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Just hours after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945, former fashion model and Vogue correspondent, Elizabeth (Lee) Miller was photographed taking a bath in his tub. Miller had been accredited into the U.S. Army as an official war correspondent for Condé Nast Publications and upon the American liberation of Munich, she entered the city with the 45th division and LIFE photographer [...]
Does anyone else find fashion more special when it’s illustrated? I think it brings out that childish innocence of interest in fashion before we ever worried about what it might do for our figures. Lovingly scanned one by one from The Art of Vogue Covers by South African blogger MissMoss, these art deco Vogue illustrations [...]
Condé Nast: fashion media giant, Anna Wintour’s boss and publishing house behind VOGUE, Vanity Fair, Tatler and Glamour to name a few, has decided to expand its empire and take on the role of educator. Die-hard fashionistas will now have the chance to learn beyond the pages of their favorite fashion bible and actually graduate [...]
You don’t have to be a fashion die-hard to appreciate the magic of these photographs captured in 1951 at Paris fashion week by my favorite go-to archive, LIFE magazine. The late 1940s and 1950s was a time of intense interest in Paris fashion and haute couture. But even though some of the names of the fashion houses might [...]
VOGUE’s third annual Fashion’s Night Out came to Paris on Thursday night to kick off what felt less like a new fashion season and more like a contest of who spends more time in front of the mirror. I used to like doing street style at fashion events like this but now, I just can’t [...]
Are We Going to See Victoria Beckham do the Nude Pregnancy Pose for American VOGUE? Ugh, do we have to? In the kind of news that gets prioritized over government coups, Victoria Beckham is pregnant and rumored to be expecting her first daughter. It’s also pretty well-known (amongst people that care to know this sort [...]
This is Not a Birkin Remember when Anya Hindmarch designed the “I’m not a Plastic Bag” that kept selling out within minutes of going on sale? Well this screen-printed tote featuring a likeness of the Hermès iconic Birkin bag reminds me of just that. Emerging “it” label, Thursday Friday, were looking to create a bag that could be [...]
201o’s Most Memorable ‘Oopsies’ Probably Shouldn’t Have DONE That… Cosmetic Surgery One of the biggest shockers in celebville of 2010 was when reality television sweetheart, MTV’s The Hills star, Heidi Montag voluntarily butchered her natural looks after undergoing no less than ten surgical procedures. Mini brow lift Botox in forehead and frown area Nose job revision Fat [...]
1. Making Fun of Hipsters (Even though we all have something in common with that Youtube video) ‘Hipster’ became mainstream in 2010… whether you liked it or not. And then one day… someone wrote a song about it.. And suddenly, the fear of looking too hipster when getting dressed in the morning became very real… In [...]
In the midst of my semi-hypnotic state of web surfing last week, I noticed several of my online news portals featuring an article about some fashion models suing their agency for stealing earnings. ‘Who gives a toss?’ I thought. Those girls make too much money doing nothing anyway. However, now that the case has been [...]
Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
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He was selling custom-made clothing to Hip Hop’s finest for thousands of dollars a piece,
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Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
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Just hours after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945, former fashion model and Vogue
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Another season, another Paris Fashion Week! Nessy and her pal Kath couldn’t resist getting
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High heels were not originally intended to be worn by women. In fact, the coveted red-soled
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I remember tearing out this advert of Stephanie Seymour in her pastel suit and sticking it on my
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You might have heard of the Teddy Boys, a 1950s rebel youth subculture in Britain characterized by
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Calling all Clueless fans! I have absolutely no shame is admitting that I count this 90s time
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When she died, her husband Diego Rivera ordered her clothes be locked up for 15 years. When Diego
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Over the past few years, there have been a few big stories in the media about male models breaking
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I know it’s still a little early to be talking Christmas gifts, but if you’re one of
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Anyone that saw the September Issue will know who Grace Coddington is and probably fell in love
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I couldn’t pick just one video du jour today so I’ve got five videos from five genres
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You might remember the sassy New York casting director Preston, from his memorable “I Made
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