Alexander Wang says his Fall/Winter 2011-2012 collection was meant to poke fun at luxury.
Maybe that’s what I like about it.
Alexander Wang
Gap Announces MAJOR Design Partnership
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I almost died when I heard of what has to be the biggest Gap design partnership today!
The popular retailer has signed on to create gowns with Alexander Wang, Rodarte, Sophie Theallet and Thakoon!
And I’m even more excited to hear about who will be wearing them at the Costume Institute Benefit Gala. Alexander Wang will dress M.I.A. and Zoe Kravitz; Thakoon will dress Kerry Washington and Riley Keough; Jessica Alba and Vera Farmiga will don gowns by Sophie Theallet; and Rodarte will dress Kirsten Dunst and Jamie Bochert.
The new initiative is part of Gap’s support of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Spring 2010 Costume Institute exhibition: American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity. It runs May 5 – August 15, 2010.
Beginning May 5, all the dresses will be displayed at Gap’s rotating pop-up shop at 680 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street in New York City for one month. They will all be available in a silent auction at www.gap.com/gownauction. All proceeds will be donated by Gap to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in support of The Costume Institute.
Celebrity Style Moments :: MBFW Front Row Edition
The front row at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week always seems to pack just as much style as the event’s runways.
Check out a few of the showstopping looks celebs rocked this week.
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Angela Simmons at Twinkle by Wenlan
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Solange at Charlotte Ronson
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Keke Palmer at Charlotte Ronson
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Amber Rose at Christian Siriano
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Kat Deluna at Christian Siriano
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Kelly Osbourne at Michael Angel
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Heidi Klum at Project Runway
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Anna Wintour at Jason Wu
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Kerry Washington at Jason Wu
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Zoe Kravitz at Alexander Wang
MAC Locked In for NY Fashion Week
Mazdack Rassi, Founder and Creative Director, Milk Studios; Gordon Espinet, Vice President, Global Makeup Artistry, M*A*C Cosmetics; John Demsey, Group President, The Estee Lauder Companies unveil M*A*C’s partnership with Milk for New York Fashion Week Spring 2010 season.
M*A*C is going in for New York Fashion Week!
The event, which runs September 10-17 this year, will see the cosmetics brand hosting a series of runway shows, presentations and special events at Milk Studios.
Already confirmed as participants in the runway shows, presentations, creative projects, or special events, are: Adam Lippes, Alexander Wang, Altuzarra, Band of Outsiders, Barbara Tfank, Costello Tagliapietra, Erin Fetherston, Pamela Love, Peter Som, Preen, Proenza Schouler, Temperley London and threeASFOUR.
September’s New York Fashion Week will showcase looks for the Spring 2010 season.
31 Rising Fashion Design Icons Make Cut
The Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Board of Directors has added 31 new designers to its membership.
The list was ratified on July 14 and publicly released on the Council’s web site today.
Among the new privileged group are some well known names.
Lorraine Schwartz, jewelry designer, perhaps further popularized by an envied mention on a Jay-Z record, makes the cut.
The Council also welcomes Jason Wu, who caught the First Lady’s attention and set the fashion world abuzz during Inauguration festivities.
The Olsen twins for their ELIZABETH & JAMES, and THE ROW, earn a place among the chosen few, with the CFDA release also noting their business’ expansion to include menswear–a project which will debut in the Fall.
Erin Fetherston, selected to design a Go International line for Target in 2007, Alexander Wang, and Marcella and Johan Lindeberg of William Rast fame, are other names which jump off the page.
The full list reads
Sooo Fabulous! 
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