Resolution

The picture of Gisele Bundchen's ass has just triggered our anorexia. See you at the gym everyone!
Have a Happy New Year, mates!

Cowboys & Indians

WTF is with every cheesy pop star in Europe wearing Dsquared and having a snotty little overtanned face? They look so defensive, poor things.
Beckham's fashion stylist secretly hates them, otherwise he wouldn't dress them in ponchos and crotchless leather trails.

Pink Stilettos

Randal Slavin is kinda like Steven Klein but not as overrated. Or maybe it's just the bodysuit and the pink fuck-me shoes that've gotten to us. Hmmm. The entire editorial is under cut on our new Flickr account. Randal Slavin | Ladies In Their Sensitivities | Flaunt

Eve of '06

Great idea for our Factory themed soirée decoration here: (1) Lotssa silver clouds and (2) girls in lame .
Also essential are a couple of (3) scruffy-looking boys and, of course, (4)refreshments .
Edie Sedgewick wearing something that looks like last year's Calvin Klein. Unbelievable.

Kim for Miu Miu

Following the Donatella lead LVMH decides to take the Miu Miu image into a slightly post-menopausal territory. The company press releases are touting Kim Basinger's intellectual sex appeal in these new photo spreads for Miuccia's Spring 2006 collection. Retoucher folks better be paid overtime for this one.

Our favorite blog Fashionologie has more campaign photos.

Campaign Fever S/S 2006

Looks like Mariacarla Boscono is going to run away with six high profile ad campaigns this coming spring. And now that her hair is blond she resembles a dark-eyed version of Gemma Ward. Not unintentionally. The lucky girls to be overexposed next year?

Here's the preliminary model line up:
Mariacarla Boscono: YSL, Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy, H&M Stella McCartney, Etro, Blumarine
Snejana Onopka: YSL, Louis Vuitton Eyewear, Dolce & Gabbana, Lanvin
Gemma Ward: Burberry, Karl Lagerfeld, Hermes, Calvin Klein Jeans
Hilary Rhoda: Pucci, Emanuel Ungaro, Balenciaga, Just Cavalli
Freja Beha: Gucci, Balenciaga, Hugo Boss

View complete list here

Why Fashion Is Boring

Read Cathy Horyn's article in the Style section today about contemporary fashion designers like Zac Posen and Tom Ford not being geeky enough to figure out the internet thing:

As another runway season approaches, journalists and buyers seem increasingly prepared to be bored. The usual explanation is that the 1970's model of selling clothes through a combination of personality, runway shows and brick-and-mortar stores is exhausted. Also, there are too many designers chasing the same diminishing media and retail space, and operating under a fatal belief that they will have time to develop their brands.

But the real reason for the growing sense of boredom is that the fashion world is not participating in the technology revolution. It is outside the medium rather than inside it. The discouraging thing about watching models flip down the runway is that it doesn't allow you to look at and think about fashion in a new way. It's the same aesthetic trip, and the Web has widened our emotional and aesthetic expectations.

We agree and absolutely love the idea of Tom Ford movies a la BMW. Also, all the bored journalists and buyers can send their front row passes to us. We'll gladly watch the models for them. [NYT]

The Face Of Virgin

The best part of this new Virgin Mobile commercial is Kate's apartment. That is exactly how I imagined my apartment to be when I grow up - stainless counter tops, pink tulips and white couches. Watch the entire ad on gawker.com



FAD Xmas gift - Wired Kate user pic

You're welcome...

More of 2005 FAD Awards

Shoes of 2005 Award goes to Christian Louboutin cork platform pumps because everyone wants them and nobody can find them.
Best Legs of 2005 Award belongs to Vlada Roslyakova. Her victory was clear the minute we saw this photoshoot for Flair magazine.click to enlarge
Fashion Abomination of 2005 is, of course, Paris Hilton and everything she touches. We feel contaminated just by virtue of looking at this woman.
Mariacarla Boscono owns Most Fierce Walk of 2005 Award. Her storming down the runway is a sight to see. They should name a hurricane after her.

2005 FAD Awards

Since FAD is now an ELLE UK approved read we decided to give out our own Year In Fashion Awards. Drumroll, please.

Dress of the Year Award goes to the classy figure-hugging number by Roland Mouret. It's the contemporary man-eating Hitchcock Femme look of 2005.
Fashion Burb of 2005 Award undoubtedly belongs to Sienna Miller-induced Boho: paisley dresses, tierd skirts, cowboy boots, hippy belts, gigantic wooden beads and bangles. The spread of the trend was propelled by a common misconception that a tiered skirt can conceal a large butt. Not true.
Magazine Cover of the Year Award goes to the first ever issue of Vogue China and its editor-in-chief Angelica Cheung. Fashion is opium for the people now widely available in its glossy form. Long live Mao and Conde Nast!

The Power Stylist of 2005 Award is for Rachel Zoe - the woman who, according to the LA Times, almost singlehandedly brought flat chests and anorexia back into fashion and is responsible for creating the new image for Hollywood's young starlets. Love it or hate it. Stay tuned for more...

Vogue's Best Dressed List

Sienna Miller tops Vogue's Best Dressed List of 2005 along with Park Avenue princesses Lauren Davis, Lisa Airan and Aerin Lauder . Apparently to make the Vogue's best dressed list you must be in posession of Seabiscuit good looks and lots of matronly suits from Chanel and Christian Lacroix. [FWD]

Space Age Pop

Patent leather in 2006 is in the running to become what the silvery/golden glitz was in 2005 - big seller for all of us who secretly wish they could wear a catwoman costume more than just once a year for Halloween.
Catwoman however is a misguided reference. Patent leather went hand in hand with 60's space age fascination - watch Catherine Deneuve's YSL wardrobe in 1967 Belle de Jour - you'll see patent leather. Here's a modern interpretation by Karl, Miuccia and Marc.
Louis Vuitton
Prada und Fendi
Moschino und Fendi
Vogue Italia is already jumping on the Space Age bandwagon

Boot Vision

Life will simply not be the same after we get boots like this.

Pieing is Out, Hate Cards are In

Radar reports that Anna Wintour's getting attacked by PETA again. This time they went as far as sending Christmas cards to Wintour's underlings picturing her scantily clad cartoony corps with words: "Without My Fur I'm Nothing." Wintour remained largely unimpressed.
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Speaking of AW, we just caught Vogue's own Andre Leon Talley at Whole Foods at Union Square lurking around the cookie rows. He is not supposed to do that, is he? Tsk tsk tsk.

Scarlett In Pain

Don't forget to participate in the Caption-Me contest on perezhilton.com. Who knew this is actually physically possible:
Nice Ass!

Rumors Are People Too

Former Calvin Klein model Jenny Shimizu spills the beans about her ongoing relationship with Angelina Jolie to the UK Sun. It turns out the actress and the model still go away to Cambodia together to "explore jungle."

Whatever happens in that camp one thing we can report for sure is that Angelina's accessory baby Maddox looks like Jenny's little identlical twin. Hmmmm.

Gods Love Gyllenhaal

"Brokeback Mountain" gay cowboy craze seems to have inspired Marc Jacobs. The fashion demi-god is throwing a holiday hoedown Wednesday night at Skylight, an event space on Hudson and Spring streets. The spot will be transformed into a veritable dude ranch with hay bales covering the floors and security men dressed as Wild West sheriffs. Jacobs' underlings have reportedly been taking country line-dancing classes in preparation for the down-home soiree." (page 6)

Marc Jacobs of course forgot to invite us. But we forgive him because we love him. Our only hope is that cowboy boots and hats don't make a comeback anytime soon.

Meryl Streep in 'Devil Wears Prada'

Meryl Streep looks surprisingly sassy on set of Devil Wears Prada. And her wig came out a hell of a lot better than the horror Anna Wintour sports on her head. AW must be pissed. Muahahaaa.Patricia Fields is the fashion stylist for the film.

Olsen Obsession Continues

Half the face covered up? This would make for a great MySpace profile pic - for a fat girl.

Guten Tag, Mein Lieben Katz

Designer Michael Kors should have been "out" long time ago - because of his abnormally orange facial color. Mystic tan is so 2004.Herr Michael und Heidi

Yes To Tights

The monorchome winter with its the mind-numbing Christmas jingles has finally gotten to us: we are hungry for some red. Red tights that is. They look supreme with grey scale patterns of the season and are spotted on free-spirited legs all over town. To avoid looking too christmasy opt for maroon - an uptown version of red. (D&G)
Shape | Russian Vogue | Photographed by David Ferrua

Glossy Ego Trip

Rumor has it that Fashion Addict Diary was featured in December issue of Elle UK - something about us being bitchy and being in New York. (How true!) Too bad we find out about this now when the January issue is on the stands. Better late than never, right?

Big thanks to Viva Las Divas for the tip!

Fashion Stalking the Olsens

Speaking of the Olsens. Ashley Olsen has been getting her geek on in what looks like a pair of horn-rimmed prescription glasses. There are people who look really cool in them but Ashley Olsen is not one of those people. Otherwise we like her Victorian style jacket and pumps that look like they are Christian Louboutin. (thanks pupok)
(click to enlarge, maybe you can make out what those shoes are)
Update: And here is what we meant by saying that some people look really hot in nerdy glasses...
Channeling Maria Carla much?

(thanks to the Moscow hottie anna_frost)

NYT Styles: Scarlett

What made us laugh about the New York Times' Scarlett Johansson article is the fact that she's been reading Capote's In Cold Blood. Celebrities, they are just like us! Scarlett also discusses shopping with Woody Allen. The very thought of this sends a big neurotic twitch down our spine. See more photos and read the article on Nytimes.com

Silk Ruffle Blouse

It's $65 on Shop Intuition.
*Wink*

The Good, The Bad and The Blair

Selma Blair may think she looks like Twiggy but she is wrong. This is not Twiggy, this is Liza Minelli on Novocaine. Her annoying persona is what ruins for us the entire editorial in January 2003 W. [Ed: I was wrong, flame away.] Otherwise the shoot is perfectly modish. [More Photos]
Selma Blair | W | Fashion Stylist: Joe Zee | Photographer: Michael Thompson

Bluefly Sweepstakes

Don't forget to enter the Bluefly sweepstakes. No raising hopes too high here. We were obsessively spinning the 30 Bags in 30 Days contest and got nothing. So, play and let us know if you win the spree.
[Bluefly]

Johnson Shorts

Fashion Addict Diary is here to hip you to the latest fashion news, you know that. If they are calling something a hot new trend it means FAD mentioned it months ago. It's hard for us sometimes because anyone who carefully checks FAD becomes so fashion-savvy that we here are having a tough time keeping up with our internet friends in terms of shopping. It would make for a huge dilemma for most fashionists but not for us. Our benevolence is astonishing. We know. So here's the tip: Johnson Shorts. We'll say nothing more.