Penelope Cruz can rock a pirate outfit

Penelope Cruz on the set of Pirates 4, via Just Jared

Your daily read:

Kate Moss' new collection for Longchamp, via Fashionmag.com  

http://bit.ly/aS9Crh

If Chelsea Clinton looks anything as chic in her wedding dress as she does in this hat, she will be one stunning bride, via Women's Wear Daily http://bit.ly/b78b9d

Pouf! Cathy Horyn is funny on Jersey Shore's Snooki: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/fashion/25Snooki.html?_r=1&ref=style

Dylan Sang Here: Modernist Look Building Landmarked, via New York Observer http://bit.ly/aoPQDZ

We've all been there: Garance Dore recounts her summer jobs http://tinyurl.com/3yar6x3

Fresh from her appearance in French Playboy, http://goo.gl/lYpk, Lara Stone Rolls Around on the Floor for Steven Meisel and Prada, via Fashion Indie http://ning.it/alen4V. Incidentally, the Playboy pics aren't half as hot as the ones Demarchelier shot of her in Industrie recently: http://thelastmiaow.blogspot.com/2010/06/lara-stone-daria-werbowy-naked.html

Your daily read 7 July 2010

Daphne Guinness writes about why she halted the Isabella Blow sale The Financial Times http://bit.ly/9O3Ucq

For the inside track on the Armani couture show, read Cathy Horyn's New York Times blog On the Runway http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/armani-glamour-at-midday/#more-3627

Prolific Tweeter and fashion darling Jessica Stam snapped in Paris, care of RDuJour http://rdujour.com/2010/07/07/jessica-stam-celine-chic-in-paris/

Love this: Tyra Banks giving tips on how to make the most of your shape in pics http://bit.ly/aYLc0u

Your daily must-read 15 June 2010

As this video shows, Supermodel Karen Mulder is bonkers - in a good way http://bit.ly/dBXnqP

Unlike Cathy Horyn, who clearly found it a bit dull, The Washington Post's Robin Givhan had positive things to say about the CFDA awards, saying the fashion industry has "come to terms, at least a little bit, with its cultural responsibilities." It's nice to see someone bigging up Michael Kors - he seems to elude praise a lot of the time on account of not being trendy. http://bit.ly/aLmhGB

And it's not all about Lara Stone's model wedding: here's a pic of Coco Rocha, looking delicious in her marital gown http://bit.ly/aG8tlR

Finally, a picture of Lindsey Wixson, who is currently the arresting face, body and soul of Miu Miu (care of Fashion Copious):

Polyvore - we're all fashion editors now

"Newspapers and magazines are, like, these things outside that get wet. They're roadkill." So says Jess Lee, vice-president of fashion website Polyvore, in Alexandra Jacobs' piece in The New Yorker about the online phenomenon.

The piece has prompted people who care about this kind of thing to offer their thoughts. The comments in response to Cathy Horyn's blog post on the topic, for example, suggest most people tend to agree with Ms Lee: fashion magazines are dead. In Horyn's words, they're "thinning out".

I don't use Polyvore myself - it seems like a teenage pastime to me, like making a scrapbook - but then, really, fashion blogs provide a similar kind of outlet: the chance for anyone who wishes to to create their own magazine spreads. More like, it's revenge of the wannabe fashionistas: all those people who were ever turned down for jobs in magazines are striking out on their own. Funny.

Any way you look at it, we're all fashion editors now.

Your daily read 180310

Cathy Horyn blogs this year's CFDA Awards finalists:
http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/the-cfda-awards-finalists/

Your daily read

Morning, all. Here are two interesting pieces I read online yesterday, about how fashion is changing in the face of the world wide web. The first is a Q&A with Cathy Horyn on Style.com. The second is called 5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009 by Mascala Wright Lee.
The two come at the subject of fashion on the internet from different vantage points - Horyn as fashion critic of The New York Times, Wright Lee as CEO of FashionablyMarketing.Me, however both acknowledge certain things, such as the importance of FBs and how fashion is becoming much more of a two-way street.

The best way to follow Fashion Week(s) online

The 2010 fashion calendar is gathering pace, and the womens' ready-to-wear collections are nearly upon us. For those wishing to follow the action online, here's a list of the sites, bloggers and Twitterers I think cover the action best.

Runway reviews:
Cathy Horyn, The New York Times; Suzy Menkes, The International Herald Tribune; Robin Givhan, The Washington Post. For incisive, unbiased comment which looks to the bigger picture, look no further than this triumverate of old-school fashion hacks, all of whom pen (or rather type) lively copy.

Catwalk pictures:
Style.com is still the go-to site, offering all the pictures from all the on-schedule shows.

Party pictures:
Style.com again; Handbag.com is good for red carpet shots.

Street style:
Jak & Jil (who also shoots as Tommy Ton for Style.com and does street style for Handbag.com), especially if you like shoes; The Sartorialist

Off-duty models:
Altamira. I think this a brilliant idea for a blog. Who doesn't like checking out what the girls are wearing?

Front row / backstage pictures:
Handbag.com has comprehensive coverage of show attendees, while Style.com has an edited selection.

Blogging:
Cathy Horyn, On the Runway; Robin Givhan, Off the Runway.

Twitter:
Cathy Horyn, Fashion_Critic, womensweardaily, sartorialist, LiveFashionWeek

Fashion news:
Nearly every fashion site seems to cover the same news stories, but as far as I can tell Fashion Copious seems to get all the gossip / pictures / news first. Also Refinery29 is good (Women's Wear Daily gets the best access, of course, but I do worry about its impartiality as it's owned by Conde Nast, and also you do need to subscribe.)

Cathy Horyn throws down the fashion gauntlet

I'm glad to see Cathy Horyn, fashion critic for The New York Times, challenging fashion brands to be more creative with their websites, in her blog On The Runway. I agree that Hermes has a fantastic site, and she's right to mention Burberry, who've been going to a lot of effort to engage their customers via the web. Horyn was referring to the big fashion houses - in particular Chanel - as being backwards, web-wise, and chides their misguided approach in inviting "those pesky fashion bloggers" (that would me, then) to their shows (she must be excluding Marc Jacobs here, who invited teen blogger Tavi to sit front row as a reflection of the fashion zeitgeist rather than a desperate attempt to attract free publicity). Horyn didn't mention Alexander McQueen, whose attempt to utilise the web was perhaps the most inspired but which was ultimately a victim of its own success: he hired Lady Gaga to perform at his SS10 show which was streamed live on Show Studio: the pop star posted the fact on her Twitter site, causing Show Studio to crash. If anything, it showed that a) the Gaga is worth her hire fee and b) fashion and the web are in the infancy of a very beautiful friendship.