Posts with tag vogue

Firstly, we don't think the following phenomenon means the modeling industry no longer has a problem with diversity. Our excitement, in fact, should suggest otherwise since seeing people of color in prominent fashion glossies shouldn't warrant attention because our world is, well, not comprised of human beings that all look the same.

That said, models of Indian decent are finally having what they call a "moment" in fashion right now. Lakishma Menon, who just snagged the Hermes and Givenchy campaigns, was recently snapped by Mario Testino for Vogue Paris and Patrick Demarchlier for La Wintour's tome. Also, IMG newbie Kangana Dutta was recently shot for Harper's Bazaar.

Hopefully, this isn't just a temporary thing because these girls are fire!

[via Page Six]

It sounds like we might see a forty-something, realistically shaped, African American woman on the cover of Vogue. Pinch us, we must be dreaming.

Bad news: if all of the business news talking heads are to be believed, we have yet to see or feel the worst of this recessionary period out government has artfully placed us in. Bummer, for sure.

The economy may be affecting your wallet but from the looks of it, Vogue still hasn't taken a hit. This month they try and give a helpful hand to the more budget conscious of us -- and fail miserably.

Anyone who's been to a bridal shower has probably made at least one wedding dress or veil out of toilet paper. It's a surprisingly difficult material to work with, but in the hands of professionals, the results can be surprisingly pretty!

Magazines, we love them. We've cleared off three whole shelves just so our collection of fashion glossies could have enough room to breathe. Normally, we diligently lurk eBay every chance in order to find past issues that have been alluding us as of late. But it appears now our journey to fashion editorial glory may have just gotten that much easier:

Weardowney, an online boutique of sorts that plays hosts to all kinds of fashion memorabilia, currently has an "immaculate" collection of Vogue magazines dating from 1946 to 1967 available for auction via sealed bid.

There are 277 issues of for grabs, so you have much better chance of walking away with your piece of fashion history. Start saving now. The site launches mid-October.

[via Vogue UK]

Coco Rocha has come a long way since she found herself Irish gigging down the Jean Paul Gaultier runway a couple of seasons ago. In a time in fashion where fresh faced models are just as easily forgotten as what they've been eating, Coco has managed to navigate this picky industry and transform herself into a very hot commodity.

Just ask Anna Wintour. The editor-in-chief has put the Canadian in practically every issue of Vogue since Coco's first appearance back in 2006. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Style.com, Vogue's online home, has just created a web series that will follow Coco as she tries to survive her cross country trek for Fashion Week.

In the first part, watch as Coco plays with a casting director and explains how one can walk away with nice designer pieces after the show. Watch and learn.

It can be a shock to one's system to see an icon age. The first time we saw Friends in high def, we have to say, we were slightly taken aback -- who knew any of those women had anything less than perfectly youthful skin? However, when an icon, such as Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, is 58 years old, you've got to expect that she won't have quite the same look as a 20 year old. Even if she does eat 20 year olds for lunch.

Huffington Post recently posted this article, showing that -- oh my god -- Anna has crows feet. Well, no kidding! She doesn't look like a teenager, but looks great (and appropriate) for her age. She's thin, her skin looks healthy, and, needless to say, the woman can dress. What more should we expect?

It's been made pretty much a fact that Vogue's intern, hockey player Sean Avery, didn't do much of anything at his New York "learning" experience this summer. And yet he got to attend the super swanky Met Institute Gala, and according to recent reports, is getting his faux interesting story made into a movie.

Yes, pick your jaw up off the ground, darling. New Line Cinema is indeed going ahead with plans to make a film about the Dallas Star's sojourn into the fashion industry this year. The producers are going to make Avery's story into a romantic comedy.

So, to review: If you have an abundance of wealth and assets, you can pretty much do whatever the hell you want to do. And if you're semi-attractive, oh boy, the sky is the limit.

[via Newsday]

Contrary to belief and that damn cult film known as The Devil Wears Prada, not everyone in the fashion industry is cold, ruthless, and only out for themselves. OK. There may be a few personality types that are like this, but the majority actually like each other.

Case in point: Allessandro Dell' Acqua, Edward Enniful, and Grace Coddington.

The latter two helped Allessandro style his first collection for the brand, Malo. Just in case you're not familiar with their fashion pedigrees, Coddington is the editor behind Natalia Vodianova's epic Alice in Wonderland spread and Enniful has been the style director of the very directional style mag, i-D.

Suffice it to say, skimming Style.com to check out the new vision of Malo had us in a tiny bit of suspense. And as expected, everything was ultra feminine and beautiful. Hopefully, this will translate into more sales for the brand when all of those demanding socialites flock to high end stores next spring.

[via Fashion Week Daily]

There has been a long running joke that Brazilian model Caroline Trentini is contractual obligated to leap and jump in every high fashion editorial she does for Vogue. Each month, the model is suspended in th air rocking some type of coveted piece.

Well, Anna Wintour must be in on the joke now because in the September issue of the fashion glossy she is floating around the city of New York with a couple of adorable ballet dancers.

And just because the photographs alone don't the spread justice, the editors at Vogue made a video documenting all of the jumping madness. Enjoy the flight.

If there's one thing Vogue is good for, it's stirring up a controversy. This time Vogue India has gone and done it with a photo shoot featuring lower income Indian families using accessories by exclusive -- read expensive -- designer brands.

Annie Leibowitz, unbowed by the continuing controversy over the nude (but really, so chaste) Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo, is back with more teenage skin shots!

Her latest subject is the exhibitionist Daniel Radcliffe. There are no modesty sheets for Harry Potter, he's ready for full frontal, thanks very much. With a horse. And his Uncle Vernon!

Now this is a group movement we can get behind! Dodai over at Jezebel tipped us off to this campaign to get a major magazine to publish a cover without any Photoshopping!

Considering the egregiously heavy handed state of retouching these days, this would be a radical move. Remember the big Faith Hill before and after Redbook cover? The weird gold Gwyneth Paltrow cover of W? The "Is that really Drew Barrymore" Vogue cover? And this Marie Claire cover of Tina Fey, where she looks great, but not quite like herself...

Seriously, when you have to make these women look "better" to sell your product, your standards of beauty are warped.

Vogue is the Bible, so what Vogue says goes. This time the fashion Bible is declaring that freckles are officially back in. In the world of women who bake themselves for hours at a time by the pool, were they ever really out?