Wed, 07/09/08 — 04:39:58 PM
>> THE MODELIZER — Yesterday, Hilary Rhoda joined her fellow Estee Lauder models Carolyn Murphy and Elizabeth Hurley to ring the opening bell at the NYSE. Today, a video popped up of a post-bell interview with ladies, featuring a very nervous, fidgety (but cute!) Hilary. [FoxBusiness]
After an All-Black July, Vogue Italia May Be Backtracking for August
Wed, 07/09/08 — 03:33:44 PM
»Vogue Italia is rumored to have Linda Evangelista, Guinevere van Seenus, and Karen Elson lined up for their August 2008 issue [TI]
»Derek Lam sells a majority stake, is ready to go big [The Cut]
»Daphne Guinness is shooting with Steven Klein for the September 2008 Vogue Italia couture supplement [Chic Report]
»Tom Ford doesn't like people filming his new house being built [Fashionista]
»Vogue Paris' Geraldine Saglio! [The Sartorialist]
»Toccara Jones in Vogue Italia July 2008 [TFS]
»Oddly, Elie Tahari went with Erin Wasson and Terry Richardson for their Fall 2008 campaign [Fashionista, TFS]
»Style.com is expanding with a new beauty site [Fashionista]
»Lily Cole blogs? [Catwalk Queen]
»Edita Vilkeviciute for Fall 2008 Etro [TFS]
The Whole Truth Behind Jessica Stam's "Positive Influence" on Mary-Kate Olsen
Wed, 07/09/08 — 02:39:15 PM
>> So . . . about that Fox News story that's circulating.
It purports that Jessica Stam is "inspiring Mary-Kate Olsen to ban booze and get healthy" and elaborates with a nice little anecdote about how the two pals spent the Fourth of July together at a "private grill-out at the Estate in Sag Harbor," where Mary-Kate drank no alcohol and "stuck totally to Snapple Antioxidant water, which is believed to be another positive influence that the health-conscious Stam has had on her famous friend."
Funny thing is, Fox News forgot to mention one little detail. That barbeque at the Estate in Sag Harbor? It was sponsored by Snapple Antioxidant. Maybe Stam is a healthy influence in her friends' lives, but I call PR plant on this story.
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Mariacarla Boscono Wears Her Clothes Straight Off the Runway
Wed, 07/09/08 — 01:45:28 PM
Wearing the dress she walked the runway in earlier that evening, Gucci Resort 2009 Afterparty; Rome, July 8.
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Gisele Scores Big with Brazilian Volkswagen Ads
Wed, 07/09/08 — 12:24:13 PM
>> Gisele Bundchen is no stranger to TV spots — she's got plenty of Victoria's Secret commercials and an Apple commercial under her belt, to name a few. Her latest set? Brazilian Volkswagen ads that aired in her home country for the first time on Sunday.
She stars along with Sylvester Stallone, and pretty much plays the girl you would expect her to; For her time, she rolled in $2.5 million big ones, while Sylvester only got $800,000 — maybe it's because he wasn't so good at lip-syncing Portuguese.
Wed, 07/09/08 — 12:05:41 PM
Yasmin Warsame Returns To Her Beginnings for Vogue Italia July 2008
Wed, 07/09/08 — 11:30:47 AM
>> Yasmin Warsame has come full circle. Her first big break in came in 2002, when Steven Meisel shot her for an editorial inVogue Italia. Here she is, six years later, shot for the historic all-black July 2008 issue of Vogue Italia, by Steven Meisel once again. (NSFW)
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Wed, 07/09/08 — 11:16:41 AM
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Tomorrow I will spend the day ordering room service and watching TV. This was the first time I bought from four collections!
”—Becca Cason Thrash, "exhausted after her intense couture orders"Frida Giannini Taps Into the Rachel Zoe Style Rules for Gucci Resort 2009
Wed, 07/09/08 — 10:39:31 AM
>> If Frida Giannini is aiming for her Gucci customer to be one Rachel Zoe, nothing says it stronger than the flowy printed maxi dresses and one-shouldered bohemian blouses that she sent out as Gucci's Resort 2009 collection.
Shown in Rome to celebrate the brand's 70th anniversary and a re-opening flagship, the collection will surely please those who hanker for a Hermes scarf-like minidress or a pair of fringed espadrille wedges. Guests who were left waiting for their rides to the show venue, however, were less impressed, remarking that if Tom Ford were still at Gucci, the cars wouldn't have been late, and the drivers would have been handsome and topless . . .
A video of the show can be seen here.
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Three Tall, Leggy Blondes Have a (Eastern) Bloc Party
Wed, 07/09/08 — 10:05:55 AM
Gucci Resort 2009 Afterparty; Rome, July 8.
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