Monday, September 3, 2012

Anna Sui on Antonio Lopez; Louboutin Opens Men's Store


Anna Sui dishes about working with Antonio Lopez, who is the subject of a new book, Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex & Disco: "Things are obviously a lot different now. It’s not about fabulous anymore. It’s about having 500 friends on Facebook and the same American Apparel outfit to wear to a festival. It was kind of the opposite then. Freak was the preferred genre." {The New York Times}


Let's hear it for the boys! Christian Louboutin opened the doors to his first U.S. men's store in NYC. {WWD}


Uniqlo's People Campaign features Benjamin Millepied (Natalie Portman's husband), football star Joe Montana, and Man Repeller Leandra Medine. {Fashionista}


Congratulations to Bill and Giuliana Rancic, who welcome their first son, Edward Duke Rancic. {People}
Esteban Cortazar will offer a new collection during New York Fashion Week, which he collaborated on with Net-a-Porter's managing director, Alison Loehnis, and fashion director, Holli Rogers. {WWD}


Gwyneth Paltrow toted Hedi Slimane's first bag for YSL. {Grazia Daily}


Andy Hilfiger signed Bethanie Mattek-Sands—who has been called the “Lady Gaga of the tennis world"—to be the face of Andrew Charles. {WWD}

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Chris Benz on his Manic Panic Pink Mop


Shockingly bright pink hair has been in style for quite some time now—just look at ELLE September cover girl, Katy Perry. Some A-listers (ahem, Alessandra Ambrosio ) even extended the trend to their pups. But one of the best highlighter dye jobs in Hollywood sits atop Chris Benz's head. As ELLE pointed out in this piece on the designer, "real men wear pink."


Benz recently told Fashionologie some intimate deets of his dye jobs, such as that he uses Manic Panic formula about once a month, but doesn't mind when it grows out. "I feel like roots are really important right now," he said. Potential runway beauty trend?

He also explained why he chose his statement locks in the first place. "It was that winter in New York when it was like endless, and everyone was dying, and it was pouring down rain," he said of the storm 2012 winter season. "Every single day it was snowing…And I was like, I don't know, I need to get a tattoo or pierce my ears or something, and everyone was like, no, just dye your hair because you can always dye it back, and you'll feel like you did something exciting in the midst of this terrible winter. So I went to where I get my hair done, looked at a bunch of colors, and I was like, 'Bleach it white, and then we're going to dye it a color and be done with it.' And after it was white, I was like, let's just do it pink. I think it'll be funny and fun. And that was it. And the rest is history."





Friday, August 17, 2012

GenArt Alumni Vena Cava Toasted at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont


“It all comes back to Sophie,” said Busy Phillipps poolside at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. Phillipps is of course referring to Vena Cava co-designer, Sophie Buhai, (along with Lisa Mayock) and the friends and fans who turned out last night in her honor, including Phillipps, Malin Akerman, Sophia Bush, Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, and former Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis—all sporting Vena Cava.


A longtime fan of the label, Phillipps and the designer finally crossed paths in their two-degrees-of-separation world when mutual friend Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear introduced them. “We met each other at one of their shows many years ago, but I had bought their clothes prior to meeting Sophie and Lisa," said the Freaks and Geeks actress. I feel like that happens a lot
in this industry. You’re a fan of someone’s work, you admire them, and then you get to meet or work with them.”