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Posts for December 2012

Oscar de la Renta, Cathy Horyn Resolve Hot Dog Fight
Oscar De La Renta

Hot Dogs and Hamburgers in Paradise: Cathy Horyn, Oscar de la Renta Resolve Fight

Cathy Horyn and Oscar de la Renta must have resolved the name-calling scuffle they had in September: the fashion critic was spotted front row at the designer's Pre-Fall 2013 show Monday night.
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Cathy Horyn and Oscar de la Renta must have resolved the name-calling scuffle they had in September: the fashion critic was spotted front row at the designer's Pre-Fall 2013 show Monday night.

WWD reports that Horyn not only showed up at the show, but made a point of telling the brand's president, Alex Bolen, she was wearing one of the designer's dresses. We saw Bolen talking with Horyn before the show began; the two later walked toward backstage, where Horyn talked with the designer before the show.

"I told her we probably approach fashion in two different ways," de la Renta said. "I respect her way and I hope she respects my way. My vision of fashion is for my customers. I read every single article she writes on fashion. I never hold grudges."

In her review of de la Renta's Spring 2013 collection, Horyn called the designer a "hot dog." De la Renta responded with a full-page ad in WWD, asking "If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?" Horyn later told us that she "used the term in a professional context, as someone showing off his tricks, like a surfer."

Alexander Wang Pre-Fall 2013 | Pictures
Alexander Wang

Alexander Wang Pre-Fall 2013

"We were playing with this idea of blurriness and ambiguity," Alexander Wang said of his Pre-Fall 2013 collection.
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Alexander Wang Pre-Fall 2013 | Pictures

"We were playing with this idea of blurriness and ambiguity," Alexander Wang said of his Pre-Fall 2013 collection. "I love the idea of intertwining and not knowing where a dress ends and a jacket begins."

To achieve those kinds of shapes, Wang created dresses with attached scarves that wrapped around the wearers' necks. Elsewhere, some of the collars in contrasting fabrics like leather or wool that poked out from underneath the collection's jackets turned out not to be separate layers, but cleverly sewn elements of the same piece.

The theme of blurriness got down to the material level, too: Wang chose nubbly Donegal tweed and jacquard for the otherwise pin-sharp suits in this mostly black, white, and gray offering. He also printed silk to look like tweed — further obscuring the line between what the wearer sees and what's actually there.

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Carolyn Murphy in Vogue Australia January 2013
Carolyn Murphy

Sweet Carolyn: Murphy Shines on the Cover of Vogue Australia

Winter may be settling in across the United States, but Summer's just starting to heat up in the land down under — thanks in part to Carolyn Murphy's January cover of Vogue Australia.
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Carolyn Murphy in Vogue Australia January 2013

Winter may be settling in across the United States, but Summer's just starting to heat up in the land down under — thanks in part to Carolyn Murphy's January cover of Vogue Australia.

Regan Cameron photographed the blond bombshell for the cover and an editorial in the magazine called "Sweet Carolyn." Vogue Australia's editor in chief said picking Murphy for the cover was a no-brainer. "She's so picture perfect that she's often cast as a mannequin," McCann said, "but as a laid-back keen surfer, she's equally at ease in these luxe, hippie looks."

Elsewhere in the issue, there are interviews with Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga and an essay by Erin Brockovich. For now, a look at the cover and a few images from Murphy's shoot here in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Vogue Australia.

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J.W. Anderson and Simone Rocha Win NewGen Award 2012
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Alexa Chung's Stylish Set, NewGen's New Winners, and Comme des Garcon's Chic Download

These stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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These stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Alexa Chung will style three lucky women in a photo shoot for Maje. The pictures will be unveiled online and in Maje stores during Paris Fashion Week in February. [Telegraph]

  • J.W. Anderson and Simone Rocha have won the British Fashion Council's NewGen sponsorship. The grant will help fund the designers' runway shows at London Fashion Week in February. [WWD]

  • A new world record for the longest catwalk has been set in Hong Kong. [Vogue UK]

  • Zac Posen and his posse of Spring 2013 supermodels will appear on The Face. Will we finally get to the bottom of the infamous Fashion Week slapping scandal? [Oxygen]

  • No Doubt and Fred Perry have collaborated on a three-piece capsule collection. The polo shirt, sweater, and bomber jacket hit stores and online soon. [Grazia Daily]

  • Comme des Garcon's iPad app, Moving Six, may be the chicest addition to the Apple Store yet. [Details]

  • New Yorkers, set your alarms. The Diane von Furstenberg sample sale starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. [Racked]

  • Discover the answer to the question that rendered InStyle Style Director Samira Nasr speechless, tomorrow. [StyleCore Facebook]

    • Anna Wintour, DVF on Alexander Wang at Balenciaga
    Balenciaga

    Who Else Supports Alexander Wang's New Job at Balenciaga?

    Tongues are still wagging about Alexander Wang's appointment as the creative director at Balenciaga: Anna Wintour, Diane von Furstenberg, and some other powerful industry players have now chimed in on his new job.
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    Tongues are still wagging about Alexander Wang's appointment as the creative director at Balenciaga: Anna Wintour, Diane von Furstenberg, and some other powerful industry players have now chimed in on his new job.

    Eric Wilson talked with Wintour, von Furstenberg, and a number of other people who have observed Wang's work since his career started. Like Karl Lagerfeld and much of the Twittersphere, many of the people Wilson interviewed wholeheartedly support Wang's move. Below, the rest of the industry reacts to Wang's big news.

    Anna Wintour on whether Wang's age is a problem: "Oh, please, come on. How great is it to be young? That is when designers are at their most fearless. That is when you do your most creative work."

    Wintour, again, on Wang winning the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund: "He was so articulate. He said he wants to dress the girls of his age and his generation. That's what you see in everything he does. He lives and breathes the Alex brand."

    PPR chief Francois-Henri Pinault, who is similarly unconcerned about Wang's age: When he started at Balenciaga, Ghesquière "was designing uniforms for Air France, and who would have said that Nicolas would become such a great talent?"

    Isabelle Guichot, CEO of Balenciaga: "We're not asking him to be an entrepreneur. But luxury fashion is a business with some rules, and he understood that very early in his career, without ever compromising the creativity."

    Robert Burke, industry consultant: "There were some feelings after what happened with John Galliano at Dior that the brands were promoting the individual designers too much. Now they're thinking, what is it going to take to keep a brand relevant and alive?"

    Diane von Furstenberg on whether Wang is ready for the new job: "It was a coup for Alex, and a coup for American fashion," she said, adding, "he's going to need some mentoring in Paris."

    And one designer who chose to remain unnamed, on Wang and other designers like him: "They're not fashion designers. They're fashion curators. They're sitting at a computer copying other peoples' ideas."

    Photo: Wintour and Wang in 2010.

    Best-Dressed Celebrities, Fashion, and Models | Dec. 8, 2012
    Best Dressed

    This Week's Best Dressed

    Who said anything about Winter blahs?
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    Best-Dressed Celebrities, Fashion, and Models | Dec. 8, 2012

    Who said anything about Winter blahs? Judging by the amount of vivid color and riotous print on display this week, it appears that everyone was intent on bucking the cold weather blues. At the In Vogue: The Editor's Eye screening in New York, Anna Wintour and Sarah Jessica Parker led the charge in brightly hued dresses and bold accessories, while attendees Tory Burch, Erin Beatty, and Nora Zehetner looked gorgeous in prints and electric hues. Across the pond at Chanel's Metiers d'Art Pre-Fall show in Scotland, Karl's front row girls Poppy Delevingne, Caroline Sieber, and Miroslava Duma may have been swathed in fur and wool, but in eye-popping shades and intricate patterns they looked anything but dull.

    See those plus all of the week's chicest looks — including Laura Bailey's bubblegum-pink ball gown, Diane Kruger's ruffled gray Prabal Gurung, and much more — here, in the slideshow.

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    Kate Upton Stars in Vogue Germany's It Had to Be You | Video
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    Watch: Bruce Weber Films Kate Upton For Vogue Germany

    The editors at Vogue Germany must have a thing for Americana.
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    The editors at Vogue Germany must have a thing for Americana. Their latest fashion film, It Had to Be You, was directed by Bruce Weber — who's been writing new editions of the photo book All-American every year for the last 12 years — and stars blond, blue-eyed Kate Upton.

    In the film, which takes its name from a Frank Sinatra song, Upton puts on (and takes off) garments from Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, and other designers, while male models Aaron O'Connell, Matthew Vande Vegte, Tim Easton, and Casey Levens compete for her attention. Every element of the video — from the country-club-like setting to the jodhpurs and riding boots Upton dons for the horseback-riding scene — is drenched in classic preppy style. A look at Weber's film below.

    Miu Miu The Jewels Collection Pictures
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    The Jewels From Miu Miu Offer Serious Sparkle

    If there's one item sure to punch up festive holiday attire, it's a decadent piece of costume jewelry.
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    Miu Miu The Jewels Collection Pictures

    If there's one item sure to punch up festive holiday attire, it's a decadent piece of costume jewelry. Miu Miu's new cocktail baubles, appropriately and simply called The Jewels, turn the volume up on festive sparkle by layering gold-colored hardware with Swarovski crystals, Plexiglas, enamel, and pearls together — sometimes all in the same piece. But the real beauty of this collection is that its optimistic color palette and floral elements mean it'll still look fresh when Spring rolls around.

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    J.W. Anderson Hates Dresses
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    J.W. Anderson's Dress Blues, Liya Kebede's Wish List, and a Birkin Made of Legos

    These stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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    These stories and more in our daily news roundup.

    • We now know what not to expect from J.W. Anderson's future collections. "I hate dresses," he said. "Nowadays women want to mix things, a dress limits you in that capacity." [Telegraph]

    • On Liya Kebede's holiday wish list this year? Donations. [T Magazine]

    • Bulgari has joined the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style. [L.A. Times]

    • The Birkin has been reincarnated in its most exotic material yet: Legos. [Design Taxi]

    • Comme des Garcons is set to open its very first New York store next year. [WWD]

    • In the wake of the recent shakeups at Ford Models, Laura Love has left for DNA models. [Page Six]


    • Watch out, Martha Stewart: Diane von Furstenberg may just be the next great hostess on the scene. [Elle]

    • The Fendi Casa showroom in Miami played host to an Andy Warhol exhibition during Art Basel. [Harper's Bazaar]


    Photo via Lemlem.

    Robin Givhan Let Go in Newsweek Layoffs
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    Robin Givhan Among Newsweek Layoffs

    Say it ain't so: Robin Givhan has been let go from her position as the special correspondent for style and culture at Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
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    Say it ain't so: Robin Givhan has been let go from her position as the special correspondent for style and culture at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. She'll leave the company at the end of the year.

    Daily Intel reports that Givhan is among the employees of The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company laid off on the second day of its ongoing staff reductions. The layoffs come after Newsweek announced that it would stop printing and merge with the Beast's online platform.

    "I plan to work on my book about the 1973 Versailles fashion show and look for a new job," Givhan said.

    She joined Newsweek at the end of 2010 and had previously been the fashion editor of The Washington Post. In 2006, Givhan became the first and only fashion journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize "for her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism."

    Photo via Givhan's Facebook page.