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Fashion news: Michelle Obama Wu’ed by the Smithsonian, LG Fashion Week’s venue switch and eau d’Aniston

Posted March 10th, 2010 | 12:31 pm | By Lara Tobin | No Comments

Photo via Vogue UK

Jason Wu finally met the First Lady yesterday. Michelle Obama and the designer were at the Smithsonian Institution for the induction of the First Lady’s inauguration dress. [Vogue UK]

Our Twitter feed was buzzing yesterday with LG Fashion Week’s latest news. The event has yet another new stomping ground after their warehouse venue for the upcoming season apparently fell through. There are no details yet but we can tell you that the new venue is the Allstream Centre at Exhibition Place. [@NathAt and @geekigirl]

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Fashion news: Giancarlo Giametti gets a bit TMI, the reason behind the Rykiel collab and Jessica Stam for Nina Ricci

Posted February 5th, 2010 | 12:15 pm | By Lara Tobin | 1 Comment

SONIA RYKIEL Spring 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter

Nathalie Rykiel explained the reason for the Sonia Rykiel collab with H&M: they copied her! In an interview, the creative director revealed that she told the chain that if they wanted “[their] girls to wear Sonia Rykiel from H&M, let’s let them have the real thing!” [Nylon via Fashionologie]

Valentino partner Giancarlo Giammetti has learned just how far Facebook networking stretches, especially when it involves negative press. After watching the Valentino spring 2010 show in Paris, Giammetti took to his FB page and changed his status to read “not sad … just surprised. … We have always supported the new designers and we love them, but this time we have to distance ourselves from this ridiculous circus.” After a flood of comments, Giammetti deleted his status, “…because it was becoming [too] heavy.” [The Cut] Read the rest of this entry »

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Fashion news: Lohan accused of ripping off designers, the Obamas are unwitting models and Karl shoots for V’s size issue

Posted January 7th, 2010 | 11:37 am | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments

The two disputed 6126 designs. Images via WWD

Some of the items in Lindsay Lohan’s 6126 clothing line look rather familiar to a couple of designers. Black Milk Clothing’s James Lillis and designer Jen Kao both say Lohan copied their designs. The company disputes this, naturally. [WWD]

But wait! It is apparently LiLo who’s had her designs lifted. [Stylecaster]

A NY Times report surfaced yesterday that H&M in New York’s Herald Square had been mutilating and dumping unsold clothing. H&M responded, saying “We are committed 100 percent to make sure this practice is not happening anywhere else, as it is not our standard practice.” It’s worth noting that H&M is listed as a donor to Windfall, a Canadian new clothing bank. [NYTimes, Racked, Windfall] Read the rest of this entry »

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Fashion news: A model mystery solved, an assault case dropped and a Doctor with no style

Posted July 22nd, 2009 | 2:51 pm | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments

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Jezebel’s model blogger TatianaTheAnonymousModel has outed herself as Kiwi (former) poser Jenna Sauers. [Jezebel]

Condé is shuttering Men.style.com in favour of creating magazine specific sites for GQ and Details. [AdAge]

Susan Boyle will appear in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar. [The Cut] Read the rest of this entry »

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Daily reads: Fashion math, Bottega on your bed and biting Obama style

Posted April 27th, 2009 | 11:24 am | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments

Photography by Peter Stigter

Fashematics: An animated bullet plus Bert from Sesame Street equals this Giles…outfit? [Trust Fun, via Cyanatrendland]

For $195, you can have the, er, fruits of Stella McCartney’s labours. [Fabsugar]

The Bottega home collection is much more masculine than we would have thought. [Racked]

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Daily reads: The original Halston, rosier laundry and Dolly Parton’s style icon

Posted April 7th, 2009 | 12:01 pm | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments

With all the Olivier-to-Halston scuttlebut (which some people are totally unhappy about), now’s the perfect time to familiarize yourself with the original. [A Shaded View on Fashion, Auntie Fashion]

Vancouver’s Toni & Guy salon is holding an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, with chocolate and gift cards hiding inside plastic eggs with the best hair we’ve ever seen. Points to the person who find the Kiss egg! [Toni & Guy]

Boutique perfumery Le Labo has teamed up with boutique laundry products line, The Laundress, to create a biodegradable rose-scented detergent. [Cool Hunting]

Curves are making another high-profile mag appearance—this time in Australian Harper’s Bazaar. [Refinery 29]

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