Being a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Model Doesn’t Sound Fun
Show prep requires three hours of working out a day and cutting out carbs and wheat. And some models still get called fat.
Posted 12/03/08 in The Cut
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DKNY Switches to Presentation for Fall 2009; Karl Lagerfeld Shoots Calendar
Also, Victoria Beckham pontificates on the current economic climate, and Forever 21 plans giant new Times Square store.
Posted 12/02/08 in The Cut
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Uniqlo’s Profits Soar; Gemma Ward’s Movie Comes Stateside
Also Kate Moss's spring Topshop collection will include florals, and Naomi Campbell and her boyfriend have something in common.
Posted 12/01/08 in The Cut
Best Things Ever
Relive the Spring 2009 Collections in the Latest ‘Look New York’
Featuring Bruno, Alber Elbaz, the season's most dangerous shoes, and much, much more.
Posted 12/01/08 in The Cut
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Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death on Black Friday; Anna Wintour Accepts Award
Also, YSL shoots its spring campaign in Hollywood, and Paul Smith offers bespoke suits Stateside.
Posted 11/26/08 in The Cut
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Actors’ Strike Threatens Stylists; Agyness Deyn Strip-Searched
Also Richie Rich wins a $2 million lawsuit, and Jessica Stam's boyfriend might go to jail.
Posted 11/26/08 in The Cut
Ballot Box
Jourdan Dunn, Luella Bartley, Christopher Bailey Win British Fashion Awards
Jourdan won Model of the Year, beating out Agyness Deyn and Lily Donaldson.
Posted 11/25/08 in The Cut
Model Tracker
Video: The Torture of the 2009 Pirelli Calendar Shoot
Watch the mildly horrific behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot in Botswana and be glad you're not a model.
Posted 11/25/08 in The Cut
Model Tracker
The Sexy 2009 French ‘Vogue’ Calendar Is Out
Eniko Mihalik graces the cover as an NSFW cat, and thirteen other lovely ladies wear Louis Vuitton lingerie and shoes inside.
Posted 11/25/08 in Daily Intel
Challenges
Oh No, a Really Hot Teenage Model Is Dating a Slightly Less Hot Cougar Teacher
This story is really a problem.
Posted 11/24/08 in The Cut
Model Tracker
Model Caroline Byrne’s Boyfriend Convicted of Her Murder
Byrne plummeted off a rocky cliff to her death thirteen years ago when she was just 24 years old.
Tyra Banks’s Talk Show Not Immune to These Economic Times
Ironic that she who continually asks if "you wanna be on top" is not "on top" herself.
Posted 11/21/08 in The Cut
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Romeo Gigli Returns to Fashion; Belly-Button-Less Karolina Kurkova ‘World’s Sexiest Woman’
Also 4.8 million tuned in to the 'America's Next Top Model' finale, and Target launches new diffusion lines.
Posted 11/20/08 in The Cut
New York Fugging City
Fug Girls: Tyra Is Our Own ‘National Treasure: Book of Secrets’
Maybe we’re improving at the whole prognosticating thing. Read our take on the 'ANTM' finale and Tyra’s otherworldly shoulder pads.
Posted 11/19/08 in The Cut
New York Fugging City
Fug Girls: Odds on ‘America’s Next Top Model’
Tonight's finale leaves us seriously torn on who might take home Tyra's grand prize.
Posted 11/18/08 in The Cut
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Burberry’s Profits Soar; Lara Stone Injured Ankle in Rodarte Heels
Also, an Yves Saint Laurent retrospective with 300 couture gowns is being prepped in Paris for 2010.
Posted 11/14/08 in The Cut
Model Tracker
Agent Puts Models in Brighton Beach Apartment
"We live on upper Brighton. The train noise doesn’t bother us."
Posted 11/13/08 in The Cut
Model Tracker
Naomi Campbell to Revisit Music Videos, Bollywood Style
But one of her finest efforts came in 1991 when she recorded a duet with Vanilla Ice.
Posted 11/12/08 in The Cut
Campaign Trail
Curvy Model Daisy Lowe Lands Another Big Campaign
She's the face of Marc by Marc Jacobs and now DKNY for spring 2009. Is the size-0 look finally over?
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