FASHION Magazine

We have some hazy memories of sitting on our mom’s ’70s-brown couch watching Solid Gold. Mostly we remember the sax-heavy theme song, Wayland Flowers and his puppet Madame, and of course, the Solid Gold Dancers, who would writhe around on circular platforms to the top 10 hits while wearing metallic Lycra. Darcel Wynne, who was the principal dancer for five of the show’s eight seasons, recently gave an interview to blogger Auntie Fashion where she revealed that she is the inspiration for the coming barrage of pantsless fashions.

Blackface keeps popping up in fashion editorials–on the heels of Lara Stone’s racial transformation and Tyra’s ANTM shoot comes V as the next culprit. [The Cut]

Karl Lagerfeld will star in a short documentary that follows him on September 10th as he worked at the Chanel offices. The film “The Blonde and I” even caught the designer whipping up a quick outfit sketch before speeding off to an airport photo shoot where he remarked, “I look good on the runway.” Of course you do Karl, you look good everywhere. [WWD]

French Vogue features Lara Stone in blackface. Is anyone offended yet? [Jezebel]

Nintendo Wii is creating a game based on Project Runway. The game casts players as contestants who must design outfits for models and can even take a virtual turn on the catwalk to show it off. [Fashionista]

The Olsen twins are adding an eyewear collection to their label The Row. The designer eyewear will retail from $325 to $390 at Barneys New York and Bergdorf Goodman, joining the label in a partnership with Linda Farrow Eyewear. [WWD]