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Before Kendall Jenner or even Kate Moss hit the ground running in their Calvin Klein ads, there was the controversial campaign starring a 15-year old Brooke Shields stating that “nothing” came between her and her Calvin’s. The campaign was a massive success, and elevated Ms. Shields from young model/actress to cultural icon. And that notoriety is […]

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Michael Bolton is back, people. Sans curls and what not, but he’s back! And just in time for Valentine’s Day. Cue the baby-making music. If there was ever a more appropriate time to tune in to Michael Bolton’s Super Sexy Valentine’s Day Special on Netflix, tonight is the night. The hour-long comedy/musical special, directed by […]

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Raf Simons has been creative director at Calvin Klein for less than a year but his changes to the storied American brand are starting to show. One can assume Simons was behind the decision to combine men and womenswear shows for Fall 2017, and to cast Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown as the star […]

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It’s a testament to Nora Ephron’s far-reaching legacy that everyone from film industry vets to the food crowd has been profoundly shaken and saddened by her passing last night due to complications from acute myeloid leukemia. The When Harry Met Sally… screenwriter was one of the wittiest and sharpest voices of her time. As a kind of sartorial tribute to the always stylish and inspiring Ephron, here are a few of the ways she touched the fashion world.

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Long, thick lashes are of paramount importance to most beauty regimes; the number of mascaras, false lashes, and lash extensions available on the market make that quite clear. When lash-growth treatment Latisse broke onto the scene a few years ago, ads with Brooke Shields and her head-turning lashes endorsed the new prescription-only product, promising that you could have lashes like hers, too. Having recently worn a few rounds of 15mm extensions, I was interested in learning if Latisse could give my own lashes the same volume and length.

I visited Dr. Martie Gidon at Gidon Aesthetics and MediSpa in Toronto, and she explained to me that Latisse was discovered to be an effective cosmetic product by accident—it was originally used as a medication for glaucoma. Patients were walking out of their ophthalmologist’s office batting long lashes, and chemists took note. The active ingredient in Latisse, bimatoprost, is only 5 per cent the medical-grade strength but will prolong the life cycle of your natural lashes from the usual three- to four-month cycle to one of nearly eight months.

By Laura Schober

ShowStudio’s Nick Knight, presented a short film tribute to the late Alexander McQueen at the British Fashion Awards last night. McQueen was honored with a posthumous award for Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design. [The Cut]

Gossip Girl star and Lagerfeld muse Blake Lively is reportedly the newest face for Chanel’s handbag collection. The campaign is set to launch early next year. [NBC]

Oh, Brooke Shields and her perfect genes, or jeans. The 45-year-old actress and mother of two told can still fit into the same pair of denims that she wore in her infamous 1980 Calvin Klein ad. [StyleList]

Marion Cotillard appears to be unretouched on the cover of Italian Vanity Fair.  [The Cut]

Rei Kawakubo is joining forces with iconic ’60s designer Paco Rabanne. Kawakubo will be teaming up with Rabanne to resurrect an iconic 1969 handbag in new materials, to be revealed during Paris Fashion Week. [WWD]

Now that fashion week, the Globes and the Oscars are all done, we’ve been starved for serious red carpet action for the past couple of months. Last night’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala in New York at least promised to give us fodder for red carpet punditry. The theme was American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity–the exhibit currently on at the Met’s Costume Institute and the most awaited guest of the evening was the American fashion force Lady Gaga. She didn’t show up on the red carpet and the result was a mostly-expected line-up of dresses. (Though even Gaga wore an Armani bodysuit that was near-identical to the one she wore at the Oscars, so yawn.) Diane Kruger’s blazingly white Calvin Klein was the clear winner of the evening, but Gap’s “collaborations” with Rodarte, Sophie Theallet, Thakoon and Alexander Wang were an almost universal disappointment.

After the jump, features director Leah Rumack, fashion market editor Sarah Casselman and I dish on the best, the worst and the most, um, interesting ensembles of the night.

The next season of America’s Next Top Model is currently filming on location in New Zealand. André Leon Talley has been spotted and is rumoured to be the newest addition to the judging panel, while Kimora Lee Simmons will guest judge an episode. [The Cut]

Christian Lacroix has just designed railway operator employees for French company SNCF. [WWD]

Alber Elbaz conceived of the December cover of Vogue Brazil as well as an editorial in the issue callled “The Fabulous World of Alber Elbaz” with a guest appearance from the designer. [Fashionologie]

Dov Charney, the head of American Apparel, informs his employees how to shape their eyebrows, expressing admiration for the Brooke Shields look. [Jezebel]

Christian Siriano is getting his own TV show. Bravo announced the reality gig will follow Siriano as he fiercely organizes his fierce new store and works on his fierce clothing line (which he does very fiercely). If you can stomach all these f-bombs, then tune in. [The Cut] [YouTube]

London’s Tate Modern exhibit “Pop Life: Art in a Material World” featured a photograph of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields in the buff. Although it was kept in a separate room with a warning labelled “challenging,” it has since been removed by the Obscene Publications Unit for further investigation into obscenity laws it may violate. [The Cut]