Fashion Week may be over here in NYC, but the fun has just begun overseas. Everyone who is anyone in the international industry (yours truly not included, sadly) is now sitting front row in London. If you need your fashion fix, The Daily has all the deets. You can also take a look at London thanks to NY Magazine’s The Cut.
Speaking of London, people are freaking out over Mark Fast’s use of plus size models in his Spring 2010 show. Let’s remember that plus size in the modeling industry means size 8, not size 14. Rumor has it two of Fast’s people quit because they refused to work with the three larger girls. Does this girl look fat to you?
Ruffian will be designing a line for Anthropologie. The collection, which will launch in November in Anthro stores, will be called Mise en Scene, and will feature both clothes and houseware. Need to hold in that paunch?
DKNY is launching Smoothies, a spanx-like garment that will come in a variety of bright colors.Looks like Vogue is going to have to cut back, big time. Will the devil still wear Prada now that she’s heard that Conde Nast needs to trim the fat to the tune of 25%? A quarter’s quite a lot to cut!
Elle, meanwhile, is doing well. Which is probably why they could afford to “hire” City star Olivia Palmero. Rumor has it now that this season of The City has finished filming, she’s focusing on her next endeavor, a jewelry collaboration with Roberta Freymann.
We may have had the Now Showcase of eco-designers here in New York, but over in Italy they had an entire conference dedicated to sustainable fashion design. Despite enthusiasm at the event, no one was deluded enough to claim that all fashion should be sustainable. That’s “absurd and unthinkable.” Is it?
King of sex Tom Ford is looking to expand – he’s currently seeking financial backers for a Womenswear line. The designer is asking for around $30 million. No big deal, right? It’s only a troubled economy.
Lara Stone thinks she’s fat. She told Elle UK that she’s taken up Pilates, among other things, in hopes of losing weight. Stone, for the record, is a size four. And yet, she’s “tired of being the fat one.”
One of my favorite Carrie Bradshaw lines ever is, “Wait! Wait! I lost my Choo!” (Spoken when Carrie is trying to catch the ferry back from Staten Island after her rendezvous with politician Bill Kelly). Ever lost one of your favorite Choos? Tamara Mellon just revealed Choo 24/7, a capsule collection of 28 classic styles – so you can update the ones you’ve lost, of course. Or you can just hit up the soon to be released H&M diffusion line.
On Tuesday night, Bacon Bits, Informr Bean and I headed over to all sustainable all the time restaurant Rouge Tomate (who partnered with Go Green) for this year’s Eco-Luxe showcase. They doled out delicious Long Island Duck en Sous Vide with Farro, Pomegranate and Pumpkin Seed Vinaigrette, and we sipped their signature Purple Reign cocktails. Heavenly! And while most of the tables weren’t fashion related, we did check out some very cool purses and dresses made out of cork.
That’s right, Nature’s Cork provides clutches, handbags, luggage, and gowns made of the material. You’d never believe it, but you can take a tree and turn it into a purse that looks and feels just like suede. It’s incredible! We also checked out A Lot to Say’s line of shirts and undies made from recycled soda bottles – the shirts were as soft as an Alexander Wang tee, and totally eco-friendly. There was once a time, long, long ago, when Anna Wintour wore gold lame and shirts with mesh cutouts. You can’t miss these pictures.
Ok, so these might not fit us, but how adorable are these eco-friendly baby clothes from Adooka? The line is made from certified organic cotton fabric and low-impact, fiber reactive dyes that are free of heavy metals and toxins. Even the snaps are nickel-free. Can somebody find me a baby to dress?