- Two days after the fact, Vogue‘s Anna Wintour has come up with two paragraphs on Michelle Obama‘s inaugural style. She approves. [Vogue.com]
- British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley stars in an online video for Agent Provocateur where, after receiving the excuses of her oblivious boyfriend on February 14, she goes to the office where he’s working late, ties him to his desk chair, and performs a lap dance in her lingerie. Then she punches him in the nose and says, “This’ll teach you to forget Valentine’s Day.” But the Times of London thinks it’s too sexy, or something. While it is possibly NSFW, it’s shot in a light-hearted, cheery style that achieves the opposite of a sexy mood. [Times of London]
- What is sexy is this video shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for YSL menswear. It features the actor Michael Pitt — Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Last Days — shot in extreme close-up while an unseen French woman talks about his clothes. It sounds weird, but watching his expression while she says things like “You breathe my transparency” and “I want to lick this animal skin that falls, well-cut, from your rounded shoulder” before describing the drape of a silk crepe lining and, of course, the body beneath, is hot. This one is SFW because all you see is his face. [Dazed Digital]
- Louis Vuitton‘s menswear show in Paris was inspired by “the traveling wardrobe of an African king” and featured a closer look at some of the sneakers Kanye West has designed for the brand, which are to hit stores this summer. Mr. West sat in the front row and said he was “proud” of his handiwork. (Then he shouted, “Fuck this, I’m better than Marc Jacobs! My shoes cost a million dollars. Pamela Anderson is gonna wear ’em. To jump across canyons and shit. If I don’t become creative director, LVMH loses credibility. Nothin’ against you, MJ, but hell, man. Please, press people, print, ‘Kanye says Fuck that.'”) [Guardian]
- Taking a leaf out of Rad Hourani‘s book of gender, Chloe Sevigny is showing a unisex line at menswear week in Paris. [FabSugar]
- The maker of Aretha Franklin‘s impressive inauguration day hat, Detroit milliner Luke Song, is going to produce a line of 12 similar hats. They will be various colors and have differently sized bows, and cost $150-$250. Song estimates that nearly 1,000 people have ordered the $179 hat that Franklin’s was based on. “I’d be very stupid not to take this opportunity,” Song said. “It’s like a huge gift.” [WSJ]
- Jason Wu, inaugural gown designer extraordinaire, is focused on his upcoming New York show. “I’m doing a significant fur collection, and the message will be all about luxury,” says Wu. What? The last thing this kid needs is PETA on his case and a collection of $4,000 coats to sell. [Fashion Week Daily]
- People has another image from Scarlett Johanson‘s campaign for Dolce & Gabbana makeup. She looks like she’s blowing on a candle. However, I like the sound of the goods, which are to be scented with rose: “We wanted to create makeup with a scent,” said Gabbana. “Domenico and I remember when we were children and opened our mother’s handbags — the scent of her lipstick trailed out. I observed that when women open makeup, they smell it first.” I like his observance. [People]
- When you become first lady, everyone wants a piece of you. Up to and including the Smithsonian, which is ever-so-politely requesting Michelle Obama give them her clothes from inauguration day. [WSJ]
- The NY Post‘s Tempo Espresso blog — “We speak Spanish so you don’t have to” — has an interview with Isabel Toledo. She says, “For me color and beauty really are in the eye of the beholder — and color should never be a barrier because it’s all about tone. The color in question I call lemongrass for its freshness. It has been called sunflower, gold, mustard, sunshine, and some describe it as sparkly but in fact its wool lace. But I love the way the its open to interpretation and the fact that the color defies being named.” [NY Post]
- Kristin Davis is the new face of a skincare company that includes salts and minerals from the Dead Sea as ingredients. And she would like very much to tell you how special it is that they are paraben- and sulfate-free and “all natural.” Is this venture related to those attractive Israelis who are always trying to sell Dead Sea mud in jars at the mall? [WWD]
- Helena Christensen is going to shoot Façonnable’s first runway show, and their next campaign. [WWD]
- Jones Apparel Group is projecting a fourth-quarter loss and $840 million in write-downs. Costs are being cut across the board in the face of flagging retail spending; the quarterly dividend will sink 64% to 5c a share. [WSJ]
- The Oscar nominees are in. Now begins the speculation on what the actresses will wear. Rachel Zoe has a finger in this pie, too. [WWD]
- Possibly the best reaction, bank account permitting, to losing financial backing for one’s label is to breezily announce a year-long vacation. Holly Dunlap, founder of Hollywould, writes on her website: “In 2009 you may find us surfing off the beaches of Brazil, skiing in the mountains of Switzerland, sailing near the shores of Italy, and sunning on the sands of Palm Beach, and wherever we are, we’ll be thinking of you.” [WWD]
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