Serious Quiz: Menswear Or Womenswear?
British designer J. W. Anderson presented his new collection for Versace’s diffusion label Versus last night. It was androgynous to say the least, so let’s make a game of it.
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The Problem With Kimberly Ovitz
The designer won’t produce a fall collection. It’s hard to be successful if you stray from your vision.
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Kate Middleton Finally Had Her Big Bump Moment
The duchess has largely hidden her bump so far, but she’s finally reached the point at which a frock coat won’t cut it. It’s about time.
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Here’s Justin Bieber In A “Channel” Balaclava
An unfortunate typo courtesy of the Bieb’s Instagram.
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15 Reasons Why Elsa Schiaparelli Was A Total Genius
She used pink so hot it was “shocking” AND made dresses with Salvador Dali. Need I say more?
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What Happened At Anna Wintour’s Glamorous Fundraiser For Obama
Celebrities (Gwyneth! Cameron!) each paid $15,000 to eat (or look at) salmon, and be in the company of fashion designer Tom Ford.
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What the French Legal System Has In Store For John Galliano
Last week, France’s President Francois Hollande stripped the designer of his Legion of Honor medal. Here’s why that matters.
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14 Reasons Roberto Cavalli Is The Best Fashion Designer On The Internet
Until he started tweeting, Facebooking, and blogging, Cavalli was best known for hist statement-making leopard-printed clothes. But now that he’s all over the internet? He’s a remarkably (for a fashion person) self-aware hurricane force of fun that cannot be stopped.
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Miuccia Prada Served With Shoe Karma
The fashion designer — arguably the most influential living today — is a host of the Met Ball taking place in New York this evening. But she might not attend, she told the press, because she hurt herself on her platform shoes.
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If “Fashion Star” Is Renewed, They Might Lose The Acrobats
John Varvatos says, “If the show continues to go on, you’ll probably see less of that and more of the clothes.” BOO!
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Clothing Of The Future
Back in the ’30s, some fashion designers imagined what women’s apparel in the year 2000 would look like. Their ideas were both hilarious and surprisingly accurate in some cases.
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5 Rockstar Purses
Designer James Piatt knows ladies are rockstars, too. Here’s a small sample of his best handbags, which range from girly to hardcore. View List ›
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State Mottos Never Looked So Good
A group of 50 U.S. designers were given the challenge of reinterpreting their states’ mottos for the 50 and 50 project. The collection, which was completed today with the addition of Colorado, is a solid tribute to the badassery of our forefathers. (via danielc20) View List ›
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Where Are They Now: The Cosby Sweaters
There were originally hundreds of Cosby Sweaters. Many of Koos van der Akker’s designs have disappeared into private collections, but there are four — including the infamous Comb Sweater — preserved and on display at the Museum of the Moving Image, in Queens. View List ›
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If Famous Graphic Artists Were Web Designers… on smashingmagazine.com ›
What the world would look like if celebrities were designers.
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Jon Gosselin, Children’s Clothing Designer (Huh?)
After selling his soul to TLC in exchange for hair plugs, Superdad Jon Gosselin will be helping design “fun, easy clothes” for kids under fashion label Ed Hardy, often worn by people you’d rather not talk to out loud. Meanwhile, rumors continue to swirl about Kate Gosselin’s being tapped to help promote a line of coonskin caps, meant to be highlighted and worn backwards (cuuuuuz that’s what her hair looks like, you guys). Read More ›
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25+ Useful Infographics for Web Designers on webdesignerdepot.com ›
Infographics can be a great way to quickly reference information. Instead of pouring over figures and long reports to decipher data, an infographic can immediately make apparent exactly what a dataset actually means. Below are more than 25 infographics that can be useful to web designers.Some are inc
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Behind The Cosby Sweater
In the early 80’s, someone gave Bill Cosby a sweater designed by Koos van den Akker, and history was made. Still doesn’t explain the pudding obsession. Read More ›
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Periodic Table of Typefaces
A designer’s dream college-room-poster! This is not just pretty to look at but also grouped by families and classes of typefaces: san-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed. View Image ›
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Designer Condoms
Condom making: It’s not just for condom companies any more. So Marc Jacobs sells condoms. What if Marc Jacobs had a whole line of items you usually buy in the drugstone? Designer tampons, designer ibuprofen, designer Snickers Bars, designer Sudafed you can ground and snort like Meth… Read More ›
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Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Charity
Artist Nadia Plesneris being sued by Louis Vuitton for depicting a LV-inspired bag in an image sold to raise money for a Darfur Charity. The image depicting a Darfur victim carrying a designer handbag and a Paris Hilton-style dog was meant to draw attention to the media’s disproportionate focus on celebrities. The Paris based company is demanding over $20,000 for each day that Plesener continues her project, presumably because they do not appreciate having their brand equated with genocide, a move that seems to have backfired. Read More ›
