>> INSIDER WIRE —The television powers-that-be seem to be obsessed with giving fashion-centric brunettes some small screen time devotion — first MTV works it out with Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung, and now two more — apparently Bee Shaffer has been approached to do a reality show (which doesn't seem like something she'd say yes to) and Samantha Pleet just wrapped shooting something for TV — though details are under wraps. [Refinery29 Twitter, The Pipeline, WMIG]
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Samantha Pleet
Wed, 04/08/09 — 02:13:17 PM
Fall 2009 Fashion Week: Still with New Blood
Wed, 02/11/09 — 03:18:32 PM
>> Even established designers are editing, editing, editing for Fashion Week — the number of models, the number of looks, the amount of fabric used — but the tight times aren't keeping a crop of new blood away. Joining former Bill Blass design director Prabal Gurung and Swaim and Christina Hutson, who are starting over with a new label, in the mix — alums of Central Saint Martins, FIT, and Parsons; apprentices of Marc Jacobs, J.Mendel, and Ralph Lauren; but most importantly, New York Fashion Week virgins — show us what you've got.
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Karl Lagerfeld Wishes He Could Be a Rapper
Wed, 08/13/08 — 04:52:32 PM
»September 2008 Harper's Bazaar features designers dressed up and photographed in their fantasies — and Karl Lagerfeld picked to be a rapper [FWD]
»Ralph Lauren likely had to pay to design the US Olympic opening ceremony uniforms, but at least he's making money off of it now [The Cut]
»A first look at Samantha Pleet's "goth-and-lollipops" Rapscallion collection for Urban Outfitters [The Pipeline]
»Bergdorf Goodman is hosting a Bill Cunningham retrospective during New York Fashion Week [Fashionista]
»Behati Prinsloo and model boyfriend Jamie Strachan: still going strong [Chic Report]
»Hearst is launching a competitor to Conde Nast's Fashion Rocks in September called 30 Days of Fashion [WWD]
Vogue: Never One To Shy From Nepotism
Wed, 05/28/08 — 11:07:18 PM
»A group of Vogue interns and assistants are being photographed for a Fall story on "office chic" [Fashionista]
»French lingerie label Fifi Chachnil is doing a capsule collection for Topshop [Nylon]
»The other two shots from Anouck Lepere's Playboy France spread have surfaced (still NSFW) [TI]
»Carlos Miele went all out on his Spring 2008 look book, and Caroline Trentini stars [The Cut]
»Samantha Pleet is co-designing a line with a former editor of Nylon [Refinery29]
»Tyra Banks is on the cover of this Sunday's New York Times Magazine [Jezebel]
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