Arlenis, Chanel, Jourdan, Sessilee by Emma Summerton–let’s just say that every casting director in NY and in Europe wants to get their hands on these bright young things.

Last night there was a premier of Tarantino’s new film ‘Inglourious Basterds’ in NYC. In case you’re wondering, the title is misspelled on purpose and we have the picture of the soundtrack street ad to prove it (snapped it yesterday on the corner of Houston & Broadway, next to Crate & Barrel). The movie’s starring Brad Pitt (who’d allegedly running for a mayor of New Orleans) and we can’t wait for it to open because a) we heart a Tarantino style bloodfest, b) the hype sounds convincing

Besides, the 1940’s World War II style has always been our favorite. German label Hugo Boss permanently claimed their name to gestapo uniforms while American fighter pilots wore A2 flight jackets made by Eastman Leather Clothing. While going through some fashion catalogues, we’ve discovered historypreservation.com, which sells authentic army clothing from 1941. You might want to check it out and tell the boys.

USAAF, USN & USMC Leather Flight Jackets 1927 – 1947

Buzz Rickson’s x H. P. A.’s WWII Four-Needle, Loop-Wheeled Sweatshirt, Tank Destroyer Forces, 1930’s- 1940’s Four-Needle, Loop-Wheeled Sweatshirt U. S. Air Corps

Rough Wear Clothing Co. Type B-5 Winter Flying Helmet, USAAF Officers’ Khaki Crusher Cap

The much talked about Vogue documentary is coming out next week and the reviews have been scathing! The Post went as far as to call Anna Nero and point out her “daddy issues” . Meow

This peek inside the star chamber is juicy viewing on a number of levels. It’s a psychological portrait of Anna, powerful female executive, mother, daughter, perfectionist. It’s a front-row seat at how the albeit-impeccably-turned-out-but-sausage-nonetheless gets made at Vogue

Stay tuned for the Letterman interview coming up this week as well.

Okey this is a bit sentimental of me, but I’ve just noticed today that the iconic DKNY mural on the corner building at Houston and Broadway which for 20 years had been marking the entrance to Soho is now officially gone, finite, grayed out, pasted over…

Abercrombie & Fitch purchased the building, 600 Broadway, sometime last year. It is currently been prepped for a huge Hollister store opening later this summer, serving up the “flirty casual clothing for adventurous California lifestyle.” (Seems a bit misguided considering there’s a Uni Qlo and about 10 American Apparel stores within a stone’s throw away… but what do I know?? )

I really hope they use this opportunity to do something worth-while with the side of the building, maybe invite a few famous street artists and have them bomb it, beautifully, California style… if they do that, I might even give it a chance and walk in haha!

We here at f.a.d. love Alexander Wang’s look books, his team never misses a chance to make them look like a hip editorial (more designers should do that!). AW’s fall collection looks like something Riccardo Tisci would dream up for Givenchy, hard-edge, skin-tight leather pants, motorcycle jackets and bodysuits, but we’re ready to rock that look again and again!


Alexander Wang Fall 2009 Look Book

Tired of nudes and neutrals of last year? We are and we’re taking matters in our own hands–mastering the liquid liner, getting new jewelry, and wearing red plaid and tiny shorts! (Mmhmm, can’t let all the sit-ups we did last winter go to waste!)

There’s a lot of good blogs and twitterers out there but here’s a few that are consistently brilliant, and, dare we say, spot on:

Women’s Wear Daily twitter feed takes the number one slot — smart, sassy, and they have front row, VIP access to the most important fashion events… instant fashion gratification in a text message.

We’re also signed up for reporter Derek Blasberg’s updates from socialite fetes and fashion shows. He’s in Venice right now, tweeting in perfect prose:

Again, in bed before the night is over. Walking home as revelers only appear. I’m blaming jetlag, but the deeper fear is that I’m old. Tear.

If Truman Capote were to twitter, that’s how he’d do it …

Oh and if you ever want to read the adventures and random musings of a spoilt (but still somewhat genius) Russian girl about town (mostly Downtown) — just follow our tweets

Cheerio!

Now that everyone’s claimed poverty what’s a girl to do but stay home and enjoy, um, the simpler things in life… 50% off.


Cheetah print

The party is over: No more rhinestones. No more unicorns. No more pink tutus! What are the teenage girls of the world going to wear now, hmm?
The “Out of Business” sign gets me every time I walk past that sad establishment on Broadway.

Ahhh love love love. As for gifts, we’ll take anything from this website. Cheers!

Rodarte wins for me (sketch #5)!!

This blog’s been needing an injection of Mert & Marcus. Here they are, doing études with Naomi in lace, latex and furs. Bet that shoot went kind of like this

“I’ve been running into Marc Jacobs for the last five nights now, I wouldn’t be surprised if he showed up here too”, prognosticated Valentine Uhovski, the fashionweekdaily.com correspondent at the official Mango store launch last night on Broadway. As much as we couldn’t believe it Marc really did pop in for the party with the handsome Lorenzo Martone in tow (no need to guess who wears the skirt in that family, hmm?). Our favorite fashion dolls Genevieve Jones, Ashley Olsen and Behati Prinsloo were there as well. The shop’s great: we have a Mango plaid lama coat from last year and it still wears like a YSL (well…almost). What else is there to report? Oh, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld lost a lot of weight — she looks hot and French. Mm Mm.

Can’t decide which one of these ice babies we like the most: the heart, the lion or the wing (aka Love, Courage, Freedom). We can just tell it’s only a matter of time before Rihannas, Kate Mosses and Michelle Obamas of the world discover this special little collection.


And the cases are pretty too!

Ethnic prints, plaids and a knit hat – this is exactly how I’m going to dress this winter… (except with some sexier shoes of course).

Those white blouses are MINE! Hand’s off people!!

We were running home today past the Chanel shop on Spring street and couldn’t decide what we liked more, the Chanel flatscreen or the Chanel guitar. Either way, Chanel’s mobile art show sure looks like a step in the right direction as opposed to the mildly unsafe for work street art option

Ahh we love pretty girls with a sense of style, acid wash jeans and all. And apparently we’re not the only ones – she’s Karl Lagerfeld’s favorite too…

Hot mess of the day: Kate

Meow. You know we’ll be watching next Wednesday!

Yohji:

Balmain:

Вам конец! Rumor has it that S.I. Newhouse is unhappy with Vogue’s poor performance this month: Elle magazine beat them by 66 ad pages. There’s even talk of a successor for Anna Wintour her being none other than Aliona Doletskaya, the foxy editor-in-chief of Russian Vogue. What an unbelievable but welcome notion that would be, don’t you think?

… admittedly after we’ve been drinking gallons of Yogi tea and scrolling through a slideshow of MJ’s Spring collection on style.com while listening in headphones to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. What else are we supposed to do on a day like today, hmm?

Mario! Mario! The LBD (Little Balmain Dress) is absolutely delightful but leave the nice lady alone please!

Finally! No offense but Blair just wasn’t passing for an Upper East Side princess in J Crew. I honestly didn’t appreciate any of this until Serena’s costumes switched to Ralph Lauren. Now if only Nate and Chuck would make sweet man-love to each other already.

I’ll be in the gym today I think.

We just saw Behati walking into the Victoria’s Secret shop in Soho with a tall boy in tow. Yes, she’s very beautiful. And yes, this post is useless without a pic. that’s all.

I’ve been wanting them since I was ten! I want mine in dark suede with a super high heel and worn with Vivienne Westwood-y cocoon plaid wool coat in colors of the fall. Now if only it was October already. uGHMM

from casting@projectrunway.tv

Hi, Would you be willing to post a notice for the new season of Project Runway?
There won’t be an open call this time, so we’re trying to get the word out any way we can!
The application (due July 9) consists of three (required) parts:
* A personal video
* A “virtual portfolio”
* A completed application questionnaire, available for download on our website
Cheers

Toodles

Love this one… The girl’s easy on the eyes and the hair’s kinda cool (no offense Agyness)

It’s not too much to ask, is it?

Let’s name the pugs!! I propose: Agyness, Lily and Coco.

Yes, it is in fact Kate and Duffy. Oblivious to the world, they chat away near the Marc Jacobs shop on Mercer Street today. Kate looks super pretty and fresh. Do we have a campaign in the works maybe? Intriguing!

Wow, the Council of Fashion Designers of America threw a good party on Monday… Who knew they had it in them?! Tom Ford practically made us cry, Fran Lebowitz was a blast, even Victoria Beckham looked exceptionally surreal that night.

Looks like we’re finally going to feel some of that buzzed about economy crisis, kids. Yes, Prada went on sale… Hello credit card debt!

Now there’s a look you can’t carry on the subway…and I like it that way! I might have to shlep around Bowery in this and pretend I’m in Ipanema or something.

You’ve outdone everyone last night, doll-face. That red carpet however looks absolutely foul and needs an update ASAP.

You know that moment after you stare at the same ad in the magazine about ten thousand times you just realize you need the thing… last season my personal favorites were the Prada ads. This summer it’s the YSL.


Can’t even imagine wearing anything but greys, blues and metallics right now — un point c’est tout!

Omg. I think I just found my new weekender to haul bikini and flip flops to the Hamptons this summer… It’s not exactly like the Prada fairy print bag we’ve been obsessing about but you have to be quite a fairy to carry it through Port Authority with a straight face, don’t you think??

We’re trying out this new amazing diet right now…Works WONDERS…. Every time you get a little hungry just look at the Sasha Pivovarova pictures from *French Vogue. Still hungry?

I’ve never been a bag hag, but I’d do a lot for this fairy one …

Something tells us this marriage is going to last…

Mme Sarkozy in the nude. Give a gallic shrug!

Marc? You fox!

We just saw the copy of March 2008 Russian Vogue and it’s all about Natalia Vodianova. Photographed by everyone including Steven Meisel and Mario Testino, the lovely Mrs Portman appears to be hotter than ever… are you as thrilled as the Russians?

Playboy France puts Lou Doillon on the cover and all of a sudden looks like Purple magazine … are they trying to reignite my faith in humanity or something….?

You wonna be her….

Ahh yes, it’s that time of the year again. After months of hibernating here in New York nothing is more inspiring than a vacation some place warm. Think Amy Winehouse goes to Ibiza. You will need:
Plastic YSL flip flops with ties, Forever 21 stretchy bead bracelets (you can drown them in the pool and not care)

The simplest string bikini possible (a reward for all the hours spent at the gym and all the desserts that have been skipped)

Missoni woven fedora and Rayban aviators

A cotton string Ecobag and some tattoos (although we’re too clean-cut to even contemplate real ones)

+ light blue jean cut-offs a la Amy, bronzer, sunscreen and you’re done!

Ohhh if looks could kill that knocked-up Hollywood bimbo would be dead dead dead.
Jessica Who? The most arresting woman in fashion is the one and only Anna Piaggi!

The shirts are from Berangere Claire whose website unequivocally states they are American Redneck style. (That’s so not PC we love her already!)