Aw! Here’s Jenny Lewis looking cute as a button at Coachella–WWD even put her on today’s cover.
I didn’t go to Coachella this year, but I’ve been a whole bunch of times before. Let me tell you, even if John Lennon and George Harrison were resurrected, and The Beatles did a reunion, I’d still probably say “Eh, it’s too hot.”
I’m an old lady–I like my comforts.
–Valentina
The lack of diversity in the fashion industry has been a point of contention for decades, and recently there’s been lots of talk on the issue. After the Spring 08 shows in NYC, for instance, America’s Next Top Model’s Nigel Barker took note of the homogeny on the runway, telling WWD, “Everyone is always talking about the weight issue, I think they should be talking about race.”
Now comes word that at least some are trying to take things in a different direction. Fashionista reports today that photographer Steven Meisel has just completed shooting an all-Black issue of Vogue Italia in an attempt to spur more diversity in future issues of Vogue. There aren’t too many details yet, and there’s no word on who the cover girl will be.
I just really hope this isn’t a one-time deal or a stunt that changes nothing.
–Valentina
You know those people who are still obsessed with Hello Kitty even though they’re like, 35? Well, they are going to shit their pants when they see this! Not only will the feline grace the cover of Japanese Vogue in June, she’ll also be wearing John Galliano’s Dior creations. Lucky bitch!
The spread will depict Galliano and HK walking around Paris shopping. So, I’m assuming it’s going to be a large puppet? Weird!
Here’s what a spokesman for Conde Nast Japan had to say about it:
“Japanese animation and characters have been a strong influence on the fashion world in the last few seasons, but Kitty is special….Fashion people all know her name and face and always say they love her. That’s why we at Vogue wanted to do something involving her.”
–Valentina
A couple of things:
1. Marc Jacobs is in the new issue of GQ.
2. He doesn’t get why people are so hot and cold for him:
Why is there this division all of a sudden between people in support of me and people against me? How did this happen? I haven’t done anything to anybody! I look at Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano—everybody has their shtick. And just because this wasn’t my shtick two years ago, it’s a problem
Yeah, but Galliano doesn’t have a Spongebob tattoo.
3. He doesn’t think he’s going through a midlife crisis.
4. He prefers Wheat Thins and Marlboro Lights.
5. He doesn’t consume flour, dairy, sugar, or caffeine, but smokes five packs a day. I hope that’s an exaggeration.
6. Marc’s personal trainer is named “Easy,” and he wants to beat up the old, fat Marc Jacobs.
7. His sexlife is the exact same that it’s always been:
“I’m still the same person. My sex life, my sexual interests, my libido, are exactly the same as they always were. It hasn’t changed my wiring or my instincts.”
8. He’s likes being a sexpot:
“It’s like saying, ‘I want to look hot.’ That is such a dumb thing to say….But what’s so cool about it is that you can say it. Yeah, I want a bunch of muscle queens at David Barton Gym to think that my body looks dope. And I might think that was an awkward and dumb thing to say, but I still like that I’ll throw it out there.”
Well then. Sounds like a charmed life.
–Valentina
Yesterday on Jezebel, they printed some amazing quotes from Threadtend’s patron saint, Karl Lagerfeld. The gems I am about to bestow upon you lucky readers were told to writer Stephen Short for the Hong Kong magazine Prestige.
I love that he hates everything.
Karl hates kids :When asked if he wished he had a son to pass his wisdom onto, Karl replied:
“That’s the last thing I want. I hate all children. For other people, it’s fine, but not for me. I was born not to be a family person.”
Karl hates being “figured out”: When told that Diane Von Furstenberg said that she thinks he isn’t “the best designer aesthetically” but “by far the smartest,” Karl mused:
“And look at her prints, hmm? Maybe I’ve known her for too many years. Maybe she’s right, I don’t know. If she were an expert, perhaps her designs may be more impressive…I’m not a frustrated writer or architect, I’m frustrated by nothing at all, and frustration is the mother of all crimes. Ambition? I have no ambition. I just want things in a certain way…I don’t want to be a teacher. I don’t want to inform others through myself. In that way, it’s all for myself. I’m the most selfish person in the world. Being selfish, I take care of others. My mother always used to say, ‘Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.’”
Karl hates the unwashed masses:
Also I cannot go on airlines because people stare at me, you have to be touched by people. I hate that…I hate bespoke because I hate to be touched by strangers. It bores me to death.
Read the rest at Jezebel.
–Valentina
WWD reports that the UK’s Periodicals Publishers Association is pow-wowing with the British Fashion Council and magazine editors to discuss the “complex issue” of digitally enhanced models. Following the hoopla about the unrealistic bodily expectations of the fashion industry and its affect on models (which lead to age and BMI restrictions on some of the world’s most famous fashion weeks), the newest suspicion is that airbrushed photos might hurting the public, too.
Duh.
What’s the solution, though? Aren’t fashion mags kind of the same as cigarettes at this point? I mean, if you smoke cigs you shouldn’t be surprised when lung cancer come ‘a knocking, and if you pick up a glossy full of impossibly gorgeous, leggy, hairless, skinny models, you shouldn’t be shocked when it makes you feel like a fat, squat, hairy beast. Right?
–Valentina
This week, Papermag reported on these fantastic cut-out Keds shoes that I would actually wear. Keds teamed up with Tokyo design label, Green, to create these little gems. They are a take on the ultra-classic lace-up canvas sneaker but with a little late 80’s womens studies professor in leather sandals twist. While the colors are… do-able I’d much prefer them in pastel Blue, Peach, or Gray. But their cute none-the-less.
This is way better than their collab with Mischa Barton. When’s that contract going to be over, anyway?
Paper reports that they found these at the Loveless boutique Japan. I’ve been searching all morning trying to find them in the U.S. with no luck. Can anyone help? BTW, I don’t need to know how cool you are or which celeb you ran into when you saw these. I just want to know where to find these. Thanks!
-Camille L
Though I love hoopla, I’ve been kind of ignoring this LeBron James/Gisele Bundchen story. However, today, I’ve finally decided to write about this because it’s really growing into a major thing. The controversy is about LeBron’s ferocious pose that has him manhandling Gisele. Some people are saying that this is a perpetuation of racial stereotypes, with Lebron, who happens to be the first black man ever to grace the cover of Vogue, taking on a King Kong-esque demeanor:
About the Annie Leibovitz cover, Vogue spokesperson Patrick O’Connel says:
“We think LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen look beautiful together and we are honored to have them on the cover.”
For his part, LeBron says:
“Everything my name is on is going to be criticized in a good way or bad way,” James told the paper. “Who cares what anyone says?”
Others, including me, say this is BULL-logna! They knew what they were doing when they chose this cover. Don’t be stupid. I don’t necessarily think it’s racist, because Vogue is artistic, and this could possibly be proving a point, but they were definitely trying to be provocative. Duh. Do you doubt Anna Wintour?
On a side note, I just realized what a cool name LeBron is.
– Valentina
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