Leather Clad Designers, Weary Wu, Nixed Nominees - Cut the Labels, 4/8/09

by Ben Widdicombe (Subscribe to Ben Widdicombe's posts), Posted Apr 8th 2009 at 12:00PM

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Which Euro fashion designer with an outrageous reputation and a recent contract with a major US retailer might yet regret that night out at a leather club many years ago? There's a picture involving nipple clamps and a douche d'or that won't play so well in Peoria.

Which Asian fashion editor is sick of being congratulated in NYC restaurants for his designs for Michelle Obama? Um, that would be Jason Wu ...

Which swarthy NYC fashion editor is the first in history to ask the Council of Fashion Designers of America if he could nominate himself for their prestigious Eugenia Shepard journalism award? The answer was "yes" ... but he still didn't get it.

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aemory 4-10-2009 @ 6:49PM

Outrageous Euro fashion designer Alexander McQueen recently signed a contract with Target...

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