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fashionologie — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:21:31 PDT

>> THE MODELIZER - IMG may have Kori-Richardson look-alike Taylor Momsen, but Elite just signed Dree Hemingway, as in daughter of Mariel Hemingway and great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. She joins the Elite+ board, which also houses other well-familied models like Lydia Hearst, Vanessa Traina, Poppy Delevigne, and Riley Keough, and also has a couple of upcoming movie roles in the bag. [Elite clips, Elite]

Kate Moss Gets In a Little Boss Time in Ibiza

fashionologie — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:24:18 PDT

»Kate Moss spent yesterday hanging out in Ibiza with Sir Philip Green and his daughter Chloe [PopSugar]

»Gisele Bundchen is making a one-of-a-kind calendar of herself for Tom Brady's birthday [OK! Magazine]

»A "major plan by a very directional client" is being built around Toni Garrn [TI]

»Bee Shaffer celebrated her 21st birthday dinner last night at Morandi [FWD]

»Sean Avery is now dating Calvin Klein's ex-wife, Kelly Klein [Page Six]

»The Preen show at New York Fashion Week will be minus Thea Bregazzi, who is staying London to have her and fellow Preen designer-cum-partner Justin Thornton's baby [Style File]

»Despite rumors to the contrary, Andre Leon Talley does not dress Michelle Obama [Style File]

»Taylor Momsen, Miu Miu campaign girl in the making? [Fashionista]

»Sass & Bide have pulled out of New Fashion Week [FWD]
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Lily Cole, Winehouse-Fielder-Civil Homewrecker?

fashionologie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:50:27 PDT

»True story? Lily Cole inadvertently caused an argument between Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil, during which they barricaded themselves in the bathroom, prompting the Olsens to try to bribe the happy couple with free late-night shopping at Harvey Nichols if they’d only open up [The Times UK]

»Jacquetta Wheeler is moving back to London after seven years in New York [Style File]

»More photographic evidence that Agyness Deyn and Albert Hammond, Jr. are into each other [INF Daily]

»Diane von Furstenberg sent a dispatch last week asking designers to do presentations rather than runway shows for fashion week [The Cut]

»An actress in Italy's adult-entertainment industry tried to go by the pseudonym Roberta Missoni, until Missoni's lawyers intervened [Style File]

»American Apparel is expanding into jewelry, starting with lots and lots of chains [Racked]

»IMG Models signed Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen [Fashionista]

»Net-a-Porter is going to carry A.P.C. starting in the Fall, promising to host more selection than the A.P.C. website [Nylon]

»Previews of Emilio Pucci and Givenchy Resort 2009 [WWD, WWD]

Allegra Beck Versace Styles, Interviews for the New Issue of LOVE

fashionologie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:42:28 PDT

>> Allegra Beck Versace usually stays pretty low profile despite her marquee name and majority stake in the Versace brand, but she pitched in for the second issue of LOVE, styling and interviewing Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen, who was captured by Collier Schorr. The two must be friends - Taylor attended Allegra's intimate 23rd birthday party a couple of months ago. Another little tidbit about the new LOVE - the two cover stars were booked by none other than The Misshapes' Greg Krelenstein.

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Donatella Brings that Versace Glamour to the Whitney Museum Art Gala

fashionologie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:35:06 PDT

>> For the second year running, the Whitney Art Musem Gala was Donatella Versace's party. Editors - Olivier Zahm, Lauren Santo Domingo, Glenda Bailey - commingled with designers - Peter Som, Moises de la Renta, Ruffian's Claude Morais and Brian Wolk - and a smattering of models like Chanel Iman and Hana Soukupova. Christopher Kane's Versus designs even made an appearance - the Fall 2009 crystal shoes were on Byrdie Bell's feet, and Taylor Momsen - who seems to be close with the Versaces, particularly Allegra, changed into a black Spring 2010 Versus frock for the Studio Party post-Gala Dinner.

Donatella was fashionably late to the party - two hours in, she was nowhere to be found; perhaps she was still upstairs tending to VIPs - as was Lindsay Lohan, who swept in, all blonde hair and gold dress - earning comparisons to Donatella's trademark look. Lohan said she came "for Donatella" before beelining to Brian Atwood for a chat. Keeping with the "art chic" theme, the walls of one whole room at the party downstairs was covered in paper for guests to scribble on.

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LOVE Goes for "The Young and the Reckless," Two Covers with Second Issue

fashionologie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:56:45 PDT

>> Turns out the preview that hit the web early this month featuring a David Sims shot of Alex Hartley, a bass player from Birmingham, England, who Katie Grand "found on the Internet," is one of LOVE's two covers for its second issue, after all. The second cover comes courtesy of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, who did cover honors for LOVE the first time around, and features Coco Sumner, burgeoning it-girl and daughter of Sting.

Both cover stars are 18; in fact, most of the issue, which hits newsstands Aug. 24, is full of emerging celebrities and unknowns who are mostly under 21 - Allegra Beck Versace, Miley Cyrus, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Momsen among them. “The whole issue’s full of these kids, really, who are at that turning point of life when you’ve got no responsibilities, you’re quite free and everything’s exciting,” Grand told WWD.

Grand added "more words" to the issue, bringing on Isaac Lock as deputy editor because: “I always think visually, so it was really important that the words team was strengthened." As for how the magazine's holding up on the business end, there are 106 ad pages from advertisers like Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Chanel in the 296-page magazine. The magazine had 116 ad pages for its debut issue, but Grand said the issue had “exceeded the targets set” for advertising.

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Donatella Throws Intimate Party for Allegra Beck Versace's 23rd Birthday

fashionologie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:44:12 PDT

>> After showing her Spring 2010 Versace men's collection in Milan last week, Donatella Versace touched down in Manhattan to celebrate daughter Allegra Beck Versace's 23rd birthday today with an intimate gathering last night at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Close family friend Rupert Everett was there, as well as Alek Wek, Leigh Lezark, and to add a little of Donatella's much-loved celebrity factor, Rihanna and Taylor Momsen.
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For Lorick, It Pays To Gossip

fashionologie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:22:40 PDT

>> For emerging designers, there are many routes to success — toting samples around in a suitcase a la Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs, or you could just get your entire first collection on Gossip Girl, like Abigail Lorick.

Placement on such a buzzed-about show has landed her Lorick collection mentions in everywhere from Elle to WWD to Teen Vogue, and for her first New York Fashion Week presentation this September, she's keeping it all in the family: Gossip Girl stars Leighton Meester, Blake Lively, and Taylor Momsen are all expected to make appearances, and the show's costume designer, Eric Daman, is working with Abigail on the Spring 2009 collection.

If you can't make it to the fashion week presentation, you're in luck — ten pieces of the Spring 2009 collection will debut on Gossip Girl a week later as "Eleanor Waldorf's runway collection" — presumptively in the same fashion week episode Michael Kors is appearing in. Kudos to Abigail for building such buzz around her label so quickly — but it will be interested to see if it has legs on its own — the show can't go on forever, after all.
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