Spring 2009 New York Fashion Week

Barbie's Stila Makeup Line to Launch This Spring
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Beauty Byte: Barbie Gets Dolled Up With Stila

Back in the 80's Barbie had a line of kiddie cosmetics I remember quite well.
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Back in the 80's Barbie had a line of kiddie cosmetics I remember quite well. Then, in 2007, MAC released a Barbie-themed makeup collection. And now? The fashion doll is about to dabble in the cosmetics realm again with a recently announced collaboration with Stila.

According to WWD, the limited-edition collection will launch next month at Sephora stores (including international locations and online) and Sephora's Fifth Avenue store in New York. Just in time to celebrate the fashion doll's 50th birthday, the fun and flirty collection will include four "Decades of Beauty" cans ($40): Ponytail Doll, which commemorates the first Barbie in 1959; Malibu Barbie, from 1971; Foxy Doll, in honor of the first African-American doll released in 1980; and Jewel Doll, from 2000.

Also in the works . . . those nifty talking palettes from Stila — Barbie style, of course — a Barbie fashion show featuring Stila products at New York Fashion Week next month, and a Barbie beauty program/expanded collection for Fall 2009. Way to keep it going for half a century, Miss Barbie.

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Crimped Hair Trend for Spring 2009
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Trend Alert: Wrinkle in Time

Or should I say wrinkle in a time machine?
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Or should I say wrinkle in a time machine? This 1980s hairstyle often pops up here and there, reminding us that crinkly, crimpy hair will probably never die.

Featured in several shows from Paris to London to New York, the style ranged from severe Christian Dior (upper left) to a more straight down, everyday style à la Christian Lacroix, Ruffian, and Karen Walker. For good measure, Jenny Packham added her own simple updo version, too (lower right). Maybe it's time I dig out the ol' pink crimper myself — in moderation, of course.

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Matthew Williamson

Coco Rocha Doesn't Steal Shoes

>> While Chanel Iman is firing off voice-over dispatches from Fashion Week, Coco Rocha has been busy taping her new video series, "Insider's Guide to Backstage," in between catwalks.  There are six episodes total, and the first has just premiered, following Coco backstage at Matthew Williamson, where she enlightens us on such model wisdom as how to get away with stealing runway shoes you're not supposed to and how to hide from cameras you don't want to talk to.
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>> While Chanel Iman is firing off voice-over dispatches from Fashion Week, Coco Rocha has been busy taping her new video series, "Insider's Guide to Backstage," in between catwalks.  There are six episodes total, and the first has just premiered, following Coco backstage at Matthew Williamson, where she enlightens us on such model wisdom as how to get away with stealing runway shoes you're not supposed to and how to hide from cameras you don't want to talk to.

New, New York, Talent: Joseph Altuzarra
New York Fashion Week

New, New York, Talent: Joseph Altuzarra

>> He showed for the first time ever at New York Fashion Week — by appointment only — and already he's getting major buzz.
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New, New York, Talent: Joseph Altuzarra

>> He showed for the first time ever at New York Fashion Week — by appointment only — and already he's getting major buzz.

As Mickey Boardman at Paper put it, "The name all those in-the-know were dropping was Joseph Altuzarra. French Vogue . . . told Paper that Altuzarra, who worked previously at Proenza Schouler and Givenchy, is the one [to] watch from New York Fashion Week." Stores are vying for exclusives on his first collection — and he's got a lookbook model in Vanessa Traina, who chipped in her two cents: "The right magazines came to see his stuff, the right stores want to buy it—which means, personally, it’s been a pretty good week for the guy."  And Julia Restoin-Roitfeld already wore one of his dresses to the Calvin Klein 40th Anniversary party last week.

But the part that really sticks with me is Vanessa Traina being in the lookbook — seems like Joseph is just where Alexander Wang was a couple of years ago, when he was just starting out and had Vanessa modeling in his lookbook.
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Marc Jacobs

>> INSIDER WIRE —Those finely crafted straw boater hats Stephen Jones made for Marc Jacobs's Spring 2009 show?  They were finely crafted by the sole of a boot: "We trod on them to get that flattened effect," Jones divulged.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —Those finely crafted straw boater hats Stephen Jones made for Marc Jacobs's Spring 2009 show?  They were finely crafted by the sole of a boot: "We trod on them to get that flattened effect," Jones divulged. [WWD]

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New York Fashion Week

>> THE MODELIZER —Iekeliene Stange had a stalker at New York Fashion Week: "After the 3.1 Phillip Lim show .
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>> THE MODELIZER —Iekeliene Stange had a stalker at New York Fashion Week: "After the 3.1 Phillip Lim show . . . [Iekeliene] was mobbed by sweaty paparazzi, Japanese tourists, and this older guy who had a Ziploc bag of photos of her with hand-drawn hearts around her. He was hyperventilating and giggling to himself calling her 'my angel.' Yikes!" [Refinery29]

New, New York, Talent: Julian Louie
Francisco Costa

New, New York, Talent: Julian Louie

>> Being known as a protege of Francisco Costa doesn't hurt — especially when you're showing your first-ever collection.
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>> Being known as a protege of Francisco Costa doesn't hurt — especially when you're showing your first-ever collection. Julian Louie's fifteen sculptural pieces reeled in the likes of Kate Lanphear and Hamish Bowles last week — and they left with glimmers in their eyes, mirroring those of the Swarovski crystals embedded on Julian's dresses. The bright colors, innovative fabrics (neoprene!), and cocoon shapes reminded me of something that would appear at London rather than New York Fashion Week — even a touch of Christopher Kane's first collection — but nevermind, I'm glad to have a talent like his stateside.
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Daisy Lowe

>> THE MODELIZER —Oddly, even though Daisy Lowe and Mark Ronson were seen everywhere at New York Fashion Week together — working his sister Charlotte Ronson's show, front row at Diesel — they split in New York.
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>> THE MODELIZER —Oddly, even though Daisy Lowe and Mark Ronson were seen everywhere at New York Fashion Week together — working his sister Charlotte Ronson's show, front row at Diesel — they split in New York. No reasons were given for the parting of ways, but Daisy is now in London to carry on the Fashion Week craze. [People]

Pamela Love and Eddie Borgo: Crown Jewelers in the Making
3.1 Phillip Lim

Pamela Love and Eddie Borgo: Crown Jewelers in the Making

>> When Fashion Week comes a-knockin', we all get caught up in the parade of clothes, shoes, and handbags .
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Pamela Love and Eddie Borgo: Crown Jewelers in the Making

>> When Fashion Week comes a-knockin', we all get caught up in the parade of clothes, shoes, and handbags . . . but sometimes we forget to keep an eye on the jewelry, too. It's important to note — especially this season, when the bigger the jewelry, the better — and two fledgling designers have really emerged as ones to watch: Eddie Borgo, 30, and Pamela Love, 26.

They're both well-connected: Eddie dates stylist Keegan Singh, Pamela shares a workspace with Julia Restoin-Roitfeld.  Pamela is best known for her clawed cuffs that ended up in the Fall 2008 Gap ads, while Eddie just two weeks ago announced his namesake line.  The two were tapped to collaborate on pieces for Marchesa's Spring 2009 collection, and were snapped together last week at 3.1 Phillip Lim, for which Eddie created stained glass stunners.  For the record, he also worked with Jen Kao, Staerk, and Frank Tell on their Spring 2009 collections — but what a pair, these two.
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