Chic Report
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Is Miranda Kerr Losing Her Wings?
Say it ain't so! US Weekly is reporting that Miranda Kerr is leaving the Angel business. Multiple sources tell them that she was let go from her role as a Victoria's Secret Angel after her $1 million, three-year contract was not renewed because of an alleged difficult reputation. Chief marketing officer Ed Razek tells them that they have no plans to stop working with her and she'll still be...
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Gwyneth Paltrow Is All Good In Band Of Outsiders
Delish! Loving Gwyneth Paltrow in this Band of Outsiders multicolored suspender skirt from their pre-Fall 2013 collection. The author-actress-Applemom was at Williams-Sonoma (really!) to sign copies of her new book It's All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes that Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great for adoring fans in NYC yesterday. She completed the look with Gianvito Rossi red suede pumps.
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Look Of The Daily: Maggie Gyllenhaal in Isabel Marant
It takes a daring woman to walk a step and repeat in paisley, but brave Maggie Gyllenhaal went there. The actress attended the Sundance Institute Theatre Program Benefit in a Isabel Marant silk paisley dress from their Spring 2013 collection and looked sublime. Mag's out and about this week, also hitting up the Kate Young for Target launch party last night at Nolita's Old School.
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Be A Guess Girl
Think you have what it takes to be the next Kate, Claudia or Anna Nicole? GUESS is launching their first-ever model search with a little help from Ford Models and Elle. Women 16 and over have the chance to win a trip to NYC for a GUESS shoot that will appear in the pages of Elle, a $2,500 shopping spree, and a chance to become a Ford model. How...
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Olivia Wilde's Wedding Details Revealed!
Olivia Wilde is one step closer to her upcoming wedding with SNL star Jason Sudeikis. According to The Post, the bride-to-be opened up about her big day at a bash on Monday night celebrating her Marie Claire April cover. The celeb nuptials have been set for Spring 2014 in upstate New York, and Wilde has chosen Monique Lhuillier to design her bridesmaid dresses.
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Reed Krakoff Scores The Whitney's American Art Award
Another day, another award for Reed Krakoff! The designer and patron of the arts is being honored by The Whitney Museum at a gala dinner being held on April 16th at Highline Stages. The award will be presented by The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to Krakoff alongside fellow honorees Martin Z. Margulies, a Miami-based developer, and attorney Michael Ward Stout.
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Adele + Elle = Sunlit Perfection
Elle's latest "Women in Music" issue anointed Adele as one of its three cover girls, and the results of the Thomas Whiteside-shot cover are pretty stunning. We'd like to be bathed in this kind of buttery, uber-flattering sunlight all the time, s'il vous plait! Inside the glossy, everyone from Britney Spears to Barbra Streisand to John Mayer waxes poetic about the chanteuse (as did Lea Michele and Katy Perry).
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Shoe Dat: Prada Edition
You know the dealio...It's another round of Shoe Dat! Can you guess which partygoer wore these Prada Spring 2013 platforms at the New York Academy of Art's Tribeca Ball last night? Here's a hint: In 1994, this photog produced the Post Card Series for Comme des Garçons for the brand's Fall 1994–95 collections in collaboration with Rei Kawakubo. Give up? Find out in our Gallery!
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Hot Scots! Zang Toi Dons A Kilt, And More
At last night's "From Scotland With Love: The Scottish Lion Meets The Asian Dragon" extravaganza, there was plaid on plaid on plaid (but of course!) and a generous helping of men in kilts. This catwalk bow shot featuring Zang Toi (he skirts up quite well, non?) and a trio of mods in Far East and Scottish garb captures the joie.
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Look of The Daily: Thandie Newton in Temperley London
Haute alert! Thandie Newton made a PA in Cannes yesterday to promote her new three-part television series, Rogue, about an undercover agent gone, well, rogue. The British actress showed her patriotic colors in a stunning red and white ensemble from Temperley London's Spring 2013 collection. Encore!
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Gleeful Glenda
We'll have what she's having. In the case of Glenda Bailey's ebullient moment du applause, that would involve the annual New York Academy of Art's Tribeca Ball, featuring a din whipped up by Daniel Boulud. The event was presented by Van Cleef & Arpels and honoring Bob Colacello. Whenever you need a LOL break at Bazaar, just give us a ring, Glenda.
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Women Vs. Fashion: Control Issues, Anyone?!
Ever wonder if your closet controls you or if you're truly the master of your style sensibility? A Parsons prof and TJ Maxx spent some time pondering that quandary, and the verdict is in your favor. According to Dr. Hazel Clark, Parsons' research chair of fashion, 87 percent of us (truly) own our wardrobes. Go you! Celeb stylist Leslie Fremar is all about the individual style schtick, and is...
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Save Venice Masks Up For Its Black & White Ball
Guess who? Friday night's Save Venice Black & White Masquerade Ball at The Pierre hotel was a fashion face off of New York society's who's who behind the mask. The chic affair, which is held each year to raise funds to preserve the cultural and artistic heritage of Venice, was sponsored by Ferrari, Harry Winston and Lanvin. Co-chairing the event were Laurie Adorno, Adelina Wong Ettelson, Dayssi Olarte de...
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Two Films, Same Title, Same Subject: The YSL Showdown Of 2014
Tale of the dueling docs! Two biopics on late designer Yves Saint Laurent are set for release in 2014, and both are set to be titled simply Yves Saint Laurent, according to Vogue UK. The two films are causing quite a stir having ruffled the feathers of both Pierre Bergé and Francois Henri-Pinault. The first film, directed by Jalil Lespert will star French actor Pierre Niney
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Halle Berry Joins Michael Kors' Hunger-Quelling Cause
Belle with a cause alert! Michael Kors has tapped Bond babe and mom-to-be, Halle Berry, to help champion his cause to fight world hunger by raising funds for the United Nations World Food Programme. “I could not be more excited about Halle Berry’s decision to join me in fighting hunger,†said Michael Kors in a statement.
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Popcorn Break! Brits Gone Bad In 'Lotus Eaters'
How about a silver screen respite in the form of pampered young Brits indulging in sex, drugs, and other forms of debauchery? Check out Lotus Eaters, an indie flick directed by Alexandra McGuiness that promises scenes of wild parties, haunting tragedy and great fashion. The film follows a group of young friends throughout Europe, as they drink, smoke and fool around
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Dish Alert! Morsels From The Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival
Attention, foodies and the fashionettes who love them (and, more often than not, are them): the culinary cream of the crop hit up gorgeous Pebble Beach over the weekend for Food & Wine's big blowout, and our foodie pal, Jaret Keller, was on hand to witness all the delicious action. The resto world savant then debriefed us on all the tastiness...count us in next year, s'il vous plait!
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Scarlett Johansson's Marie Claire Moment
Things we love about May's issue of Marie Claire: cover gal Scarlett Johansson's resplendent, lacy Dolce & Gabbana dress (with lots more D&G looks to fawn over inside the mag), and George Gurley penning the story about the actress. Wondering what ScarJo's been TiVo-ing lately? "I’ve been obsessed with RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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Kering's Laurent Claquin Talks PPR Name Change
On Thursday night, party hoppers flocked to Canoe Studios in Manhattan to celebrate PPR's upcoming name change to Kering on June 18. Former CNBC and CNN Live anchor Nicole Lapin was on hand to perform emcee duties while Danish singer-songwriter Oh Land provided the live beats against a backdrop of the new Kering owl logo.
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Cushnie et Ochs, Marvelously Masked
Save Venice brought its masked madness to The Pierre on Friday night, and we're crowning this trifecta of two Michelles (Ochs and Harper) plus Ochs' design partner in crime, Carly Cushnie, as some of the chicest (and sexiest! Hello, oblique-bearing cutouts) masked revelers of the evening. Viva Venice!
