here on the Balenciaga catwalk.
Related Links: You can't bring Lennon back, but you can copy his style.
Feathered Medusa-esque headdress from Gaultier's haute couture runway, and a scene from "Crowns," a D.C. musical featuring an array of African American hats, from simple to outrageous.
NASA's comet-crashing mission Deep Impact and one of many bare-chested models from Milan's spring 2006 menswear show. [photos courtesy NASA and the BBC]
This LifeShirt vest helps psychiatrists track patients' vital signs, while looking an awful lot like Chanel's TV belt from spring/summer 2005. At least the headcases don't have to endure the Nicole Kidman commercial.
Silver and white catsuit from Alexander McQueen's spring 2005 collection and 1982 sci-fi flick "Tron" (with props to the wonderful and amazing Tron Guy).