Fashion News

(Urban Outfitters) Ahh! The upper management at Urban Outfitters knows their customers really well, you guys. The chain's top brass refer to their shoppers as "upscale homeless," Buzzfeed reports, which is both cringey and hilarious. I'm just going to leave Urban Outfitters' Chief Executive Officer Richard Hayne's recent quote here, for you to read in full. Some background info: Urban Outfitters Inc. also owns Free People and Anthropologie. "The Urban customer, we always talk about, is the...Read Full Story

(Charlotte Olympia) Charlotte Olympia's kitty flats — beloved by squeaky clean celebrities like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry — have spent the past six months in their garage, hanging out with older, cooler shoes, learning how to play the bass, and recording two-minute songs with lots of yowls and meows. They just emerged, looking slightly more badass (not too much more — they are kitty flats after all) with their new, safety pin nose ring. Okay, fine. The real reason for the piercing...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Ireland Baldwin, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger's daughter, scored her first-ever modeling gig for The New York Post — a paper that her dad has a pretty rocky relationship with. The 6'2 teenager braved New York's icy temperatures to pose in a green bikini in the middle of the Hudson river. Like one does. [E! Online](New York Post) Plastic shoe purveyor Melissa teamed up with Karl Lagerfeld on a pair of ice cream heels. Ice cream heels! [Melissa] (Melissa)Former Vogue Australia...Read Full Story

(Bauer Griffin) Jessie J vamps for her Twitter accountIf you love singer Jessie J's trendsetting style, you'll be excited to hear that she's keen on bringing her sartorial sensibilities to the mass market. In a recent interview, Jessie J talked about her fashion inspirations—and how she wants to start a fashion line."I'd love to have a fashion range," she said. "I've been dressed by the amazing Vivienne Westwood and fashion is something I'm a huge fan of. I've never been a follower—the only...Read Full Story

(Photo by Getty)Wait, what's this? An H&M story that's not about Beyonce? Here to divert our attention away from the Year of Bey (if only for just a moment) is probably the one and only person who could — another first-name-famous, sports-mogul-married billionaire, Gisele!For the brand's fall campaign, the fast-fashion Swedish retailer dipped into its famous people archives and brought back the Brazilian super for round two — if you jog your memory back to the days before all the Bey-for-H&M...Read Full Story

(Getty Images)Michelle Obama is not always at peace with her bangs. “We take it day by day. They’re starting to grow out, getting a little irritating. But it’s okay!” [People StyleWatch]To highlight the latest additions to Nordstrom's Wedding Suites, the department store's "official dance squad" (a.k.a. their employees), got down to "And We Danced" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. And there are same-sex couples! As well as different-sex couples. Blake, Peter, and Erik Nordstrom are big supporters...Read Full Story

(ImaxTree)Nicola Formichetti is leaving his post as Mugler's creative director "by mutual agreement." [The Cut] Here's what his fake Twitter alter-ego, "nikloe furmishetti," had to say about it: Lookbook.nu crammed every fashion stereotype (and loads of product placement) into their new scripted web series about personal style bloggers. [Lookbook.nu] Kate Middleton go-to Issa London teamed up with TheOutnet.com to launch an exclusive collection of reworked dresses from the label's archives...Read Full Story

(Getty Images/Goop) Oh, Goopy. It's been a rough month for you. (I'm sure your month has been fine. You've probably been busy whipping up seven-course carbohydrate-free meals and then hanging upside down from antigravity yoga coccoons to aid your digestion. But! For the purpose of this article, let's pretend it's been rough.) You were voted the world's most-hated celebrity. Everyone made fun of you for recommending we spend $500,000 on our spring wardrobes. And now, British anti-child abuse...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) James Franco released the trailer for his documentary, The Director, which follows Gucci's Frida Giannini. Here he is at the premiere, above, working some Very Serious Director scruff. [Vogue UK] "What are 'Fundawear,'" someone, somewhere, wondered. 'Fundawear' are Durex's new vibrating underwear, which are controlled via iPhone app. You can see the in action below, if you want. [NYDN] In what will surely make for dramatic reality TV, some contestants on Germany's Next Top...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Prada storeIs this for real? Parsons School of Design graduate Rina Bovrisse worked at Chanel and Prada in New York City for years before being promoted to Prada's Retail Operations Manager and relocated to Japan in 2009. That's when her troubles started."Prada Japan's human resources manager called Rina into a meeting room and warned her, 'You need to change your hairstyle. You need to lose weight. The CEO is ashamed of your ugliness and will not introduce you to any visitors...Read Full Story