Posts for August 9th 2012

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Anna Wintour's Tennis Game, Betsey Johnson's Vintage Hunt, and Azealia Banks's Banned Cover

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.



Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Anna Wintour's tennis coach, Byron Spence, has nothing but good things to say about the editor's game. "She's like a retriever," Spence says. "She's so fast. She'll chase down everything. She doesn't hit with a lot of spin, but she has an amazing cross-court forehand." [The New York Times]

  • Azealia Banks's September cover of Dazed & Confused magazine, which reportedly features the singer inflating a balloon that resembles a pink prophylactic, has been banned in seven countries. [The Cut]

  • Garance Dore's capsule collection for Kate Spade, which feature's the blogger's signature illustrations, is now available online. [SheFinds]

  • While the rest of the world oohed and aahed over Lady Gaga's Vogue cover, Marjorie Gubelmann was posting a picture of the singer wearing a wedding dress to her Instagram account. [SugarScape]

  • Betsey Johnson has asked her fans to send in vintage pieces she designed to be featured in her Spring 2013 retrospective show during New York Fashion Week. [Fashionista]

  • To cure the hangover he felt on his 21st birthday, male model River Viiperi had eggs, bread, and beer. "Beer has vitamin B12 in it," he says. [WWD]
Shopping

Fall Fantasy: 10 Dreamy Picks From the Ferragamo Trunk Show

There's nothing like a little daydreaming — especially when it comes to planning the yearly Fall wardrobe refresh.
Ferragamo Fall 2012 Collection Pre-Order

There's nothing like a little daydreaming — especially when it comes to planning the yearly Fall wardrobe refresh. New boots, capes, coats, jackets, and dresses? The mere mention of such wonders is enough to set the heart aflutter.

How perfect is it, then, that some of the dreamiest pieces from Ferragamo's Fall 2012 collection are now available for pre-order via the brand's latest endeavor, an online-only trunk show. Through the interactive platform, shoppers can mix and match looks straight from the runway and then place dibs on whatever their hearts desire — including accessories. That hand-crocheted wool dress in black? Those strappy, velvet lace-up sandals? All the goodies are there.

A peek at the top 10 pieces we're fantasizing about — as modeled by Lily Kwong — here, in the slideshow.

Harper's Bazaar

Miranda Kerr Wears Boots (and Little Else) in Harper's Bazaar

Miranda Kerr posed nude — save for several pairs of knee-high boots — for her latest editorial in the Harper's Bazaar September issue.
Miranda Kerr's Naked Shoot For Harper's Bazaar September 2012

Miranda Kerr posed nude — save for several pairs of knee-high boots — for her latest editorial in the Harper's Bazaar September issue.

The resulting black-and-white images, captured by Terry Richardson, depict a very confident Kerr wearing boots from Givenchy, Tom Ford, and Tod's, among other brands. And it's no wonder the model, known for her healthy lifestyle, looks so at home wearing so little in front of the camera. Kerr says she works out — even in her spare time.

"Yoga is at the core of my health and wellness routine, even if it's only for 10 to 15 minutes I find it helps me to re-center and to focus as well as improve my overall core strength," she says. "Then I'll do a few extra squats for my butt and thighs."

Hard work pays off. A glimpse behind the scenes of the shoot in the video below, and a look at the pictures here in the gallery.

Marc Jacobs

Lady Gaga's Vogue September 2012 Cover, and More From the Biggest Magazine Yet

If you can peel your eyes away from the stunning cover — a Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott-lensed portrait of Lady Gaga wearing a gown by Marc Jacobs — there are 916 pages of fashion to behold in Vogue's September 2012 issue.
Lady Gaga on Vogue September 2012 cover

If you can peel your eyes away from the stunning cover — a Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott-lensed portrait of Lady Gaga wearing a gown by Marc Jacobs — there are 916 pages of fashion to behold in Vogue's September 2012 issue.

The issue marks Lady Gaga's second appearance on the cover (she also covered the March 2011 issue) and Vogue's 120th anniversary. It's also the biggest issue in the magazine's history, exceeding the previous record of 840 pages set in September 2007.

The issue will be on newsstands on Aug. 14, and promises a profile on Chelsea Clinton, a story that frames hair as the new makeup, and a look back at the last 120 years of Vogue's history. For now, a look at Gaga's cover — and the magazine's very first cover from 1892 — here in the gallery.

Photo courtesy of Vogue.