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[Eva Mendes] brought a whole different customer to us. A more Latino, ethnic customer. It's a great marketing tool. I think it's very important, it's not frivolous, it's business.
”said Francisco Costa
Posts for April 7th 2010
April 07, 2010
Editorial Spotlight: Isabeli Fontana In Vogue Mexico
Model: Isabeli Fontana
Issue: April 2010
Magazine: Vogue Mexico
Photographer: Jacques Dequeker
April 07, 2010
Rate or Slate: Leighton Meester's 'Date Night'
Leighton Meester chose a Giambattista Valli graphic-print dress for the New York premiere of 'Date Night' yesterday. Given the warm weather, her frock has us more ready for summer than normal.
Would you wear her style?
April 07, 2010
Emporio Armani Building Pre-Campaign Buzz With A Public Shoot
Image via Fashionologie
Looks like Emporio Armani has decided to take a page out of the Chanel playbook for AW '10. Just a few weeks after Karl Lagerfeld gained widespread attention for photographing the fall Chanel campaign in public, Emporio Armani seems to be doing the same. Last Friday, Karmen Pedaru was spotted on a shoot for the brand in New York - one would assume, for the next season's ads.
Despite fashion's current debate about the relevance of style blogs, it looks like some designers are choosing to play up the immediate attention that online coverage (combined with shorter-cycle publications like newspapers or weekly magazines) can give them. In a still-delicate economy, maybe that's not such a bad move.
April 07, 2010
Quote Me: Courtney Love Is All About The Fashion
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She’s a big fan of Miuccia’s aesthetic and is hoping to land a fashion spread with Steven Meisel.
”Andre Leon Tally on his lunch with Courtney Love
April 07, 2010
Editorial Spotlight: Karmen Pedaru For The Sunday Telegraph
Model: Karmen Pedaru
Editorial: The Wild Frontier
Magazine: The Sunday Telegraph
Photographer: TBC
April 07, 2010
Lindsay Lohan Defies The Ungaro Critics By Expanding Her 6126 Collection
Image courtesy of 6126/LA Times
You have to give Lindsay Lohan some credit. After facing harsh - and some would say deserved - criticism following her stint at high fashion label Emanuel Ungaro, the Hollywood actress has defied the haters and continued to press through with her own line, 6126. The collection, which originally started off as a leggings only range has now expanded into a full line of clothing, to include leather jackets, bombers, mini dresses and of course leggings ("Lindsay really started the legging trend," her sales rep boasts).
The latest additions to the collection may not be able to take you from day to night, as they claim, but the mini dresses, leggings and glam rock jackets fit in perfectly for partying the night away in Hollywood. According to another rep for Lohan at her showroom, the collection has gone down well, with Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Ron Herman all buying into the collection. Let's hope this crack at the fashion industry goes far better than her last attempt.
April 07, 2010
Quote Me: Apparently Media Attention Is Killing Longevity In Fashion
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But I feel sometimes they [the press] kill things before they happen. Because by the time [the products] get to the stores, they've been so overexposed — because everybody shoots the same dress — it's old, nobody wants it. I think that's why some of the pre-collections are doing better than the main collections now because they don't get as much press, so they have longevity.
”Maria Cornejo said at the Cooper-Hewitt museum in New York as part of the “Voices in American Fashion” panel
April 07, 2010
French Marie Claire's April Issue Boasts Zero Retouching
Image courtesy of Ethical Style
In January, Australian Marie Claire promoted a healthier body image by putting model Jennifer Hawkins on their cover - naked and completely unretouched. Following in the footsteps of their Aussie counterparts, French Marie Claire have gone one step further, by publishing their entire April edition without retouching, except advertisements.
However, just because Marie Claire can boast unretouched images, don't go expecting to see flaws galore on the women that grace the magazine pages. In fact, the au naturel issue makes us wonder why these women ever did need a little help from Photoshop?
April 07, 2010
Quote Me: Joe Zee Is Not On Team Tavi
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You know, Tavi, like her or don't like her, she's 13 — whether she even really writes it herself, the idea that she has gotten all this attention, it's because of the Internet, not because of anything else. [At Elle] we're talking about people who have really done this their entire lives, who've really covered fashion, who really understand fashion...understand the history of fashion, can critique it from a point of view, [can] actually relay it back to something they've experienced and understand. I don't think Tavi even knows what happened five years ago. She has every right to [post] on the Internet, she has every right to have the following she has...everybody can follow her and find her creative or funny or quirky or inspiring, but the idea is there are people here [at Elle] who do know the history and I think that Anne [Slowey] stresses this. It's absolutely true: if you don't know what you're talking about, then do you really have the credibility to talk about it?"
”via The Cut
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