| 03/16/10 — 0 comments |
Downtown Aspen. Not a bad place to relax between shows
We can already see your eyes rolling. We know, Fashion Week in Aspen? Fur and ski folderol? Well, we were hoping for more Ivana Trump looks (Dahlink!), but we have to say this second annual show makes more sense than many we have seen around the world. Remember Iceland?
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Cator Sparks | Categories: Design + Designers, Film + Fashion, Style + Trends | No Comments » |
| Article Tags: Aspen Fashion Week, Christian Siriano, Douglas Keeve, Kjus, Lisa Johnson, Naomi Campbell | |
| 03/10/10 — 1 comment |
The stylish cast of Gossip Girl
I escaped my manic Monday by allowing myself the purely guilty pleasure of Gossip Girl, which returned to the CW this week after a seemingly endless three-month hiatus.
The GG ladies (and their outfits) are the biggest reason to watch the show. There’s Blair (Leighton Meester), the prissy Upper East Side princess. Serena (Blake Lively) is the cleavage-baring party girl. Jenny (Taylor Momsen) is the budding fashion designer with a penchant for black eyeliner and studs. And Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) … well, no one really knows about Vanessa.
Leighton Meester and Blake Lively in Gossip Girl
The girls’ personalities are reflected in their ensembles, and thanks to the CW store, you can channel their characters by purchasing the exact same clothing and accessories they wear on the show. Wanna release your inner bitch? Pick up Blair’s Emily Sisal Cloche Hat in Raspberry by Louise Green, from episode 1 of season 3. Feel like being a skank-ho for the night? Serena’s Skinny Mini Legging in Indigo by Charley 5.0, from episode 8 of season 3, is sure to bring all the boys to the yard. Just try not to get too into character — there may be someone watching and blogging about it.
XOXO.
PHOTOS: The CW
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Jessica Marati | Categories: Film + Fashion, Style + Trends | 1 Comment » |
| Article Tags: Blake Lively, Charley 5.0, Costumes, CW, Gossip Girl, Jessica Szohr, Leighton Meester, Louise, Taylor Momsen | |
| 03/09/10 — 0 comments |
Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND
When Tim Burton wants to make a blockbuster film, he calls two people to make it happen: Johnny Depp and costume designer Colleen Atwood. Atwood is the genius behind the breathtaking ensembles in Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND, which made me swoon when I watched it over the weekend.
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Jessica Marati | Categories: Film + Fashion | No Comments » |
| Article Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood, Costume Design, Costumes, Johnny Depp, Mad Hatter, Tim Burton | |
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| 03/08/10 — 15 comments |
2010 Oscars red carpet
Every year, I swear that the Oscars will not suck away five-plus hours of my life that I will never get back — and every year, I forget that solemn vow and I get totally excited and watch. Last night’s ceremony was … more boring than usual? Is that possible? I had a little tiny hope, with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosting, that this would be a somewhat amusing affair, and unfortch for me and my tiny hopes, I was dead wrong (where were they? They spent two minutes total onscreen!).
At least we have the clothes to keep us amused — right? Um … sort of.
Let me preface my forthcoming thought tornado with a note on Oscar Arrival Television. I will never stop missing Joan Rivers. I cannot even look at that Jay Whateverhisnameis with his disgusting Sisqo-Silver hair and cheesy printed jacket. BARF. And Seacrest is almost worse: He never asks who anyone is wearing. We want to know who everyone is wearing, Ryan. That is why we are watching you and your creepy fake smile do this ridiculous banter. JOAN ALWAYS ASKED — I AM JUST SAYING.
Overall it was just okay, the fashion. Earrings are really back in a big way (I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence sincerely, but I did); it seems everyone had a giant sparkly dangle situation happening. I had three freakouts over unknowns, one little surprise, one new girl crush, and more than a few eye rolls.
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Elizabeth Spiridakis | Categories: Film + Fashion, People + Personalities | 15 Comments » |
| Article Tags: Amanda Seyfried, Armani Privé, Carey Mulligan, Chanel, Charlize Theron, Chris Innis, Dior, Eli Roth, Jeff Bridges, Jenny Packham, Joan Rivers, Judd Nelson, Kathryn Bigelow, Marchesa, Michael Kors, Miley Cyrus, Oscars, Prada, sandra bullock, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tina Fey | |
| 03/08/10 — 1 comment |
(L) Molly Ringwald with (R) Matthew Broderick
I was originally tapped to write a critique of the Oscar gowns and looks today. But after sitting through that hellishly long self-love fest I don’t have much to say. Most dresses were safe. There were some standouts. Zoe Saldana in Givenchy was ravishing. Sandra Bullock looked radiant and glam. Vera Farmiga’s Marchesa gown pleated and fanned all over in a beautiful berry. Robert Downey Jr.’s bow tie made me smile. But there were no Björks this year. No Celines in backward suits. No Cher! Instead we got tasteful. Even the dowdy Meryl Streep sexed it up in Chris March, and Tina Fey looked hot. Really hot. Everyone, overall, looked pretty. And safe. And a little boring.
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Bradford Shellhammer | Categories: Film + Fashion, People + Personalities | 1 Comment » |
| Article Tags: Chris March, Givenchy, Marchesa, Meryl Streep, Molly Ringwald, Oscars, Zoe Saldana | |
| 03/04/10 — 0 comments |
The Academy Awards are a huge night in the world of fashion. Major designers jockey for Hollywood darlings’ attention in hopes of landing their gowns on the backs of presenters, attention-seekers, and, in the best case, nominees. Our culture obsesses over what Hollywood wears this night. We religiously watch the red-carpet specials. We don’t care what the nominees say about the honor of being recognized. We want to know one thing: Who are you wearing?
Gay men look at the Oscars as a second Christmas. We host elaborate parties for the event. I am sure straight folks do the same, but I’d guess it’s not the same. Methinks we probably care just a little bit more. Why do I make such a bold statement of generalization? Because I am writing this column and I can. And because of Cher.
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Bradford Shellhammer | Categories: Film + Fashion, People + Personalities, Style + Trends | No Comments » |
| Article Tags: Academy awards, Audrey Hepburn, Cher, Grace Kelly, Jennifer Hudson, Liza Minnelli, Oscar Fashion, Oscars, Tilda Swinton | |
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| 03/03/10 — 0 comments |
There is a perfect storm of aesthetic and aural amazingness happening in the form of the short film Kate and Laura Mulleavy made for the Rodarte spring collection, AANTENI. Ready for this magical combination?
Rodarte’s spring/summer 2010 collection film, AANTENI
Guinevere van Seenus (hearts forever), in Rodarte future seaweed-lattice finery, directed by photographer Todd Cole, runs around somewhat bewildered and upset to a musical score by No Age.
Almost too much to handle, right?
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Elizabeth Spiridakis | Categories: Film + Fashion, Inspiration | No Comments » |
| Article Tags: Aateni, Guinevere van Seenus, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy, Nicholas Kirkwood, Rodarte | |
| 02/16/10 — 1 comment |
I love that everyone is streaming their fashion shows on the internets now! It makes not having that ticket a teensytinymctinerson bit more easy to bear. (Sorta?)
Rodarte was live on SHOWStudio at noon today, and even though the feed for the actual show was sorta shaky for me (and eventually just froze) I LOVED the real time pre-show bedlam cam, complete with british-accented voice-over. It was like a National Geographic special (”And there you see, just on the left, is a Vogue Editor in her natural habitat.”)
It’s like where’s waldo but way more fun.
Here’s what I could glean from the not-so-sharp screen on my ancient Powerbook. Between my eagle eye & other people’s twitpics, I went straight up Gil Grissom this thing and basically pieced it together like a CSI agent.
I KNOW there were tons more people that I couldn’t make out, who did I miss in there? Tell me!
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Elizabeth Spiridakis | Categories: Film + Fashion | 1 Comment » |
| Article Tags: New York Fashion Week, Rodarte, SHOWstudio | |
| 02/15/10 — 0 comments |
LOVE magazine
“The Internet is in its teenage years now, and like a teenager, it doesn’t have a clue what it’s doing.” That’s what British trend forecaster Jane Kellock said in regard to the evolution of the Web.
But this teenager is about to come of age with a riotous explosion of fashion video for 2010, and the biannual love child of Katie Grand and Condé Nast, LOVE magazine, is on the front lines.
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Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin | Categories: Film + Fashion, Style + Trends | No Comments » |
| Article Tags: Agyness Dean, Alexander McQueen, Katie Grand, LOVE, Prada, SHOWstudio, style.com | |
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