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By Drew Grant 2/12 7:12pm

Fashion Week Observed

Geoffrey Mac's show at Exit Art

West Side Runway: Sunday Morning Fashion Week at Milk Studios and Exit Art

There's something refreshing about going "downtown" for a brunchy fashion show. Sorry, did we say refreshing? We meant exhausting: It's Sunday morning and all we want to do is sleep in, but designers wait for no man. Well, actually they will wait approximately 30 minutes from their start time as a general rule, which gives us enough time to bustle our cold tushes to Made at Milk Studios, where we witnessed the somewhat bondage-y outfits from Kevork Kiledjian, the Parisian designer who earned his own T Magazine profile last season when he announced he'd be coming out with a line for women.

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By Benjamin-Emile Le Hay 2/12 12:49pm

Fashion Week Observed

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"I wanna dance with somebody!"

Ed Filipowski Pardons the Fashion Week Delays and Prabal Gurung Throws One Hell of a Party

Forty-Five! That was the approximate tardiness of Prabal Gurung's runway show at the Gehry-designed IAC building. The Observer, having misread our schedule, arrived on time (that's a first). We even had a few moments to kiss-kiss Mary Alice Stephenson and compliment her Naeem Khan. Who to blame? Surely not front-of-house PR behemoth KCD, they have Read More

9 By Steve Huff 2/11 9:39pm

RIP

Whitney Houston (Getty)

Whitney Houston Seen “Disoriented” and Possibly Bleeding the Night Before Her Death

In a report published Friday, The Sun described a disheveled and "disoriented" Whitney Houston out on the town in Los Angeles. According to the News Corp. owned tabloid Ms. Houston was seen exiting a nightclub with her daughter Bobbi Kristina and "appeared to have blood dripping down her leg and a long scratch on her wrist." Celebrity gossip site The Insider published a similar report, describing the superstar as "dazed" and exhibiting an "aggressive attitude" as she left the venue, where she'd attended an R&B Grammy party. The Insider also echoed the disturbing report Ms. Houston may have been bleeding at the time. Read More

1 By Foster Kamer 2/11 7:44pm

LINSANITY

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Jeremy Lin Three Point Swag

Jeremy Lin, Doing The Dougie (Video)

If one has spent any time of the last week in New York City and not yet heard the words "Jeremy Lin" or "Linsanity"—or rather, still have no knowledge of the New York Knicks' overnight superstar Jeremy Lin—they are, quite simply, something short of a sentient human being. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/11 4:16pm

Fashion Week Observed

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Jill Stuart attracts vampires and reality stars (Getty Images)

Overheard in the Front Row of Jill Stuart

Morning shows are always a hard time to fame-spot, because everyone is tired, groggy, and still hungover from the night before. Even though 11 a.m. doesn't usually count as "early morning," exceptions are made for weekends, right? That's basically a 7 a.m. in weekday time. Still we dragged our asses out of bed for Jill Stuart's fall line, because we love her style.

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By Benjamin-Emile Le Hay 2/11 3:26pm

Fashion Week Observed

Julie Ragolia and Carlos Campos at his autumn 2011 presentation.

Stylist and Fashion Consultant Julie Ragolia Goes Giddy for Barney’s and Hates on Bloggers

 

 

Julie Ragolia has seen more stars in their skivvies than you could dream of! After sinking her teeth at MTV and a slew of glossies eons ago, she moved up the nasty and competitive ladder of fashion editorial... These days, she serves as the fashion editor of 7th Man Magazine and styles mega-stars, such as Rihanna and Sean Combs. Despite his Napoleon complex, street photo Scott Schuman even made her the cover girl of his treasured tome, The Satorialist. The Observer tried to find out if she gets to sleep with any celebs and what exactly stylists do aside from playing with clothes and acting bitchy in the Prada showroom... Read More
By Benjamin-Emile Le Hay 2/11 2:26pm

Fashion Week Observed

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Mary Alice Stephenson

Jason Wu’s Warriors Conquer All!

Everyone who was anyone was there. Team Varsity Vogue was front and center in section A: Grace, Anna, and Candy Pratts Price. No one dared speak to them or flash away in their faces. Legendary camera whores/glamazons, the Courtin-Clarins, were perched across the aisles, to the Voguettes' chagrin (except their types are the only ones Read More

By Steve Huff 2/11 12:42pm

Conspiracies

Pope Benedict XVI (Getty Images)

Paging Dan Brown: Italian Daily Publishes Letter About “Death Plot” Against The Pope

Last Friday an Italian daily published stunning claims of a plot within the upper reaches of the Catholic Church hierarchy to kill Pope Benedict XVI, former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Italy is in an uproar over the story and the news has gone viral across Europe. No wonder--it reads like the prologue to a cheap paperback thriller, hinting at webs of palace intrigue: Read More