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Fashion designer Rick Owens puts men's genitals

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:54:43 +0900

Fashion designer Rick Owens puts men's genitals on the catwalk for the first time

As soon as the Rick Owens men's fashion show finished in Paris, the hashtag #dickowens started trending. And it was fairly obvious why.

Owens sent penises down the runway. You heard correctly. Penises and testicles – bared, bold and perfectly at eye level for those in the esteemed front row.

Not every model had the fellas out, but those that did kept a normal, straight face as they took their turn on the runway.

Strategically positioned cutouts turned Rick Owens' catwalk show into a below-the-belt game of peek-a-boo. Photo: AFPOnly it wasn't very normal, was it? I mean, you don't get dressed and forget to put pants on, do you? Or wear a piece of clothing that has a hole placed perfectly at the crotch so the public can get a glimpse. In fact, if you were on the street you might be arrested. But in the safety of Paris, where style folk are used to one crazy catwalk trend after the other, the designer was perfectly in his comfort zone.

Advertisement"Well, isn't it time?" Owens said backstage to I-D magazine when questioned on the move. "I thought it was the most simple, primal gesture - and you know I love a simply tiny, little gesture that packs the wallop."

That it did, with Owens' ballsy (sorry) stunt seeming to surprise the fashion elite so used to seeing exposed bottoms and breasts on the catwalk. A murmur swept over the audience as it realised what was afoot. A series of strategic holes and u-shaped fabric around the crotch meant people had to lean left and right to get a proper look (which, naturally, they did).

It's believed to be the first time anyone has ever shown male genitalia on a major runway, managing to shock even the unshockable. Earlier this year, designer Tom Ford released a gold necklace featuring a penis and testicles; and backstage at Acne, there were food treats in artful penis and testicle designs (phallic-shaped donut, anyone?).

But to have the whole kit and kaboodle out on show in real life was a bold move even by the world of fashion's rather flexible rulebook.

Is it fashion gone to far (also known as far-shun)? Has Rick Owens been living in his own pumped-up sartorial bubble for too long, perhaps surrounded by yes-people too scared

to tell him the truth? Maybe.

But, according to Owens, it was also a show of freedom. "It's very powerful," he said. "Not many people can do that. I mean, it's a straight world now. And it also, I think, says something about being independent. Who else can really get away with that kind of stuff? It's a corporate world."

He's referring to the fact that his label isn't owned by a big company and that he can, in effect, do as he pleases. As he has now shown.

And despite the fanfare, the entire Owens menswear collection was impressive, if you're into theGame of Thrones warrior look. Dark, draping clothes, big coats, sweaters and some very wearable pieces.

"It was not a thing at all," said one of the models to The Guardian. "I just noticed it when I looked at the photo board and saw that there were c__ks hanging about, ha!"

If there was ever going to be a proper Zoolander moment in men's fashion, this was it. You can just picture Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson taking this moment and running with it.

Fashion blogger Susie Bubble wasn't too concerned. "I liked that you hardly noticed it. It wasn't nudity for the sake of nudity. I honestly didn't see until somebody pointed out the dick flaps and the undie holes."

Rihanna: Naked Underneath Coat For Fashion Los A

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:15:59 +0900

Rihanna: Naked Underneath Coat For Fashion Los Angeles Awards Show

Just when you think you’ve seen it all from RiRi, she pulls out yet another daring yet high-fashion look that only she could pull off! Do you love the red carpet risk she took in Moschino?

Rihanna is truly the queen of the red carpet — and she knows how to make a glam return. After taking time off to relax, (and posting a slew of sexy bikini pics, of course), over the holidays, the sexy songstress stepped out for The Daily Front Row‘s Fashion Los Angeles Awards Show on Jan. 22 at Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, where she palled around with Katy Perry, Kanye West, Miley Cyrusand Jeremy Scott.

Rihanna — Naked Underneath Coat For Fashion Los Angeles Awards Show?

Clad in one of Jeremy’s Moschino creations, RiRi looked exquisite in a sequin coat, which featured a black fur collar. This creation, from the Pre-Fall 2015 collection, clearly isn’t your everyday coat — and we have to hand it for Rihanna for making the look seem so effortless. The colorblocked colors looked gorgeous against her complexion as she wore the coat off one shoulder and practically down to her cleavage, making it clear that there wasn’t much going on underneath the coat! Pointy pumps, a necklace and gold hoops rounded out the look.

Why do I love this look? Let me count the ways:

She decided to highlight outerwear, (something that is soimportant and seriously fashionable but often overlooked in LA).

She found a way to shock us while showing minimal skin and was quite covered up, (for RiRi).

While her critics may get annoyed at how she leaves little to the imagination, on this occasion her look was alluring because we actually have no way of knowing what was actually underneath the coat, (or lack thereof).

She put her own sexy twist on it but pulling it off her right shoulder — a move only RiRi could pull off on the red carpet.

Sure, we don’t know if she actually was naked or not, but she definitely got us talking about it — after all, it wouldn’t be the first time she rocked outerwear without anything underneath.

What do you think? Did RiRi totally rock this look?

Timeless Twiggy: The fashion world is finally wa

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:11:33 +0900

Timeless Twiggy: The fashion world is finally waking up to the value of its over-40 modelsIT’S almost 50 years since the Daily Express spotted a young Lesley Hornby and helped propel her to fame as Twiggy.Now, nearly half a century after she became the teenage face of the 1960s, she has become the face of those who are 60-plus.Announced this week as the new face of L’Oreal’s hair care range, she is 65, still blonde and still stunning. But is her new modelling contract a sign that Twiggy was gifted with unearthly beauty or an indication that the fashion industry is finally growing up?For decades young women and teenagers were the must-have customers for fashion retailers, designers and manufacturers.With the rise of the teenager in the 1960s, through rebellion, rock and punk in the 1970s and 1980s, it was always younger people at whom fashion sales were aimed.But with a growing older population – and one that is healthier than ever in lifestyle if not years – the silver spender has become the customer everyone wants.About time too, say some. Fashion and beauty commentator Karen Kay says: “The fashion industry has fi nally taken the public temperature and realised we want realistic role models and people we can relate to.“For decades it was thought that once you’d hit 40 you’d already attracted a mate, had your children and your job was done. Women just don’t feel like that any more.They act younger, they feel younger and while they’re not slaves to the latest fashion they want to make a nod to it. So if lace is in fashion they might not wear a catsuit made of it but they might have a lace shirt with a classy camisole underneath or lace trim on the cuffs.”And Twiggy is far from the only model old enough to qualify for a free bus pass. Jane Fonda, 77, has also been used by L’Oreal while Dame Helen Mirren, 69, models for Marks & Spencer along with Vogue executive Grace Coddington, 72.And still on the catwalk is granny-of-four Daphne Selfe from Baldock in Hertfordshire, at 86, the world’s oldest supermodel and still landing advertising campaigns.Then there are plenty of high-profile women who would once have been thought middle-aged but are still saying “I’m worth it” such as Andie MacDowell, 56, Julianne Moore, 54, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, also 54, and Jennifer Lopez, 45.Somewhere along the way wrinkles have turned into laughter lines, a kind of negative female equity that is now seen as sign of valuable experience.PERHAPS the change first began in the cosmetics industry where the global skincare market is worth about £72billion a year. That fi gure is predicted to hit £101billion by 2021, meaning moisturisers and their ilk have a higher annual revenue than global companies such as Nestle, Tesco or Ford .Karen says: “For years they used young models to sell skin creams even though they were too young to have a single line or grey hair. Then they eventually realised older women not only have disposable income but will buy only if it looks like it works on mature skins.”And perhaps it’s the cash that is doing most to make the industry change tack. The British fashion business is worth £21billion a year and while it struggled in the recession Jaeger – usually seen as a shop for older, wealthier women – has finally seen its fortunes begin to improve.Susan Bailey, a design consultant for knitwear firm Coco Cashmere with experience selling to major brands for 25 years, says she has seen a change in how retailers talk about customers.“It used to be defi ned by age – that this item would sell to a 25-year-old or 40-year-old. But now age is barely discussed and it’s about the kind of person your customer is – what she does, where she lives, whether she has children. It’s about lifestyle and is the same change we’ve seen in society .”She adds: “It’s the bottom line to some extent because retailers have fi nally realised younger people have less money. But older people are wealthier than they used to be – they work for longer, they’re healthier and are more active.“I’m in my mid-40s and when I was growing up people of this age were supposed to disappear. But now 40 means nothing and people in their 60s behave as 30 or 40-year-olds used to. They don’t want to disappear and in part it’s the result of the feminist movement which drove so much fashion in the 1960s.”Fashion has grown up at the same time that its creators have.When Twiggy fi rst burst into modelling, Vivienne Westwood, Mary Quant and Caroline Herrera were leading the charge and designing for women of their own age.NOW those former rebels are the elder stateswomen of fashion, still designing for women their own age – and what happens in high fashion trickles from the catwalk to the high street.Fashion author and blogger Patricia Davidson believes customers want to buy clothes that will look good on them, not just on someone else.She said: “It’s very difficult to photograph fashion for older women on young girls, it looks ridiculous and puts the customer off. And customers, more and more, want women they can relate to, who they’ve grown up with and seen age gracefully, such as Twiggy.That’s why they’re using famous faces in campaigns rather than professional models.”And when big business forgets to cater for older customers it hits them hard. Marks & Spencer has suffered profi t shortfalls in the past fi ve years because of a dip in its clothing sales, while also being criticised for abandoning its core 55-and-over customer base. The problem was that M&S’s idea of the over-55s hadn’t changed as much as their customers’ had, and many abandoned the retailer for the likes of Debenhams and Primark’s more youthful clothes.To some, though, it’s irritating that the older female models who get used are those who, like Twiggy, simply don’t look their age.Former fashion editor Alyson Walsh, who writes about the issue on a blog called That’s Not My Age, says: “I’m disappointed because the beauty industry celebrates older women just so long as they don’t look their age… In the Nars advert Charlotte Rampling looks 30 years younger than she does in the current series of Broadchurch.”So perhaps fashion is just following the money in appealing to older customers and getting up to its old tricks with airbrushing models so they look too good to be true.But then models of any age have always looked a bit out of this world – and if Twiggy makes other women of 65 feel beautiful, maybe it will give the rest of us reason to crinkle our eyes rather than deepen our frown lines.

Yves Saint Laurent's fashion set for UK exhibiti

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:14:00 +0900

Yves Saint Laurent's fashion set for UK exhibitionThe first major UK exhibition of the fashion of Yves Saint Laurent is to be staged at the Bowes Museum in County Durham later this year.

Titled Yves Saint Laurent: Style is Eternal, the museum will show key items which revolutionised womenswear during the French designer's 50-year career.

The garments will include his female tuxedo, trouser suit and works inspired by artists like Picasso and Mondrian.

The exhibition will run from 11 July to 25 October.

Saint Laurent's former partner Pierre Berge said the Bowes Museum, a French-style chateau in Barnard Castle, was "the perfect setting".

"It is extremely exciting to work on this first exhibition in the UK," he said.

"The Bowes Museum is a natural destination given its exceptional work with fashion and textiles; the museum and its location also clearly reflects Yves Saint Laurent's and my own passion for inspiring, timeless places."

Saint Laurent made his name when Christian Dior picked him to become his assistant at the age of 17. When Dior died three years later, Saint Laurent took over the Dior house.

With Berge, he founded what was to become the multi-million-pound Saint Laurent fashion and perfume empire in 1962. He died in 2008.

The Bowes Museum's fashion curator Joanna Hashagen said the exhibition would create "a dialogue between the designer's body of work and The Bowes Museum's collection".

Football clubs put tradition back in fashion

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:57:59 +0900

Football clubs put tradition back in fashion with replica shirts

Sheffield University’s Dr Chris Stride has carried out a statistical analysis of football teams’ kits dating back to 1888.

It reveals that clubs releasing new kits has become more frequent but designs have become increasingly governed by tradition over the last two decades.

Dr Stride says this is because of the adult market for replica football shirts as leisurewear which developed significantly from the late 1980s and early 1990s.

In the early 1970s kit manufacturers such as Admiral and Umbro forged contracts with clubs and introduced copyrighted designs, allowing them to market their shirts. As a result, designs became more detailed and intricate, making them unique to their specific club and promoting the manufacturer’s brand, with regular changes boosting income.

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Between 1975 and 1980, use of different coloured trim on shirts increased by 40 per cent. In the last 25 years, the percentage of clubs changing their home kit at the start of any season has doubled to almost 100 per cent. However Dr Stride said that flashy or intricate shirts - such as the tiger print shirt used by Hull City in 1990s have now become less common.

He said football shirts were now part of a marketing strategy which used a club’s history and identity to appeal to fans. He added: “I think so much is changing in football now with old grounds going that fans like to be able to hold on to a sense of tradition. In the past teams would change the colours they wore but you don’t see that happening now . And when they do there is an outcry.”

“Football shirts used to be produced as far back as the 1950s but they were only aimed at children. “Kit designs were also not copyrighted so you could buy a shirt which was both Derby County and Spurs.

It was Don Revie’s Leeds United and Admiral in 1974 were the first club to have a shirt copyrighted.”

The study found the adult market for replica football shirts as leisurewear only developed significantly from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Today sales to adults provide the bulk of a billion dollar industry, Manchester United alone selling approximately two million shirts per year.

Dr Stride said: “Several factors were behind this shift from child to adult sales, including fashion trends towards sportswear within supporter subcultures, and also in wider society linked to the leisure boom of the 1980s. Other factors include the wider social phenomenon of ‘kidulthood’ in which previous generational boundaries of clothing and behaviour disappeared; the existence of a generation of fans who had grown up wearing child replica shirts; and then the commercialisation of football as the Premier League era began.”

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Kathy Griffin can dish snark on 'Fashion Police'

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:22:26 +0900

She was a haute mess — in a good way.

Kathy Griffin, the flame-haired, flame-throwing comic, took on the impossible task Monday of filling the biggest pair of Louboutins in the business: Joan Rivers’ seat on E!'s deeply shallow cauldron of snark, “Fashion Police.”

A tough task to say the least, and worse, the episode came on a big day for fashionistas — the day after the Golden Globes.

So while Griffin was no Rivers, her acid-tongued style of honest, caustic comedy is a direct descendent. On the show where hosts roast celebrity outfits, Griffin pounced especially hard on Amal Clooney, calling the stunning new Mrs. George Clooney/UN human rights lawyer “annoying” and branding her the worst dressed at the Globes. Clooney's arm-length white gloves were more suited to a porn movie than the Golden Globes red carpet, she said.

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“When she said she made them herself, I was like, yeah, no,” Griffin snapped.

More red meat for Griffin included Tina Fey's tea length dress by Antonio Berardi, Sienna Miller's gown by Miu Miu (“It looked like my grandma's drapes and she's gorgeous and the neckline is sexy — but I kept looking for the shower rod”).

Griffin also tore apart Kiera Knightley's much-ridiculed dress, an eyebrow raising Chanel dripping with ruffles and butterflies.

“I loved it,” she cooed. “I like that it was something out of ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and Little Bo Peep thrown in. I thought it was a riot and it made me laugh out loud in all the wrong places.”

Griffin opened the show praising Rivers, who died Sept. 4.

“Before I start making more enemies, I want to thank my good friend whom we all miss, Joan Rivers,” Griffin said. “Joan, I know you're watching from heaven but don't get it twisted — I won't be afraid to bring the hammer down on anyone and everyone.”

Aside from the gaping hole left by the absence of Rivers, the late comedian's daughter Melissa and former co-host George Kotsiopoulos were gone from the catty round table, which now comprises Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Ransic and newcomer, Brad Goreski.

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Wonderland actress Emma Lung shows off growing

Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:12:06 +0900

Wonderland actress Emma Lung shows off growing baby bump in belle sleeve dress with plunging neckline at Flickerfest launch in Sydney

Wonderland star Emma Lung managed to keep her pregnancy under wraps for over four months.

But there was certainly no hiding her growing baby bump on Friday night at the Flickerfest launch at Sydney's Bondi Pavilion Bar.

Speaking about her impending arrival as a 'game changer' the 32-year-old actress told Daily Mail Australia that she and husband Henry Zalapa are currently decorating the baby's room and reading as much as they can.

'We've just started decorating the room, so that's kind of making it all seem very real,' Emma confessed.

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'And reading a lot actually, reading as much as you can. I'm sure we'll read everything we can read an it'll be nothing like that,' she laughed.

Talking how her body has changed in the past six months, the television personality confessed that she misses her agility most.

'I really miss being able to bounce around and run a muck,' Emma told DMA.

'I find now that just sitting down and getting back up is bit difficult.'

While the mother-to-be, who is due early April, looked in top shape at the short film festival launch wearing a white belle sleeve dress with a plunging neckline by Australian designer Ellery, she says she has not been doing any exercise at all.

'I've been hopeless,' she confessed.

'I haven't done anything and I really need to cause it would probably help a lot to do some yoga or something but no I've been really bad.'

With her blonde fringe covering her forehead, the actress swept the rest of her hair off her face and along with her pregnancy glow, sported a red pout.

Also attending the event was Indigenous model Samantha Harris, who made her acting debut in the trailer Bond-i, a tribute to the 007 film franchise.

Bachelorette Sam Frost also made an appearance at the outdoor launch as well as former Big Brother housemate Jake Richardson with his lady love Lisa Clark.

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$3.5 MILLION FASHION INCUBATOR TO OPEN IN BROOKL

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:20:24 +0900

$3.5 MILLION FASHION INCUBATOR TO OPEN IN BROOKLYN

Today, the New York City Economic Development Corp. is set to pledge $3.5 million to open a fashion incubator in Brooklyn. The Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles & Wearable Tech, created to encourage local manufacturing and support small designers, will provide 300 jobs and be located at the Liberty View Industrial Plaza in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Construction will begin sometime before fashion week, with the center set to open later this year.

With rumors of an Absolutely Fabulous movie gaining steam, Cara Delevingne is reportedly expressing interest in a role.

- Despite creative director Marco Zanini's departure in November, Schiaparelli will still show a collection during this month's Couture Fashion Week.

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- Gwyneth Paltrow has shared pre- and post-makeup selfies on her Instagram, illustrating how she transforms for an evening event : "Day-to-night. I nominate @amandadecadenet to share her most glamorous transformation. #GlamJan."

Nicole Kidman appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night, where she and Fallon reminsced about the first time they met. Fallon recalls buying brie to try to impress her, while Kidman reveals she had a crush on him but though he wasn't interested. Watch the hilarious encounter below

Ellie Goulding has released her new song from the Fifty Shades of Greysoundtrack. Listen below.

2014: The year social shopping took off

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:58:44 +0900

2014: The year social shopping took off
Two exciting trends shook up fashion e-commerce this year: social channels turning shoppable and the birth of social currency.
One of the biggest developments in social this year was the ability for brands to turn 'likes' on Instagram into purchasing opportunities. The concept is fairly simple: you sign up with your Instagram handle and your email address, and the proprietary tech links your liking history with the products in the pictures.
One of the early leaders in the market Like to Know it teamed up with Vogue to offer the magazine's followers the chance to be emailed product selections directly related to their liking. Major US retailers Nordstrom and Target also developed the trend, working with visual marketing and analytics firm Curalate to launch Like2Buy.
Michael Kors and Marc Jacobs Beauty were two of the major fashion and cosmetics labels who joined the trend, both unveiling their own shoppable Instagram projects in November. Expect plenty more of this in 2015.
2014 was the year that brands embraced the idea that our tweets, Facebook statuses and Instagram likes were worth something tangible in the real world, and the idea of the customer and the brand representative continues to blur.
Trend-setting Marc Jacobs kicked off the idea in the spring with his Daisy Tweet Store. Created to celebrate the latest Daisy fragrance, the pop-up shop in New York City only accepted social currency (be that a tweet, a Facebook post or an Instagram tag) in return for the treats on offer.In November Onesie brand OnePiece also created a pop-up social currency experiment. Located in SoHo at 557 Broadway,
the store allows shoppers to leverage social following for purchasing power with every 500 followers worth $1, with the ability to earn an extra $20 for purchases when sharing images from the store with the #socialcurrency hashtag through January. Customers are able to earn up to $500 of social currency to spend on the brand.Meanwhile this fall London's Liberty, one of fashion's oldest multibrand boutiques, also began offering incentive based on social network activity, teaming up with the Tapestry app for personalized in-store rewards according to a user's Instagram likes and previous in-store purchase history.The interesting addition here is the use of Apple's iBeacon technology, which adds a location-based element. With Bluetooth on, when a user enters the store, their phone alerts them to exclusive offers including special gifts and extra reward points. These are generated with unique bar codes which can be redeemed at the counter.Because the app is tracking Instagram likes it knows exactly which parts of Liberty's brand mix to suggest, even if the shopper hasn't previously purchased that label before. We imagine there will be plenty more stores using such information to help guide choices in their physical locations in the future.