"BUT HOW DID HE DIE?" said a young man to the girl standing next to him in an outsize dress. The couple was looking at a blossoming, red-feathered, evening-wear creation, the first taste of the Met’s hit exhibition “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.” Read More
Earlier today, Rolls-Royce after Rolls-Royce crawled into an ancient church in Little Farrington, deep in the English countryside, for a wedding ceremony dubbed, alternately, "Mosstock" or "Glastonbury Meets The Ritz." The guests had come to see Kate Moss marry Jamie Hince, the guitarist for The Kills, thus ending her two husband-less decades in the Read More
What's the news that will spur you to drop an extra quarter on the Post, which raises its price to $.75 today? Why, it's a Yankees cover (just like the Daily News!) as well as a small image of Andrew Cuomo at the Gay Pride Parade (as no pretty young women tried Read More
Kate Moss unveiled her last collection for Topshop last night, which arrived at the New York store this morning. [WWD]
Mayor Bloomberg has announced a six-part fashion initiative to strengthen the city's fashion industry in the wake of the massive growth of online retailers. [The Daily]
A lookbook of the Lanvin for H&M Read More
Philip Green, the owner of Topshop, has reviewed England's finances and has declared spending inefficient: "There is no reason why the government should not be as efficient as any good business." [Vogue UK]
Alexander McQueen will take control of the McQ contemporary line starting with the fall 2011 season. [WWD]
After her cocaine Read More
Daily News: It's hard to write a column about a headline that uses symbols. The top of today's Daily News properly reads only: "TREK." But there are five stars above it. So, it's sort of like "[Five Stars] TREK." Get it? Generally in the mornings we look closely at both front pages before coffee, then Read More
The New York Post: Last night, the President and First Lady arrived in England, bringing along hundreds of security guards and lots of vials of Barack Obama's blood. No, this isn't some kind of remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, though the British press is trying to play it that way. And that's a Read More
Late last week, the comely blond British socialite and model Poppy Delevigne, 22, called from her Nolita apartment—several blocks from the new four-story, 40,000-square-foot Topshop behemoth lurking behind covered windows at Broadway and Broome—and described some of her favorite items from the British retail chain, like an “amazing” emerald-green, one-shouldered dress designed by the model Read More
Kate Moss will star in next year's ad campaign for Fred, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-owned jewelry brand. [WWD]
Rock & Republic is working on a limited-edition line of denim that will retail for around $130, about $50 less than usual. [The Cut]
Employees of massive vendor Liz Claiborne Read More
Supermodel Kate Moss' line for Top Shop has been so successful that her contract has been extended another three years. [Vogue UK]
Photographer Annie Leibovitz owes $778,000 of unpaid bills for on-set styling and equipment. [Gawker]
Washington-based retailers are already courting local shoppers to outfit them for the many parties taking Read More
As Valentino braces for the recession, the fashion house announced that it will not show during Paris or Milan fashion week in the new year and will instead hold "commercial appointments." [Vogue UK]
Kate Moss might be with child. [Female First via The Cut]
Topshop boss Sir Philip Green Read More
Starting next September, New York Fashion Week will begin the second Thursday of every September and February in order to give London Fashion Week extra days. [WWD]
Kate Moss treated her daughter's nanny to an unlimited shopping spree at Topshop in London yesterday. The bill, which ran over 3,000 pounds, was ultimately picked Read More
Kate Moss is collaborating with London textile designer Liberty—not to be confused with her ex Pete Doherty's band The Libertines—for her upcoming Topshop collection. [WWD]
There is a rumor going around that Si Newhouse flew to Paris to meet with French Vogue's Carine Roitfeld about replacing Anna Wintour come January. [Gawker] Read More
Avon has signed former Mademoiselle editor Mandi Norwood to write the Michelle Obama Style Guide for next spring. [P6]
There were rumors that Anna Wintour might leave Vogue for a "cultural" position in Barack Obama's administration, but Ms. Wintour's rep says it's totally not true. [MSNBC via Gawker]
Gwyneth Paltrow Read More
Marc Jacobs, along with Kate Moss and Justin Timberlake, are confirmed to co-chair the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Gala in May with Anna Wintour. [Vogue UK]
The new celebrity trend is not to wear the actual designer handbag, but rather the dust bag in which it is sold, as seen on Keira Knightley Read More
