The Most Influential People in Fashion -- New York Magazine Anna WintourEditor-in-chief, VogueVogue, c’est moi. No fashion figure has ever played her power as strongly and cannily as the feared, respected, sharply intelligent Wintour. She can make a fledgling’s career in a single phone call (designers from John Galliano to Zac Posen owe her a debt of gratitude), anoint the next society muse (Lauren duPont, Jessica Joffe), and raise millions for her favorite causes ($26 million for the Met’s Costume Institute in the past eleven years, $14 million for various AIDS charities). And let’s not forget her burgeoning empire (Teen Vogue, Men’s Vogue, Vogue Living). Even paint-wielding peta activists and a whiny roman à clef can’t touch her. In fact, she’s been an inadvertent boon to the publishing industry, since The Devil Wears Prada spawned its own subgenre of chick lit. Peter MarinoArchitect The premier set designer for the luxury-shopping experience, ever since he did Barneys’ uptown flagship back in 1992.
The Blonde Salad Ups the Ante | Intelligence | BoF LOS ANGELES, United States — Chiara Ferragni’s stream of selfies has drawn more than 6.5 million followers to her personal Instagram account. But the super-influencer has transformed her digital property The Blonde Salad, which she launched as a personal blog back in 2009 that now attracts an average of 500,000 unique visitors each month, into a full-fledged magazine that relies on plenty more than her outfit photos. “When I started back then, I just wanted a personal space,” says Ferragni, whose movie-star looks and playfully bold Italian style have earned her adoring fans the world over. Now, the Los Angeles-based Ferragni is taking The Blonde Salad further, launching e-commerce at Shop.theblondesalad.com on September 6. There is also a selection of vintage pieces Ferragni scouted at flea markets in Los Angeles, London and Berlin, as well as items from her namesake shoe collection, which is currently sold at more than 300 stores worldwide. Related Articles:
Model with vitiligo Winnie Harlow stars in Diesel's spring campaign Winnie Harlow, 19, has had vitiligo since she was fourLack of melanin causes white patches to form on skin Model stars in Diesel's new spring campaign alongside Charlotte FreeAlso starred on America's Next Top Model and walked in Ashish show By Bianca London for MailOnline Published: 18:00 GMT, 4 February 2015 | Updated: 12:59 GMT, 5 February 2015 The fashion industry often comes under fire for promoting a one-size-fits-all idea of beauty with some brands only using models of a certain height and weight for their campaigns. Diesel, however, is proving a point with its spring/summer 2015 campaign, which aims to promote 'tolerance, equality and unconditional love'. The star of the new shoot is, without a doubt, 19-year-old Winnie Harlow who has vitiligo, a pigment condition that causes white patches to form on skin. Scroll down for video Winnie, a former America's Next Top Model contestant, whose real name is Chantelle Brown-Young, was diagnosed with vitiligo around the age of four. Loaded: 0%
My List: Karl Lagerfeld in 24 Hours 8:00 A.M. I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don't wake up before—the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours. I wear a long, full-length white shirt, in a material called poplin imperial, made for me by Hilditch & Key in Paris after a design of a 17th-century men's nightshirt I saw at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast. Related Story: Our Favorite Spring/Summer Haircuts I do most of my reading in the morning. 11:00 A.M. As told to Kristina O'Neill Only 1.4% of models over a size 12: The truth about diversity in fashion now
Real People Re-Create Fashion Ads | POPSUGAR Fashion When you're flipping through glossy magazine pages filled with "perfect" models, it's difficult not to compare yourself to those flawless bodies and faces and very easy to forget that current standards of beauty aren't representative of the majority of the population. BuzzFeed Video highlighted this lack of diversity in the media with five "regular" people who re-created iconic fashion ads just as they are. They selected five ads from Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch, Guess, Chanel, and Victoria's Secret, respectively, all of which featured airbrushed, primarily white models, and called on five everyday people (including a man who's transgender) to shoot their own versions. Kelsey, one of the female participants who re-created the Victoria's Secret campaign, embraced her scars during the photo shoot and explained how the ads shouldn't influence our self-image. After a graphic designer transformed the stills into high-fashion ads, the one-day models had mixed reactions.
co Chanel Pictures And Quotes Douglas Kirkland 20 November 2014 Lauren Milligan A NEW book of Coco Chanel pictures - taken over just three weeks in 1962 by photographer Douglas Kirkland - shows a new side to the formidable and brilliant "Mademoiselle". Kirkland, who spent 21 days with Chanel in her apartment in the Ritz, at the studio preparing for a catwalk show, and on a weekend trip to Versailles, revealed that he built a friendly relationship with the designer - but never saw her remove her signature hat. Related Gallery "I assumed, like many French people at the time, that she didn't speak English," Kirkland explains in the book. Kirkland - who has photographed stars including Angelina Jolie and Marilyn Monroe - is releasing 100 copies of a deluxe limited-edition version of the book, complete with a signed print, priced at $250, while the standard edition will retail at $50. Containing 118 black and white images of the iconic designer, Coco Chanel: Three Weeks/1962 is available now.
Brand Ellen: Can Happiness Sell Clothes? | People | BoF LOS ANGELES, United States — For the uninitiated, attending The Ellen Degeneres Show is like entering an alternate reality. In stark contrast to the divisive American election campaign, pitting poor against rich, black against white, straight against gay and left against right, Ellen’s set is one where everyone can sit comfortably together, singing and smiling — and dancing. Welcome to the world of Ellen Degeneres, a uniting force for good and one of the most followed and connected celebrities on the planet. Back at the show, the audience is predominantly female, but diverse in every other way. “I just wanted it to be happy, I just pictured Ellen dancing and making everyone happy,” said Pink, when first introducing the theme song for Season 13 to Ellen’s viewers last September. Hillary Clinton attends the Ellen Show Season 13 Premiere | Source: Getty “People support Ellen on a personal level, and that’s the difference I would say. Everything at ED begins and ends with Degeneres.
20140920 politicsfashion Style: ASAP Rocky x DKNY in new Donna Karan campaign Okayplayer The world of style has no rules but it was still an astonishing surprise to discover ASAP Rocky, prominently featured in DKNY‘s last campaign, fitting in perfectly in the crowd of renowned models ( Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, Eliza Cummings and Dylan Rieder). Shot in October, the spot takes place around a yellow taxi cab in New York’s key location place: Times Square. Freshly dipped in a series of well-tailored suits, Rocky exuded confidence and charisma–and was definitely a good catch by DKNY. The “Fashion Killa” has, of course, previously weighed in on style matters and in an appearance on Teen Vogue said: “Every day I get dressed based upon mood, how I’m feeling. You come a long, way Rocky.