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September 26, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

On the 125th anniversary of her birth, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (Aug. 19, 1883–Jan. 10, 1971) is reliving her 15 minutes, some better than others: Anything will top Lifetime's recent…homage?…Coco Chanel. I love my Shirley, but only Lifetime execs know why Ms. MacLaine didn't have a French accent. At least she developed a jewelry line during the "creative" process…

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September 24, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

Every once in a while there's an art-for-the-masses idea that shakes up conventional notions. Enter the Chanel Mobile Art exhibit. Housed in a supersleek 7,500-square-foot portable pavilion/container that's likened to a spacecraft—and designed by London architect extraordinaire Zaha Hadid—the exhibit is making its third of six landings in its two-year voyage. Next stop, New York, Oct. 20.

Chanel Mobile Art container

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September 18, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Roughly a year has passed since Nina Garcia let us in her Little Black Book of Style, and now Project Runway's sassy judge and Marie Claire's fashion director delivers The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own.

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September 12, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (28)

When Vogue Italia came out with its A Black Issue featuring all non-white models in July 2008, shot by masterful American photographer Steven Meisel, to make a point about racism and underutilized black talent in the fashion industry (see The Independent and The New York Times), I unfortunately thought about our industry.

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September 11, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Move over, Poison Ivy, there's another vine in town.

Uma Thurman played sexy siren Poison Ivy in 1997's Batman & Robin

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It took 175 years, but to commemorate that significant anniversary, watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre unveiled it...Read More