One place where Anna Wintour never sits front row is at the US Open where our beloved editrix was at earlier this week to take in a match between Serena Williams and Francesca Schiavone. Anytime Anna’s hanging out in Flushing, Queens is front page news to us.
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In other musical news, which has no direct correlation to the VMAs, Drake hasn’t been paying his exorbitant stylist fees. According to TMZ, one disgruntled ex-stylist, Michael Raphael, is dragging the rapper to court, claiming he owes him $76,490, once the consulting services, travel fees, and pricey shopping sprees are factored in.
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Sharon Clott, formerly fashion news editor of InStyle, has been named senior editor at the publication…Amina Akhtar, formerly executive editor at Elle.com, has left the company…Leah Chernikoff, formerly editorial director of Fashionista, has been named editor of Elle.com…
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Oh, Nick Gruber. Truly the gift that keeps on giving…We’re actually quite fond of Gruber because he couldn’t have been sweeter when he visited The Daily offices earlier this summer to talk to us about life since Calvin Klein and how’s he’s just misunderstood. This week he’s been in the news due to an incident in Fire Island with porn titan Michael Lucas while visiting Hal Rubenstein in the Pines.
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In perhaps the most fun blast from the past news, Bob Mackie will be reuniting with Cher to design costumes for what is being said to be her “farewell” tour. Mackie first met Cher back in the Sixties when he was designing costumes for The Carol Burnett Show.
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In perhaps the greatest news of all time…Gina Gershon has been cast as Donatella Versace in a LIFETIME MOVIE!!!!(We are dying!) The Showgirls actress will star in House of Versace based on Deborah Ball’s nonfiction book about the Versace family who have had their fair share of ups and downs. And for the second greatest news of all time…
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Karen Elson is in the news again, but this time for doing what she does best. Karl Lagerfeld shot her in Chanel (you don’t say!) for the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar Spain and we’re having some serious flawless skin envy. We’ll have what she’s having. Certainly one of our fave covers of the month.
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BULLETT magazine recently announced that they would not be publishing the Fall issue of their fashion and art quarterly this year and would be focusing on digital. The news comes on the heels of recent reports that subscriptions and newsstands sales for physical magazines are down across the board for even the largest print publications with many boasting increased digital subscriptions.
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H&M is coming to 4 Times Square, aka the current home of Condé Nast. Not only are they planning to open their 13th Manhattan store at the base of the building, but the Swedish brand is also putting their logo on top of the 48-story tower. This is good news for the building’s owner, the Durst Organization, which built 4 Times Square in 2000, but has had difficulty finding someone to pay the rent.
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Glee dreamboat, Darren Criss is getting into the skincare biz. In a recent interview with The New York Times the 26-year-old talked to Eric Wilson about a men’s grooming company, The Motley, in which he has become and investor.