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Amber Rose dresses like a speed-skating statuette at Chanel Haute Couture. Do you like her outfit?

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Amber Rose's tribute to the Olympics (or the Oscars?) at Chanel Haute Couture. Photo courtesy of Chanel

Kanye West paramour Amber Rose is not known for dressing conservatively and indeed, her parade of Men’s/Couture Week outfits have been designed to very specifically not blend in. There was the head-to-toe fur at Louis Vuitton’s men’s show, a furry LV muff at the Dior Homme show that inspired many a “muff diving” reference, and at yesterday’s Kris Van Assche show, a knit dress so cut-away, it would make Mark Fast blush. While some of Rose’s looks are head-scratching, we can always appreciate someone who can do over-the-top (really over-the-top) looks.

At yesterday’s Chanel Haute Couture show, Rose donned a full-length golden hooded body stocking dress that hits somewhere between speed skater and awards-show statuette. Do you like her look?

Click the images below to see more pics from the Chanel show, including Claudia Schiffer, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Alexa Chung


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Fashion news: Gaga Barbie, Coco Rocha does the Grammys, a Rihanna picture book and more

Photos via Veik11 Flickr

Photos via Veik11 Flickr

Doll “player” Veik would surely win any contest for “Dress your Barbie as Lady Gaga.” The intricate costumes include Jean Charles de Castelbajac’s Kermit coat and Gaga’s “Paparazzi” and “Bad Romance” outfits–there’s even a DIY for the mini McQueen anteater shoes! [Refinery 29, Veik Flickr]

Coco Rocha will be doing fashion commentary for the home crowd at this year’s Grammy Awards. Rocha will be working the red carpet for ET Canada. No telling yet whether she’s a Joan Rivers or a Ryan Seacrest. [Oh So Coco]

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Roberto Cavalli amuses Seth Meyers on The Martha Stewart Show

It’s been a banner week for fashion on The Martha Stewart Show: First Tom Ford and yesterday, Roberto Cavalli. Stewart hosted the Italian designer, as well as Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers, at what has to be one of the strangest tea parties ever. Martha plays the good hostess, trying to find common ground between her two guests, but no dice: Meyers has neither his own wine, nor a huge colour-changing yacht. (Though, to be fair, who other than Roberto Cavalli does?) They do both enjoy “photos,” apparently. [The Cut]


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Michael Bay mixes models, helicopters and explosions in his Victoria’s Secret ad

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We see where they're coming from: models + explosions = retail gold

Few things leave us at a loss for words, but this Michael Bay-shot action movie Victoria’s Secret commercial really and truly does. But let’s try: Helicopters. Explosions. Heavy metal. Circus. Knife throwing. Mansion filled with wind. Classic cars. Spiral staircase in the desert.

Wow.

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Tokyo Nail Expo puts our grey polish to shame

What is going on here? Is that She-ra? Photo via zimbio.com

What is going on here? Is that She-Ra? Photo via zimbio.com

Yesterday, while we were humming and hawing over whether or not to wear cement-coloured polish, the Tokyo Nail Expo was showing off mind-blowingly intricate nail design–3D Hello Kitty, lace, diamonds, giant rosettes and what appears to be She-Ra. The annual nail extravaganza also includes the Japanese-celeb laden Nail Queen Awards, which appears to be a cross between a beauty pageant and the Contessas. [Zimbio]


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Best gift ever! Fashion finger puppets

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You totally know the puppet on the left is Donatella. Photos via liberty.co.uk

Rubbish Magazine have created some crafty little companions—finger puppet avatars for the fashion elite. The knit miniatures bear a striking resemblance to their real-life counterparts and are organized into categories for every fashion capital—Milan, Paris, New York and London. No surprise that Karl Lagerfeld is there, but our favourites are the two-headed Viktor & Rolf, André Leon Talley resplendent in an LV cap and cape, and a mini Alber Elbaz. If you can stomach the exchange rate on the pound, a boxed set of five puppets will run you about $155 (liberty.co.uk).

See a gallery of Giorgio, Hamish, Miuccia and the gang after the jump and tell us which is your favourite in the comments. [Grazia]

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Give us this day our daily bread shoes

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Stumbling across Bread Shoes was a pleasure cruise through bizarre waters. They’re quirky and funny–and utterly strange. Naturally, we had many questions for the designers, twin brothers R&E Praspaliauskas: “Is the bread’s crust hardened with anything? Will these slippers grow mould? Will they go stale?” We detected some playfulness in their design—slippers made from loaves of bread, c’mon—but the joke was still on us. Read the rest of this entry »


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Fashion news: Hurley makes nachos for Christie Brinkley, Ungaro’s harsh words for LiLo and women are lining up to be hobbled

via Fashionista.com

via Fashionista.com

Though it seems like an unlikely pairing at first, Lost’s Jorge Garcia and Christie Brinkley work out, make nachos and generally live the good life together in the pages of Vogue Deutsch. Of the pairing, photographer Bruce Weber says: “Christie is the ultimate California beach girl and Jorge is the ultimate hippie.” So they both have the less-is-more, beach bum thing going on. More photos at the link. [Fashionista]

Seems that Emanuel Ungaro himself agrees with the rest of the world that Lindsay Lohan’s debut collection for his fashion house was disastrous. Are we susprised? Ungaro, who sold the company in 2005, said, “I am furious but I can’t do anything about it.” Going on, the designer lamented that his fashion house “is in the process of losing its soul.” [The Cut] Read the rest of this entry »


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We’ll take any opportunity to say “haute catoure”

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By some adorable miracle, New York label United Bamboo has managed to get cats to wear mini versions of their clothes and pose for the company’s 2010 calendar. Our cats would enact some horrible revenge on our shoes if we ever committed such an atrocity, so kudos to you, United Bamboo. You can pre-order your calendar now. (We already have.) More pics after the jump. [via Refinery29] Read the rest of this entry »


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Giveaway: Win the Valentino DVD!

Our favourite movie of the summer, Valentino: The Last Emperor, came out on DVD yesterday, which means we’ve already secured our weekend viewing. The drama! The clothes! The pugs!

We’ve got 5 copies of the DVD to give away. Enter your info at the link and we’ll do a draw next week. Good luck!

Enter now!


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