Will Ferrell is launching a line of...sunscreen. Goofy? Incredibly. But all the proceeds go towards a charity that gives college scholarships to cancer survivors and amputees. Says Ferrell of the launch: "I've always dreamed of owning a lotion company. And I've always hated cancer." [People Style Watch]
Despite its move to Lifetime, Project Runway, which airs in August, is largely still the same show it was on Bravo. Apparently to Heidi Klum's disapproval. Sheisse! [EW] via [The Cut]
Before helming one of the most recognizable labels in fashion, Miuccia Prada went to mime school for six years. Six years to become a mime? Seriously? [The Cut]
Donatella Versace: "I think sex is part of life, like eating and breathing." [Interview]
The FiFi Awards honored P Diddy's I Am King as luxe fragrance of the year for the second year in a row. Insert quip here. [WWD]
According to Alan Greenspan, men's underwear sales are a good test of the resilience -- or lack thereof -- of the economy. [Economist]
Arnold Schwarzenegger's most memorable fashion moments. The cat suit in Running Man was so fetch. [Refinery 29]
Anna Wintour and NYC Mike Bloomberg are joining forces to request that stores stay open late and people not shy away from throwing big parties during Fashion Week in hopes that it will give a boost to the industry. Yes. Please. [NYT]
Laura Bennett of Project Runway fame will have her reality show this fall. Cameras will follow her life as designer, architect and mother of God knows how many children. [Fashionista]
Two worlds you never thought would unite: fashion and comic books. Marvel is set to release a comic book series called "Models Inc." that chronicles mystery and mayhem in the fashion community. Tim Gunn appears in the first issue. [NYT]
Not to be outdone by Anna's 12 minutes on 60 Minutes, Carine Roitfeld has a full interview in the UK Guardian. Her metaphors are astounding such as when she talks about not over-working herself: "It's like when you squeeze a lemon too hard, you run out of juice. Me, I have plenty of juice." [Guardian UK]
According to Twitter, Madonna will again bend and stretch for Louis Vuitton's F/W 09 campaign, shot by Steven Meisel, uh again. [Fashionolgie]
Even though we have no idea when the next season will air, hopeful designers can submit their portfolios for the next season of Project Runway.
Is French ELLE starting a trend among fashion mags? In their most recent issue they're featuring stars without makeup (i.e. photoshopping). [Bust Blog]
Topshop has been withholding entrance to their Soho flagship in order to draw more attention to the store. What's next, a guest list and celebrities? [NYP]
Puma and YSL are launching a men's sneaker, which will only be available in the U.S. on YSL's e-commerce site. [WWD]
Assistants at Vogue are pulling double duty as they fill in the void left by fired receptionists. Glamour, demystified. [FWD]
Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone are engaged. [WWD]
Carine Roitfeld's interview with CNN is breaking airwaves and the internet. The juiciest bit? She says she sees herself with a new job in a year. What eve could she mean? [The Cut]
Kenley of Project Runway is being charged with assault for attacking her ex-husband. Weapons at her disposal? "A cat, a laptop, several apples and finally...water." You can't knock her for being boring with her choices. [TMZ]
Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher is releasing his own clothing line. Called Pretty Green after a song by The Jam, the range will sell footwear, denim, knitwear, jackets, trench coats, parkas, t-shirts, hats, scarves and accessories, all assuredly infused with a signature booze-y smell. [Telegraph]
Kanye West's Vuitton shoes will set you back $1,000. Or you could just buy some boat shoes and spray-paint them white or red, all for about $54.60. Your call. [Style List]
Leggings for men? Who need those when you can have your own set of latex stockings with matching thong and garters? [The Frisky]
Valentino will be lucky number 13 to receive the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style award. The ceremony date will coincide with the premiere of Valentino: The Last Emperor. How convenient. [WWD]
Who's defying the economy? Christian Siriano! His sales doubled from last season. [The Cut]
Not one, not two, but three fashion exits: Carlo Brandelli, creative director at Savile Row tailor Kilgour, has left the company; Olivier Theyskens, as everyone speculated, has finally left Nina Ricci, and Avsh Alom Gur bowed out as creative director of Ossie Clark. [WWD]
Just Cavalli canceled its runway show in Milan. Is the step-down label from Roberto in peril? All signs point to yes.
Could Iman (pictured) be making another appearance on Project Runway? The show's producer, Desiree Gruber, was overheard telling the supermodel, "call me tomorrow." What could it mean?! [Page Six]
Rafael Nada's ad campaing for Lanvin L'Homme Sport is out. And, yeah, he's hot. [Towleroad]
YSL's private art collection is still raking it in at auction. Recession? What recession? [WWD]
Tommy Hilfiger is expecting his fifth child with wife Dee Ocleppo. A nice golden ticket there for Ocleppo. [NYP]
United Bamboo may not have shown men's during fashion week, but they still make a line. And boy are we glad they do. [Refinery 29]
Chloe Sevigny also makes a men's line, remember? For Opening Ceremony. This -- we're not so sure about. [Material Interest]
On Friday, the last day of New York Fashion Week, reality TV addicts and fashionistas alike would have been twitching in their tweeds waiting to get their first glimpses and reaction to the Project Runway finale collections. The show is usually a feast of fanfare: the judges, the celeb guests, the ex-Project Runwayers, the people who snuck in just to stand in the back. But this year the whole thing just seemed a little deflated. And why is that? Because, even though we got to see the collections, we have no idea who made them.
Being that NBC Universal is embattled with the Project Runway producers The Weinstein Co. in a nasty legal tiff, the identities of the finalists are being heavily guarded until the lawsuit pans out. So, for the collections, that meant seeing some nice garments come down the runway, but having no personality to attach them to. And -- as we all know who watch the show -- the people themselves are half the reason we love collections. Would we have raved over Christian Siriano's collection if it didn't come from the pixie prima-donna we know and love? Maybe not, maybe so. In any case, enthusiasm for whoever was showing was easily stifled. Even the ever-German, ever-bubbly Heidi Klum was underwhelmed: "I'm a little bit sad for our designers that they don't get that recognition today." Ve're sad too, Heidi, yeah.
But -- back to Mr. Siriano -- he actually enjoyed the mystery show, claiming it allowed an unbiased appreciation of the collections, because in seasons past there's "always been a weed or two that manages to make it through 'Project Runway.'" A comment like that begs the question -- would have collection been any less "fierce" without his own fierce 'tude? We'll never know. And, for now, the latest Project Runway collections will have to stand, stitch for stitch, on their own until the designers, and whatever personalities they bring along, make it to the airwaves.
"When you say fashion, it kind of connotes that I would like to be part of this fashion industry in NYC, where I would have to play games and, like, talk to a bunch of a--hole vapid girls I don't want to talk. But then there's the idea of making clothes and being a clothing designer, and I'm more interested in that end of it. I just want to put out products and be the name behind the product ... Young designers, it's awful, it's hard. How are you going to survive unless your father's rich? Look at Stella McCartney, her father's a Beatle. My father's not a Beatle. I'm not a Beatle. I'm Middle America."
Heidi Klum and Michael Kors break the silence on the next season of Project Runway. One thing we now know? The show won't air for a few more months. Le sigh. [The Cut]
Model Cole Mohr made a Fashion Week video. Or, as he claims in said video, it's actually not about Fashion Week, but "f**king dogs." [The Cut]
More than 100 designers contributed to the CFDA's upcoming cookbook. We hear Peter Som makes a raging macaroni and cheese. [WWD]
Abraham Lincoln is getting some long overdue recognition from the fashion world. Brooks Brothers has an installation on the second floor of their Madison Avenue store that focuses on the Great Coat the label made for Lincoln at his second inauguration. [WWD]
The Cut addresses Kanye's weird hair. Finally! Because we are having HUGE issues with it (among other things). [The Cut]
Drunken celebs at Fashion Week parties make the BEST stories. [The Cut]
Who cares about the Vogue documentary. Project Runway's Jay McCarroll has his own, too! The movie, called Eleven Minutes, follows McCarroll for a full year while he tires to ready his first independent collection for New York Fashion Week. Oh the one-liner possibilities! [Fashionista]
In case there is any speculation, Valentino is, in fact, retired. He's left all design duties to newly appointed Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli (what a mouthful). Says V himself: "If I decided to attend the presentation of their collection, it will only be as a supporter of two people I love and who have been close to me for man years." [British Vogue]
Tommy Hilfiger and Markey Ramone, of -- who else -- The Ramones, are launching a clothing line. Tommy's brother, Andy, used to be in a band with Markey, thus Markey has known Tommy for 23 years, so, by the Pythagorean theory (or something), it's time for a rock n' roll clothing line! [Fashionista]
Calvin Klein's new TV commercial is so hot it was initially banned -- even from late-night TV. Directed by Steven Meisel, the spot will now be the lead on the company's e-commerce site which launches tomorrow. An edited version will run in the U.S. while European countries will, of course, get the full steamy ad. [WWD]
How to cut costs in rough financial times? Model your own clothes. Matthew Williamson will serve as the face of his new menswear collection set to launch at H&M in April. [WWD]
London Fashion Week will get a little more manly this season. The British Fashion Council said Tuesday it has extended its show schedule by one day to add a program of 13 designers' men's shows on February 25th, the first day of Milan Fashion Week. [WWD]
Couture collections have been showing in Paris in all their extravagant, drag queen-ish glory. We see these $50,000 dresses and think "who buys them?" Reuters found out. [Reuters] And check out Style.com for the collections if you're interested.
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