To some, fashion is just about pretty clothes. But to those who live and breathe it, they know far better. And they’ve inspired us not just with their immaculate creations but with their words. From the likes of such style heavyweights as Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen, and Kate Moss, we’ve hand-selected the industry’s finest fashion quotes.
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By Randy Miller
Is it any surprise that Kate Middleton took her first postpregnancy steps in Jenny Packham? The British designer has been dressing The Duchess of Cambridge for landmark occasions long before she said “I do.” What is surprising are all the little-known Jenny Packham facts we we picked up on the eponymous designer who just staged her 25th anniversary catwalk show at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Read on to find out more about Kate’s go-to label. …read more
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Michelle Williams‘s latest starring role comes to us courtesy of Louis Vuitton, which cast the award-winning actress in its new handbag campaign.
Williams wears the lace slip dresses and coats from Marc Jacobs‘s Fall 2013 collection in the ads, but the images – shot by photographer Peter Lindbergh – are actually meant to advertise two Louis Vuitton handbags. The shots the brand released today feature its new W bag and are set to make their debut in the September issues of key fashion magazines. Another set of images featuring the Capucines bag will be out in October.
The house said in a statement that Williams was chosen for her “independent spirit, her passion for her craft, and her choice of daring and challenging roles.” And Williams is certainly no stranger to Vuitton – she wore one of the brand’s gowns to the 2012 Academy Awards, where she earned a best actress nomination for My Week With Marilyn.
Below, a full look at Williams’s new ads for Louis Vuitton. …read more
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Ever wonder what it’s like inside the fashion industry’s most coveted jobs? As part of Teen Vogue‘s brand-new digital channel, which launches today, “Fashion at Work” is a series that follows up-and-comers as they navigate the most stylish of workplaces.
The premiere episode features Bianca Harris, a 24-year-old studio assistant at Eddie Borgo.
“One of the things I’ve learned about Eddie is less is more,” she says about the jewelry designer. “He can see little details in little things and really, really amplify them. And that’s something that I’ve been trying to work into, not only in how I do things but also my personal style.”
Stay tuned for future episodes, which go behind the scenes with those who truly know what it’s like to be behind the scenes of fashion’s biggest brands – including DVF senior manager of communications Elizabeth Luby, Moda Operandi’s brand manager, Jana Hofheimer, and Teen Vogue‘s own assistant to the editor in chief, Alyssa Reeder.
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By Randy Miller
With the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists named and Fashion Group International’s Fashion Prize at stake (not to mention the US Woolmark Prize and British Fashion Council NewGen winners already handed out), staying on top of the latest style awards deserves, well, an award! Now with news of The Dorchester Fashion Prize shortlist, the task of keeping up has gotten all the more challenging. Here, a breakdown of all the upcoming titles to keep your eye on and a cheat sheet of the who, what, and when! …read more
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Words of Wisdom From Cindy Crawford After 30 years in the modeling industry, Cindy Crawford has a few stories to tell and some career tips to give. The supermodel extraordinaire sat down with Net-a-Porter’s The Edit to talk professionalism, breaking the glass ceiling, and that one time she was almost kidnapped in Paris. What other words of wisdom does Crawford have? Click to read!
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By Randy Miller
Consider this your ticket to Natalia Vodianova’s ultraexclusive annual soiree: the Love Ball (and what better way to be invited than with Grace Kelly imagery and the grand beating of drums, might we add?). In a first-look video, the philanthropic model revealed plans for her July 27 Naked Heart Foundation benefit with all the pomp and circumstance that can be expected of a gala.
Telling Harper’s Bazaar of the Monte Carlo destination for her auction, dinner, and night at the casino, “We chose it for the interesting relationship this part of the world, the Riviera, has with Russia.” The location will not only shape the guest list – Princess Charlene and Prince Albert have been involved in the planning – but also the items up for bid: “This year, we have the story of a couple, in love, who are traveling to Monaco for the weekend. Everything we auction will be things that they would do.”
With a royal guest list slated to attend and memories of the last Love Ball in 2011, there will definitely be something to look out for the morning after, even if you don’t have an actual ticket for the opulent affair!
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If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then Minnie Mouse should feel very flattered by the covers of Love Magazine‘s fifth anniversary issue.
“As work began on this issue, that famous Herb Ritts shot of Madonna popped up on my Instagram feed, the one where she’s in bed wearing the Minnie Mouse ears,” said Love editor Katie Grand. “So we set about getting my favorite models in Minnie Mouse ears. . . . But that wasn’t enough. We had to get Minnie Mouse herself in on the act too.”
The end result is six covers that feature Minnie Mouse and models Cara Delevingne, Georgia May Jagger, Edie Campbell, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Chiharu Okunugi. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott photographed them wearing mouse-ear headbands created by the likes of Gucci, Miu Miu, Loewe, and Marc by Marc Jacobs.
A look at some of the covers and the headbands here in the gallery.
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It’s no secret that the fashion industry favors trippy video campaigns, specifically Proenza Schouler‘s notoriously surrealist adaptations of its collections (you do remember when a purple dolphin starred in the Fall 2012 video, right?). The latest digital short from the brand, though, takes this affinity to a whole other level.
David Sims films Sasha Pivovarova as she takes you along a hallucinogenic journey with vivid, acidic color palettes fading in and out as they’re juxtaposed against static black and white galactic scenes – complete with more than one parrot cameo. If this description has left you asking more questions, we think Proenza Schouler has achieved what it was after.
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Introducing Karl Lagerfeld’s New Candle Collection If you want your apartment to “express the essence of the fashion house in olfactory terms,” look no further than Karl Lagerfeld’s new licensing deal with Welton London candles. No other details have been released, but Fashionista is taking a few Choupette-inspired guesses as to what the scents might be. Read more here!
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Here’s a Summer collaboration you can feel really, really good about: J.Crew has partnered with Friends of the High Line on a capsule collection that benefits New York City’s beloved park in the sky.
The assortment, which will go on sale this Wednesday, July 24, include t-shirts, sweatshirts, a baby onesie, and a canvas tote bag. All of the items will feature visuals inspired by or relating to the High Line. One cream t-shirt features a bird’s-eye view of the park created by artist Peter Brown, and other items feature Joel Sternfeld’s photography or George Olsen’s botanical illustrations. Even the High Line’s logo, created by graphic designer Paula Scher, makes an appearance.
Prices run from $15 to $78, and the items will be available at the High Line Shop, on JCrew.com, and in a few J.Crew locations in New York. All of the proceeds will be donated to Friends of the High Line.
This partnership is the first in J.Crew’s Garments for Good program, which will feature other charitable product lines in the future. A look at pieces from the High Line collaboration, here. …read more
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If Edie Campbell is getting a big head from all the Fall 2013 campaigns she’s landed (Lanvin, Marc Jacobs, and Jil Sander, to name a few), you can’t tell in her ads for Alexander McQueen. Among the many things she wears in the shots, which were taken by photographer David Sims, she dons the metal, pearl-studded head cage McQueen models sported on the runway. And even though she said she felt “not human” walking around in it, she thinks it’s beautiful.
“I don’t think it’s at all about the idea of caging or entrapment – it’s much more to do with glorifying and bejeweling somebody,” she said in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK. There’s nothing misogynistic about it. It’s the highest form of pageantry – they’re practically works of art.”
The clothes in the collection, however, are another story.
“I have to admit they’re not hugely comfortable to wear!” Campbell said. “With layers of corsets and undergarments and waist-cinchers and hip implants, it’s not like whacking on a shirt. You very much have to be dressed in it by somebody who knows how all the layers fit together.”
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Calvin Klein Underwear has revealed its latest star. The iconic underwear label tapped Christy Turlington Burns – whose relationship with the brand began on the runway in 1987 – to appear in its Fall 2013 campaign, photographed by Mario Sorrenti.
“It was great shooting with Mario,” Turlington Burns said. “We have worked together before, but never for Calvin Klein, and both of us have had a long history with the brand, so it’s kind of nice to have a first experience with him and Calvin Klein.”
The images, which were shot in Vieques, Puerto Rico, identify with Calvin Klein Underwear‘s signature minimalist, sophisticated, yet still provocative aesthetic. The campaign is set to be released gradually in August, and you can expect a flood of images to grace the September issues. Until then, here’s a look at the first few photographs from the campaign.
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The fashion world mourned the loss of a pioneer in the modeling industry this weekend when news broke that John Casablancas, founder of Elite Models, had died at age 70.
WWD reported Saturday that Casablancas, who is widely credited with creating the age of the supermodel, had lost a long battle with cancer. He was in Rio de Janiero when he passed away.
Casablancas is credited with helping bring about the age of the supermodel in the ’80s and early ’90s. His agency, which he founded in Paris in 1972, helped launch the careers of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, and Stephanie Seymour, among many others who got their start at Elite. He told Modelinia in 2010, “When I came into the business . . . the models were blonde, blue eyed, no breasts, practically no curves, and I ignored that. I introduced women with shape, short hair, brunettes, brown eyes, and that was very successful.”
But although he helped revolutionize modeling, Casablancas’s tenure was not without controversy. He famously – and publicly – dated Stephanie Seymour in 1983, when he was 41 and she was 16. The affair ended his second marriage to former model Jeanette Christjansen. In 2000, when a BBC documentary exposed Elite executives bragging about their drug use and relationships with young models, Casablancas resigned from his agency – even though he wasn’t implicated in the scandal.
John Casablancas is survived by his brother Fernando and five children, including jewelry designer Cecile Casablancas and Julian Casablancas, lead singer of The Strokes.
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By Randy Miller
The star of In Her Shoes is literally giving you a chance to walk in them. With today’s news that Cameron Diaz has been named artistic director of Pour La Victoire, fans of the leggy star can emulate her footwear style come Spring (“Cameron’s Picks” for Fall and Holiday will roll out earlier, as well as a Jessica Hart campaign at which she was on set).
More than being just a spokesperson for the label, Cameron described the partnership: “I don’t do endorsements really. This is completely different.” Cameron added, “Being influential in a brand and in its [advertising] campaigns interests me. I love fashion. It’s a large part of my life. What I wear is looked at. It influences what other people wear because that’s just the world we live in.”
Born from a visit last year to the company showroom, the actress now owns a stake in PLV Studio Inc. – which owns Kelsi Dagger and licenses bags for French Connection, though she’ll have creative control over Pour La Victoire exclusively while working closely with PLV Studio’s creative director, David Giordano. In the role, she’ll be involved in the label’s shoe and handbag collections, as well as their merchandising, marketing, and advertising. With a heavy load to undertake, Cameron admitted, “There’s a lot I have to learn about the business. I’m interested in learning how collections are created. The word ‘fun,’ I want to say that it’s going to be fun, but it’s deeper than that.”
For an idea of what we can look forward to when the actress’s first collection hits stores, Cameron promised, “We want the brand to be accessible for that working girl . . . I work hard for my money. I want it [the collection] to be sensible, whether you have a lot of money or you are scraping together pennies.” And on that note, we’re saving up!
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Some of Hollywood’s brightest and most stylish stars invaded San Diego over the weekend for Comic-Con. And while the convention regularly plays host to comic book and movie fans who dress up like their favorite fantasy characters, it’s also home to some serious fashion plates. All eyes were on Hailee Steinfeld when she wore a Fall 2013 Kenzo dress, a red creation covered in an ocular motif, at an event for fans of her movie Ender’s Game. True Blood‘s Anna Paquin wore a not-so-basic black ensemble to sign autographs, and Zoe Saldana attended a press event for Marvel Studios wearing a stunning blue jumpsuit.
A look at those outfits and more style stars at the convention, here in the gallery.
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Whether in New York or London or elsewhere in this hot, hot world, more than a few of the denizens of the fashion industry took to their Twitter accounts this week to complain about the heat, the sweat, and the sartorial decisions one has to make when the mercury rises. But there were a few that stood out – from basketball star LeBron James’s feelings about Crème de la Mer to Leandra Medine’s observations on Birkenstocks, a look at this week’s best tweets, here. …read more
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