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Though sadly we can't tag along to California with them, we are celebrating Moss's birthday in our way. Herein, a look back at some of the most iconic and outrageous Kate Moss shots around. Please keep in mind that some of these images are NSFW.
Legend has it that Marilyn Monroe wore nothing but "a few drops of Chanel No. 5" to bed, but it was only last month that the world got an explanation for her famous quote.
"You know they ask you questions," Monroe said during an April 1960 interview with French journalist Georges Belmont. "Just an example: 'What do you wear to bed? Do you wear a pajama top, the bottoms of the pajamas, or a nightgown?' So I said, 'Chanel No. 5!' Because it's the truth! And yet I don't want to say 'nude,' you know? But it's the truth."
The rest of the interview made it into an issue of Marie Claire, but the bit about Chanel wasn't used in the article. In October, Chanel uncovered the recording of the interview and used it to make the fascinating video below.
Fashion is full of characters, but few of them are as delightfully witty or raucously inappropriate as Simon Doonan. Since he was promoted from creative director to creative ambassador at large for Barneys in 2011, Doonan has had more time to devote to projects like writing his weekly column, titled Notes From the Fashion Apocalypse, for Slate, and working on books like his last two tomes, Gay Men Don't Get Fat and Eccentric Glamour.
Both avenues, as well as his other writing and his appearances on various television shows, have been effective dispensaries of Doonan's wit. And while he's been called everything from "a funny gay nugget" (by comedian Chelsea Handler) to "glamorously sublime" (by Narciso Rodriguez), Doonan describes his hilarious output differently. "I'm a Goody Two Shoes masquerading as a loosey-goosey eccentric," he says. A look at Doonan's most memorable Doonanisms here in the gallery.
The man of many capes is also a man of many sayings — and that's precisely part of André Leon Talley's great appeal. His innovative way with words brought class and sass to four cycles of America's Next Top Model, his insightful critiques bring levity to the monthly pages of Vogue, and his very presence front row at the shows has the magical ability to make even Anna Wintour seem like a barrel of laughs. How does he do it? "The fantasy that I live through every day is my own ability to entertain myself in my head," he's said. In celebration of his 63rd birthday this week, here's a look back at some of our favorite Talley witticisms.
Today may mark his 51st birthday, but in truth, Tom Ford doesn't look a day over 33. That's no small feat, especially when one considers the very busy life he's led: the 18-hour days as the creative director of Gucci, the five-year stint pulling double duty at the helm of YSL, the critically acclaimed filmmaking career, and — of course — the rise of his very own eponymous empire. Through it all, Ford's not only maintained his dapper sense of personal style, but he's also maintained his striking good looks. In fact, some may say he looks better now than ever. At the very least, he's definitely perfected his steel-eyed red-carpet pose.
But that's not all. Not even close. The man's also delivered his share of memorable quotes, more than possibly anyone else alive in fashion today with the exception of Karl Lagerfeld — and the Kaiser's had a 17-year head start.
So, in honor of the oft-controversial, always-entertaining designer's Aug. 27 birthday — not to mention his way with words and skill with a pose — here's a look at some of our very favorite Tom Ford quotes.
"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself," Coco Chanel once said, adding, after a beat, "Aloud." The legendary designer did exactly that for most of her life, which meant that she became not only one of the world's strongest forces in fashion, but also one of its most quoted citizens. In honor of her Aug. 19 birthday, here's a look back at our favorite of her many declarations.
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Next month, legendary Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor in chief Diana Vreeland will become the first fashion editor included on the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style, where she'll join fashion icons like Manolo Blahnik, Tom Ford, and Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco.
Vreeland's ceremony will be held on Sept. 10, when a plaque bearing her name and a quotation will be affixed to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Vreeland's son Tim and granddaughter-in-law Lisa Immordino Vreeland — who is also the creator of the book and documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel — will accept the honor on her behalf.
The honor has been given out every year since 2003 "to honor style legends for their contributions to the worlds of fashion and entertainment," according to Rodeo Drive's official website. That means the list includes designers (both Gianni and Donatella Versace are on it), fashion companies (such as Cartier and Missoni), and movie industry notables (like costume designer Edith Head).
A look at who else has received the honor in the gallery, plus a look at the trailer for The Eye Has to Travel below.
The industry experienced an outpouring of grief as designers, models, and editors alike said farewell to journalist and style icon Anna Piaggi, who was found dead in her home in Milan Tuesday morning. She was 81 years old.
The Italian newspaper La Repubblica broke the story, and Stefano Gabbana was among the first to comment on the news, tweeting "RIP Anna Piaggi . . . ciao grande Anna!!! " Kate Betts said she would "never forget intrepid style icon Anna Piaggi — we shared many laughs backstage at so many fashion shows . . . for so many seasons, years." Franca Sozzani, who had worked with Piaggi for over two decades, called her unforgettable, too.
Piaggi got her start in journalism as the first fashion editor of Ariadne, considered one of the first women's magazines in Italy. Over the course of her career she worked for a number of others, too. Piaggi's writing appeared everywhere from Vanity Fair to Italian Vogue, for which she created the famous Double Pages: a full spread of highly colorful photo illustrations that captured the spirit of the moment. She also wrote a book called Fashion Algebra on how those pages were created.
While her contributions to journalism are great, she will perhaps be best remembered for her inimitable personal style. Her wardrobe, which encompasses over 2,800 dresses and over 200 pairs of shoes, was the subject of an exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2006. Piaggi was named to Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed list "somewhat belatedly in 2007," in the words of Cathy Horyn. Manolo Blahnik once called Piaggi "the world's last great authority on frocks."
A look at the style the world will remember her for here in the gallery.
Few things gave Yves Saint Laurent greater pleasure than to see a woman looking stunning in one of his designs. "The most beautiful clothes than can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves," he once said. "But for those who haven't had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there."
If Saint Laurent were alive today, he would have celebrated his 76th birthday at a time of great transition at the house he founded in 1962. But he surely would have appreciated how its new creative director Hedi Slimane is dedicated to honoring his memory. Even changing the name of the house to Saint Laurent Paris has been billed as a way to "return to the fundamentals of YSL."
Those fundamentals put women first. Saint Laurent clarified that he primarily made women's clothing in a 1965 episode of the game show What's My Line? "It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion," Saint Laurent said. In honor of his birthday, a look at his lifelong mission to make women look beautiful here in the gallery.
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She was one of the original '90s mega models, one of the first Victoria's Secret Angels, and one-half of one of the most iconic rocker-model relationships of all time — and at 44, she's still turning heads. In 2009, Stephanie Seymour — mother of four and coverer of over 300 magazines — was tapped for Valentino's Spring ad campaign, and as recently as March of this year, Seymour starred in a very awe-inducing, skin-exposing editorial for V magazine. "I don't have the perfect Barbie-doll face, but I did get famous for this body," Seymour told Playboy when she posed for the men's glossy back in 1993. And though it may be true that her body helped to make her famous, that's not all; Seymour is one of the few Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover models to have also had a crazy successful fashion career. "She combines a perfect body with a dynamite brain and a heart that's always in the right place," legendary photographer Richard Avedon has said.
In honor of our favorite St. Barts-frolicking, Brant brother-mothering, "November Rain"-starring supermodel's July 23 birthday, a look back at some of the most gorgeous Stephanie Seymour images ever. (Warning: some of these images are NSFW.)
