FASHION Magazine

Is it just us, or along with the first purchase of a designer dud (or a say an H&M collaborative one), should a fashion pronunciation guide be handed over? In these times of the great globalization, the once mostly à la Français designer names are coming up Spanish, Indian and beyond and keeping up with the international Joneses is getting harder and harder. In efforts to save our poor ears from ever hearing Shoo-ler, Lan-vine or Give-en-chi again, we provide you with a guide to a few of the most difficult to pronounce designer names. While Tisci might always be a tongue twister (and for the record its Tee-shee), you’ll never get stand corrected on these ones ever again…

After experimenting with one very high profile fast fashion collab, Lanvin is now branching out into clothes for tots & moms! [WWD]

Giles Deacon is teaming up with Nine West to offer a range of footwear for fall. [StyleCaster]

We smell a lawsuit brewing… A Canadian used car dealer is using an image of Tom Ford in his advertisements. [Telegraph]

By Randi Bergman and Meagan Wilson

Bonnie Brooks’ reinvigoration of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the flagship’s St. Regis Room in particular (now simply called The Room), has brought hot design names like Proenza Schouler, Thakoon and Erdem well south of Bloor Street. Factor in buzzy in-store appearances—with the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, virtually every British designer worth mentioning, and Anna Dello Russo (who will descend with street-style phenom Tommy Ton on April 20)—and Toronto officially has a new nexus of chic.

In a case of one of the only Gaga covers to not leak prior to hitting newstands, the Lady dishes on plastic surgery, and Alexander McQueen writing song for her from beyond the grave. What did you expect? [Harper’s Bazaar]

Hot off the heels of announcing Anna Dello Russo’s upcoming appearance at The Room on April 20^th, Nicholas Mellamphy, creative director of the space, had tongues wagging when he tweeted, “So excited- confirmed yesterday a visit to The Room with a super cool duo from NY! Details to follow.”

Turns out being an intern at Marc Jacobs isn’t quite as glamorous as one would think. Check out the designer’s disgruntled intern tweets about his experience on his/her last day with the company. [Business Insider]

Some of our favourites⎯including Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang, The Row, Lady Gaga and Marc Jacobs⎯are up for CFDA Awards this year! [CFDA]

Do like Proenza (and all their gaggle of it-girl worshipers) and wrap a pop of neon bright around your waist for spring. ($13, oldnavy.com)

Andre Leon Talley, Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi and the inimitable Anna Wintour make an appearance on P. Diddy‘s latest album Last Train to Paris. [The Cut]

Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler will sell 45 per cent of their label to Andrew Rosen, chairman of Kaplan Inc. [Vogue UK]

British designer Roland Mouret doesn’t see a diffusion line in his future: “I would never do a diffusion line. I don’t think the future is that. People mix brands all the time already, so you need to do something else. We are living in a different fashion world now,” he said. [Style File]

Target‘s GO International collection will be celebrating it’s 5th anniversary in 2011 by reissuing some of their designer collaboration hits. The 34-piece collection will include dresses from designers like Proenza Schouler, Rodarte, Jonathan Saunders and Thakoon. [Style.com]

Derek Lam will be launching an exclusive capsule collection with eBay. The collection will show during New York Fashion Week in December and fans will be allowed to vote on the looks they would like to see in the final collection. [Vogue]

Anna Dello Russo has revealed the first prototype for her upcoming namesake fragrance–a golden shoe. [Twitter]

Kelly Cutrone is working on a daytime syndicated talk show and a new television show with MTV. [The Cut]