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Fashion news: Michael Kors’ big honours, a model diet with extra barbecue and Canadian jewels in Vogue

MICHAEL KORS Spring 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter

Michael Kors had ample reason to celebrate St. Patty’s Day on Wednesday, changing his Facebook status to,”Wow! What a St. Patricks Day!! Found out that I am receiving the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Truly amazing! Also, Style.com named my Fall 2010 Collection one of the world’s top ten collections. Quite a day!!!” [Michael Kors Facebook.com]

Karl Lagerfeld has an interesting theory about porn’s effect on crime rates. He told Bruce LaBruce in Vice: “Frustration is the mother of crime, and so there would be much more crime without prostitutes and porn movies…[but] I personally only like high-class escorts. I don’t like sleeping with people I really love. I don’t want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever. I think this is healthy. And for the way the rich live, this is possible. But the other world, I think they need porn.” [Vogue UK] Read the rest of this entry »


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Fashion news: Alexander Wang up for a CFDA Award, André Leon Talley’s Top Model debut, Coco Rocha’s wedding invites

Photography by Peter Stigter

The 2010 CFDA Awards nominees were announced last night including heavy hitters such as Marc Jacobs and Alexander Wang for women designer of the year and up-and-comer’s like Alexis Bittar in the accessory designer category. Check out the full list here. [Style.com via Racked]

André Leon Talley made his television debut last night on the premiere of America’s Next Top Model introducing viewers to the word “dreckitude.” [The Cut] Read the rest of this entry »


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Video: Miss J does his best Tyra impression at the Holts celebrity runway walk-off


Miss J Alexander, runway coach on  America’s Next Top Model, put a group of Toronto media personalities through the catwalk wringer this past Saturday. As if strutting their stuff for Miss J in sky-high Jimmy Choos (well, the women at least) wasn’t enough to give contestants the jitters, they were also being critiqued by Elmer Olsen of Elmer Olsen Model Management, National Post columnist Shinan Govani and MTV’s Jessi Cruickshank. But feeding off the fast beats being spun by DJ Joel Dubin and the energy from a raucous crowd, the competition got fierce. However, as Miss J pointed out in his best Tyra voice, there can only be one winner, and that title went to Ciara Hunt, editor-in-chief of Hello! Canada. The runner-up was MTV’s Dan Levy, whose After Show co-host, Cruickshank, noted:  “It’s been a dream of mine, a lifelong dream of mine, to just be able to sit back and judge you.”


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Fashion news: Liam Gallagher to do womenswear, Mark Fast parties with the Queen and John Varvatos’ musical funhouse

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is all set to launch a womenswear line, under his label, Pretty Green, which already has a men’s range. Oh my. [The Cut]

Actually, let’s let Miss J tackle this one with a quote on celeb lines: “My biggest problem is if you’re going to hire a celebrity to design a line and if they don’t know what they are doing, then they need to hire the right person to sketch and oversee the line. It’s an insult to the fashion industry for people who have studied this craft, researched it, traveled the world looking for inspiration compared to someone who just pulls something out of their closet and changes the color.” [PopEater] Read the rest of this entry »


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Fashion news: Karl and Donatella tea bags, Marion Cotillard gets pinned by France and the dangers of knock-off Uggs

German novelty company Donkey Products has created a Prêt-à-porTea line: tea bags that have heavy hitters such as Donatella Versace and Karl Lagerfeld perching on the top of a tea bag, that latches on to the side of your tea cup. What a way to start your morning. [Racked] Read the rest of this entry »


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Fashion news: The Alber-to-replace-Lagerfeld rumour pops up again, a Karl salad, Peter Nygård drops suit against the CBC and more

Photography by Peter Stigter

Since street style photog Tommy Ton tweeted “I received some news tonight that is going to SHAKE the fashion world in the next two days. CRAZY!!!!” during Paris Fashion week, we have been going crazy awaiting the news. Word on the street is that Karl Lagerfeld’s turn at Chanel is coming to an end, and that he will be passing the baton to Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz. We’ve heard this before, so take this rumour with a big grain of salt. [Grazia AU]

In other Lagerfeld news, he will have an Alaskan king crab salad named after him at Paris’ La Giola restaurant. [WWD]

Madonna’s new fashion brand status opens up the world of collaboration (and world domination at this point). After signing a deal last week that will enable the material girl’s brand, MG Icon, to have hands in multiple existing brands as well as to start new ones, news comes today of the first partnership between Madonna and Dolce & Gabbana–sunglasses.   [The Cut] Read the rest of this entry »


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Fashion news: Gaga’s on the Telephone in a bedazzed bikini, the Hilfiger/Axl fight and Steve Madden for Madonna for Macy’s

The video for Lady Gaga’s “Telephone,” featuring Beyoncé is out. In it, Gaga wears a gigantic black and white striped jacket and a bedazzled G-string bikini–in prison. Beyoncé’s outfits include a yellow latex dress with matching cowboy hat (and eyeshadow!). There’s more, obviously.

Model-turned-filmmaker Rie Rasmussen has beef with Terry Richardson and his approach to photography: “He takes girls who are young, manipulates them to take their clothes off and takes pictures of them they will be ashamed of.” Rasumssen ran into Richardson at a party and told him the same thing, in so many words; ”I told him what you do is completely degrading to women. I hope you know you only [bleep] girls because you have a camera, lots of fashion contacts and get your pictures in Vogue.” [The Cut]

Steve Madden is apparently going to create the shoes for Madonna’s Material Girl collection for Macy’s. [WWD]

After abruptly shutting down shops at the beginning of the year, Yohji Yamamo has announced that the company will have a men’s fashion show in Tokyo on April 1. The collection itself is still in the works. [Daily Front Row] Read the rest of this entry »


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Rose-printed glasses: 7 pairs of floral sunnies

ERDEM Spring 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter

Floral prints reigned on the spring runways on ruffled minis, bold bloomers and flirty frocks, but Erdem’s watercolour sunglasses for Cutler & Gross are our favourite incarnation of the seasonal flower power. We’ve shopped around and found 7 pairs of floral sunnies you’re going to love.

Click the images below to see our picks.


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Fashion news: Burkas on the runway, glaciers at Chanel and Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry

A few designers flipped the French government the bird during Paris Fashion Week: In the midst of a heated ongoing debate in the country regarding banning burkas, designers Marithé and François Girbaud and Jean Charles de Castelbajac incorporated interpretations of burkas into their shows. [Independent UK via The Cut]

Amy Winehouse is set to design for Fred Perry. Apparently she’s always been a huge fan, but…seriously Amy Winehouse is designing a collection for Fred Perry? Anyway, it hits stores in October. [Vogue UK]

Chanel had a 265-tonne man-made glacier shipped from Sweden, but you can’t import water into France, so they had to ship it back after the show. [The Cut] Read the rest of this entry »


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Smize! Miss J will critique your runway walk at Holts on Saturday

Image via CTV

Whether it’s for his flamboyant fashion risks or the one-liners that zing out while coaching the mannequin wannabes on America’s Next Top Model, Miss J Alexander has become a household name. ANTM fanatics will want to hit up the shoe department at Holt Renfrew’s Bloor Street (50 Bloor St. W., 416-922-2333) location on Saturday, March 13 at 2 p.m. to see the runway expert in the flesh! Miss J will be critiquing some as-yet unnamed celebrities in a runway walk-off and then the catwalk will be open to those brave enough to show off their best model march. Once the fashion show is over, Miss J will be holding a book signing for his recently published part memoir/part style guide/part confidence booster Follow the Model.


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