FASHION Magazine

By Gillian Pryor and Renee Reardin

Hold the phone, Blake Lively has a new hairdo! The actress says her new red makes her feel like The Little Mermaid’s Ariel. [People Style Watch]

By Corinne Perez-Abergel, Gillian Pryor and Renee Reardin

In two recent interviews, with Menswear and the Guardian, Hedi Slimane alludes to the idea of him designing again. Though he has been rumoured to take the helm at Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, he remains vague on the idea. Instead, he takes the opportunity to bash celebrity red carpets and what L.A has done to fashion. [Fashionista]

While the likes of Franca Sozzani and Patricia Fields have rushed to John Galliano‘s defense in the fallout since his Anti-Semitic remarks, Karl Lagerfeld has some harsh words for the disgraced designer. “I’m furious, if you want to know. I’m furious that it could happen, because the question is no longer even whether he really said it. The image has gone around the world. It’s a horrible image for fashion, because they think that every designer and everything in fashion is like this. This is what makes me crazy in that story,” he says. [WWD]

Next Spring’s Costume Institute Gala will open a retrospective of the work of the late Alexander McQueen, called “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. [Vogue]

Jason Wu is expanding his label: The Manhattan-based designer will be launching a five-piece bridal capsule collection to be sold exclusively on Net-A-Porter. [Racked]

Stylist and former America’s Next Top Model judge Nolé Marin has been accused of sexual harrassment by male model Nicholas Hamman-Howe. [Jezebel]

Karl Lagerfeld, who attended the International Herald Tribune’s 10th Annual Luxury Conference yesterday, on couture: “Buying couture is no worse than collecting expensive cars. People are rich enough to buy them. Others make a living from that. I have no fake guilt about couture.” [Styleite]