http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:27 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/denim-report-w-staffers-favori.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/denim-report-w-staffers-favori.htm Fashion jeans w staffers Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:27 -0500 The hotness! Scantily clad Angels bounced their way down the runway at the Victoria Secret Fashion show last night. But Heidi Klum won the audience's heart by strutting her post-baby body and proving that she can bounce back. The Huffington PostNew Moon creates shift in party scene. When the Gossip Girl cast starts following other PYT's around town, it becomes official: The Twilight gang are the new "it" crew...and they'll take blood over alcohol. Guest of a GuestAre furry vests are getting eclipsed by fluffy down? The new winter must-have comes from Pharrell's collaboration with Moncler. Can't decide which you covet more? Get both. FashionistaOr you could go gorilla like Naomi. The CutBeyoncé succumbs to the Gaga effect. We were too mesmerized to count the costume changes in her "Video Phone" performance with Lady Gaga. But we enjoyed this analysis. The CutIMDB for fashion. All this talk about fashion and social networking is well and good but if you want something really useful check out MyFDB.com. It's IMDB for the fashion industry and lists credits for everyone including designers, models and photographers to creative directors, stylists, hair and makeup, set designers, and food stylists. It's an industry breakthrough from the day it launched. Fashionista Sarah Palin's stylist reveals why she spent so much so fast. "It was the Friday of a holiday weekend and there wasn't a person around. The only avenue was retail, straight retail." GlamourLooking foxy for Fox? When Sarah Palin picks her own clothes she looks like a news anchor. At least that what the aqua-colored suit she wore on Oprah this week seemed to be saying. The Daily Beast To Helsinki and back. Finnair's new travel incentive offers frequent flyer miles for plastic surgery (face lifts and breast implants). The catch: one breast enhancement would require 120 round trip tickets from Helsinki to New York. Allure http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/fridays-reading-list-2.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/fridays-reading-list-2.htm Reading List Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:24 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/how-do-you-dress-a.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/how-do-you-dress-a.htm Aaron Betsky: Eye on Design football Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:10 -0500 Just back from a short vacation at the Dead Sea, Maarten Bass was in Paris recently for his second collaboration with the Champagne house Dom Ruinart. Drawing on his fondness for transforming objects and materials, Baas, 31, created a melting silver Champagne bucket to celebrate Ruinart's newly-released (and exceptional) 1959 vintage. A graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven, Bass first became known for his "Smoke" series of burned furniture; he's now a fixture at museum shows and galleries. So, you live on a farm in rural Holland. Are you surrounded by animals there? Well, I already have four chickens. Do you plan to add more? Yes, I want to have lots of goats. But for now it's ok -- my neighbors have plenty of farm animals. Bass's "melting" silver bucketDid you take advantage of your collaboration with Dom Ruinart to get a lot of free Champagne? No, I guess I'm dumb. But they did send me a case of 1978 for my Designer of the Year Award [in Miami this year]. That was cool. How has the economic crisis affected your business? I didn't sell much in the US this year, but I still have lots of work. I even turned down some work this year. I guess I' m spoiled. What's the moment you like best in the creative process? When it's finished and comes out the way you wanted, you're happy. But challenges are great too. Like when you're stuck and you're like, "F---, I need to find a solution," and then it falls into place. That's a great moment. Rocking chair from the designer's "Clay" collection What kind of student were you? I was good at doing just enough. I was quite lazy. With this Dom Ruinart collaboration and the sumptuous dinner in Paris tonight, you're in the limelight. Don't you wish you were back in your farm instead of talking to journalists? I get to talk about myself. I don't get tired of doing that. Not only am I lazy, spoiled and dumb, I'm also egocentric! http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/five-minutes-with-dutch-design.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/20/five-minutes-with-dutch-design.htm Art & Design Paris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:42:04 -0500 The fashion community mourns the untimely death of Daul Kim with online memorials and videos. The Cut, Fashionista, The Huffington Post http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/thursdays-reading-list.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/thursdays-reading-list.htm Reading List Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:34:26 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/five-minutes-with-p-diddys-par.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/five-minutes-with-p-diddys-par.htm Celebrities Society Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:56:27 -0500 I'm pretty loyal to the small stable of scents that I wear. The only problem is, they're all light, white florals, so they don't necessarily carry over into the colder months. All the classic snuggly scents (the amber, musk and patchouli-based ones) just aren't my cup of tea. When I'm wrapped in cashmere and warming up by the fireplace, I want to smell more like, well, that fireplace. Anyone with me on this? Apparently, perfumer Serge Lutens is. His newest scent, Fille en Aiguilles (loosely translated to "girl on needles") contains vetiver and pine needles (two of my favorite notes) in an intoxicating warm woody-smoky blend that's sexy but not at all in-your-face. $140 at Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New York. http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/beauty-obsession-of-the-week-n.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/beauty-obsession-of-the-week-n.htm Beauty fragrance products Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:46:10 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/five-minutes-with-dallas-grand.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/five-minutes-with-dallas-grand.htm Society Dallas Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:22:52 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/silvano-expands.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/19/silvano-expands.htm Dining Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/18/pro-bono-yoga.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/18/pro-bono-yoga.htm Beauty Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/17/this-weeks-model-constance-jab.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/17/this-weeks-model-constance-jab.htm This Week's Model The Skinny Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:20 -0500 When Caprice Crane's latest novel landed on our desk, we have to admit it was her author bio that initially grabbed us. The author is, after all, the daughter of television talk show host Les Crane and actress Tina Louise (aka Ginger from Gilligan's Island). Turns out the 30-something chick-lit author has an intriguing resume of her own; she was a screenwriter on the first season of the 90210 remake before moving on to the Melrose Place reboot. Her witty and amusing new book, Family Affair, (her third) has a fairly unusual premise: High school sweethearts Layla and Brett are in the midst of a divorce and Layla is fighting for custody of, yes, her in-laws. Where did the idea for the book come from? I was really close with my high school boyfriend's family so the idea came from a hypothetical -- what if we had stayed together and gotten married? Also, I'm an only child and my parents were both only children. As such, I've always been drawn to people with big families. Do you still keep in touch with your ex-boyfriend's family? They were at [a recent] book reading. They loved it. I'm sure his parents are still pulling for us. You probably get asked this all the time, but what was it like being the daughter of Les Crane and Tina Louise?I had a radio interview recently where a person asked me if my mom walked around the house in sequin gowns all the time. And...no. Although I said I did. With your hand in both the 90210 and Melrose Place remakes, we have to ask -- if they were to remake Gilligan's Island, who would you want to play your mother? Oh, wow. Well, they were talking about doing a movie version and I heard Beyonce was interested in playing that role, which I think is fantastic. But those are tough shoes to fill. How old are you? Oh my god, please don't say my age. My mom has always been really sensitive about her age, so she'll always age me down because it keeps her younger. I'm, like, Mom, I'm not 20.Portrait: Beth Cocuzzi http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/16/when-caprice-cranes-latest-nov.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/16/when-caprice-cranes-latest-nov.htm Celebrities Authors Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:48:26 -0500 The weather was grey and drizzly, but the line for the Jimmy Choo collection at H&M formed hours before the doors on Fifth Avenue opened at 9am this past Saturday morning. H&M employees gave bracelets with a designated shopping time to the first 160 customers. (In a brilliant customer relations move, they also passed out Krispy Kreme donuts.) Inside the store, there were huge Jimmy Choo-themed banners hanging from the ceiling as a live DJ spun. Said shopper Ann Eisfeld (below right), who hails from Germany and was standing on line with her sister: "I didn't expect the line to be so long! In Europe people are not as familiar with Jimmy Choo, except for those who watch Sex and the City." --Vanessa Willoughby http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/16/a-view-from-the-line-for-hms-c.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/16/a-view-from-the-line-for-hms-c.htm Fashion Jimmy Choo Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:23:20 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/16/mondays-reading-list-1.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/16/mondays-reading-list-1.htm Reading List Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:47:39 -0500 http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/13/gemela-amor.htm http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/11/13/gemela-amor.htm Fashion Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:32 -0500