Touched up: France demands labelling for airbrushed imagesValerie Boyer, an MP in Sarzoky’s UMP, is one of the politicians pushing in France for obligatory notices wherever photographs have been airbrushed. Our suggestion: “Models may be fatter than they appear”.
Fashion
PHOTO GALLERY: New York Fashion Week hits and misses
New York magazine braves the glacial stares of Anna Wintour to bring readers the best looks from this year’s pared-back Fashion Week. If you don’t have any time, don’t start looking — it’s addictive!
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British women: the original fashion victims
Women in Britain dress like frumps, says Linda Grant. A decade of noteworthy changes in fashion will do little but alter the colours they wear: from beige, grey and stone to navy and white. Aaargh.
New Yorker, the fashion edition
With New York fashion week happening RIGHT NOW, Lee Tran Lam digests the New Yorker’s annual style issue. Particularly notable, a “sassifying” interior decorator with a penchant for “muchness”.
The correct way to wear a keffiyeh
Listen up, Western hipsters: if you’re going to slavishly follow the fashion by wearing a keffiyeh, learn to do it properly. Ahmed Al-Omran explains how real Arabic men style the headscarf. A fascinating look at Middle Eastern fashion.
The year’s most powerful fashion mag editors
Forbes look at this year’s power players in the fashion press for 2009, a year where The September Issue, Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model all shook up the movers and shakers.
New from the House of Harvard
Want the look of an American Ivy League University student without the hefty fees or required academic prowess? Faced with financial woes, Harvard has lent its prestigious name to a high-end fashion line, featuring a frankly alarming amount of plaid, tartan and beige.
Bag lady chic
W finds a sensitive way to respond to the Global Financial Crisis — packaging up homelessness in designer labels for a photo shoot.
Miss Universe’s celebration of Camp transcends irony
Somehow, the Miss Universe pageant has survived an ironic age. And a post-ironic one, too.
The evolution of the t-shirt
Designers go to great effort to create the perfect, “worn-in” t-shirt — with the price tag to match. But the once humble garment is now more than just fashion, says Hugo Lindgren: it’s a canvas.
Newsreader fashion: a Crikey field guide
Have you ever sent forlorn tweets about Ali Moore’s cravat into the ether? Well, feel alone no longer. Mel Campbellprovides a semi-definitive guide to the sartorial language of news and current affairs.
Is Vanity Fair‘s Best Dresssed list still in vogue?
Vanity Fair has released its 2009 Best Dressed list, but in the online age — where sites like The Satorialist are far more tapped in to the fashion zeitgeist — mags like VF have lost their status as arbiters of style, says Mediaite.
Fashions on the field: space suits
A collection of photos from the US National Air and Space Museum’s exhibition of Apollo 11 artifacts, featuring some of the wackier space suit fashions of the ’60s.
Model down!
If a model fell on a runway and a photographer was there would anyone see her collapse? Oh yes. This is what schadenfreude looks like.
How to get snapped by The Sartorialist
Want to get snapped by the internet’s hottest street photographer? Cut-out, keep and consult this handy flow-chart!
Elite golfers’ plus fours a feat of fashion planning
In the world of elite golf, fashion is never left to chance. Tiger Woods’ major championship fashion was scripted by Nike a year ago.
Political Fashion Semiotics 101: the implications of politicians’ clothes
This week, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev thrilled and horrified the blogosphere by wearing jeans and a designer blazer to a dinner with Barack Obama. Mel Campbell does some further political fashion analysis.
Lacroix’s last showing
Receivership never looked so fashionable, says Jess Cartner-Morley. With Lacroix under administration, Christian’s latest showing might never get made, but he went out with a bang.
Dmitry in denim: should Medvedev have worn jeans?
On a double date with the Obamas, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wore a pair of blue denims and a pinstripe designer blazer. But what did its mean? asks Luke Harding.
Vogue hits the bargain bins
With consumers increasingly curbing their spending habits in the GFC, Vogue magazine is now featuring lower-priced items and a “Steal of the Month” feature.
The world’s most stylish cities
Forbes name the ten cities most at the forefront of fashion and design. Spoiler: none of them are on this continent.
Japan’s latest trend: body inflation
Bringing new meaning to the term “bubblehead”, the trendy young things in Japan have a new fad: injecting saline into their faces to create big swollen lumps.
Russians at the beach
Turbans and Miama Vice-esque blazers. Just another day a la mer according to Vogue Russia.
Geek up your ties with the Matrix “Merovingian knot”
Declare your love and dedication to the Matrix trilogy with this step-by-step guide to tying your tie just like “The Merovingian”. Guaranteed hit with the ladies.
