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Your daily read 22 July 2010

Former Vogue editor Joan Juliet Buck is making a play for Hollywood, The Daily Beast http://thebea.st/9T3g5T


MAC and Rodarte say sorry for Juarez-Inspired Makeup,Colorlines.com http://bit.ly/aqWIFl

Christy Turlington on Kate Moss + Cindy Crawford, New York Magazine http://bit.ly/bG4rYi

W Mag Steps It Up, The Fashion Spot http://bit.ly/aMa9vG - the August 2010 issue of W Mag is a real gem, featuring a stunning shoot with Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall (see pictures).

Your daily read 25 June 2010

I so want one of these Rodarte/Breathless tees from Colette http://bit.ly/9yy3ia
(Via RDuJour)

Seen any of  the autumn/winter 2010 advertising campaigns yet? Fashionista has lined a few of them for ya: http://bit.ly/9cLvJ8

It had to happen: with the resurgance of '90s style, comes the return of same era models. Remember Kirsty Hume? http://bit.ly/abrtVS (Via US Vogue)

Department of lust: Jon Hamm in the promo poster for Mad Men series 4: http://goo.gl/fb/uRFs (Via JustJared)

What are your thoughts on the newly launched @032c website? Does it live up to the magazine? http://www.032c.com/

For all us US Vogue obsessives (currently mourning the iminment departure of Sally Singer for T mag), here's a Q&A with contributing ed Kathryn Neale Schaffer, via Exclusively Fashion Magazine http://bit.ly/9o4a6p

Your daily read 27 May

Hot links I've liked in the last few days:

Sarah from Colette, the world's self-consciously trendiest store, shares her thoughts on Nowness: http://ow.ly/1MJxl

This is a funny piece with important things to say: why Isabel Marant is too expensive, care of The Critical Shopper: http://nyti.ms/btPHx7

Rodarte - who have collaborated with Colette, incidentally - are publishing a coffee table book (via Hint magazine): http://bit.ly/aKvB64

Now that the dust has settled

The most notable looks from last week's Costume Institute gala in New York. Note - the big story here is minimalism.

Chloe Sevigny in turquoise lace (by Proenza Schouler): I bet a lot of people didn't like this. It's weird - slightly Victorian-inspired, with the highneckline and the updo, but then also sexy , with the visible bra and abrupt hemline; the colour is jarring - all of which make for an oddly pleasing outfit.

Jamie Bochert in Rodarte for Gap (didn't you think this was Marc Jacobs? I did). The dress reminds me of a 30s partygirl - the hair is pure 21st Century.

Dree Hemingway in Calvin Klein Collection. Geometric, minimalist perfection.

Alexa Chung in 3.1 Phillip Lim. Kudos for wearing trousers (as Kate Moss did a few years back). She reminds me of a glamorous Puss in Boots - or Puss in platform buckle heels, rather.

Sasha Pivovarova, Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl.

I love the way these chaps think they look so cool. While you have to applaud their points of difference - mustard shorts! - I actually think Charlotte's outfit doesn't work on account of the unflattering length of said bottom half. Sasha looks pretty, though.

Kate Bosworth - looking nicely draped.

Amber Valletta in RM by Roland Mouret. Nice graphic lines, and the cobalt blue looks modern. She suits minimalism, this girl.

More minimalist perfection from Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein Collection.

Naomi Watts in burgundy Lanvin. Some people didn't like this, but I think she looks as delectable as a glass of claret.

Blake Liveley. Again, some people didn't like this, but I smell a fashion snob rat. Just because Ms Lively isn't a leftfield fashion icon doesn't mean she can't rock a fashion moment, and this swirling, Neptunesque mini (by Marchesa) is divine.

You can see all the looks from the Met Ball on Handbag.com

5 New York designers fashion bloggers love

The New York AW10 shows have just ended, and the the online fashion community is having its ears assaulted by the cacophony of thousands of digits busily tapping their opinions. In the same way FBs have certain girls whose style they applaud no matter what, there is a clutch of designers who can do no wrong. Here are the New York ones:

1. Alexander Wang. First noticed due to association with FB fave Erin Wasson. Has maintained FB cool status through creating lots of FB-friendly attire - supple leather jackets, zippy handbags, and by pioneering the whole 90s-inspired revival going on at the cool end of the fashion spectrum right now.

2. Rodarte. Perhaps beloved more than any other designer by the FBs right now. Quirky yet cool, with a carefully managed image that has seen them associated with the likes of Colette, featured in The New Yorker, and worn by FB-approved celebs like Kirsten Dunst and Natalie Portman.

3. Proenza Schouler. The duo have exceeded the initial hype awarded them by US Vogue and Anna Wintour, and gone on to show that perhaps what they are most talented at is creating clothes which tread the commercial /cool divide to perfection. Their tough-looking accessories have been a hit with the FBs.

4. Altuzarra. Joseph Altuzarra is new fave, following endorsements by Vanessa Traina (who has walked in his shows) and Lauren Santo Domingo. Sexy clothes in the Azzedine Alaia / Tom Ford vein.

5. Marc Jacobs. FBs would like to not like him due to him being a fashion dinosaur (FBs are a fickle crowd, and also hate to like anything mainstream), however his seemingly endless capacity for translating cool (helped by collaborator Venetia Scott) keeps him right up there in the FBs books. Celebs weren't invited to his latest show, which is the kind of stunt FBs love.

Rodarte interview

I have just finished reading a very good piece about Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the designers of Rodarte, by Amanda Fortini in the January 18 issue of The New Yorker. It covers the putting together of their spring/summer 2010 collection. What struck me in particular is how these fashion outsiders - they work from Pasadena, invent their own fabrics and create pieces inspired by things like turkey wattle - have become so influential in spite of not playing the traditional fashion game. Fortini didn't touch on, for example, how their shredded jumpers became such a hit that fashion girls are still pulling holes in their knitwear for a Rodarte-esque effect. It will be interesting to see how they evolve as a brand.