Vivienne Westwood thinks New Yorkers are "stuck-up" and "self-important" [W]
Kate Middleton will have four wedding-day hairstylists, and possibly a McQueen dress [The Cut]
Oscar de la Renta says this is the "century of the woman" [The Cut]
Vera Wang has relaunched her Lavender Label [WWD]
Want to know what it's like to assist at Allure? [Daily Front Row]
For the first time, I feel like what you see is what you get. This is me: the more natural hair, the slightly more relaxed way of dressing. I feel really content personally and professionally. I’m not freaked out about getting older. I’m growing older with the most amazing man I’ve ever met - with my soul mate. Life’s great.
”She told Allure
Miranda Kerr is four months pregnant [People]
Justin Timberlake's perfume-model career is expanding [WWD]
Breaking news: Gisele eats comfort food [The Cut]
Allure's not a fan of blue hair. We're interested. Are you? [Allure]
Introducing Etsy's best vintage shops [Fashionista]
Paris Hilton sued for wearing the wrong hair extensions [People]
Allure readers pick winners for 2010 Beauty Awards [Beauty Reporter]
Anthropologie opens New Orleans flagship [WWD]
New textiles will warn you if you're about to fall [The Cut]
Nordstrom is yet another company to boost its sales [WWD]
Image cuertesy of Fashionista.com
Although there hasn't been a lot of movement within publications recently, there has been some major shifts internally, which has everyone happy since everyone got promoted! Here are a few to report:
Model: Chanel Iman
Magazine: Allure
Issue: April 2010
Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier
We all know that printed publications are slowing coming to the end of their era, as their online versions take centre stage. It seems, however, that this end could come sooner than we had thought. WWD reports that newsstand sales of some magazines had dropped during the second half of last year, which shows that not even Vogue can escape the wrath of the big 'R'. Indeed, Vogue has seen a 15.1-percent dip in single-copy sales, whilst Allure and Marie Claire have lost 17.2 and 14.6 percent in sales, respectively. Elle, however, fared much better in comparison to the others, having only suffered a 0.2-percent decrease.
Allure opens up this month with a behind-the-scenes look at Amy Adams' August cover shoot, and we're pretty entertained at the style transformation the 'Julie & Julia' star makes. Of this Dior Haute Couture gown - the closing dress for Spring '09 - the actress says: "This is nothing compared to the one I wore for 'Enchanted'. That dress had a life of its own."
To see more insider looks from the shoot, photographed by Michael Thompson in Dublin, visit Allure online.
Carb-haters unite! Cindy Crawford destroys an innocent loaf for this Michael Thompson shoot in the April issue of US Allure.
When she's not ripping baked goods, the 43-year-old model shows that, well, she's not ageing much. The shoot gets pretty racy, with one 'look' consisting of nothing more than skin creams.
Side note: my university grammar teacher (yes, grammar) went to high school with Crawford in Illinois. She described her old classmate as 'just another farm girl', or something like that. These pictures say otherwise.
