We’re springing ahead with these Nine West pastel puppies. ($70, piperlime.com)
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Kate and Laura Mulleavy on Sequoia trees, Frankenstein and why there are no people on the Rodarte moodboards
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They said/We said: Marc Jacobs finally speaks out about the Dior rumours
Photography by Peter Stigter
Prior to the recent reports that Jil Sander creative director Raf Simons is the latest frontrunner to replace John Galliano at Dior, it was almost certain that Marc Jacobs would be the designer to succeed Galliano. However, after reports that money issues brought talks to an end, those rumours bit the dust. Throughout this whole ordeal, Jacobs has been quiet, leaving us all wondering if there was ever any truth to these reports.
Which brings us to today: Jacobs is finally setting the record straight about whether or not he was as serious about moving to Dior as we were all led to believe. In an interview with Vogue, he says that while he did talk about Dior, he didn’t have serious intentions of moving to the iconic French house. But not because of money: he’s just not that into… couture? “The idea of couture doesn’t hold that thing for me. It’s archaic—in my opinion. I mean, I am really interested in the craftsmanship behind couture. But I can explore all that in ready-to-wear.”
While Jacobs’ statement about couture is debatable (with good reason) at least the Dior rumour can finally be put to rest and we can all move on.
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They said/We said: French Elle and German Glamour reuse a 2010 Vogue cover photo of Carey Mulligan. Scandal!
Love Carey Mulligan? Well, you can certainly see the rising star everywhere. In the exact same photograph. The cover shot, which first graced Vogue’s October 2010 issue, has now made its way onto the latest issues of Fresh Elle and German Glamour. Holy triple vision! While there a few slight (read: photoshopped) differences in the covers, its quite obviously the same image. And the same Chanel couture, mind you.
Photo sharing between magazines happens fairly often, when the image’s rights belong to the photographer rather than the magazine, or sometimes when shared between international issues of the same title. The image’s past though, should always be fully disclosed which leads us to wonder how this snafu happened in the first place? Did the magazines not realize where the image had originally been featured? Did they know, and choose to overlook it instead? We expect some damage control in the very near future.
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We explore the new Diana Vreeland art book with writer and would-be granddaughter Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Vreeland photography courtesy of the Diana Vreeland Estate.
Beloved for her wildly original style and joie de vivre, Diana Vreeland is right up there with fashion’s most legendary. The famed editrix’s career, spanning 50 years—from her first role in the fashion department at Harper’s Bazaar in 1936, to becoming editor in chief of Vogue in 1962, and moving on to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in 1970, after Vogue fired her for being too extravagant—mirrors some of the most important moments in pop culture and fashion; if it happened, she was there. Vreeland’s stamp is indelible indeed. With the release of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel ($62, at Teatro Verde, 100 Yorkville Ave., 416-966-2227, teatroverde.com), her vision has once again come alive, as curated by the wife of her grandson-turned-most-ardent-admirer, Lisa Immordino Vreeland. Last month, Immordino Vreeland shared some of her favourite spreads, as well as insights about her would-be grandmother (the two never met) and now we share them with you!
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SNP’s word of the day: Orientalism
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Orientalism
Meaning: The falsely glam-ified depiction of Eastern people and culture by Western image makers.
Usage: “Orientalism tend fatally towards the systematic accumulation of human beings and territories.” — Edward Said, author of (ta-da!) Orientalism
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They said/We said: The Queen forbids Duchess Kate from posing for Vogue
Photography by Pool/Getty Images
For the past few weeks, we’ve been hearing little buzzes about Duchess Kate being featured in Vogue. The magazine’s been in hot pursuit of the young royal, and have reportedly been hoping that Mario Testino’s close relationship with the Royal family, having shot of the Duke and Duchess’s engagement photos, would help the connection.
Alas, the rumours can now be put to rest, as the Queen has made it clear that she is not for it. A palace aid has told various sources that the Queen “would definitely not be amused,” if Kate decided to model. All sources seem to say that Kate will stick to philanthropic projects that will make a larger difference in the lives of those in need. Take that, Anna.
But aren’t they going after the wrong Middleton? With Pippa hot on the scene as of late (she recently sat front row at Alice Temperley’s Spring 2012 show), she could be just the willing fashion icon the doctor ordered.
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They said/We said: Is Fashion’s Night Out calling it quits?
Photography by Lewis Mirrett
Barely a week after New York fashion week there’s already speculation that Fashion’s Night Out, the part shopping extravaganza, part charity event that kick starts NYFW every September won’t be returning next year.
Vogue, the mag that notoriously spearheaded the effort, says that it’s too much work to organize the event, which takes place during one of fashion’s busiest weeks of the year. Larger retailers who take part in FNO agree, saying they don’t generate enough revenue to cover the costs of participating in the event because people aren’t actually shopping during the night but looking for freebies and celeb sightings.
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October 2011: Letter from the editor
Editor-in-chief, Bernadetta Morra. Photography by Vanessa Veins; hair and makeup by Veronica Chu for Plutino Group/M.A.C Cosmetics; shot on location at 155 Cumberland at the home of Joe Brennan.
“You’re a smart girl. You don’t need to work in fashion.”
The white-haired retiree uttering those words to a wide-eyed MBA grad who expressed interest in the clothing industry was oblivious to the fact that I was reeling from his remark.
Nor did anyone else around the breakfast table at a friend’s cottage twig to the fact that I had just been insulted. At one time, I would have piped up and suggested he ask billionaire Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, whether he thinks there is any upside to a brilliant business mind in fashion.
