Last night Hollywood startlets and sports heroes descended on the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the museum's annual gala, this year honoring a new Costume Institute exhibition called Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations. The exhibit explores the work of the two Italian designers and "suggests new readings of their most innovative work," according to the museum's introduction. While the actual exhibit was inside the museum, last night's show took place on the red carpet where stars strutted and posed for photographers on the steps, all dolled up in (mostly) delightful designer duds.
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Get Yer Fashion Fill Right Here, With These Photos From The 2012 Met Gala
Video: Revisiting Fiorucci's Heyday As "The Daytime Studio 54"
Fiorucci, a fashion label founded by Elio Fiorucci in 1967, became popular amongst New Yorkers (and trendsetters like Madonna and Andy Warhol) in the 1970s and early 1980s, after the East 59th Street store opened (right next to those squares at Bloomingdale's). The store was filled with glitter, gold, lamé, and skin tight jeans—in 1977, a year after the New York flagship opened, NY Mag ran a lengthy piece on the scene, noting, "All it took this year to achieve instant chic, day or night, at the slickest New York party or the trashiest, was a pair of $110 gold cowboy boots from Fiorucci."
Reminder: No More NY State Sales Tax For Clothing, Shoes Under $110 Starting Today
As we mentioned earlier, today's the day to go shopping for clothes and shoes (if they're under $110): NY State is restoring its sales tax exemption today! The state explains, "Sales of eligible clothing and footwear costing less than $110 per item or pair are exempt from the state's 4% sales tax and local tax in those localities that enacted the exemption."
Say Good-Bye To NY State Sales Tax For Clothing Under $110
After years of being there and not being there, this Sunday, April 1, Albany is restoring the state sales tax exemption for clothing under $110. The state explains, "Sales of eligible clothing and footwear costing less than $110 per item or pair are exempt from the state's 4% sales tax and local tax in those localities that enacted the exemption."
Massive Fake Uggs (And Real Crystal Meth) Smuggling Stopped By Feds
The feds busted a huge operation that was "import[ing] hundreds of millions of dollars in counterfeit goods from China and illegal drugs from Taiwan to the United States." Initially, the fed were just looking at the smuggling of counterfeit goods but then they "uncovered an alleged scheme to import 50 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine. Approximately 1 kilogram of nearly pure crystal meth was purchased from the defendants as part of the operation, which stopped the importation of dozens of additional kilograms of the drug." Unexpected bonus!
Irish Angry At Urban Outfitters For Offensive St. Patrick's Day Merchandise
A number of Congressional leaders are blasting Urban Outfitters for selling St. Patrick's Day merchandise that mocks people of Irish descent for acting like obnoxious, binge-drinking idiots every March 17th. It's unclear where Urban Outfitters got this notion, or why they think it's funny, but the company is in hot water with New York Democratic Rep. Joseph Crowley, who says, "By selling and promoting these items, Urban Outfitters is only fueling stereotypes that many Irish Americans, as well as the people of Ireland, work so hard to dispel." Got it, people? These are stereotypes. That Urban Outfitters beer jug labeled “Leprechaun Piss" is not literally for leprechaun piss.
Jennifer Lopez's Stylist Insists There Was No Areola Or Nipple Slip
Jennifer Lopez basically stole the Oscars from Uggie and Christopher Plummer by wearing a revealing Zuhair Murad dress—and forcing people to understand that a nipple is not an areola. But her stylist denies there was any wardrobe malfunction!
Video: A Disco Fashion Show In Park Slope, 1979
Contrary to the art produced by some bald, Jessica Simpson-dating musicians, 1979 wasn't about introspective cooing over looped samples. 1979 meant disco, and disco meant disco-appropriate duds. Our tipster passed along these videos of a fashion show in Park Slope in the summer of 1979 when the boogie was spreading like the plague. WARNING: before viewing, properly secure your computer and all loose objects to mitigate damage from your involuntary, violent, rhythmic pelvic thrusts.
Everything In Your Closet Is Killing You, Says Science
As if you weren't destroying your body enough by simply sitting all day, are you really going to go ahead and wear those tight jeans while you do it? A few years ago, the dangers of skinny jeans were brought up when the Today show did a segment on "tingling thigh syndrome," and gave a whole new meaning to the term "fashion victim." Well it turns out, unsurprisingly, that skinny jeans aren't the only thing in your closet that can damage your body. According to the Wall Street Journal, so can belts, neck ties, body shapers like Spanx, shoes (including flip flops), bike shorts, and everything. But this doesn't mean you have to join a nudist colony—just be a little looser when you get dressed in the morning, or try to get your office to institute a Casual Sweatpants Friday.
Photos: Fashion Week Is So Over, Let's Drink
Fashion Week ended with a whimper last night (or, if there was a bang, we weren't invited to witness it). So let's take a look back at what people were wearing off the runway at the shows. Photographer Sam Horine dropped by the DKNY show on 26th Street and 3.1 Phillip Lim in the Meatpacking District, and here's what he saw. To make this interesting, grab a bottle of champagne and drink every time you see: a ballerina bun, an animal print, fur (real or fake), the color "electric blue," sunglasses, or naked eyes with a twinkle of self-satisfaction in them.
Photos: The New Yorkie Dog Fashion Show
To cleanse our mind of the doggie bondage photos, let's visit the runway from this past Friday night's annual New Yorkie Fashion Show, which took place at the New Yorker Hotel. David Frei, the legendary Voice of Westminster, acted as emcee of the event, which benefited Angel on a Leash, a non-profit organization that creates therapy dog programs for hospitals and institutions.
Metta World Peace Gives Fashion Advice To Jeremy Lin
After Jeremy Lin and the Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers at MSG last night, Kobe Bryant and teammates begrudgingly praised Lin's incredible performance. But at least one Laker wasn't shy about showering Lin with admiration and adoration: "Jeremy Lin is a role model! My son is black and Philippine. Asian American... He loves lincredible... Keep it up young fella!!!" tweeted Metta World Peace, aka Lakers guard Ron Artest. And in an even more bizarre and in depth interview with CBS, World Peace gave Lin some amazing fashion tips for thriving in NYC.
Modeling Agency: Sometimes Underage Models Are Really Mature!
Last fall, there was uproar when a 15-year-old Croatian model walked the runway during Fashion Week, prompting the Council of Fashion Designers of America to ask its members to essentially card models to confirm that they are at least 16 years old. CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg even said, "Top modeling agencies—including DNA, Elite, Ford, IMG, Marilyn, New York Models, Next, One, Supreme, Trump, Wilhelmina, Women and Women Direct - have again pledged that they will not send out models under the age of 16 for shows." But now it turns out that Ford never promised it, so that's why they have two models under 16 participating in Fashion Week.
Marc Jacobs Designs South Park Tee For NYU
In November, Marc Jacobs was featured in a South Park episode as shirtless action figure "Muscle Man Marc," so it's only fair that Jacobs repay the tribute and feature a nude Eric Cartman on a t-shirt created to benefit The Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative Group at New York University.
How To Watch New York Fashion Week Without Wearing Any Pants
Many other designers will offer a number of ways to feel like you're in the front row as they debut their fall collections. Roughly a third of the shows taking place in the tents at Lincoln Center will be streamed via LiveRunway. Wear your best sweatpants as you watch these, our hand-picked highlights:
Crimes Against Fashion: Pennsylvania School Bans Uggs
After students were caught smuggling in contraband items like cellphones into class, a Pennsylvania middle school has banned Uggs—or other "outdoor, open top boots." The Pottstown Mercury reports, 'In a letter sent home with students Wednesday, Principal Gail Cooper announced the ban, saying “we have been experiencing problems with some students wearing open top boots and carrying items in their boots that are prohibited in school.'"
Swastika Earrings In Greenpoint Store A Fashion "Nein"
We just can't keep up with fashion, what with the chocolate and jewel-encrusted brassieres that seem to be all the rage these days. Still, these earrings that a reader found at Bejeweled in Greenpoint strike us as a fashion "nein."
Was Clair Huxtable A Style Icon?
The Huxtable Family was really known for their style, all around—remember Theo's "designer" shirt? But a new Tumblr is focusing on the matriarch of the family: Clair Huxtable. It's called Clair Huxtable: Mom Style Icon, and features an ongoing Q&A about Clair's style, and photos from the show featuring her looks with some commentary ("accordion pleating across the back spilling over to create a bunchy fold over the perfectly tight sash-belt!"). From tunics to Tina Turner costumes, click forth and enjoy—even if it is just a rip-off of Clair's Closet. Hopefully they'll get to the "tacky barrette" one day:
Photos: Models Strut In Edible Attire At The Chocolate Fashion Show 2011
If you truly love chocolate, it's not enough to shave bon bons over your Count Chocula or use Nutella as toothpaste: one may only achieve the apogee of cocoalightenment if the majority of your skin is cloaked in the stuff. Billed as the "world's largest event dedicated to chocolate," the 14th annual Chocolate Show New York kicked off last night with a Broadway-themed fashion show that allowed chefs and designers step into each other's shoes and dress models in chocolate. As the crowd waited for the show to begin, the emcee asked the married duo who founded the event, Sylvie Douce and François Jeantet, what their favorite type of chocolate was. For Jeantet, it was "dark, of course." But for Douce? "My husband." Beat. Emcee: "Well, I won't prod any further there!"
Finally, Maureen Dowd Goes Shoe Shopping With Andre Leon Talley
Who cares if 46.2 million Americans are in poverty? Pulitzer Prize-winning NY Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd lives the dream and goes to the Manolo Blahnik sample sale with Vogue contributing editor Andre Leon Talley for her column today. For real.
"Hipster Cop" Talks Fashion With GQ, Trashes Occupy Wall Street Protesters' Style
Oh it's ON! Detective Rick Lee, a.k.a. "Hipster Cop," says the Occupy Wall Street protesters wouldn't know style if it sashayed up and pepper-sprayed them in the face. In a wide-ranging Q&A with GQ, Lee dishes on his taste in fashion, his sudden fame, the look he rocks on weekends, and the weak sartorial choices of the demonstrators he's assigned to deal with. Asked if he's "seen interesting fashion at the protest," Lee replied with an emphatic "No!" And his fashion policing didn't stop there:
Grab Your $700 iPad Bag Today!
Hey there, fashion-forward New Yorker! Did the Olsen twins sell out of their $39K alligator skin backpack before you had a chance to snag one? Don't worry about it—why not try one of these budget $700 iPad bags instead?
Dress For Protest: Group Wants Wall Street Occupiers To Suit Up
Among the many issues that people have with the crowds currently still occupying Wall Street is that, well, the folks down there look like a bunch of dirty hippies. A large part of America still doesn't like listening to folks who look like they just got back from a Phish show. But at least some protestors have gotten the message. Enter Suits for Wall Street, an IndieGoGo project that would make Barney Stinson proud. Because "In the Battle of Ideas, Aesthetics Matter."
Cops To Brooklyn Women: Wear Skirts And Rapist Will Target You
As women in Park Slope, Sunset Park and Bay Ridge remain on edge with two, possible more, sexual assault suspects on the loose, community members are trying to reassure women by starting volunteer efforts to escort women from the subway. On the other hand, the police are telling some women to stop asking for it by wearing skirts and shorts.
Where To Get Nicki Minaj's Fried Chicken Necklace, Plus Bacon Bracelets And More!
Yesterday, the Internet was a-flutter checking out the neon-pink chicken wing necklace Nicki Minaj wore to a music fest over the weekend. We wondered if it was even real, and today, we got our answer, when the designer behind the piece dropped us a line.
Video: Models Strut To "Empire State Of Mind"
The Observer noticed this video from Jay-Z's fashion website, Life + Times, which features models lip-syncing his and Alicia Keys' 2009 hit, "Empire State of Mind," and noted, "We’re not sure exactly what this video is promoting (Fashion Week? Life + Times? New York? Pretty woman?) but that’s what it makes it perfect: if it’s selling us something, we can’t tell what it is."
More Fun Photos As We Bid Farewell To Fashion Week
Fashion Week has ended, and we have so many memories burned into our retinas. While we put together our personal scrapbook of laminates and locks of models' hair that we secretly snipped off, click through for one last look at the fashion set, next time we see them it'll be February, when the no pants look will be really edgy.
Photos: Fashionable Folks Spotted At Fashion Week!
Well we narrowed down the hot new looks for you earlier this week (hopefully right now you aren't wearing pants, while enjoying the feel of blood diamonds on your teeth). But now, we move on to the rest of the Fashion Week cattle, who have been grazing outside of the tents at Lincoln Center for nearly a week. Click through for twenty one more looks...
Cirpriani May Host Hated Dictator's Daughter's Fashion Show
Gulnara Karimova, the fashion designer who just so happens to be the daughter of the tyrannical president of Uzbekistan, was none too pleased last week when her Fashion Week show was canceled over some human rights issues. Now, Karimova—aka "GooGooSha"—is apparently looking to take her show on the road, all the way to Cipriani.
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