Posts for April 8th 2009

Facehunter, Fashion Toast, and BunnyBisous Bloggers Convert Posts Into Further Industry Opportunities
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Facehunter, Fashion Toast, and BunnyBisous Bloggers Convert Posts Into Further Industry Opportunities

>> Streetstyle photographers Garance Dore, Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist, and Tommy Ton of Jak & Jil have all turned their blogs into further industry opportunities — Garance now shoots editorials for the likes of Glamour Italy and guest blogs for Vogue.fr, Scott has photographed two seasons worth of DKNY Jeans campaigns and has a compilation book coming out in September, and Tommy did the Spring 2009 Lane Crawford campaign.  And style blogger Susanna Lau's time on Style Bubble allowed her to transition from digital media planner at an ad agency to commissing editor of Dazed & Confused's DazedDigital.com.In the past week or so, a handful of other fashion bloggers have seen their blog time become currency for further opportunities: Yvan Rodic of Facehunter just announced a compilation book of his streetstyle photography is coming out in early 2010.  Julia Frakes of BunnyBisous and Paper's Fashion Schmasion is doing some lookbook time — first in Rachel Antonoff's Fall 2009 set and yesterday, she apparently shot the Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony lookbook, complete with '90s hair; the last round of which Chloe starred in herself.  And finally, Rumi Neely of Fashion Toast just signed with Next, is appearing in RVCA's campaign, and has further upcoming editorials and styling work already in the pipeline.
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>> Streetstyle photographers Garance Dore, Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist, and Tommy Ton of Jak & Jil have all turned their blogs into further industry opportunities — Garance now shoots editorials for the likes of Glamour Italy and guest blogs for Vogue.fr, Scott has photographed two seasons worth of DKNY Jeans campaigns and has a compilation book coming out in September, and Tommy did the Spring 2009 Lane Crawford campaign.  And style blogger Susanna Lau's time on Style Bubble allowed her to transition from digital media planner at an ad agency to commissing editor of Dazed & Confused's DazedDigital.com.

In the past week or so, a handful of other fashion bloggers have seen their blog time become currency for further opportunities: Yvan Rodic of Facehunter just announced a compilation book of his streetstyle photography is coming out in early 2010.  Julia Frakes of BunnyBisous and Paper's Fashion Schmasion is doing some lookbook time — first in Rachel Antonoff's Fall 2009 set and yesterday, she apparently shot the Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony lookbook, complete with '90s hair; the last round of which Chloe starred in herself.  And finally, Rumi Neely of Fashion Toast just signed with Next, is appearing in RVCA's campaign, and has further upcoming editorials and styling work already in the pipeline.

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>> THE MODELIZER —Iekeliene Stange dip-dyed her hair platinum blonde earlier this year, and it appears that Daul Kim has followed suit.  Yesterday she sat in Paris for colorist Frederic Mennestrier, blogged the process, and came out what she termed "ash blonde."  No word on whether she did it for a job or of her own volition, but we'll have to wait and see if her new look can do what Tao Okamoto's crop did for her career.
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>> THE MODELIZER —Iekeliene Stange dip-dyed her hair platinum blonde earlier this year, and it appears that Daul Kim has followed suit.  Yesterday she sat in Paris for colorist Frederic Mennestrier, blogged the process, and came out what she termed "ash blonde."  No word on whether she did it for a job or of her own volition, but we'll have to wait and see if her new look can do what Tao Okamoto's crop did for her career. [Beauty Counter, I Like To Fork Myself, Elite Clips]

Keegan Singh Works Menswear-Clad Vanessa Traina for Dossier
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Keegan Singh Works Menswear-Clad Vanessa Traina for Dossier

>> The third issue of Dossier with Lou Doillon on the cover doesn't launch until April 12 — launch party tomorrow night — but in the meantime, co-founder Skye Parrott passed along a peek at the innards: an editorial featuring Vanessa Traina in "the best menswear of the season," photographed by Paul Maffi and styled by Keegan Singh, who was just named one of Paper's Beautiful People for 2009 along with Kate Lanphear (who also styled for this issue of Dossier) — apparently they would only consent to do Paper as a duo, featured in the same picture.
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>> The third issue of Dossier with Lou Doillon on the cover doesn't launch until April 12 — launch party tomorrow night — but in the meantime, co-founder Skye Parrott passed along a peek at the innards: an editorial featuring Vanessa Traina in "the best menswear of the season," photographed by Paul Maffi and styled by Keegan Singh, who was just named one of Paper's Beautiful People for 2009 along with Kate Lanphear (who also styled for this issue of Dossier) — apparently they would only consent to do Paper as a duo, featured in the same picture.

The Dossier spread features Eddie Borgo jewelry, which seems to be a trend in Singh-styled editorials — and no wonder, since they live together — Borgo is his boyfriend.  Other contents to look forward to within the upcoming Dossier: jewelry designer Pamela Love takes a turn as editorial stylist, and Valentine Fillol-Cordier interviews Charles Anastase.

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>> INSIDER WIRE —The television powers-that-be seem to be obsessed with giving fashion-centric brunettes some small screen time devotion — first MTV works it out with Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung, and now two more — apparently Bee Shaffer has been approached to do a reality show (which doesn't seem like something she'd say yes to) and Samantha Pleet just wrapped shooting something for TV — though details are under wraps.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —The television powers-that-be seem to be obsessed with giving fashion-centric brunettes some small screen time devotion — first MTV works it out with Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung, and now two more — apparently Bee Shaffer has been approached to do a reality show (which doesn't seem like something she'd say yes to) and Samantha Pleet just wrapped shooting something for TV — though details are under wraps. [Refinery29 Twitter, The Pipeline, WMIG]
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Coutorture Community Must Reads 04/08/09
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Coutorture Community Must Reads 04/08/09

Chic Inspector was inspired by the flower jewelry in Zac Posen's Fall 2009 collection.
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Chic Inspector was inspired by the flower jewelry in Zac Posen's Fall 2009 collection. .. 

Beauty Junkies Unite reported on a new campaign for Caress body lotion featuring two reality TV stars. 

Diva Shoe Fetish linked to an article about a new product, called the "INCHworm shoe", that grows with your child. 

Glowing Doll reminded readers that New Look will be launching a collection with Giles at the end of this month. 

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Quote Of The Day: Lyn Yaeger Tries To Stimulate The Economy

Who cares what those financial pages have to say?
by coutorture Who cares what those financial pages have to say? The Dow may be down, but the sun is up! It’s spring, and even the most newly cost-conscious among us wants to throw caution cautiously to the wind and buy at least one (or maybe three) new items while we give a long, hard rethink to what’s already in our (let’s admit it) well-stuffed closets.
Coclico Offers Eco-Friendly Footwear In Eco-Friendly Flagship

Coclico Offers Eco-Friendly Footwear In Eco-Friendly Flagship

French footwear brand Coclico will be the first to admit that their products are not "perfect". What they mean is that they have yet to discover a way to make stylish, bio-degradable shoes from renewable resources using renewable energy in the production process. As you can see, they take this stuff very seriously. With Earth Day approaching at the end of the month we are reminded of brands that go the extra mile in order to create responsible product. Coclico is most definitely among them--they use regionally produced vegetable tanned metal-free leathers, FSC-certified cork, and nickel free and lead free metal hardware on their shoes. To top it all off, their Nolita flagship uses alternative energy and is otherwise moving in the direction of being 100% sustainable. Click on the title link to learn more.