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The new networking: How to find your dream job on Twitter

By FASHION Staff | November 24th, 2011 | 10:00 am

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Twitter: The new networking

By Megan McChesney (@meganmcchesney)

Those in a position to hire you for your dream job are closer than you think, but you’ll need the right tools to find them.

Back in February, Marc Jacobs International was looking for a social media staffer. The company eschewed the standard job boards and headhunters and went straight to the medium itself, sending out a rallying cry from its Twitter account (@MarcJacobsIntl): “We are interviewing only people who are tweeting us. Be clever. Smart. Understand our DNA. Say it in one tweet! That is your interview!” One hundred and forty characters isn’t exactly a lot of space in which to shine, but this one tweet sums up the new world order if you’re hunting for your dream job. Never mind mixers and events and cold calls—if you want to be proactive about landing a plum gig, you need to take the party to social media. Read more »

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They said/We said: We weigh in on Hailee Steinfeld’s banned Miu Miu ad

By Erin Lukas | November 23rd, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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Photography by Bruce Weber

Just weeks after banning Dakota Fanning’s ad for Marc Jacobs’ Oh Lola! fragrance because they decided it sexualized children, the British Advertising Standards Agency is now claiming that one of Hailee Steinfeld’s Miu Miu ads is “irresponsible because it depicts a child in an unsafe location.”

The ad in question was shot by Bruce Weber and features Steinfeld sitting on train tracks, which clearly looks staged to evoke her gun-slinging Mattie Ross in True Grit. Seeing as most publications will be moving on to Spring 2012 adverts with their next issues, we’re not exactly sure where the complaint will lead, but it’s safe to say that it’s got the industry riled up over a whole lot of nothing.

With all of the recent controversy over Steinfeld’s and Fanning’s ads and Vogue Paris’s editorial featuring 10-year-old model Thylane Loubry Blondeau this past July, we wonder whether hiring younger models will become out-moded. With Miu Miu’s  recent revealing 34-year-old Guinevere Van Seenus as the star of their new campaign, it’s a possibility.
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Marc Jacobs’ entire Spring 2012 collection stolen! Let’s hope Winona’s not to blame…

By Randi Bergman | November 16th, 2011 | 3:30 pm

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Photography by Juergen Teller

Earlier today, on a train from Paris to London, Marc Jacobs‘ entire set of Spring 2012 samples was reportedly nabbed! Dun dun dun. An email sent out to UK press read “The Marc Jacobs PR team is sorry to inform you that our press day tomorrow in the Marc Jacobs store is cancelled, due to the theft of the spring/summer 2012 collections during its transfer from Paris.” All 46 looks? We can’t imagine who would be able to quietly and successfully extract that many racks/trunks/garment bags of frothy and, mind you, crinkly items, but then again, maybe we don’t know many professional thieves to weigh in on the matter. What will Sofia Coppola wear to the Oscars? Maybe Jacobs shouldn’t have saved Winona after all!

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The Outnet is having a crazy clearance sale right now. Check out our best buys

By Randi Bergman | November 11th, 2011 | 1:30 pm

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The Outnet might as well be giving away free money right now, because discounting some major designer duds to 85% off is just crazy! Many items from the likes of cult favourites Marni, Marc Jacobs, and Helmut Lang are even marked below $100! With steals going faster than the speed of light, we’d suggest you get on over to theoutnet.com, but in case you don’t have the time to peruse the 1000+ items, check out our picks for the best buys of the selection. Be sure to sign up for an account, the sale is members only, but SO worth it!

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Marc Jacobs might not go to Dior after all. Who of the other rumoured designers would you like to see take the helm?

By Randi Bergman | November 11th, 2011 | 11:00 am

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Marc Jacobs, Raf Simons, Jason Wu, Riccardo Tisci, and Alexander Wang shot by Peter Stigter. Alber Elbaz shot by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

And the plot thickens. WWD is reporting a breakdown in the rumoured talks between Dior and Marc Jacobs. Quelle surprise! Well, not really, if you ask us. Since talks began in late August, there have been reports of exorbitant demands made by Jacobs as well as his business partner Robert Duffy, which lead us to believe that perhaps the designer never wanted to leave Louis Vuitton at all?

Meanwhile, with rumours of Dior approaching everyone under the sun to take the helm, from couture master Riccardo Tisci to street maven (and totally inappropriate for the role in our minds) Alexander Wang, it seems that the designer carousel won’t be stopping anytime soon.

So, what do you think? Who would you most like to see at the helm of the legendary brand?

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Quotable: Being portrayed as a toy on South Park was the greatest honour of Marc Jacobs’ life

By FASHION Staff | November 10th, 2011 | 2:30 pm

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On last week’s episode of South Park, Marc Jacobs was oddly, amazingly, hilariously cast as the role of one of Cartman’s toys, Muscleman Marc. When the The Cut asked him what he thought about it, he had this to say:

“That was probably the greatest honor of my entire life so far. I am the Muscle Man Marc doll on South Park, and I joined the very great ranks of being one of Cartman’s toys—although I get boiled to death at the end of the episode… I have two of Cartman’s toys tattooed, one on each forearm—Clyde Frog and the other one is Rumpletumskin. That’ll be my next tattoo, the Muscle Man Marc from South Park.”

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They said/We said: Oh Lola! Dakota Fanning’s questionably inappropriate ad for Marc Jacobs’ new fragrance is banned in the UK

By Erin Lukas | November 9th, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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Marc Jacobs’ new fragrance Oh, Lola!, described by the designer as the more sensual sister to Lola, his previous bestselling scent, is proving to live up to its Lolita namesake.

The ad for the fragrance, which features teenage It girl Dakota Fanning and was photographed by Juergen Teller, has been banned in the UK. The British Advertising Standards Authority claims they received complaints that the ad is sexualizing children since Fanning is seen holding the bottle between her legs while wearing a short skirt. Coty, the company that produces the fragrance disagrees with the BSA’s rulings, arguing that the ad isn’t indecent since it doesn’t show “any private body parts or sexual activity.” They also point out that the fragrance’s target audience (people age 25 and over) wouldn’t find the image offensive since it appears alongside similar images in “highly stylized fashion magazines.”

On the other hand, Jacobs may possibly consider the ad a success, since he picked Fanning to star in the campaign because he thought she could be a contemporary Lolita—seductive, yet sweet. Read more »

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What’s in your bag, Sarah Casselman?

By FASHION Staff | November 9th, 2011 | 11:00 am

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Today, we’re unloading the contents of our jetsetting senior fashion news editor, Sarah Casselman‘s bag. Inside her chicer than chic Tiffany tote, you’ll find a smattering of beloved trinkets from jaunts to Paris, New York, Capri, and beyond that all seem to exude the good life. Oh, and an US Weekly thrown in for good measure.

Lets go inside! »
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