Is this creepy or....creepy???

From the pages of Vogue Paris model Daria Werbowy looks as if she's in the happiest fight of her life in the middle of the desert with a middle eastern man. Fashion spreads have loads of symbolism behind them (I'm still in deep thought about what this could mean) but sometimes the line is crossed between symbolic and coo-coo land. I think the sneaky smile on his face scares me the most. This is just weird.

-Doni W.

Not Cool, French Vogue...Not Cool.

Here are a few pictures from a spread in the October issue of French Vogue, where Dutch model Lara Stone is posed in what has been called "contemporary Blackface". The issue is said to be dedicated to supermodels but lacks diversity. Well, if you call painting Stone black, diversity...be my guest. Shot by Steven Klein and styled by Carine Roitfeld, Stone wears ethnic clothing with an evil look on her face.

I don't like it one bit.




I don't understand why the team over at French Vogue felt this was in any way a good idea. It's like there are no standards of social decorum when it comes to fashion, when there should be.

-Christopher Nic.

God Bless September

-Doni W.

A New September

If you weren't too familiar with the inside work of fashion magazines, here's a little insight.

Fashion mags usually make a bulk of their ad revenues in their September issues. For example Vogue made 23% of its ad bookings in last year's September issue and Elle made 16% of its. This has always been the case and there was never an expected change...until an UNexpected recession hit. So things are going a little different this September, and it's already starting to look 'not-so-good'.

Elle's ad pages have dropped 21% as compared to September 2008. This is a slight improvement from March's 28% drop.

September ad pages over at Essence are down 16.1% since last year. March was down 30%.

Harper's Bazaar - Ad pages might decline 23-26% this September as compared to last year. This is worse than March's 15% decline

And the fashion bible, Vogue, is among the ranks with ad pages being down 41% this September, worse than March's 25%. The discontinuation of Conde Nast's Fashion Rock supplement might have contributed to the decline.

I wonder how poor Anna is taking this... :-(


-Christopher Nic.

Mark Your Calenders...

...for one of the most creative events to spark Spring Fashion Week in New York. On September 10, which is also the first night of Spring 2010 Fashion Week, stores and boutiques across the five boroughs of New York and around the world will stay open until 11 p.m. and attract customers with fashion celebrity appearances, fashion shows and other dope happenings. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already started announcing plans for the citywide event, which has been given the name "Fashion’s Night Out". He will engage in a press conference this afternoon along with a slew of big wig New York designers and retail heavyweights arrayed behind him. Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and NYC & Company will be the sponsors, so you know it's bound to be a hit. 40% of the proceeds from a Fashion’s Night Out T-shirt (which will be available in August) will go to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and donations of clothes - new and gently used - will go to HIV/AIDS charities. You can already expect participation from Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Tory Burch, Phillip Lim, Coach, and many more. To register for Fashion’s Night Out updates, click here.


-Christopher Nic.

The Godfather

There are so many things you can call this man. I think the best way to describe him is genius. There are millions of photographers in the world..some more known than others, but NO ONE can compare to the resume of Steven Meisel. He works for the Best of the Best & I doubt he gets out of bed for no more less than a pretty penny. In his shoot for U.S. Vogue's May 09 issue he used his most coveted models for the shoot, including Carolyn Murphy, Coco Rocha, Jessica Stam, Gisele Bundchen, Naomi Campbell, Natalia Vodianova, Agyness Deyn and the list goes on...



-Christopher Nic.

B Loves The Kids

The most important child from Destiny's Child has been called by the almighty Anna to grace the April cover of Vogue. She talks about how she's amazed at how much influence she has on young girls...but if you look at this pic it looks like home boy standing in front of her is a little influenced as well...lol no shade.



Check out the behind the scenes video...



-Doni W.

Michelle for March: The Good, Bad & Ugly

The Good: Michelle has been only the second 1st Lady in history to pose on the cover of Vogue - next to Hilary.

The Bad: She's not giving me what I need. I see "Hey, look at me in the White House...and where are you??"

The Ugly: I mean, c'mon...look at that mug. Yesssssssssss....



-Christopher Nic.

Isn't it Ironic???

Since I watched The Devil Wears Prada two days in a row and picked up the latest Vogue a few days ago, I just thought it was kinda ironic for Anne Hathaway to be on the cover when she starred in the movie that slashed Anna Wintour's character. Maybe this was Anna's way of saying "no hard feelings" or maybe it's a part of her anger management course to forgive and forget, lol. The beef is probably just with Lauren...the author of the book. It would be so childish of Anna to not like Anne for just doing her job.

IDK just a thought.

-Doni W.

Wanna Move Up At Vogue???

"No Bang...No Bob...No Job!"
-Anna

Amy followed suit...

And so did her assistant...

I guarantee everyone else is on the chopping block, lol.

-Doni W.

Circa 1987

So while I was in the library at school supposedly researching for my class paper, I just happened to stumble across the 1980's Haper Baazar's and Vogue's (I'm not gone tell you what happened when I tried to take the August 1987 Vogue...the things we do for fashion...but that's my birthday year and month, I REALLY WANTED IT). Anywho, I finally saw Ms Iman in action, she was spotted in at least 3-4 ads throughout the mag, and this picture is from a Jacobson ad..I looked it up and I think it was a midwest department store. It was interesting to see all the big shots in their hay day, Linda Evangelista and Cristi Tirlington had a fashion spread together, along with a unknown black model that I'm gonna investigate. Something else I was excited about is that, when I looked at the Masthead guess who was absent??? Anna Wintour! She wasn't there yet, Grace Mirabella was the e-i-c and Diana Vreeland was the consulting editor...basically Grace asked Diana if she approved. So yeah, I was in heaven today at the library...too bad I got ZERO work done for class...oh well.



Here it is! I'll get you one day.

-Doni W

Sex And The City Premiered Today!

Ok, not over here in the states, but over in London I'm sure they had a grand ole time getting to see the movie first. And look at my girl SJP aka Carrie, she is definitely living up to the high standards we hold for the gals of satc. I just hope she sat in the back of the theater with that hat, because that would've caused some problems if I was sitting behind her. The gorgeous dress is Alexander McQueen...pretty calm for Alex...and thee hat is Phillip Treacy. I love how she wasn't afraid of this hat, bravo SJP. So, for us Americans, we're still waiting til May 30th, I can't wait to see the movie theater on this day. I bet AMC will never see this many stilettos again.

Well of course Ms Parker has to promote, and how else to promote the most stylish movie, then on the cover of one of the most stylish mags. Can't wait to get my hands on one of these to see what Sarah has to say about SEX....and the city, lol.

-Doni W.