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FASHION ADDICT DIARY: August 2006
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

It's the list mood alright

a) Anna Sui polka dot tights a la Irina Lazareanu anna sui polka dot tights
b) Purple Spring & Clifton sweater jacket Carnaby Jacket
c) Rebecca Taylor high waist pants Rebecca Taylor
d) Visionaire 49 Decades Visionaire 49 Decades
e) Combat boots combat boot f) Tuna sashimi tuna sashimi salad

Nnnneeey

No offense to all the horses out there but you've become quite a cliche. First Madonna and Steven Klein, then Hermes and Givenchy and now we have Mario Testino going down the same equestrian path. And although excessive bonding with nature is completely unnecessary, the actual horses are still a major improvement from the days of Sarah Jessica Parker...
HORSE & NATALIA | STEVEN MEISEL | VOGUE SEPT 2006
The Last Waltz | Testino | Sept Vogue

HORSE & MADONNA | STEVE KLEIN | JUNE W
Madonna | Steven Klein | June W

Women Model Management gets conceptual

What does a modeling agency and an organ donor have in common? -- More than meets the eye.
Hannelore | Women Hannelore Knuts

Have you seen the Spring / Summer show packages over at COACD yet?

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Note 2 self / have 4 skool

a) turtleneck Sasha for Vogue Korea | September 06 b) baggy trousers top shop
c) tone-on-tone plaid, Plaid Dress | Urban Outfitters d) Ugly MJ's MJ / Fall 2006
e) coat by Bless Coat by Bless from Seven NY f) new Pop Pop Magazine
g) new cotton tote tote h) wwd subscriptionwwd . com
i) driving lessons / call AJcar

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

"Cream and Butter" ?!

Menswear designer Thom Browne, the man behind those ultracool $3,000 tiny narrow suits that sell out in Tokyo and New York says that his imaginary male muse "eats cream and butter" . And that's precisely why that muse remains only imaginary.
Does anyone still eat cream and butter?
Let's be honest, you have to live on baby food to be able to wear any of the recent skinny menswear trends... that's the truth. We eat watermelons. Beats baby food, that's for sure.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Fashion Rocks - Sept 7

Remember how upset we all got at the WWD's suggestion that Christina Aguilera is the one most likely to influence consumer decisions? Well, she just influenced me. I mean, how amazing are those Dolce & Gabbana pants?! Ahh!! (I know I'm not alone in my passion for stage costumes).
Aquilera in Dolce & Gabbana

Not only that, she also got me thinking about going to Fashion Rocks concert on September 7. Anyone wonna go dutch on the 8 discounted mezzanine tickets? You can dress up like it's Kimmora Lee's fashion show and you are Kimmora Lee... It's so totally worth the money.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Vogue in 1998

Look at what we have here - an issue of American Vogue from Kate Betts era, the time when Angelina Jolie was doing heroin and Vogue was doing Teen Tribe editorials. Eight years ago teen tribes inhibited the major urban areas and were still rocking dog collars and extra wide raver jeans. So hold on to your cobrasnake pics, mates, in a few years they'll look just as hilarious:
Teen Tribes | US Vogue | August '98
Totally not glam-rock

Too Juicy

Someone needs to tell Annie Leibovitz that her Marie Antoinette Vogue cover looks like a Juicy Couture ad.
Marie Antoinette| by Annie Lebovitz | US Vogue | September 2006

No, seriously.
joicy couture

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Favorite ad hall of fame

Can't decide what we like more - the perfectly ambiguous model or the pencil like finish of the photo or both. But then again it's the Jil Sander ad.
Androgyny, fad du jour.

But leave it to Alexander McQueen to take androgyny to a more distrubing length

Friday, August 11, 2006

Project Mansonland

Now here's a collaboration we like reading about: Lily Cole and Marilyn Manson as Lewis Carroll and Alice. We love whoever styled this shoot and want this entire Lily Cole look (in fact we own part of it already).
Marilyn Manson and Lily Cole | by Miles Aldridge | Fashion Rocks | September 2006
Marilyn Manson & Lily Cole | by Miles Aldridge | Fashion Rocks magazine.

And if you ever wondered where one could possibly wear these shoes, now you know - at an Antichrist and Gothic Slut themed pool party with Marilyn Manson.
Marilyn Manson and Lily Cole | by Miles Aldridge | Fashion Rocks | September 2006Marilyn Manson and Lily Cole | by Miles Aldridge | Fashion Rocks | September 2006Marilyn Manson and Lily Cole | by Miles Aldridge | Fashion Rocks | September 2006Marilyn Manson and Lily Cole | by Miles Aldridge | Fashion Rocks | September 2006

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

"The crotch on those pants is INSANE!"

Michael Kors
Michael Kors keeps us young ...

This one's just too easy

Bee Shaffer has an article in the Telegraph today about nepotism involved in securing a decent internship in New York. We couldn't have made this up. >>>

It's that time again

when everyone can gang up and trash Lindsey Lohan. Don't shy away. We'll start with the Chanel leather pants...
September ELLE  |  Lindsey Lohan
Even grandpa Karl wears them better


More ELLE Lohan editorial here

Monday, August 7, 2006

"So what are we feeling for Spring?"

Now that Nicolas Ghesquiere has gone through Cristobal's archives everyone wants to follow suit. Marilyn Kirschner of Lookonline.com reports that Peter Som and Thakoon are using old images from Balenciaga for inspiration. It seems that bell shaped skirts and corset tops are here to stay.
Irina in Balenciaga | Harper's Bazaar
Irina in Balenciaga | Harper's Bazaar

Nicolas Ghesquiere, however, tells Harper's Bazaar that his highly acclaimed Fall '06 collection is something he will "never do again". The rest of the fashion food chain would murder to know what he is feeling for Spring '07.

Sunday, August 6, 2006

Anna Wintour sighting

We're ecstatic and we're not going to sleep all night because we just ran into Anna Wintour! She was strolling down Broadway with a young woman (Bee, I assume, but it was dark) looking dashing in her perfectly fitted white trousers and top. She was smiling, happy and checking us out, especially Mr. X. Haha. She comes off as a really nice older lady. Shocking, I know.

Saturday, August 5, 2006

Plaid Fad Alert #537

As much as we love to hate Michael Kors you have to give it to him: a few of the plaid dresses and skirts that he made for Fall are actually quite good. And they look just like Marc Jacobs *surprise-surprise* Ahh, the things you'll do to make it to those trend roundup pages in the magazines, eh? But we don't judge. It's business. Right, Mikey?
MICHAEL KORS DRESS
Michael Kors dress: it's the 60's and the plaid trends mixed in one. Source: Teen Vogue

Friday, August 4, 2006

Tomboy Chic

Summer may be a bad time for supermodels but not Kate Moss who is rocking the androgynous look for the big fat September issue of British Vogue. Photographed by Craig McDean Ms. Moss "indulges in fashion's new found fetish for rubber and leather" in one of the editorials inside. Gotta love rubber & leather and tomboys - it's been 16 years since that was around.
Kate Moss | Vogue UK cover | By Craig McDean | September 2006
Vogue UK | September 2006

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

The Return Of The Pink Leopard

You know something is up when the fashion illustrators of the world keep drawing up the same dress. Apparently, Marc Jacobs leopard print creation for Fall 2006 collection looks striking - on a cartoon. But if we had to choose between a pink leopard and a more traditional yellow version we'd stick with the pink: at least it has some irony to it.
 marc jacobs dress
Illustrators: Ruben Toledo for Nordstrom ad (left), Pzemek Sobocki for Hint Magazine (right)

marc jacobs dress
MJ leopard in reality

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Here comes the plaid

You didn't expect the ever fashion-forward Chloe Sevingy to miss the bandwagon of the season, did you? And who could blame her - come October everyone's going to walk around in plaid - might as well start now. The Dutchess of Cornwall hats everyone is wearing come completely unexpected and have not been tested or approved by Condé Nast.
We'll just pass it off to the heatwave

The Boot Rant

We know it's boiling hot outside but these MJ boots are going to arrive in stores in two weeks. The waitlist has reached epic proportions and already includes a few Hollywood skanks. We felt the need to tell you just because we'd hate them to be wasted on Lindsey Lohans. Ick. They should all walk around in H&M trackuits like Madonna.
MJ boots
Does it even get cold enough in Hollywood to wear these?

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