FASHION Magazine

We’d like to direct your attention to the self-professed “gothic counterpoint to Tavi,” French wunderkind Charles Guislain. Though he doesn’t have a blog, his sense of style has turned enough heads to land him in Italian Vogue and turn him into a YouTube sensation. At 17, he says he is already tired of Europe: “I need to escape European life. I am a little bored with this now.” Le sigh! [The Cut]

Based on Kate Moss‘s street style and runway shows by the likes of Givenchy, Céline and Jean Paul Gaultier, this fashion forecaster believes we’ll all be wearing sheer black pantyhose come fall. [Telegraph]

Does Janie Bryant ever sleep? The Mad Men costume designer, who has also created clothing line for sale on QVC, a nail polish range and vlogs for Banana Republic, has now teamed up with the 88-year-old brassiere brand Maidenform to work on a viral marketing campaign. Will be as successful as the legendary “I dreamed I…” campaign from the 50s and 60s? Only YouTube will tell… [Fashionista]

T’was tweeted: “thanks vanity fair for NOT crediting me in the story….VANITY UN-FAIR …..agrhhh!!!!” Argh indeed, according to stylist Nicola Formichetti, the man behind the much-buzzed gray-haired Lady Gaga Vanity Fair shoot, the mag didn’t credit him for his work. And off to Twitter it went. [@formichetti via Racked]

What do you do if you have a leaky sauna, a missing Banksy and a flooded kitchen? If you’re Kate Moss, you hire an exorcist. After a string of bad home luck–a robbery with a stolen work by the artist Banksy, a sewage flood that caused £100,000 damage, the sauna troubles and bad electrical–Miss Mossypants […]

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Compare denim to a fabric like spandex or lace–you can squeeze a few looks out of those, but with denim, the ways to wear it go on and on. To prove our point, we’ve compiled some pics of our favourite celebs–from Chloë Sevigny to Alexa Chung to Kate Moss–looking effortlessly cool in their best denim. […]

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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock with your fingers in your ears, you’d know a thing or two about Madonna‘s cone brassieres. You’d also be pleased to know that the man who introduced the world to said bras, Jean Paul Gaultier, will be releasing a line of lingerie this fall with La Perla. [The Cut]

Congratulations to Turkish designer Hakaan Yildirim for winning ANDAM’s €220,000 prize. He was up against some fierce competition, including Canadian designers Mark Fast and Calla Haynes. [Style.com]

We asked the industry’s top hair and makeup artists—from Oribe to François Nars–to name their favourite models from the past and present. Click the images below to see who made an indelible beauty mark.

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The house of Alexander McQueen is considering suing Cadbury for using an image of their 2006 hologram of Kate Moss in their ads. The question is, why would Kate Moss make us want to buy chocolate? [Racked]

First, he won Swarovski Accessories Designer of the Year at the CFDA‘s, and now Alexander Wang‘s got himself a new New York apartment. The Tribeca one bedroom was previously owned by former New York Times Style editor Holly Brubach, and cost him a modest $2 million. All in all, a good week for Alex. [New York Observer]

Jil Sander is showing a spontaneous side with the launch of the Milan-based brand’s diffusion line Jil Sander Navy. Expect new bold colours and a laid back aesthetic – they’ve gone as far as introducing prints. It’s almost as if Jil Sander is cheating on minimalism. [WWD]

Prints of a nude 19-year-old Kate Moss crouching in the sand will be auctioned by Christie’s, and are estimated to fetch USD$ 45,000. [The Cut]

The 81-year-old owner of London department store Harrods has decided it’s time to retire. Mohamed Al Fayed sold Harrods to Qatar Holdings, a private equity firm with links to Qatar’s royal family, for a reported 1.5 billion pounds. [WWD and Fashionista]

Supermodel Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie Hince of The Kills have formed a band together. Recording is already in progress and one of the finished songs is a Velvet Underground cover. Kate the new Nico? Let’s just hope she can sing as well as she can strut. [NME]

Kell on Earth hasn’t even hit Canada yet, but we’ll be lucky to get the first season, because plans for a second seem to be lagging. Kelly Cutrone, clearly not waiting around, has instead set up a YouTube channel, KellyCutroneTV, where you can get “daily missives” from the People’s Revolution team. [Styleite] Read our  interview with Kelly Cutrone.

There has been a string of burglaries hitting London’s high end shops, and last night Chanel was the target (clearly the burglers have good taste). Over the past two years other retail stores including Dolce & Gabbana, Harvey Nichols, Anya Hindmarch and Salvatore Ferragamo have been robbed, but police haven’t confirmed yet if it’s the same high-end hitters that keep looting the shops. [Vogue UK]

Kate Moss and Mario Testino are teaming up to release a book. The 1,500 limited-edition signed copies will go for a cool 305 Euros. [Fabsugar UK via Stylelist]

Jil Sander–the label–is creating a lower-priced line, Jil Sander Navy. It’s set to hit stores in January 2011 and there will be prints. [WWD]

Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman and husband Harvey Weinstein revealed that she is five months pregnant. We cannot wait to see the baby clothes that come out of this. [The Cut]

And the baby boom doesn’t end there: Designer, and mom of Daisy, Pearl Lowe has announced that she is pregnant with her fifth child. [Vogue UK]

Spotted: Anna Wintour sitting front row at the Green Day musical, American Idiot. We never would have called that one. [Daily Front Row]

Since street style photog Tommy Ton tweeted “I received some news tonight that is going to SHAKE the fashion world in the next two days. CRAZY!!!!” during Paris Fashion week, we have been going crazy awaiting the news. Word on the street is that Karl Lagerfeld‘s turn at Chanel is coming to an end, and that he will be passing the baton to Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz. We’ve heard this before, so take this rumour with a big grain of salt. [Grazia AU]

In other Lagerfeld news, he will have an Alaskan king crab salad named after him at Paris’ La Giola restaurant. [WWD]

Madonna‘s new fashion brand status opens up the world of collaboration (and world domination at this point). After signing a deal last week that will enable the material girl’s brand, MG Icon, to have hands in multiple existing brands as well as to start new ones, news comes today of the first partnership between Madonna and Dolce & Gabbana–sunglasses.   [The Cut]