Madonna is looking french in a black beret and sheer leggins.

“I’m gonna die, open the door NOW”

“Brandon Davis, boyfriend of The OC star Mischa Barton, will star as the new face of Italian denim brand Replay. There will even be a new $500 pair of jeans named after him.”
Hilton and Brandon Davis (pre-coke addiction)
… and after.
The Carbface was cute before he gained all the weight. You’d think an oil billionaire could afford a trainer and a nutritionist.

Nothing is new under the sun. Village Voice researches the staples of the uber-bohemian wardrobe, themes that have lasted for at least 50 and in some cases closer to 100 years, things that the incredible dames of the past would wear at the turn of the last century that we might wear too. [VV]

Ballerina: Degas & Dries Van Noten
I. The dissolute dancer: This look depends on scoop-necked leotards, leggings, wrap-around sweaters, and ballet slippers. Talk about venerable—it’s been around at least since the mid 19th century, when the ballet rats (many of whom were also junior prostitutes) were painted by Degas.

Classe de Danse: Edgar Degas, 1875 & Comme Des Garcons Spring’05.

Songstress Mariah Carey has recently made more headlines over her wince-worthy fashion choices than song hits. Thankfully Andre Leon Talley, US Vogue’s editor-at-large, has stepped in to save her from herself and guide her in the fashionable direction.Talley has been seen escorting the diva across Manhattan to a dinner hosted by Karl Lagerfeld and a celebration of African-American legends hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Carey’s friend and representative, Marvet Britto, told Pagesix.com, “She has an incredible sense of style – but then she went out in oufits like cutoff shorts and tank tops. It was her old team of people telling her to wear that. Mariah always said she would love Andre’s guidance and wisdom, and when I called him to help her, he was thrilled and said, ‘I would be honoured!’ Andre is there to help Mariah’s broken relationships with fashion houses. No one wanted to lend clothes to her because when she wore them the clothes would be different – shorter or not worn right – and it wouldn’t complete their vision of the clothing. We don’t want people to say things like ’skanky’…But that is changing…”[NYP]
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Mariah and Andre Leon Talley, US Vogue’s editor-at-large

So, here are the new pictures of Mariah and we don’t see any improvement at all. She still looks like an overweight mermaid with stiff tits. What, not even Talley can help?!?! And if this is the new fabulous look he came up with for her why does she have these awful ruffles on her waist? We just don’t get it…

Just found a fantastic website with weekly photo updates of Tokyo street fashion. Adorable and absolutely noteworthy.

Omotesando boy, Harajuku girl.

We’re obsessed with Olsen twins, so, bear with us:

At Nice Côte d’Azur, trying to blend in.

At an AIDS benefit, looking cheeky.

Scarlett Johanson, casual in blazer and ripped jeans, Mischa Barton in Roberto Cavalli, Julia Roberts color coordinated.

Brought to you by Playboy:

Not Safe For Work, obviously.

When Natalie Portman’s hair grows out nobody will be able to tell the difference between her and Keira Knightley.

Separated at birth. Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley.

In a way fashion stylists are like DJ’s: they don’t really create anything but there would be no fashion without them. Amber Gordon, one of our favorites, is a stylist that makes this profession look so glamourous.


Yes, fashion styling is not just about hauling shit to the photoshoots. We also admire Michel Onofrio’s eye for fashion:


Now we just have to figure out how to get them to go shopping with us…

Our favorite party slutweare by Killah. To be worn with matching underwear:

The clingy knit with its sparkly weave will cling to your curves while the crocheted edge give it a touch of hippie chic ($152)

We’re seeing more and more of these diaper shorts downtown and hold Mary Kate Olsen personally responsible for it:

Lisa Jo, Artist:”I like to be classic and elegant. I don’t know if these diaper shorts are very elegant, but still.”[Look Book]

This is what we call keeping it real: “In a civil deposition last July Phat Farm’s Russell Simmons provided some unusual insights into fashion marketing. Mr. Simmons told of “the amount of hype that goes on when I discuss the value of Phat Farm,” according to the transcript.”It is how you develop an image for companies.
So in other words, you give out false statements to mislead the public so they will then increase in their mind the value of your company,” Mr. Simmons said. In February 2003 Mr. Simmons appeared on CNBC saying that Phat Fashions was “doing $350 million” in sales. In fact, Phat Fashions’ revenue for 2002 totaled only $14.3 million, according to court papers and the company.” [NYT]

Russell, darling, exaggerating your revenue by a 1000% is one thing, but telling a court reporter about is just not cool!

Nicole Richie’s gym outfit is simply perfect. We love the peachy sweat pants and her huge aviators. Lindsey Lohan’s all-trends-in-one outfit is uneventful but we like the long beads and the shark tooth around her neck. And for future reference: blonde hair looks pathetic on redheads. Oh and we want Sienna Miller’s boots … yes, despite the fact we can’t see the whole thing.

Nicole Richie, Lindsey Lohan, Sienna Miller.

Speaking of bad plastic surgery: “Which New York fashion designer recently had a botched butt lift in which the surgeon cut a tendon? Now the poor thing has lost feeling and muscle control in one buttock.”[Daily News]

Any guesses?

Girls with breast implants are lost for the world of high fashion. The only clothes that fit them are the slutwear by Versace, Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli – things that (gasp) Mariah Carey would wear. From Thursday Styles section: “The double-edge scalpel of plastic surgery has allowed hundreds of thousands of American women to have the cleavage they deem ideal, though they no longer fit the svelte silhouette dictated by many fashion houses.

Say good bye to Proenza Schouler, Miu Miu, Balenciaga and Marc Jacobs.

After breast augmentation many women say they fill out sweaters and swimwear better, and they get a lot of positive attention, but other clothes no longer look right. Dr. James H. Wells, a former president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the chairman of its breast implant task force, has led a campaign among the society’s members to encourage women to consider more natural-looking implants, meaning smaller sizes.

Few women seem to have been persuaded, Dr. Wells said. But he has not yet tried telling them they would be out of fashion”.[NYT]

Many of our model friends have been known to only eat orange food but they never looked like crack whores about to drop dead.

[via Defamer ] The face of anorexia: Lindsey Lohan, Nicole Richie

Ultimate prom queens are wearing metallics.

Burberry, BCBG, Donna Karan, Cavalli.

Belts are everywhere this summer. Big, bold and embellished. Our favorites from Vogue Paris Belt Look Book:

Moschino, Gaultier, Gucci

Ana Sui, Balenciaga, Lacroix

The Look Book’s Fredrica S. Friedman gives fashion the run for its money in an inkblot test type coat, blue tights and a Cruella Devil-ish handbag. A true fashion victim and proud of it!

The Hollywood Reporter says that Meryl Streep will be playing the Anna Wintour-inspired devilish boss in the movie of The Devil Wears Prada. We have no doubts Meryl will pull it off, but we are anxious to see her squeezing that plus-size can into Anna Wintour’s size zero Chanel and Prada ensembles. Hopefully it’ll inspire her to do something about her hair.
Anna Wintour aka The Devil, Meryl Streep.

In the New York Times Sunday edition it said that this year’s Costume Institute party would be extremely exclusive with a hand-picked guestlist but the likes of Lil’ Kim and Jessica Simpson were there anyway. The party wasn’t that exclusive afterall. Here are the belles of the soiree in whites, yellows and sparkles:

Allegra and Donatella Versace, both in Versace, Gemma Ward and Victoria Traina, both in Proenza Schouler.

Ashley Olsen, in Oscar de la Renta, and MK Olsen, in vintage, Daria Werbowy, in Chanel, and Guinevere Van Seenus, in Chloé.

Whoever came up with this is a sick fuck.
“This year’s recipient of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s award for Fashion Influence continues to reinvent herself—all the while grabbing the attention of fashion’s jaded elite. Moss appears on the cover of V magazine’s new issue, themed “Wild,” in drag.

According to the photographers, they wanted to do something to shake things up. Inside the accompanying article, the editors of V write, “The beard should look fake, we agree. It should clearly be drag. Kate as the now-version of Hibiscus, star of the hippie documentary The Cockettes. Why do we associate a beard with deity, with spirit, with freedom, with magic? Can androgyny take us beyond ourselves? Could Kate’s desirability make us forget about war, money, power, and other catastrophes? I f***ing hope so.”