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You Can Win a Piece of Luella Bartley’s Final Collection! Well, Kind Of
Street Style: Tied Up With A Bow
Ten Questions for Sex and the City 2
Quote of the Day: The High Points of Mr. Mickey’s Resumé
A Brief History of Jumping Before Caroline Trentini
Would You Rather…? The Piet Mondrian Edition
Required Reading for People Who Work in Fashion, Want to Work in Fashion, or Simply Love Fashion
Fashion Trivia: The Pope’s Blessing
Too Lazy to Bother with Makeup Remover? Aveeno’s Positively Radiant Cleanser Gets Two Jobs Done
M.I.A. vs. Lynn Hirschberg: The Battle Begins
Fashion News Roundup: Marc Pulls a Tobias, Cintra Out at NYT, & Brad Gets Naked for Terry
Why Olivier Theyskens is Designing for Theory

You Can Win a Piece of Luella Bartley’s Final Collection! Well, Kind Of

Posted: 28 May 2010 07:00 AM PDT

No, you’re not dreaming. While Luella Bartley’s SS 2010 ready-to-wear pieces were never produced, the shoes to match them–the same shoes she showed on the runway–were. They were designed by cobbler Michael Lewis, who is currently working on Tom Ford’s women’s collection.

And newish flash sales site Cocosa is giving away a pair. Starting June 1, site members can sign up to win the shoes. (If you’re not a member, you can use the invite code iwantshoes to join.)

The one caveat? You have to be a UK resident to enter. (Cocosa only sells to those in the UK right now.) We’re getting a London friend to enter for us…might we suggest you do the same? That is, if you’re as devoted to Luella as we think.

Street Style: Tied Up With A Bow

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Name: Renate

Where are you from originally? Holland

What is your favorite magazine? Self Service

What is your favorite drink/cocktail? Vodka Lime

What is your favorite city to shop in? Paris

Where is your Bow from? American Apparel

Where are your shoes from? Topshop

Describe your style: Classy and Sexy

**All photos by Ashley Jahncke.

Ten Questions for Sex and the City 2

Posted: 27 May 2010 03:30 PM PDT

1) Why was Samantha dressed like Rihanna?

2) Was the extensive security checkpoint and brawny men with binoculars really necessary at the Coty SJP-NYC screening last night? Neither SJP nor the Sheik of Abu Dhabi were in attendance.

3) Did the producers think that blatant anti-Muslim xenophobia would make for clever humor?

4) Does the color of Miranda's hair actually exist in nature?

5) Did anyone else think that the moment when Carrie met Big in the Dior newspaper dress was the only sweet part of the movie?

6) Will Patricia Field have a career after this?

7) Did anyone else want to hurl something at the screen during the opening monologue when Carrie is talking about how they came down to earth by buying an equally ostentatious apartment, but that it was 12 floors lower? (Oh, and don't forget the second apartment they own. Tough economic times for the Bigs).

8) The braless Irish nanny? This is a good plot device?

9) If there is anything more disgusting than watching Samantha have sex, is it watching Samantha have sex during menopause?

10) Who thought it was possible that a sequel worse than Bridget Jones 2: The Edge of Reason would ever be made?

(Thanks to Steff for her quippy remarks last night and ranting emails this morning.)

Quote of the Day: The High Points of Mr. Mickey’s Resumé

Posted: 27 May 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Is it worse to be a whore or a homewrecker? I’m both I just wanna know which one to highlight on my resume. – Mickey Boardman (aka Mr. Mickey) on his Twitter.

A Brief History of Jumping Before Caroline Trentini

Posted: 27 May 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Anyone well versed in fashion, upon hearing the word “jump,” inevitably thinks of Caroline Trentini in a cocktail dress in front of a taupe backdrop in Vogue. For years, the Trentini Leap has marked the pages of the glossy, even influencing other Vogue models like Chanel Iman and Coco Rocha to bounce around.

But Trentini was not the originator of the jump shot, nor was her stylist, Grace Coddington. It was photographer Phillipe Halsman, whose lens captured stars of yore like Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelley, and Audrey Hepburn in mid-air.

An exhibition of Halsman’s work at the Laurence Miller Gallery is currently on display, showcasing the jumps of everyone from Merce Cunningham to Richard Nixon. Halsman coined the term “jumpology” to describe his method, telling the New York TImes: "When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping, and the mask falls, so that the real person appears."

Jumping itself is an innately fun thing; it seems like everyone in Halsman’s photos is smiling, giggling, or dramatizing. All you need to do is look at a photo of Trentini in flight for proof.

Vogue consistently chooses the jump because it makes the model seem ecstatic at the prospect of the season’s new fashions. Essentially a marketing tool, a happy model having fun is more likely to prompt the average consumer to purchase an item as opposed to a gloomy model looking sorrowful, feet firmly planted on planet earth.
Whether you count Halsman's work as performance art or a relative of the Action Painting movement of the 1960s (embodied by Pollock and de Kooning), it has had a profound effect on popular photography. And the plot of The September Issue.

Would You Rather…? The Piet Mondrian Edition

Posted: 27 May 2010 01:15 PM PDT

Would you rather swim in Prêt-à-Surf’s Mondrian inspired rash guard or Broadway Boogie Woogie in Yves Saint Laurent’s 1965 Mondrian dress? Either way there are no diagonals here; sorry Theo van Doesberg.

Required Reading for People Who Work in Fashion, Want to Work in Fashion, or Simply Love Fashion

Posted: 27 May 2010 12:15 PM PDT

As a writer, I spend a good amount of my life reading other people’s words. And most of those words are about fashion.

So in the spirit of sharing, I’ve put together a recommended reading list for those who work in, want to work in, or simply love, fashion. In addition to my own thoughts, I’ve conulted Fashionista’s contributors, sources and friends. This list is by no means comprehensive, but these books have taught me a lot about the industry’s past–as well as it’s future.

The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever, by Teri Agins
This book changed my life. Really. A long time ago, when I first started as a reporter at Forbes, I knew that I wanted to be a fashion writer, but I didn’t know what kind of fashion writer. Since the job was at a finance pub, I was forced to learn about the business. And one of the first books recommended to me by an editor was The End of Fashion, written by the Wall Street Journal’s longtime fashion reporter. The book explains how conglomerates like LVMH and red carpet fashion changed the industry forever. Some ideas are dated, but in general, it’s a fascinating, educational read. After finishing, I knew that I wanted to focus my career on what was happening behind the scenes.

The Fashion Designer Survival Guide: Start and Run Your Own Fashion Business, by Mary Gehlhar
A successful designer friend of mine recommended this book. While there’s no denying that starting your own label is incredibly, incredibly tough, it can happen. And it can go on to become successful. With a forward by entrepreneur Diane von Furstenberg, Gehlhar aims to give aspiring designers a bit of guidance.

House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, by Sara Gay Forden
The ’90s was a hugely important time in the fashion industry–that’s when the big conglomerates began to emerge as fashion’s most powerful players–and Gucci was right in the middle of a battle between PPR’s Francois Pinault and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault. But there’s more to the story: Like Tom Ford’s emergence on the scene and a family murder mystery. Juicy stuff–it’s even being made into a movie!

Chic Savages: The New Rich, the Old Rich, and the World They Inhabit, by John Fairchild
Legendary WWD editor and publisher John Fairchild’s memoir has a lot to do with fashion and fashion journalism, but it’s mostly a study of upper class society, starting with the late 1960s through the end of the 1980s. Fairchild writes like an old-fashioned newspaper man, and it’s thrilling. A good read for anyone following W’s overhaul.

Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, by Dana Thomas
The first book to address fashion’s issues with counterfeiting in a constructive, easy-to-understand, exciting way. What’s more, it’ll teach you a lot about modern-day manufacturing and production.

Fashion Trivia: The Pope’s Blessing

Posted: 27 May 2010 11:09 AM PDT

Which designer created robes for Pope John Paul II?

Too Lazy to Bother with Makeup Remover? Aveeno’s Positively Radiant Cleanser Gets Two Jobs Done

Posted: 27 May 2010 10:15 AM PDT

So, I wear foundation every day. It’s not a super-heavy formula, but I do wear it–mostly to even out my skin tone and cover trouble spots here and there.

I also wear blush, lipstick, and occasionally eye makeup, but very rarely. Mostly because I’m too lazy.

I’m also too lazy to use makeup remover, even though most cleansers don’t get my face really, really clean.

Enter Aveeno’s Positively Radiant Makeup Removing Cleanser, which has kind of changed my skin’s life.

There’s no longer even a smidgen of makeup on the towel I use to pat my face dry. And unlike many other cleansers, my skin doesn’t feel tight or crinkly after using it.

It’s pretty amazing, especially for those of us who adore beauty shortcuts. Enjoy!

M.I.A. vs. Lynn Hirschberg: The Battle Begins

Posted: 27 May 2010 09:38 AM PDT

M.I.A. seems like the kind of girl you don’t want to get in a fight with. So when writer Lynn Hirschberg wrote a less-than-flattering cover story on her in the New York Times Magazine, disaster was bound to occur.

Hirschberg’s article, published online yesterday and arriving by mail this weekend, includes phrases like, “Unity holds no allure for Maya–she thrives on conflict, real or imagined. ‘I kind of want to be an outsider,’ she said, eating a truffle-flavored French fry. ‘I don't want to make the same music, sing about the same stuff, talk about the same things. If that makes me a terrorist, then I'm a terrorist.’”

Despite her love of conflict and contradiction, M.I.A. was not so pleased about this portrayal. So she took to Twitter, releasing Lynn Hirschberg’s phone number to her over 100,000 followers.

Hirschberg, obviously, will not be pleased. Especially since her piece on M.I.A. is one of her last for the Times. (She recently resigned, with rumors swirling that she will soon follow Stefano Tonchi to W as Entertainment Editor). At least she’s going out with a bang.

Fashion News Roundup: Marc Pulls a Tobias, Cintra Out at NYT, & Brad Gets Naked for Terry

Posted: 27 May 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Marc’s Taking Hair Tips From Daphne? Marc talks about his hair transplant to the UK’s Telegraph. At least he’s not using glue. {Daily Telegraph}

Say Goodbye Cintra: Cintra Wilson is out as the Times‘ Critical Shopper. The reason is unknown, but she’s probably been walking on eggshells since calling JC Penney customers fat. {Racked}

The Ticking Hands of Time: The snarky ladies at Jezebel are live-blogging SATC2. So far they’re still watching the previews. We can’t wait until they get to “Abu Dhabi.” (actually Morocco). {Jezebel}

Brad Sans Bow Tie: Rachel Zoe and Brad Goreski we’re shot by Terry Richardson. Who knew Brad was such a stud under those cardigans? {Terry’s Diary}

DIY pastels: Want pastel locks for summer? Try these tips to get a rainbow ‘do. {Refinery29}

Old School Lara: Fashion Gone Rogue just posted this Lara Stone editorial from 2007. Probably the greatest Lara ed. Ever. {Fashion Gone Rogue}

Living With Armani: Fresh off of opening his hotel in Dubai, Armani is designing a collection of luxury residences in Istanbul. All furnishing are by Armani Casa, and we’re hoping artwork of Lady Gaga in Armani Privé is included in every home. {WWD}

Why Olivier Theyskens is Designing for Theory

Posted: 27 May 2010 08:01 AM PDT

If it’s hard for you to imagine Olivier Theyskens–he of the Victorian goth gown–designing for Theory, you’re not the only one.

But whether or not we get it, the former Rochas and Nina Ricci designer will be creating a capsule collection for the contemporary work wear brand, at least according to WWD.

While it might be aesthetically confusing, the collaboration makes sense from a strategic point of view. Andrew Rosen, Theory’s CEO, is known for taking an interest in–and investing in–promising designers.

While he mostly invests in contemporary brands, such as Rag & Bone and Alice & Olivia, the industry veteran was recently seen meeting with Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez.

What’s more, this also ties in with the notion that Theory might gearing up to create a few red carpet-worthy dresses, which we reported earlier in the month.

Maybe Rosen originally envisioned the Proenza boys running the project. Maybe he’s simply looking to take his stable of labels beyond the contemporary market. Regardless, this is good news for Theyskens. We wouldn’t be surprised to hear an announcement sooner or later regarding the establishment of Theyskens’ very own label.