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A Few Quotes that Surfaced Up Over the Past Few Days:

“The lower I feel, the higher the heel !” –Giovanna Battaglia [Via]

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WWD: Do you think that bloggers like Bryanboy and Tavi Gevinson are entering the “influencer” category?

"I’m certain they are and I’m certain that in 10 years the business will be quite different. I’m all for that kind of dispersal in a general sense but for the moment we’re not there. It sounds like a very Establishment view, but I think that the Establishment is composed, in general, of really skilled people. It isn’t like the people we see in the front rows at shows are there accidentally. And I don’t think that they are prepared to cede the power and I don’t think the power is going to be wrested away from them by Bryanboy, although he seems like a clever and devoted guy and is into the subject matter. But personally, I don’t think that fashion is really clothes. My first interest is not the commercial applications or whether Bryanboy gets excited by a handbag or something; it’s really the core design piece that’s most interesting to me." –Guy Trebay

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“In some respects this was her most assertive anti-fashion statement in awhile. Something about these clothes…felt so outside current fashion and obsessions…True, some of the outfits almost dared you to call them ugly. But the methods of examination have begun to feel dated.” –Cathy Horyn on Miuccia Prada’s AW10 collection.

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"Then there are newspapers, facing economic turmoil and prepared to take desperate measures—like abandoning the first amendment of journalism that says a reporter must be there. Now it is supposedly acceptable to review collections, blogger-style, via the Internet. (Meanwhile, in an ironic switch, bloggers are sitting front row, filling spaces left by journalists with zero travel budgets.)" –Suzy Menkes / NY Times. [Via]

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Et je te veux cruelle

 

Et je te veux cruelle
Numéro #111 March 2010
Shot by: Miguel Reveriego
Model: Jac
Thanks to elsaskywalker for the scans.

 

Color Me Bad
Numéro #111 March 2010
Sgit by: Sebastian Kim
Model: Lily Donaldson
Thanks to elsaskywalker for the scans.

Looks | Yellow

 

Up { sorry lost the link.  Bottom: L | R

When Goddess Rules the Sea

 

When Goddess Rules the Sea
Vogue Nippon April 2010
Shot by: Mikael Jansson
Styled by: George Cortina
Model: Daria Werbowy
Thanks to a.t. for the scans.

Update: See the remainder of this editorial here.

There You Have It | I Will Only Stay 3 Days

 

You know what this is about. [Via]
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Death Before Disco

 
From innocent Prairie girl, to disco death girl, Jacquelyn Jablonski shows her versatility. Here shot for Deutsch Magazine, by David Roemer. [Via]

PUSH IT REAL GOOD

 

PUSH IT REAL GOOD
V64
Shot by: Josh Olins
Styling by:  Clare Richardson
Models: Lily Donaldson & Liya Kebede

"No rules, no limits. Grandmistresses of flash Liya and Lily are taking cues from rap’s female greats for an explosion of prints, platforms, sequins, and crimped hair. Yo. Can you handle it?"

Prairie Haute Companion

 

Prairie Haute Companion
T Style Spring 2010
Shot by Mark Segal
Model: Jacquelyn Jablonski

Amazing beauty?

Julianne Moore for T Magazine Spring 2010

 

The T Style Magazine 'Women's Fashion Spring 2010' issue, that was available for handout during NY's fashion week, will officially be available this Sunday for purchase. One day only. But you can already find it online.

The cover star is Julianne Moore, with the theme being high performance.

You can find the Moore article here. And details of the issue here.
 

Wintour Vor 2010!!

 
The United States governments must elect a new president every 4 years, with a chance for a 1st term president to run, and serve, a 2nd term. For a total of 8 years, max. What if editors-in-chiefs were voted-in the same way? Imagine the possibilities!

I believe part of the success of the United States is the limited number of years a president can serve.

How did this come about, and why I bring it up is because of Milan's discontent over Wintour's travel plans during the Milan Fashion Week; in which The Cut again highlights in a post, in whose headline reads: Milan Fashion Week Organizers Still Furious Over Anna Wintour’s Travel Plans. The story that Anna Wintour "had only allotted three days for Milan's fall 2010 shows, [and]  organizers crunched what should have been, and usually is, a weeklong schedule down to three days."

The problem I see is that at some point, in Anna's career, she tipped over from being an advocate of fashion & designers, to maybe being more of a gatekeeper; due to the powers she managed to obtain for her self. But as life shows daily, too much power in ones hand, is very tempting to be used for evil doings.

The bigger problem I see though is that, also at some point, designers became wimps and started to suck up to such powers, and as a result caved under it.

Coco Chanel would be ashamed in them, if she was alive now.

So why not instead of getting furious, the designers kept the schedule, and if Anna had done this intentionally, maybe even veto her out. Yes veto, as in no invitation.

Yes, maybe in the short term their name might not be featured in the pages of Vogue, but in the long run they would get control over their brand. And maybe remember that their goal is not the pages of vogue, but the followers who vote with their dollars, because of their love for the brand.

And with the internet they have no more excuses.

Let's not forget that Vogue needs the designers just as much. They do still have to fill those pages.

Another issue I see with sitting at the helm for so long is that a voice dies out, after a certain time. Few can keep their voice fresh. So a change every 4, 8, or 12 years can only be good for the artistic vision, and upcoming generation.

But all this does not really matter at this point, thanks to current revolution taking place over, and because of, the internet. It's only a matter of time before the voice is dissected and spread. It's actually already happening. And big Anna will be many mini Anna's. Again, it's already happening.

Anna is really the representative of the death of the era of fashion paper journalism.

Let's not forget the tag line: "Before it's In Fashion It's In Vogue."  What the creatives of that tag lines missed is that Style trumps Fashion. That's the difference between Vogue Paris (Style) and Vogue US (Fashion).

Going back to the 'generation' mentioned earlier. I still think that every generation needs their own rebel or voice to represent them. But the way I again see it now, is that to us now that rebel is more individuality then a singular being. It is John and Tomi and Susie and Tavi...not Anna, and only Anna.

Your thoughts.

PS: Please remember that I'm not in nature a journalist, so it takes a lot for me to express my ideas. I'm doing the best I can.
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Around

 

Happening Around

1— Jourdan Dunn's Baby's Father Arrested for Drug Trafficking. [The Sun]

2— Zoolander 2 Coming. [Fashionologie]

3— Daphne Guinness Fashion Exhibit to Open Next Year. [The Cut]

4— Editorial | Diana Moldovan. [TheOnes2Watch]

5— Finally, That Hermès Horse-Drawn Carriage. [NYT]

6— A New Wintour, For National Portrait Gallery London. [Vogue UK]

Extra: Rachel Roy Premeieres Miroir Mirror. [Elle]


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Lily Darling

 

Lily Darling
Marie Claire Italia March 2010
Shot by: François Rotger
Styling by: Raffaella Campeggi
Model: Lily Cole
Thanks to Diciassette (17) for the scans.

Marvelous Work from Upcoming Talent Shao-Yen Chen

 

Shao-Yen Chen, the graduate who interned for Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalyan, and Claire Tough, is set to take London by a storm, if his designs are an indication. And it's a good thing that his experience at Central Saint Martins has been "too long", because we might just be ready for him.

Here you're looking at his graduating collection which he presented last Sunday. And I must say Sheep & Lambs have never looked so fashionable.

Read more of his Q&A here, and you might also like to check out his previous knitted collection!

A+ from us.

A Better Garbage Bag

 
While we had seen LV's garbage bags, here is an option for Men, by Undercover, called Undercoverism.

They're made of leather, polyurethane, and nylon, and come in black, green and white. You can buy them through Japanese site Zozo. [Via]
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