PR Consulting has definitely changed the game. In the beginning of December, they sent out an email notifying their current clients, friends and media that they have taken on a new client, Grindr. If you are not too familiar with the app, it was founded in 2009 by Joel Simkhai and has been downloaded by the likes of Marc Jacobs. Read More »
Singer and actress Willow Smith has had some presumably unwanted media attention thanks to the tabloid site, Media Take Out, since posting on Instagram, "I love Beautiful Females." The blog has accused the teen of coming out as a gay instead of paying a friend a compliment. It seems that running stories about under-aged minors are not off limits for the tabloid. Read More »
Victoria Secret's supermodel, Adriana Lima rocked the runway with pop singer, Selena Gomez during a 15 years anniversary of hitting the runway for yesterday's live taping of the 2015 Victoria Secret Fashion Show. The veteran model has earned her wings at what Yahoo Style called, "The lingerie giant's longest standing Angel." Read More »
Michael Kors has just launched #InstaKors, a program which allows users to register their email addresses and Instagram usernames at the special landing page. Michael Kors then shoots a linked email when the customer likes a shoppable photo on Instagram. Thousands of brands, bloggers and retailers post products to Instagram every day, but due to the social media site's "no-links handicap," they can't link out to those products for followers to buy. "MStars News" recently reported that Marc Jacobs Beauty debuted a solution to this frustrating problem by creating a Shop via @MarcBeauty Instagram website. Nordstrom has also developed programs that make its images on Instagram shoppable. Read More »
Brands, bloggers and retailers post thousands of products to Instagram every day, but due to the social media site's "no-links handicap," they can't link out to those products for followers to buy. Now, Marc Jacobs Beauty has debuted a solution to this frustrating problem. By signing up on their Shop via @MarcBeauty Instagram website with your email address and Instagram handle, every week, you will receive an email with purchase details for any @marcjacobsbeauty Instagram posts you liked that had the hashtag #shopmjb. Read More »
"The Protagonists" was this year's theme at Fashion Group International's Night of Stars. Unsurprisingly, almost everyone was thinking of one of the industry's most iconic protagonists: Oscar de la Renta. British model, singer/songwriter, Karen Elson, was on hand to present Diane with her award. Read More »
Teri Agins is one of the best-sourced journalists in fashion. In her 25-year career at "The Wall Street Journal," she broke some of the biggest stories in the industry: the dispute between designer Gordon Henderson and his backer, former Theory CEO Ricky Sasaki, in 1990; Calvin Klein's near-bankruptcy in 1991; and that "LVMH" was paying Marc Jacobs less than $1 million a year as recently as 2004. In her new book, she calls the Kardashian Kollection "cheap" and tacky." Read More »
Earlier this year, Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld was asked by Louis Vuitton's executive vice president, Delphine Arnault, to give his interpretation of the signature LV monogram for a series of bags to celebrate the label's 160th anniversary. Six artists and designers, in total, were chosen to create monogram bags and luggage for an "Iconoclasts" capsule collection, which was released yesterday (October 15). Read More »
According to E! News, Michael Kors recently spoke out about Kendall Jenner, who has been killing the runway this fall at fashion shows around the world. Read More »
A high profile cast that included Candice Swanepoel, Karlie Kloss, Gigi Hadid, Joan Smalls, Kendall Jenner - stunned viewers as they came out sporting a black bowl cut wig. Fashion powerhouse Marc Jacobs unveiled his spring/summer 2015 collection in New York Fashion Week with a star-studded parade of makeup-free models. Read More »
Lady Gaga just shaved her head a few days ago and now she got a new tattoo live flashed her butt and reportedly peed into a champagne bucket in front of several hundred guests? "Well, you wouldn't expect her to do something that's been done before, really, would you?" commented Marc Jacobs Read More »
Lady Gaga and Women's Wear Daily confirmed back in June that the "You and I" star had landed her second cover shoot with the high fashion magazine Vogue. Late Wednesday night, the photo of Gaga flanked in a funky, hip-hugging purple dress which will grace the cover of Vogue's September issue was released, along with an editorial shot and links to a sneak peak of the Gaga interview and cover story on Vogue.com. Read More »