Sean Connery's new ad for Louis Vuitton is out, and, for a man almost in his 80s, he looks quite dashing. Photoshopped, but dashing. [WWD]
A new "beautification engine" developed my Israeli scientists takes your face, applies mathematical algorithms to it, and rearranges it into perfect proportions. The formula for beauty is based on the responses of 68 men and women, age 25 to 40, from
Israel and Germany, who viewed photographs of white male and female
faces and picked the most attractive ones. And guess who's face is damn near perfect? James Franco. We won't argue with science. [NYT]
When they're not telling us how ugly our math-free faces are, the New York Times is telling us the way we've been tucking our pants into our boots is all wrong! Jeesh, they are relentless over there, aren't they? [NYT]
Updated trench coats for those grown tired of the ubiquitous khaki. Darker shades, new cuts, and any material you want. [The Upgrader]
Need a kevlar pocket square for all those gun fights you're getting into? No, we didn't think so, but you never know when the gay mafia will strike...[Material Interest]
Word is Sean Connery was shot by Annie Leibovitz for Louis Vuitton's "core value" campaign. Works for me. I believe in Sean Connery's core values way more than Keith Richards'. [WWD]
The New York Times finally realized that scarves are more than just a winter time necessity. Great. Because I'm always waiting around for the someone in their office to finally say a trend we've all known about since last season is OK. [NYT]
Hamilton watches has teamed with up -- who else? -- Harrison Ford to create a new line of rugged watches. The Khaki Conservation, a special edition of the brand's classic field watch, is certainly tough-looking, but devoid of all that extra crap that makes a watch look like shackle. A portion of the proceeds from each watch will benefit Conservation International. [Material Interest]
Brad Pitt has teamed up with cosmetics giant Kiehl's to create a sumptuous new Earth-conscious body wash and simultaneously raise funds for eco-friendly causes, thus finally catching up with the smarts of legions of gay men long on board with the skin-saver.
Kiehl's Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser will be available in stores and online starting in October for $16.95 a bottle. The cleanser, packaged in recyclable plastic and made up of all-natural ingredients like aloe vera, coconut, and glycerin, will permanently join Kiehl's already popular line of skin-care products.
One hundred percent of proceeds from the sales of the body wash will benefit JPF Eco Systems, the nonprofit started by Pitt and Kiehl's to "minimize impact on the environment through thoughtful design," which will channel the funds to a variety of green groups. First up? Pitt's own Make It Right organization, which he started last year to hep rebuilding projects in New Orleans.
Below is some additional behind-the-scenes bonus footage that was made available when the campaign recently launched. Franco walks around an apartment with a scowl on his face as he tries to avoid getting beaned by a boom mic, before finally breaking character and cracking a smile for camera.
Not much happens in either clip, but with a face and body like his, who's really going to complain?
> Casting Chanel: Alessandro Nivola (above) has been confirmed to play a dashing Arthur "Boy" Capel to Audrey Tatou's Coco Chanel in the upcoming big screen biopic.
> Steven Alan opens in Brooklyn: For anyone in search of perfectly tailored basics, when price is no option.
> Will the Pope go naked rather than wear fur? The Italian Association for Defense of Animals and the Environment has launched an online petition appealing to Pope Benedict XVI, as an animal lover, to stop wearing robes trimmed with ermine.
> Artist Ryan McGinley's animalistic Wrangler ads:Banned in the US for appearing to glorify the murder and rape of young women, but still seen all over Europe (and online). Mission accomplished?
> The map to Barneys men's section: Some useful details to navigate the warehouse sale.
"It was lightning in a bottle," says Paul Wilmot, who was head of public relations at Calvin Klein in the late 1980's, when the supermodel phenomenon took flight. "Suddenly you had five or six incredibly glamorous and beautiful girls, and they all looked different. And they all were known by their first names. And they all palled around. That has never happened before. It was almost the female equivalent of Sinatra's Rat Pack."
Look no further than September's Vogue to find the Supers in a succession of ads: YSL, Prada and Chanel, starring Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Claudia Schiffer. Turn another page for Kate Moss cocooned in Donna Karan's claret wool bouclé, then Stella Tennant posed in gold lamé Marc Jacobs and then, a few pages later, Tennant again, this time jeweled and glossy for Vera Wang.
On the way from Kate to Stella, don't miss a visit from "'90s icon Alex Lindquist for Brooks Brothers (in other photos from this spread, not in Vogue, he shares the bench with "80s Bruce Weber muse and model Jeff Aquilon). At 300 or so pages in there's also a double page spread of Christie Turlington in Escada, and then Schiffer again, paired with the sensational ballet dancer Robert Bollé for Salvatore Ferragamo...
The glamazons return -- and we haven't even hit the editorial yet. In the meantime, enjoy this clip shot by fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, which captures the creative zeitgeist of the girls' silent screen aura:
John Varvatos will show his Spring 2009 Collection in Milan. He's probably just tired of everyone bitching about taking over the CBGB's space and turning it into a museum of the East Village's gentrification. [FWD]
Here's a shocker: Designers are trading in celebrity faces and choosing *actual* models for their ad campaigns this fall. Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Prada, Versace, YSL, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Escada will all feature catwalking waifs in their ads. Perhaps people are tired of celebrities? or maybe they just got too expensive? or maybe it they are fed up that celebrities can't fit in sample sizes. After all, when John Travolta is the face of your watch brand, you know you're scraping the bottom of the barrel. [FWD]
Richie Rich will launch a line for Hot Topic called Celebutante. But his BFF and Heatherette partner in crime Traver is not part of the project. "He didn't want to do it," says Richie. Is this another sign of the Heatherette apocalypse? [Fashionista]
A Chanel Fly Fishing Rod? Could this be the ultimate meeting of classy and trashy? What's next? A Chanel Airstream? [The Cut]
Francis Ford Coppola and daughter Sofia star in Louis Vuitton's latest ad campaign. Wait, what happened to no celebrities? [The Cut]
Being that it was Memorial Day weekend, the entirety of the media world took a little break. Fire Island was certainly (pun alert) ablaze. Here's what kept us busy. [Queerty]
LL Cool J is set to launch a clothing line at Sears that industry insiders are claiming will bank $100-150 million in its first year. Are we missing something? Hip-hop and ya don't stop, indeed. [WWD]
We've still yet to recover from the creepy Dakota Fanning ads for Marc Jacobs, so we're feeling a little more at ease knowing he's dropping the celebrity endorsements and using models again. [Fashionista]
Looking to vacay? Here are 10 stylish destinations for even the most seasoned jet-setter. Advisory: Fine tune those gaydars. The majority are European. [The Upgrader]
As a skate brand, Zoo York doesn't have to play by the rules. They earn street cred with zany antics, guerrilla style advertising and irreverent behavior, but their latest advertising efforts are actually pretty stomach-churning.
In the video above, they ask for people to submit their own videos about how they spread the word about Zoo York. What's disturbing is their "example." They spray painted the Zoo York logo on a bunch of cockroaches and threw them at unsuspecting people all over Lower Manhattan.
I'm not sure that helps to boost the company's bottom line. Seeing a company's logo on a cockroach doesn't really make me want to go out and buy one of their hoodies. A pair of shoes maybe... only so I could step on said cockroaches while screaming like the big queen that I am and running for my life.
A laser hair removal device for use at home is on the way and promises to be very exciting. The price tag, however, is less so. I'm not sure how you'd laser your own back (sounds dangerous) so you might need someone to come over and play a different game of doctor than you're used to. [WWD]
Missoni will open its first hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland early next year, followed by a second in Kuwait. Wow, way to pick the hot, luxurious, travel destinations. We love Edinburgh (they have a bar called C.C. Blooms), and we haven't been to Kuwait (it's a little too close to Iraq for comfort), but those destinations aren't exactly Dubai or Saint-Tropez. [WWD]
Lensman Scott Schuman (pictured), a.k.a. The Sartorialist, announced that he will appear in fall ads for the GAP. How a man that well-dressed is straight is beyond me. (Did you see the story in Fantastic Man?) Come to the dark side, Scott. [Fashionista]
Which presidential candidate do your favorite mall clothiers support? Jezebel spent way too much time compiling this investigative report and we love them for it. [Jezebel]
Rumors of a 2nd generation iPhone are hitting all-time highs. A memo from UK mobile phone company 02 says that the 8GB iPhone and iPod Touch have reached "End of Life." While it sounds ominous, it just means they have sold out in the U.K. and will not be replenished. [Engadget]
Cathy Horyn dishes on Marc Jacobs' collaboration with Juergen Teller. [On The Runway]
I don't want to act, I want to direct! Giorgio Armani is holding a competition to find the next great advertising director to film the next Emporio Armani Parfums commercial. He's inviting aspiring directors to create a commercial for his line of fragrances and submit them online. Submit your film by May 15th! The winner will be chosen by Mr. Armani himself. At least it won't be televised as a reality show. [British Vogue]
Are 50s Rockabilly fashions back in style in London? I thought the swing dancing and poodle skirts made their comeback about ten years ago. I guess we'll start seeing the greaser look stateside in about six months. [Independent via The Cut]
Calvin Klein is heading East...to the Middle East, that is.. to showcase collections and debut a new beauty line in Dubai. Since the U.S. economy sucks, why not hit up the oil-rich Emirates for some cold hard cash? [FWD]
Bahama-dwelling model/interior designer/author India Hicks will replace Todd Oldham (pictured) on Bravo's Top Design as a judge, but the cherubic homo will stay with the show and continue his role as the gay nurturing mentor a la Tim Gunn. [FWD]
A celebrity stylist- cum-jewel -thief who borrowed designer jewels for his clients and then sold them for some extra cash finds post-prison fame in Dubai. Who says stealing doesn't pay off? [NYT via The Cut]
The Italian Advertising Institute has banned an ad by Tom Ford depicting a man's finger in a model's mouth, claiming the ad was "exually implicit" and of "explicit and provocative character." How can you be implicit and explicit at the same time? Anyway, the agency failed to condemn the ad featuring a naked woman grabbing the crotch of a man in a suit. She was just checking the quality of the fabric. [Radar]
Fashion is obsessed with cartoons! Louis Vuitton's Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami collaborations have sparked cartoon mania for everyone from the GAP to DKNY. Now, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is jumping into the fray with a special exhibit. [NYT]
Carson Kressley, Bravo's most annoying fashion queen, named his horse Page Six. And suprise, Page Six printed the story. Lame PR stunt or is Kressley that ridiculous? [Page Six]
Some bloggers turn to their readers to figure out their next fashion move. Because their boyfriends won't tell them those jeans make their ass look huge. [NYT]
Gucci's New Leading Man? James Franco with a Particularly Villainous Mustache.Photo: Getty Images
Miuccia Prada plans to bring Out covergirl Tilda Swinton to the Costume Institute Ball as her date. Hopefully, Swinton will let Prada pick her outfit for the evening so she doesn't have another Academy Awards flop. [WWD]
The Village Voice takes a visit to the Louis Vuitton pop-up shop at the Brooklyn Museum and ends up buying an Hermes bag on Canal St. Have we learned nothing from LV's anti-counterfeiting hoopla and mock-Canal St. theatrics? Apparently not, but good luck getting a Vuitton in Chinatown. [Village Voice]
Audrey Tautou may replace Nicole Kidman in ads for Chanel. [WWD]
France passed legislation that would make promotion of extreme dieting punishable by two years in prison and a hefty fine. The authors of the bill say that the fashion industry is not a target unless they use a sick girl in their advertising. [Washington Post]
Versace is in a new seat of power in Italy. Santo Versace has won a seat in the Italian Parliament and rumors say that the new Prime Minister could tap him to be a member of his cabinet. Does that mean the PM will only wear Versace suits during public appearances? Money can't buy that kind of advertising...or can it? [WWD]
Spiderman hottie James Franco is rumored to have signed a deal to front Gucci's new men's fragrance that will debut this fall. You do know James Franco, don't you? Don't you? Gucci hopes so! [WWD]
With the glut of RFID chips on your credit cards, passports, drivers license and office ID, your identity could easily be swiped by digital pickpockets. The solution? Metal-lined wallets that block radio frequencies. Trend or paranoia? "As weird as it sounds, wrapping your passport in tinfoil helps. The tinfoil people, in this case, happen to be correct." [WaPo]
Gucci goes high-tech with ads in Japan. Scanning barcodes in Gucci advertisements give customers access to a special site that allows them to download icons, photos, and wallpapers for their phones and browse Gucci's Joy Collection of accessories. The Japanese have all the fun with gadgets! [WWD]
Tom Ford, diet guru: "If I gain more than two or three pounds, like I have right now, I’m
going to eat vegetables tonight. I don’t ever cut out vodka and tonics.
My trick is that if I eat vegetables at night three or four days in a
row, I quickly snap back to my ideal weight." [Fashionista]
Banana Republic launches BR Monogram, a line of classic Banana Republic styles, so you'll always have a place to find a cardigan for an unexpected dinner date. [Fashionista]
Wii-mania, Guitar-hero-addiction and Rock Band-fever have struck the hotel industry. Some hip hotels offer Wii and Xbox rentals to entertainment-deprived guests. [Engadget]
See Michael Kors love Dolly Parton and American Idol. See Michael Kors attend American Idol taping when contestants singing Dolly Parton songs. See Michael Kors tape a public service announcement for Idol Gives Back. [WWD]
An intrepid Out.com Stylelist reader visited Buenos Aires recently and noticed this peculiar Diesel ad taped to a tree with other community announcements of lost cats and language lessons. It has the same style as a personal ad in the back of a local newspaper that makes you feel a little curious and a little dirty at the same time.
If you come across similar fashion artifacts during your travels, email them to outstylelist@gmail.com
Kenneth Cole is always out to make a statement—especially in advertising. In the last 25 years, the company has used advertising to call attention to important social issues such as HIV and homelessness (while showing off the clothes, of course). So, for the company's 25th anniversary, Cole and company are celebrating diversity and hoping to dispel social prejudice with an ad campaign that doesn't feature models but "bold, unexpected people of substance" (What does that mean exactly?) who "live their lives in non-uniform ways." Among the non-models snapped by famed photog Terry Richardson are Regan Hoffman, an HIV positive magazine editor, and lesbian couple Joanna and Nicoletta Tessler with their adorable baby (see photo). Let's just hope the baby doesn't start demanding hair and makeup every morning before Mommy and Me class.
See the rest of the ads and video interviews at Kennethcole.com
Who do you think deserves to be featured in a Kenneth Cole ad? Are you a "bold, unexpected person of substance"? Post a comment with your nominations!
Louis Vuitton announced that the company is taking their advertising efforts to screens big and small next month in hopes of reaching new customers and reinforcing the brand's travel heritage, says WWD. Starting next month, LV ads will begin airing on television and in movie theaters, marking the high-end brand's first foray into low brow advertising.
Louis Vuitton isn't the first luxury brand to hawk their wares on the small screen, but the company has a tough act to follow with Dior's J'adore fragrance ad featuring a bronzed up Charlize Theron prancing diva-style through a chateau and stripping off her couture.
I'm interested to see what LV has in store for us! For a clue, we don't have to look much further than YouTube, where Louis Vuitton posted a commercial to promote the collection of jewelry on which Pharrell Williams collaborated.
What do you think? Should a luxury brand like Louis Vuitton join the mainstream and resort to common methods of advertising during American Idol and Gossip Girl?
Rihanna in her t-shirt design for H&M.All photos: Courtesy of H&M
Cheap-chic retailer H&M rounded up a bevy of celebrities to join the fight against AIDS. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, the company will offer a line of celebrity-designed t-shirts, tanktops and hooded sweatshirts (and an ad campaign featuring the celebs sporting their designs). Twenty-five percent of proceeds will benefit HIV prevention projects around the world.
H&M and Designers Against AIDS hope to raise awareness of HIV among youth. According to estimates, 50 percent of new HIV infections occur within men and women between the ages of 15 and 24.
While H&M is fond of designer collaborations, this is the first time that the company is partnering with Designers Against AIDS and a roster of celebrities that includes Rihanna, Timbaland, Rufus Wainwright, Scissor Sisters, The Cardigans, Ziggy Marley, Jade Jagger, Good Charlotte, Chicks on Speed and My Chemical Romance.
From the looks of things, the t-shirts are as diverse as the mix of celebrities. Chances are you'll find a shirt you love. Look for them at your nearest H&M in February 2008!
Rufus Wainwright in a shirt of his own design for H&M.
Abercrombie and Fitch was attacked by a hairy, shirtless mob! In an act of love for Abercrombie & Fitch's flesh-heavy advertising and half-naked in-store models, Improv Everywhere rounded up 100 regular guys to shop shirtless at the New York City flagship store. Hilarity ensued and luckily it was all caught on film! [New York]
Is Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham going to be the new face of Marc Jacobs? According to a source, Jacobs chatted up the pop starlet about modeling his spring collection. Say it ain't so, Marc! [WWD]
Paying $60/month for Proactive to treat your acne? Look no further than your local drugstore for relief. Remember Oxy and Clearasil? Same thing. Your wallet will thank you. [NY Times]
Infectious viral videos spreading through YouTube are all the rage in advertising these days but it's rare for a major fashion brand to hop onto the bandwagon. Unless of course, you're Diesel, a company that is known for its inventive (and sometimes absurd) marketing tactics. Remember Denim Dating?
In the video above, the Italian brand remixed a cheeseball instructional disco dance video to advertise their Freezy Sneakers. Somehow, through some CGI or editing brilliance, they managed to outfit the instructor in Diesel sneakers while he shook his hip-thrusting groove thang.
I think I had a flashback from my rave days in high school...only I was stuck in a retirement home where everyone was popping Viagra.
I'd love to see what Diesel's ad agency could do for the "Leave Britney Alone" video. Maybe they could turn it into a "Get Hairapy" commercial for Sunsilk.
Roberto Cavalli's commercial for his upcoming collaboration with H&M has hit the YouTube airwaves! In the first sneak peak at the collection, it's clear that Cavalli stuck with his tried-and-true formula in design. In other words, expect to see explosions of animal prints, silver and gold lamé, big sunglasses—and feathered headdresses? Oh, please let there be headdresses! My inner drag queen would squeal with joy.
Unfortunately, it's difficult to see much of the menswear in the commercial because of the speed of the montage that is reminiscent of having an acid flashback while wandering a fun house at a county fair. See more sneak peaks and behind the scenes photos at the H&M blog. I guess we'll all have to wait until November 8th to get the real scoop on the goods.
Luxury watch and jewelery brand David Yurman will launch an eyewear line for men and women next Spring. Jewel-encrusted shades anyone? I thought the era of bling had passed but apparently I was wrong. [WWD]
Milan's battle against underweight models and anorexia took the fight a bit further with an in-your-face billboard campaign showing a nude, anorexic woman. The photo shows the horrors of anorexia but it doesn't exactly move you to make a sandwich. [Daily Mail UK]
The stripper who snapped photos of boxing hottie Oscar de la Hoya feels remorse. In a voicemail to photo agency X17, she said, "I can't believe we did this! For $70,000 you let them take advantage of
me? What is going to happen to me? I've crushed a million hearts of
kids . . . People look up to [de la Hoya.] . . . I'm really upset. I
can't eat. I can't sleep." Oh, cry yourself to sleep on your $70,000 pillow. You knew what was going to happen. [NY Post]
Lars Nilsson to take the helm of Gianfranco Ferre. The Swedish designer who previously worked for Nina Ricci will present his first collection in January. [WWD]
Fashion icon smack-down! Did Kate Moss accuse Sienna Miller of stealing her style? Ooh, catfight! My money is on Kate. She's a waif, but she's had a rough few years and could probably teach Jude Law's ex a thing or two. [Daily Mail UK]
Do you remember the "Where's Waldo?" books of your youth? Check out the latest image from Roberto Cavalli's ad campaign for his upcoming H&M line—set to hit stores in November. Where's Cavalli? [WWD]
Someone spilled a drink on Vogue editrix Anna Wintour at the V&A gala in London and lived to tell the tale. The Devil Wears Cocktails. [Vogue UK via Jezebel]
How do fashion designers recover after a week of shows, parties, boozing and last minute fittings? The same thing that you and I would do: Sleep or take a vacation. They're just like Us! [Fashion Informer]
Designer Giles Deacon defends Marc Jacobs' tardy show telling NY Times' fashion critic Cathy Horyn that "few people probably knew that Jacobs dressed each model himself that night." Horyn then defends him as well, "If you’re responsible for eight collections a year, if you’re always
under pressure, I suppose you’re going to be more sensitive to the
things you absolutely can control." Why is everyone so surprised that MJ's show was late? He's always late—fashionably so. [NY Times via Jezebel]
Courtney Love tripped Kate Moss on the red carpet at the V&A Gala last night. Oooh, that would be a drug-fueled cat fight that I'd like to see. I mean, if they were both still doing drugs, that is... which they are not...of course. [Vogue UK via Jezebel]
Most gay men hear the name International Male and shudder. But they don't shudder out of shame. They shudder because the catalog is a guilty pleasure—a catalog of eye candy dressed up (in varying degrees) in mostly ridiculous clothes.
When most of our friends were drooling over Victoria's Secret catalogs in our adolescence, you were probably secretly coveting the pages of International Male—ogling the sculpted bodies in skimpy underwear and swimwear.
If you're not familiar with the company, International Male is the leading purveyor of clothes that were popular in gay clubs in the 80s and 90s. Think denim suits and vests, pimp-style shirts made of fabrics that aren't made by nature and in patterns that are mostly eyesores, skimpy thong underwear in neon colors.
How exactly you get on the company's mailing list is unknown. One day, you wake up and it calls to you from the mailbox. Somehow, it just finds you.
To the company's defense, they have improved their selection. It wasn't long ago that they offered pirate-style suits (complete with ruffled shirts and billowing sleeves) but they still offer 8 styles of leather pants, smocks, and "problem solving" underwear that adds some bump to your rump or a little more banana to your banana hammock.
Robert Verdi told the NY Times, "When you were a kid, this was actually erotica,” Verdi said. “A lot of
guys of my generation looked at it for that reason. Now there are still
a few pages of really tight stomachs and bad underwear, but they also
have some full-on fashion. It’s kind of pimpy, sleazy,
Eurotrash-guys-in-Vegas fashion, but it’s fashion.”
But really...is it fashion? or a fashion conspiracy? You decide!
For a look at the best of International Male moments, visit Jezebel.
International Herald Tribune fashion critic says she wanted to "strangle Marc Jacobs with [her] bare hands" for making her wait two hours for the show to begin. Jacobs threatens to show in Paris in the future to have a few more weeks to prepare for the show because the NYC Fashion Week was pushed forward to accomodate the Jewish holidays. [Radar]
Are you willing to pay $375 for a single issue of a magazine? What if it promised to feature naked photos of Marc Jacobs, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Mariah Carey, Drew Barrymore, Naomi Campbell, Scarlett Johansson, Christy Turlington, Gisele Bündchen, Jamie Dornan and Selma Blair. Still not worth it? How about if the magazine comes in a gold Louis Vuitton monogrammed cover? [WWD]
Diddy's commercial softcore porn to promote his new fragrance for women, Unforgivable, is banned by MTV. The actress looks like she'd rather be writing her grocery list than making out with Diddy. Radar has the video for your viewing displeasure. [Radar]
T Magazine: the NY Times style magazine stalks the head of Christian Dior, Sydney Toledano. I love investigative journalism. [T Style]
What would Fashion Week be without the blonde bombshell Donatella Versace? Boring, that's what. Lucky for us, she's flying in for the occasion to booze it up with fellow designers, hold a launch event for the company's new "Hit" bag and a private shopping event for American Express cardholders. [WWD]
New York Magazine documents the five worst examples of fashion runway roadkill. [NY Mag]
CFDA reminds designers to promote healthy models, not waifs that will tumble over at the slightest breeze. [WWD]
Fall? Spring? Who cares? We'll still wear the same pair of jeans. [WSJ]
Zac Posen wants to be the teacher's pet. He designed a limited-edition tote inspired by his favorite teacher at St. Ann's School for the Arts in Brooklyn Heights. Proceeds from the back will benefit TeachersCount, a non-profit that supports teachers of course. [WWD]
Cynthia Rowley had three teeth knocked out while wakeboarding in Montauk. Ouch! [WWD]
The MisShapes book! See 1001 photos of oddly dressed creatures of the night...and a few celebrities like Madonna, Hedi Slimane...who attended the MisShapes party in NYC. Do people still go? Or is it totally over once you get the book deal? [NY Mag]
Yves Saint Laurent will distribute two million copies of YSL fashion propaganda newspaper dubbed "Manifesto," starting
Sept. 6 and 7 in New York during fashion week. Look for it in The New York Times. [WWD]
Dolce & Gabbana are in trouble for their smoldering hot ads, this time, the company has received complaints that the current advertisements—which depicting a group of whips-and-all dominatrix women toying with naked men—objectify the men. If any of you have a problem with this, please raise your hand. I didn't think so. [WWD]
Show your bum, do not pass go. Go directly to jail! Many towns across the U.S. have enacted ordinances that ban sagging jeans and showing off your Superman underoos. Now what can they do about celebrities not wearing any? [NY Times]
Meet Chloe Sevigny, the latest celebrity to wield a sketch pad and debut a clothing line. Sevigny announced last night that she will debut a small collection for Opening Ceremony, the chic NYC boutique of the moment. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Chloe, but all these celebrity fashion lines are really starting to eclipse the real talents in the industry. [Fashionista]
Get the scoop on MySpace's new fashion portal, just in time for NYC Fashion Week. It's exactly what you expect: Teens and tweens giving their two cents about clothes from designers they've never heard of. Christian Dior who? Isn't he in my algebra class? [NY Times]
Justin Timberlake sinks to new lows on our "Worst Dressed" list while seen in New York City wearing an oversized, 80s, cut-off sweatshirt that he must have borrowed from Jennifer Beals in Flashdance. Will somebody please get that man a stylist! [Pop Sugar]
YSL's Stefano Pilati, Stella McCartney, Michael Kors, Carolina Herrera, and Nina Ricci's Olivier Theyskens submit sketches of their visions of future fashion for Neiman Marcus' month-long exhibition in the Dallas, Texas store. [Fashion Week Daily]
Kate Moss's baby daddy goes commando—even when being measured for bespoke underwear [Fashionista]
Kenneth Cole takes his advertising campaign to the streets. Instead of chalk or old-fashioned spray paint, he's power washing the streets of NYC. [Fashion Week Daily]
New York interviews Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, who you might recall were named two of Fashion's Sexiest Designers two weeks ago! [NY Mag]
Toto Washlets, the bum-washing toilet, covered it's asses (literally) by adding a butt-cheek blocking banner over it's large Times Square ad. [Ad Age]
Versace spokesperson denies recent rumors that Versace will wardrobe the Spice Girls on their reunion tour. [Fashion Week Daily]
Take a peek inside the former love nest of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston before Angelina Jolie accepted her role as home wrecker. [Radar]
Press registration for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in NYC begins! See the Spring 2008 collections from September 5th through the 12th. [Fashion Week]
David Beckham is the face for the Motorola Razr2 ad campaign. He's lookin' good, but could probably use a nap. [Pink is the New Blog]
Being an unofficial authority on everything *NSync (I'm not kidding), she recognized the startling similarity between Mayer's sweater vest ($39.50) and jeans outfit and Justin Timberlake's sleeveless t-shirt and jeans look in the video for "Gone," (directed by famed photog Herb Ritts, says Shana) which is sort of like the prequel to "Cry Me a River."
Liz Jones gives English men a beating for their laziness in the wardrobe department. [Daily Mail]
Michael Bastian, the shiny and new creative director at Bill Blass, will orchestrate the relaunch of the brand's menswear. [DNR]
Lindsay Lohan turns up the sexpot looks for Jill Stuart's ad campaign. Where does she find the time between making movies and getting arrested? [Daily Mail]
Move over Beckham, French soccer star Thierry Henry (pictured) scored a deal with Tommy Hilfiger. Hilfiger will debut a capsule collection in September that is inspired by Henry's style. [DNR]
Buying fake Louis Vuitton bags in Chinatown supports prostitution, child slavery, gang warfare and terrorism? [Daily Mail]
Husband and wife design-duo Kate and Andy Spade pack their bags and leave their namesake company. Soccer moms and gay men weep. [WWD, sub req'd]
Michael Bastian named creative director for menswear at Bill Blass—a position that hasn’t existed at the house since 1987. [DNR]
Dolce & Gabbana will outfit the Chinese Olympic soccer team with chic Italian clothes to wear during those rare occasions when the players aren't busy messing with their balls. [WWD]
Nominations for the Los Angeles Fashion Awards are in! [Fashion Week Daily]
Marc Jacobs to feature Michael Stipe in his fall ad campaign? [Fashion Inc.]
Who knew that the Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev would be cast as a fashion model for one of the world's most well-known luxury brands?
According to the New York Times, Gorbachev was photographed by famed lens-mistress Annie Leibovitz and will appear in advertisements for Louis Vuitton. The ads debut in the September issues of major magazines worldwide. How else does one follow up those hot ads with Scarlett Johansson?
Also cast in the campaign? Tennis power couple Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, and French film queen Catherine Deneuve (who modeled for Yves Saint Laurent in 1992)
Is Marc Jacobs jealous of Dior's John Galliano? The NY Post reports that Jacobs constantly spouts the trash talk while working out at David Barton gym in Manhattan. [Page Six]
Uniqlo, Japan's answer to the Gap, tapped British designers Gareth Pugh, Kim Jones, and Carri Mundane, who designs under the label
Cassette Playa, to create a line of limited edition t-shirts that will hit Uniqlo stores
worldwide on Nov. 1. [DNR]
Terry Richardson (pictured), the mustachioed photographer who is known for stripping naked during his shoots, has been tapped to snap Roberto Cavalli's affordable H&M ad campaign. From the list of models cast for the shoot—it girls Jessica Stam, Lydia Hearst and Devon Aoki—it sounds like Cavalli blew the budget and couldn't hire equally attractive men to model the menswear. His solution? Get in front of the camera and pinch a few pennies. [Page Six]
Giorgio Armani denies reports that he is in talks with Samsung to develop an Armani-branded phone even though a Samsung rep spilled the beans to a South Korean newspaper. Whoops! [Fashion Week Daily]
In the wake of John McCain's "gay sweater" stupidity, the NY Times asks if a presidential candidate's fashion sense would affect your vote. Are we paying too much attention to their style? [NY Times]
Giorgio Armani follows in the footsteps of Prada, Diane von Furstenberg and Calvin Klein by announcing plans to launch an Armani-branded cell phone in Europe this fall. Prada teamed up with LG last year to create a chic touch-screen number, and Diane von Furstenberg designed a DVF T-Mobile Sidekick. Will the Armani phone be an iPhone killer? Probably not. [Fashionista]
London's National Maritime Museum will open an exhibit focused on the history of sailor-chic fashion from Coco Chanel's sun-kissed look to all those horizontal nautical stripes that are everywhere this season. Ahoy! [International Herald Tribune]
Gay porn star Francois Sagat (and his tattooed hair) was selected to model Bernhard Willhelm's Fall/Winter 2007 menswear collection in an naughty look book. [OMG Blog]
Meet Ralph Lauren's new man. He's the face (and body, swoon!) of the fifth delicious Polo fragrance that is set to launch in September, Polo Explorer. Rory will appear in print and television advertisements for the new scent that is sure to be a hit this fall.
For more information about the fragrance, check out Homme Grooming (full disclosure: that's my other blog).
By viral marketing, that is. Matt writes in to say that that silly sticker we showed you a week or so ago ("soft talk" and "pegleg") which looked like a phone sex line was actually a bit of super-subliminal advertising for the ugly-is-beautiful fashion label Pegleg.
Readers, feast your eyes and, if you like what you see, spend your copious pink dollars on these duds!
If you don't want to look like a chicken magnate, but you do want to wear a lot of white (and maybe even a bolo tie), Esquire provides this fun tutorial.
Normally, we like to cut fashion advertising some slack. The marketing gurus who dream up this stuff just tend to like pubescent girls and boys, and hey - pedophilic or not, fashion labels pretty much bankroll this blog. Nevetheless, a recent spread by Brit outfitters Gieves and Hawkes depicting (we think) a father and son, gives one pause, as the excellent blog plasticbag points out. Just what is being implied here?
Madonna slaps a designer on the cheek (um, face cheek) and uses a shredder to great effect in this new H & M spot flogging the chain's new line "designed by Madonna". It hits stores later this month, which I guess means we should head for the check out counter now...
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