Justin Timberlake insists he doesn't think of himself as a fashion icon, but does feel the need to take responsibility for one of the most annoying trends of all time:
It's funny, I keep hearing Ashton Kutcher say how he was responsible for trucker caps. [My best friend and I] were wearing them when we were seventeen.
We don't think that was all you, Justin, but you did bring back the d-bag trend. You'll always have that.
TRL seems to be a breeding ground for bad fashion statements: First Mariah Carey showed up in that monstrosity of an 8th grader's outfit, and now Miley Cyrus appeared on the program looking like she let a blind person pick out her clothes. Really, how many articles of clothing is this girl wearing? It's out of control.
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Eternal 12-year-old Mariah Carey reverted back to 1982, when she was at her ideal age, with this horrendous outfit at a TRL taping. You're telling me Mimi has all the money in the world and she chose to go with an outfit (complete with glittery belt) one could find at a garage sale? … We give up.
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• Diddy takes to YouTube to announce his discovery that he has 10 fingers and 10 toes. [DListed]
• Rumor has it someone secretly filmed Madonna and A-Rod having sex. Too bad that person won't be able to enjoy all that money he's going to receive from behind bars. [INO]
• The paparazzi are still chasing around Ashley Dupre for reasons unknown. [HT]
• Why Drew Barrymore and Justin Long split: "Justin gently suggested to Drew that they both slow down on the drinking, and she didn’t take it well. Drew believes she has control over her drinking." We've heard that one before. [Yeeeah]
• Pictures of Brad and Angelina cuddling on a hospital roof — except they're so blurry it could be some random hobos off the street, for all we know. [PS]
• Lindsay Lohan's new line of leggings is already sold out? Really? Really? [ICYDK]
The always PR-savvy Lauren Conrad offered a swift rebuttal after yesterday's attacks from organizers of a Humane Society fashion show who claimed LC threw a hissy fit and bailed before fulfilling all of her obligations. We would have refused to walk the stupid runway with those poor dogs dressed in human clothes as well, so we really can't judge. Lauren, however, says otherwise — and went to MySpace to give her side of the story. She threw in a few grammatical errors for good measure, just in case anyone thought the blog was written by her publicist (we're still not convinced).
Click through for her statement. Spoiler alert: We're guessing she's no longer going to be happy posing for pictures with Wendy Diamond (at left).
The Humane Society and Animal Fair magazine hosted a "Paws for Style" dog-fashion show last night in NYC, which sounded harmless enough until gossip started to spread about the backstage drama involving — who else? — The Hills' Lauren Conrad. Evidently Lauren, who was flown to NYC first-class by the Humane Society, was scheduled to close the fashion show featuring celebrities and socialites who coordinated matching outfits with either their own dog or a rescue. (The outfits will be sold on eBay for charity.)
Lauren, however, had other plans, which included buckling under pressure on the red carpet with hard-hitting questions such as, "What kind of dog is it?" She later announced that she wasn't aware she was supposed to walk the runway and bailed without fully honoring her commitment. One unhappy organizer said it best: "There's no cats here, so we didn't need any catfights." That's deep.
But let's get down to the real matter at hand, shall we? What did these poor dogs ever do to deserve these stupid outfits and trips down the runway? None of them look amused — in fact, one seems to be saying, "Can I go back to the shelter now?"
BUT WHAT ABOUT HEIDIWOOD? "L.A. boutique Kitson just dropped Lauren Conrad's line. How surprising, right? 'Sales were lackluster,' Kitson owner Fraser Ross told us. 'Initially it was great.' Ross tried to get Conrad to do a personal appearance in the store but said her people couldn't figure out a date."
Why Heidi Montag was allowed to "create" a fall collection for her Heidiwood line is beyond us, especially considering this series is even worse than the last, a feat we once thought impossible. Not only are the clothes uninspired and cheaply made, but each outfit has the dumbest name imaginable (see "Hoodiewood"). And evidently the only pants in her collection are those awful "black skinnies," which says a lot about the variety in her line.
And if you weren't totally convinced that this is the worst collection in the history of clothing, here's the description of one of her outfits, creatively titled "Signature Required": "All you need is Heidi's signature for your VIP entrance…in this black denim jacket and overdyed black skinnies." If there is indeed a club that required Heidi's signature for admission, we don't want to be on the guest list. Ever.
Though most people obsessed with Marilyn Monroe do their best to forget that she was a drug-addled, insecure mess who many powerful men took advantage of, Lindsay Lohan, Monroe's nakedest young fan, uses her new leggings line to give a refreshingly realistic nod to the original blond bombshell. At left is the "Mr President" style, which features built-in kneepads.
Ashlee Simpson's baby bump is growing bigger by the day, which leads me to wonder when she's going to retire the uncomfortable-looking skinny jeans and start sporting some maternity wear. Sure, she and husband Pete Wentz probably have closets full of skinny jeans in every brand and color, but those things are painful when you're sporting a food baby, let alone a real fetus. Or maybe that's just me.
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Kanye West recently announced that he will be collaborating on a men's shoe line with none other than Louis Vuitton. (Only the best for Yeezy.) He didn't go into more detail, which leaves us to assume he has no other information at the moment — meaning he still needs to think of a name for his shoe line. That's where our lovely readers come in: What should Kanye's newest venture be named?
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Suddenly, after several years of being at the bottom of the fashion heap, black models are back on top. In a big way. Not only are they exclusively populating the pages of this month’s super-hyped Vogue Italia, Wintour & Co. also begrudgingly gave them some attention. At Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week, the designers of Dsquared used a group of models, led by Tyson Beckford, made up almost entirely of black men. And rumor has it that Lanvin’s show next week has an “all-ethnic lineup.”
24-year old beauty and Victoria's Secret model Karolina Kurkova is being criticized over her appearance in recent days at Sao Paulo Fashion Week, especially after a runway appearance in a bikini.One Brazilian paper blasted her back fat and cellulite, as did other outlets. The impetus for the stories were two still photos taken at the Cia Maritima fashion show at the end of last week.
We've said it many, many times before, but, unfortunately, it always bears repeating: FASHION IS THE STUPIDEST THING IN THE WORLD AND ANYONE WHO FINDS IT MERITORIOUS NEEDS TO BE STUDIED FOR MENTAL DEFECT!!!!!!!
We're not sure if we have been blogging about the Olsen twins for too long or if Mary-Kate is actually looking like a non-hobbit in these pictures from a screening of The Wackness last night in NYC. She even managed to wear an outfit that doesn't look like she pulled it out of her five-sizes-too-big grandmother's closet. Is this another sign of the apocalypse?
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Which Italian designer told a woman he was groping on a dance floor that he likes 'slutty girls who dress badly'? She pointed out she was wearing one of his dresses.
Not just a straight Italian fashion designer, but a straight Italian fashion designer who's also a boorish jerk. Hmmmmmm…
Vivienne Westwood — who designed a dress worn by Carrie in the Sex and the City movie — explaining why the film sucked after only watching the opening credits:
I thought Sex and the City was supposed to be about cutting-edge fashion and there was nothing remotely memorable or interesting about what I saw. I went to the premiere and left after 10 minutes.
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The much anticipated new issue of Vogue Italia, which features solely black models and topics affecting black women, hits European newsstands a week from today. Consumers will have four covers from which to choose, all of them featuring a different black woman.
Inside the magazine, top black models from Iman to Veronica Webb will populate 100 pages of fashion features, thus reminding the world that women of all colors are beautiful, just as long as they're tall and possessed of a very specific type of bone structure.
The publishers of Vogue Italia say they're happy with the latest issue and excited to go back to using mostly white models for another few decades.
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