Get Psyched for the Tents, Scene #7: Lacoste is awesome because instead of a scene-y afterparty, they’re taking everyone bowling. And they’re giving away Lacoste bowling shoes.
Who wants to be my +1?
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Archive for August, 2005
What a Croc…
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005Cole Comfort
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005A certain hot label is casting their show tomorrow. Among their stack of potential walkers is none other than Lily Cole.
Oh. My. Gosh. To see Lily Cole on the runway. Sublime.
Also, does this mean Cintia’s not coming back this year, or is there runway room for two redheads?
Also in the pile of potentials: Gemma Ward, Jacquetta Wheeler, and Maggie Rizer. But no Daria and no Karolina.
Stay tuned…
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Tommy Girl
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005So the invite to the Tommy Hilfiger after party promises a “surprise musical guest.” Many in the fashion fold are thinking Beyonce because…
1. She was the star of the Tommy Girl perfume campaign
2. She was a Tommy jeans model
3. She’s performing with Destiny’s Child the night before at Fashion Rocks! for Conde Nast
4. It’s Tommy’s 20th Anniversary and the theme of his big collection is “Bootylicious.”
Okay, not really. But I still think it’s Beyonce, especially now that she’s cancelled her own show for House of Dereon. Yes, that’s right - cancelled.
Can anyone confirm or deny?
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When You Gonna Ring It?
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Obsessed with The White Stripes video My Doorbell. Love the Jesse James/ Frayed Victorian / rockabilly feel. It’s so fun and the fashion is insane.
So insane that you might see echoes of the video in a few fashion shows next week. Which shows? Maybe Tomer. Maybe Jill Stuart. You know - maybe…
The song’s fun too.
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Gap Year
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Get Psyched for Fashion Week, Scene #6:
Stylist Rachel Zoe, who helped make mary kate a fashion hero, is coming to The Tents for GapBody - where she’ll make you a fashion hero with a cute new bra!
Here’s Rachel in LA with Willy Wonka.
Oops, I mean Nicole Richie.
Too much sugar…
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Veronica Fever
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005It’s 3 AM a while ago, and Heather and I are running away from a party packed with everyone we know. It’s the loneliest place we’ve been all week, and I don’t know what to do. So I watch Heather smoke.
We met because my old boss thought she could be Veronica from the Archie Comics, and she thought I was very Betty. She told us so and that was it.
We tumble into a cab; narrowly missing a Franz Ferdinand member muttering needles, and Bijou Phillips tangled in a Jill Stuart knot. The party girls outside blink at us in yesterday’s eyeliner and Violet Incredible ensembles. They look beautiful, and fearless, and bored.
5 minutes later, we curb outside a condemned bar and Heather stares me down.
“Don’t be those girls,” she demands. “It’s not you. Be your own girl. It’s more fun. Plus, no one wants to be you if you want to be someone else.”
Betty and Veronica would ditch Archie if they drank vodka tonics like us. The bartender is in love with Heather, so it’s free.
Now it’s almost fall and Heather still hunts me down at packed parties, because she knows I’m shy. Many people still want to be these girls, but lots of them want to be Heather, and Heather just wants to be herself. When so many things don’t matter but seem to matter so much, that’s pretty amazing.
Then again, so is Heather.
[HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATHER D - WE LOVE YOU!]
A Street Card Named Desire
Monday, August 29th, 2005
mommy dearest: hi honey, how was your weekend?
am i the IS: fine.
mommy dearest: you didn’t cause any more trouble, did you?
am i the IS: no mommy, not at all!
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What’s the Word, Hummingbird?
Monday, August 29th, 2005To: am.i@imaginarysocialite.com
From: painfullypretty@importantpub.comIf you have a moment, could you please, please, please do me a favor and tell me the juiciest bit of backstage/runway fashion week bad-behavior gossip you’ve ever heard? I’m looking for anyone acting like an ass - models tripping each other, hairstylists flipping out, editors trying sneaky seat-stealing tactics. photographers knocking each other out of the stands, designers pitching fits. Sabotage is good. Diva-ism is better. I keep thinking of the time Linda Evangelista threatened to shove hear fully-finished coif under a running tap if Oribe didn’t change another model’s hairstyle that she considered too similar to her own. Stuff like that. I know someone out there has a Randolph Duke psychotic episode story. (who doesn’t?)
Don’t worry - it’s strictly for use as a blind item…no names, sources, or specifics revealed. Although you should tell me all the specifics b/c that’s just more fun.
C’mon kids. It’s time to put those loose lips to good use.
um… well, this one time…
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I’ve Got Your Back(stage)
Sunday, August 28th, 2005
Get psyched for Fashion Week, Scene #4: behind-the-scenes madness.
Yes Daddy, I took this one too.
See? My trust fund totally hasn’t gone to waste…
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Gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha…
Saturday, August 27th, 2005Supersleuths unite…
To: am.i@imaginarysocialite.com
From: kerre@nancydrew.comSo you have info from Elisabeth on the PR job before it’s even posted in Holly’s diary…….Word is Tinsley M. was talking about your blog….I’m inching myself closer to blowing your cover! ( Not really, but one can hope)…loving the puzzle pieces!
Somebody get Kerre a Fendi Spy Bag.
And Kerre, you get Tinsley’s number and tell her this:
The latest Gossip Girl spinoff, called “The It Girl,” has a brand-new character named Tinsley just for you. She’s blonde, gorgeous, and a 16-year-old boarding school dropout. A major compliment, indeed.
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Jordan Catalano Alert
Saturday, August 27th, 2005Get thee to Misshapes NOW.
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Just Another Girl
Saturday, August 27th, 2005To: am.i@imaginarysocialite.com
From: youroldcrush@buti’mstillreallycute.comYeah that was me in the Ben Lee video
Sorry im so late in the emails!
Don’t hate me
Ill be back for fashionweek/cmj
Lets hang!!!
Let’s consider this the beginning of a campaign: get hot, straight guys to the Tents.
2 weeks to go.
Who’s with me?
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Would You?
Saturday, August 27th, 2005Hollywould needs a new PR assistant. If you’re a fashion newbie who’s killing to get your velvet wedge heel in the door, email Elisabeth Gutowski, elisabeth@ilovehollywould.com, and tell her how cool you are.
If you get an interview, please bring:
*your resume
*your favorite pair of shoes
*the former kappa sig from duke university that elisabeth totally loves. even if she can’t remember his name…
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The Importance of Being…
Friday, August 26th, 2005
Get psyched for Fashion Week, Scene 3:
A public service announcement from designer Matthew Earnest, who makes his big debut at the tents this season.
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Doubled Up
Friday, August 26th, 2005
Check out page 254 of this month’s Teen Vogue - yes, the one proclaiming “We Heart Nicole Richie!”
There’s a really cute photo of their latest girl-crush in Roland Mouret, taken when Nicole hosted a CosmoGirl! party this February.
The photo looks just like this one by Paul Hawthorne for Getty Images… except they struck the CosmoGirl! logo, because… um… well, because they’re Teen Vogue, aren’t they?
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