>> Elle's fashion news director Anne Slowey has sounded off on bloggers — particularly Style Rookie's Tavi Gevinson, before — which then prompted her to take to Elle's blog to further expound on her comments. Last night at ELLEvated, a forum of six Elle editors hosted by WFIT (the Fashion Institute of Technology's radio and television broadcasting network) in New York, the subject came up again, and creative director Joe Zee and style director Kate Lanphear, too, put forth their views on bloggers.
When asked his feeling on the Tavi phenomenon, Zee replied:
"The Internet has allowed people to be 'couch critics.' You could sit anywhere in the world, you could sit in Oklahoma, look at a fashion show on the Internet, you could post your thoughts . . . the Internet has made fashion a lot more democratic in this way. You know, Tavi, like her or don't like her, she's 13 — whether she even really writes it herself, the idea that she has gotten all this attention, it's because of the Internet, not because of anything else. [At Elle] we're talking about people who have really done this their entire lives, who've really covered fashion, who really understand fashion . . . understand the history of fashion, can critique it from a point of view, [can] actually relay it back to something they've experienced and understand. I don't think Tavi even knows what happened five years ago. She has every right to [post] on the Internet, she has every right to have the following she has . . . everybody can follow her and find her creative or funny or quirky or inspiring, but the idea is there are people here [at Elle] who do know the history and I think that Anne [Slowey] stresses this. It's absolutely true: if you don't know what you're talking about, then do you really have the credibility to talk about it?"
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>> Behati Prinsloo Collaborates with Victoria's Secret PINK on Line of Swimwear —This week, Namibian model Behati Prinsloo, who has been the face of Victoria's Secret PINK since early 2008, is launching a line of swimwear for the brand, inspired by the landscape and lifestyle of her home in Africa. The collection, dubbed Behati Loves PINK, will be available in 15 Victoria's Secret stores and is print-heavy. According to Behati: "My favorite suits are the one-piece black-and-white one, the tiger one, and the checkered one! I love all the cover ups — I dont know which one to choose! They all have a personal connection with me and some have African patterns, which I love." Refinery29 has a peek at the collection, plus photos of Behati's East Village home. [
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