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This Week's Best Dressed

Christina Perez — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:55:18 PDT

>> The first full week of Spring brought plenty of inspiring new-season styles - and even a few surprises.

Brooklyn Decker traded in her usual low-key ensembles for a plethora of out-of-this-world designer looks: Giambattista Valli, Isabel Marant, and Stella McCartney each made appearances at photocalls for the actress's new film, Battleship. Models Miranda Kerr, Lara Stone, Candice Swanepoel, Karolina Kurkova, Agyness Deyn, Jessica White, and a newly-brunette Jessica Stam were also all spotted out and about - and though each looked just as chic as ever, it was their two very pregnant colleagues, Molly Sims and Lily Aldridge, who really stole the show.

There were also plenty of standout casual styles spotted on the streets - Elizabeth Olsen and Emma Roberts each looked effortless in transitional coat-and-trouser ensembles, and Kate Moss and Jessica Alba each sported rose-hued jeans.

However, perhaps it was Elletra Wiedemann who most aptly captured the week's prevailing mood, when at an event hosted by Vogue and Tod's. She exclaimed, "I really just wanted to dress up!"

See who made the list- and what everyone wore - right here in our best-of-the-week slideshow.

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Victoria's Secret, Sports Illustrated Model Jessica White Arrested

fashionologie — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:02:49 PDT

>> Jessica White, 26, who has been featured in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition consistently since 2003, walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and recently been linked to Sean Penn, was arrested early Saturday morning outside Avenue in New York after being charged with assault - for striking another woman in the face and pulling her hair. According to witnesses, the dispute was over a taxi. Reps for White's agency IMG deferred comment to her lawyer, who said, "The police report doesn't sound like Jessica, and she must have been provoked." [People, NY Post]

Chanel Iman Helps Tyra Banks Carry on the Vogue Italia Legacy

fashionologie — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:58:32 PDT

>> Good news: that July 2008 Vogue Italia? It's still resounding — and not just on the covers of other magazines. Today, one of the Vogue Italia stars, Tyra Banks, taped an episode of The Tyra Banks Show on West 26th Street in New York celebrating black models of the past and present in honor of the Vogue Italia "Black Issue." Joining her and voicing first-hand accounts of their industry experience were Chanel Iman, Beverly Johnson, Noemie Lenoir, and Pat Cleveland. I'm not usually a big fan of the show, but this episode — which airs Sept. 11 — I will have to watch.
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This Week's Best Dressed

Christina Perez — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:32:58 PDT

Cannes may have brought the week's lion's share of red-carpet glamour, but elsewhere there were still plenty of gorgeous looks to inspire.

Kate Moss showed off her unfailing chicness - and some supershiny blond locks - at the Marie Curie fund-raiser in London, where she celebrated in an elegant black column gown, with husband Jamie Hince. Across the pond at the American Ballet Theatre's Gala in New York, fellow supermodels Alek Wek and Jessica Stam looked equally striking in monochrome Valentino gowns. Costars Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart also played a game of fashion doppelgänger: at the London premiere of Snow White and the Huntsman, the duo hit a pitch-perfect note in complementary sheer gowns by Christian Dior and Marchesa, respectively.

See it all - plus more of the week's best - right here.

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The Best Dressed of the 2012 Oscars

Christina Perez — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:04:43 PST

>>The biggest red carpet moment of the season has finally arrived - and with it comes some of the most memorable looks of the year. Among the evening's greatest hits? Jessica Chastain's gilt-embroidered Alexander McQueen, Gwyneth Paltrow's cape-endowed white Tom Ford, and Rooney Mara's ivory Givenchy Couture - which she said she picked out the morning before. See those - plus more of the chicest looks of the night - right here, in our 2012 Oscars best dressed slideshow.

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31 Striking Street Style Looks from Day Three of New York Fashion Week

fashionologie — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:48:48 PDT

>> The start of the weekend marked anything but relaxation on the street style front: Grace Coddington brought out her Prada banana shirt, Hanne Gaby Odiele went grunge in an all-white crop top and wide-leg jean combination, and Jessica Joffe mixed pink and red in a big way. All that and more in the slideshow.

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Will Awards Season Red Carpet Dressing Finally Get More Interesting in 2011? Celebrity Stylists Think So

fashionologie — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:07:46 PST

>> Will the impending red carpet awards season finally take things up a notch? Last year's Golden Globes saw Cathy Horyn bemoaning the "soggy n’ safe red carpet," and decreeing: "Most of the dresses last night offered little more than a paper-doll variation on styles of the past few years."

It seems that celebrity stylists agree, according to articles published in both the New York Times and WWD yesterday, and are ready to switch things up. Jeanne Yang, who has three 2011 Golden Globe nominees among her clients, told WWD: "The days of the beaded, silvery, gown-y thing are kind of done. I don't see anyone wanting that." And stylist Robert Verdi noted: "Women were so safe on the red carpet that it looked more like a Miss America contest. They were always one wave away from having a sash on.”

Stylist Jessica Paster, who pointed to Dior and Dolce & Gabbana as examples of where she sees the red carpet looks going, added: "A lot of the spring collections had vibrant, beautiful colors. Hopefully we will see a lot of that, plus softer silhouettes." In other words, out with the neutral-colored, strapless, body-hugging gowns of red carpets past.

The Times highlighted Kate Bosworth's recent Spring 2011 Jil Sander look of white tee and long green skirt and Elle Fanning's choice of Rodarte earlier this week as indicators of the tides of change. But stylists aside, maybe Christian Siriano put it best on why things are bound to change: "Everybody got so bored that nobody cares about being on the worst-dressed list. The attention span is so much shorter that even if someone does wear something over the top, everybody forgets two days later - which is bad for us designers, but good for them.”

More Fashion's Night Out Events - See Michael Kors Crooning, DVF Going Tech, and Get a Portrait by Victor Demarchelier

fashionologie — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:13:21 PDT

>> Fashion's Night Out is tonight, Sept. 10, in New York, and if your plan of attack wasn't already peripatetic enough, get ready: our first installment of highlights for the night has an addendum. Check out the latest updates: Neil Patrick Harris has been announced the host of the CBS special, airing Sept. 14; more designers' whereabouts, and also, expect to see a bevy of Victoria's Secret models all across town - details below.

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The Word on Marc Jacobs Spring 2010

fashionologie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:59:23 PDT

>> Marc Jacobs's Spring 2010 show is just a little over an hour away - and there's plenty of hints that have been going around. It's all front row again, according to today's The Daily, and Lorenzo Martone told The Cut it will celebrity-free: "I think Marc is really tired of the rock-and-roll thing, so it’s going to be very romantic. So: ruffles and prints and very kind of sweet.” Word a couple of days ago is that Marc was trying to convince some new faces to dye their hair black for the show, and The Imagist told us earlier today that it's supposedly not just black, but blonde, as well. As for whether the show will commence early, on-time, or late, Katie Grand "reliably" told Grazia that the lights will go down start 4 minutes late; that is, presumedly, unless Anna Wintour, who is coming from the US Open, is running late. [The Cut, Grazia Twitter]

Update: Supposedly the show is Geisha-themed. [Nylon Twitter]

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Marc Jacobs Goes Japanese Femme, Brings Back a Couple of Celebrities for Spring 2010

fashionologie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:47:28 PDT

>> In a show venue like the inside of a lab - white walls and floor, white benches, and bright, bright lights - which caused for a sweltering experience - Marc Jacobs sent out his theater and romance-inspired Spring 2010 collection. Anna Wintour arrived twenty minutes early from the US Open - she ended up missing Roger Federer lose - and despite rumors that the show was to be celeb-free, Madonna and Jesus Luz took their seats and Lady Gaga, arriving mid-show, stood in the photographer's pit with Lorenzo Martone. Marc later told WWD that he hadn't invited either, but Madonna called three hours before the show - "after working with her [on the Louis Vuitton campaign] I couldn't say no" - and same goes for Gaga, who is performing at Marc and V Magazine's party tonight.

Jessica Stam and Suvi Koponen both walked for the first time this Fashion Week - in fact, instead of breaking new faces as his usually does, Marc stuck mostly to the familiars: Iris Strubegger opened, Kamila Filipcikova closed. The girls had on geisha-style makeup and topknots, and there was lots of femininity - pearl embellishments, lingerie layered over suits, ruffles - and a few surprises - scrunchies and kitten keels, for instance. Full play-by-play here.

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