Even if you aren’t into rainbow-colored hair or wearing band t-shirts and tutus on a regular basis, there is something stylistically intriguing about “the scene,” and Sarah-Jane Adams, creative founder of Cause a Scene magazine knows that better than anyone. The free online mag is chock full of amazing indie designers and interesting scene personas. Earlier this week, Sarah-Jane was kind enough to answer some questions about Cause a Scene, indie websites, and Britney Spears. Read the interview after the jump. (more…)
I was quite disappointed to see Paris Hilton on last month’s cover of Nylon. I don’t really have anything against the heiress, but there is nothing edgy or even uniquely stylish about P. Hilton. So, seeing Lily Allen looking freshly coiffed and extra-adorable on the cover of the December/January issue was a pleasant surprise.
I haven’t read the article, but I really, really want her new haircut!
See some behind the scenes photos at the Nylon website.
To be completely honest, the extent of my news watching is having it on in the background while chatting with my parents— most of the time the volume is so low we can’t even hear it. It bores me to no end, and after about 30 minutes you’ve heard all the news stories, and they’re just talking about the same stuff over again. I do, however, quite obviously, read many, many other blogs, and luckily they watch the news or at least know someone who does. While scoping out the blog Model Liberation, I stumble upon a clip from the Today Show talking about the epic all black Italian Vogue.
I know this topic is sort of beaten to death, especially in the blogging world. We’ve been talking about the pros and cons for months, and yesterday Fashionista even posted scans of the entire issue on their site— though I haven’t seen them because the load time is so slow and the files are so large it keeps freezing my browser, joy!
Back to the issue at hand, The Today Show brought Veronica Webb, Jerri DeVard, and Neal Hamil on the show to discuss the issue (I’m thinking that’s a double entendre in this case). Among the many fantastic points brought up in this interview, they landed on the discussion of the ads in the magazine being predominately white. It would have been insane for the magazine to ask all the designers to re-shoot their campaigns with black models, so I never really thought about the ad factor. Now that I think about it, I sort of find the conflicting nature of the ads and the content funny. However, I’m not sure what would be an acceptable median for advertising diversity. That’s the problem with focusing on race instead of clothes, there will never be an end to this situation.
My favorite ideas from the interview:
- People have to vote with their dollars!
- Veronica compared having more black models on the runway to a trend like miniskirts. (Its so true though!)
- Get more diversity in the photography, designing, hairstyling, magazine, etc. fields
- WE HAVE TO BE CONDITIONED TO SEE BEAUTY! (this is the truest statement I’ve heard in a while.)
What do you guys think about this interview? Did you like it or are the just beating a dead horse?
There are things about the fashion industry that still make me scratch my head. Why can’t short girls become super models when half the time people like Mary-Kate and Ashley look just as good in designer clothes as most models— there is a little process I like call hemming. Also, why are most women’s wear models barely women? Everyone wants fresh-faced models, but if I were a casting director I’d want experience. As gorgeous as young models like Lily C, Daria, and Stam are, they can’t touch models with experience like Kate and Iman.
I was scrolling through Fashionista yesterday and I ran into this editorial of Iman from the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of VS. magazine. At first I though they were shots from the Italian Vogue, but I was disappointed— I can’t wait to see them! I wasn’t disappoint, however, with the editorial itself. I have always thought Iman was gorgeous, but she looks extra-fabulous in this spread. What really struck me, though, was the poses.
I realized I rarely ever see our new group of “top models” really posing, unless you count jumping a thousand times a pose. Every pose Iman hit was slightly contorted and awkward making each picture a gorgeous piece of art. I really wish the art of posing would come back— Benny Ninja, stop screwing around with those top model wannabes on ANTM and start working with the girls who are actually getting face time in magazines and ad campaigns, PLEASE!
I’ve also decided I really need, as in will die without, the entire look on the left. One day, I’m sure I’ll look back and think. What the hell was I thinking when it comes to my new found tribal phase, but for now I’m in lust!
See the entire editorial after the jump! (more…)
What happens when W magazine rounds up some of our favorite new-ish designers , like Alexander Wang, Gareth Pugh, Jeremy Laing, Jason Wu, and the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte, just to name a few, and take them to a swank hotel in Miami filled with gorgeous models, like Sasha P. Kate, Daria, and Lara Stone, while Bruce Weber clicks away on his camera? You get a 36 page spread called “Summer Camp,” full of fun, gorgeous clothes, and half-naked/naked models.
Though I know what I’m getting into each time I see an editorial with Kate Moss— I’m bound to see at least one of her nipples— I now think I’m going to have to be weary of editorials with Lara Stone too. She has the most gorgeous curves I’ve ever seen, but there isn’t more than a handful of pictures with her in them where she’s fully clothed. I’m going to have to hide this issue of W because I’m sure it will somehow make it into the dangerous hands of one of my little brothers, GROSS!
Head to the W magazine website to see all the pictures and read little articles on each of our favorite new designers. W magazine’s July “Young Designers” issue, of which this editorial is a part, will be on newsstands June 24th.
p.s. Alex Wang, if you stumble across my fair blog, I adore you, and congrats on not going fangirl when you met Kate!
