Anna is on TV!

A quick one for today with Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs starring in an interview with Jimmy Fallon in his show. It's quite hilarious and fresh to see Anna not being so serious and have some humor in her. Though no matter where she is, she still has the aura of her that intimidates people. 

She is the Devil Wears Prada - well, devil with the bob cut.

Marc is a fun to watch too. Enjoy, the interview on Fashion's Night Out and reliving some past experience of Anna and Marc. Love the commet by Marc, "But, unfortunately, or fortunately, one can't say no to Anna." That shows Anna's power in a way.

On another note, Anna kinda complained about Lady Gaga during her performance for Met Ball.

Enjoy!

CIAO!

The Januaries of Fashion

The long awaited September Issues of fashion magazines have been storming into Melbourne's Magnation and Borders stores. I wanted to post up the covers of Septembers I found earlier but I just have to wait till American Vogue's cover to release before posting any others in.

So fresh from press is the American Vogue's September cover by Halle Berry, our first African American beauty to win the Best Actress for Oscars (Monster's Ball), second to appear on Vogue after Naomi. On the cover, she graced herself beautifully in a Cleopatra bob hair and a embellished strap dress. The bob hair looks rather interesting on her. Very exotic and egyptian goddess look. Well, it is the Cleopatra hair but for me it looks more of a shorter and darker version of Anna Wintour's hair.

Then we have a few other September covers that I love. On the list is Kate Moss for Vogue UK (like the 100 millionth time she was on - well 30th), Gisele for Harpers UK and Emily Blunt of Devil Wears Prada for Elle UK. All of them are just fab fab fab!!!

Kate Moss on a stool wearing a gorgeous navy trench (possibly Burberry Prorsum) is to die for. Emily Blunt was in fabulous Dior, I presume - the hint of lingerie as outerwear. And of course, fabulous Gisele for Harper's Bazaar UK in a lacey dress which I think is from Valentino. So enjoy the covers and go get your copy now! Am heading for mine in an hour!!!

Ciao!

Fashion Digest: Editorial Shifts in Fashion; Who's Front in Sept Issues; Pushing Through The Econs

Okay, while waiting for the Proenza Schouler Live Interview to start at ShowStudio, I have some digest for you people out there. A short one just to get through the 25 minutes of waiting. So this time, I have for you the major shifts in the fashion industries editorial, revealing the front covers of most September Issues and the struggles of fashion brands in their finance.

Editorial Shifts in Fashion
So first off is the editorial shifts that had been going on a lot for the past month or so. Important figures in our beloved magazines had shifted to greener pastures. One of them is Sally Singer who went from Vogue to T Magazine landing as the editor-in-chief. Florence Kane and Patrick O'Connell left Vogue too for a step up to better positions.
Stefano Tonchi from T to head the W magazine. Just to name a few. I have a chart here for you to look at. I know it's probably too confusing to make it out. Go to Fashionista.com for the detailed rundown.

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Who's Front in Sept Issues

Now I have finally got my confirmation on the cover for Vogue's September. It is gonna be Halle Berry, famous actress that won Oscars for her performance in Monster Ball. Let's not forget her controversial cast as Cat Woman. She is the second black woman who will grace the cover - after Naomi Campbell. Now I don't really agree on having her as the September's cover. It is the January for fashion and most important issue of all.

I said it once and I'll say it again.

To have a black woman front it is a good recognition for all races in the world and she is a good actress. But I think maybe someone like Iman is better.She did win the Fashion Icon Award for CFDA, and who better to grace the cover than her for a fashion issue.  the compiled list of cover girls for most September issues of the fashion world.

Anyhow if I knew why, i would be Anna and head Vogue. But I'm not, there must be a good reason on this. So I just have to accept it then.

For the other magazines cover girl, go to FASHIONISTA.COM

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Pushing Through The Econs

And the last is on two labels, Prada and Armani. Well, as you all know the past year had known been well financially. Now it is announced that Prada is getting a loan of $455M to cover their debts and recover from the financial crisis blow.

And Armani said that their earnings dropped for 09. That being said, they are flourishing in China like most high end brands. It seems that Chinese have the buying power now. Even models like Chanel Iman flies to China now to grace Vogue China's editorials.

I guess, us Chinese are powerful now, huh? Though I am not from China, I feel good about it. Bite me.

Let's hope that the crisis will be over soon. And what is not better to help than this year's FASHION"S NIGHT OUT event. I think most of you know about it. And good news is although the event was a NY based event, it is gonna be internationally celebrated this year. From NY, Miami to London, Sydney and more. Check the FASHION'S NIGHT OUT website.

Good luck people! Kill economy crisis!

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That's all for now and I have exactly 5 minutes before the interview starts.
Ciao!

Who's for September? (Iman vs Halle Berry)

A red hot talk had been around town for the past few days. Rumor has it that Halle Berry will be the September Girl. no, not playboy. It's Vogue. So people had been talking about it in Fashionista.com, me included. It is said to be the first African American woman to grace the September issue since Naomi Campbell in 1989.

I personally think Iman would make a better cover feature for September. She just won the Fashion Icon Award from CFDA and if a African American woman is to be on cover, she should.

Most people think Halle is not relevant to the most important issue for Vogue. September is the fashion issue. Halle Berry does have style but recently she had been quite irrelevant. Nothing much was on her now, no news or gossip. What is there to talk about her?

Then again if she is to be the cover, Vogue might have something to share. So let's just wait for another two more months to see who's on Vogue. But I'm for Iman all the way!

What's left of Vogue?

 Sally Singer and Mark Holgate of Vogue US

Oh my god! It has been confirmed!!! Sally Singer, Vogue's Fashion News Director had just confirmed that she will be leaving Vogue to become the Editor-in-chief for T Magazine. Well, first congratulations to Singer. She really deserves it. Well, you have to move on when time comes. Vogue is a huge deal but form a Fashion News Director to EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, it's worth the leave.

With Sally Singer gone and Andre Leon Talley 'downgraded' from Editor at Large to contributing editor, what's left of Vogue? It's kinda sad to see them leave. They had been part of Vogue for so long. All their work makes the essence of what is Vogue like any other contributing staff of the magazine. VIEW section was always Singer's pride and joy and one of the things I love to read the most whenever I get my monthly issue of Vogue.

It's definitely different now.

And it had just been announced that Mark Holgate, Senior Fashion Writer at Vogue will be taking over Singer. Mark wrote numerous articles for Vogue US and occassionally in Vogue.com. He commented on Resort shows 2011 too. He's most recent one is called Tiny and Mighty on Janelle Manoe in Vogue's Shape Issue (April 2010). Let's hope he would be as good as Singer had been or better?

Well, I'm sure Vogue will maintain itself as it is or better. Anna would definitely keep things at hand in control. But seriously I cannot imagine what will happen when Anna decided to retire! Hopefully this day would not come, at least not in the near future.

So, Ciao.

PS: I re-posted this because I got the Mark Holgate update like 5 minutes ago. So re-posting it with a bit of tweaking.