**** SUBSCRIBE (email) ---- ---- FOLLOW (twitter) ---- ---- FRIEND (facebook) ****

2010 Primetime Emmys – BEST DRESSED

2010 Primetime Emmys – BEST DRESSED

The 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles last evening, with the standard red carpet fare preceeding the awards. Their wasn’t a lot of “wow” to be seen during arrivals this year. On the other hand perhaps the Cult is simply growing bored with the predictably polished celebrity style circus that...
Read more »

Zoe v. Jacobson #3: Style the Stylists & WIN

Zoe v. Jacobson #3: Style the Stylists & WIN

It’s Tuesday night again and for TV-watching fashion heads, that means one thing: The Rachel Zoe Project. And now, thanks to the Cult and Polyvore.com, being a fan can do more than teach you a few soon-to-be-overused catch phrases. Create outfits (a.k.a. “sets”) using...
Read more »

Weekend ATL: Eyedrum + Video Art = Yeah!

Weekend ATL: Eyedrum + Video Art = Yeah!

If you know Eighty Jane, you know her to be a two-headed monster. On the one hand an advocate of quiet luxury; and on the other a lover of art of the fartsiest variety. Think Celine meets JCDC. But then, I suppose fartsy art...
Read more »

Get a Job! Fashion Gig Tipsheet August 2010

Get a Job! Fashion Gig Tipsheet August 2010

“Living in Alabama and telling someone you want to pursue a career in fashion is like telling your parents that you’re planning your financial future around winning the Florida lottery. They just look at each other and sigh”. The above cute quip from DailyFashionJobs.com...
Read more »

Fashion Irony: Luxe Paper Bags

Fashion Irony: Luxe Paper Bags

As a woman in my 30s I often find myself remarking at how similar adults are to highschoolers. The clique segregation, the rampant group think, the constant popularity dramas… when is it that my peers and I will “grow up,” I wonder. Sure, the...
Read more »

Tonchi’s W Debut Chooses Film Over Fashion

Tonchi’s <em>W</em> Debut Chooses Film Over Fashion

September is the most anticipated month/issue for all fashion mags, but for the revamped W the anticipation has been about much more than counting ad pages and fawning over fall pictorials. The issue is the official debut by new EIC Stefano Tonchi, who left...
Read more »

Zoe v. Jacobson – Round 2

Zoe v. Jacobson – Round 2

It’s a known fact – especially if you follow our Twitter page – that the Cult is firmly in the #TeamTaylor category. Still, there’s a deep #TeamRachel following and we acknowledge that it’s for good reason. After all, no other stylist has turned their...
Read more »

Zoe v. Jacobson – Round 1

Zoe v. Jacobson – Round 1

Here at the The Cult our time is as precious as the custom skirt made from grandma’s vintage African print cloth. So TV watching is kept to a minimum and writing about TV is even more rare. But there’s an intriguing fashion battle a...
Read more »

Smart Sale Shopping for Spring/Summer 2010

Smart Sale Shopping for Spring/Summer 2010

Smart Seasonal Sale Shopping (S4). It’s about that time again – the moment in a season when your still in the thick of the climate, but stores have put the current season items on sale. These points are great opportunity moments for your wardrobe,...
Read more »

Givenchy Couture Goes Underground, Channels Frida Kahlo

Givenchy Couture Goes Underground, Channels Frida Kahlo

The fashion industry seems to be wrestling with whether haute couture is still relevant to the modern fashion model. On the one hand vets like Oscar de la Renta say it’s outdated and useless; on the other, business trackers note a marked spike in...
Read more »

Get a Job! Fashion Gig Tipsheet July 2010 *UPDATED*

Get a Job! Fashion Gig Tipsheet July 2010 *UPDATED*

We at The Fashion Cult wake up everyday simply giddy at being able to work on something we are so passionate about. There was a time, though, that the idea of working in fashion was just a pipe dream to distract from a dreadful...
Read more »

‘Work of Art’ Fails to Shock but Gives Good Fashion Candy

‘Work of Art’ Fails to Shock but Gives Good Fashion Candy

This week Bravo’s SJP-produced show “Work of Art” asked contestants to shock the audience with their creations. Unfortunately, several of the artists mistook gross for shocking and we were forced to sit through bags of faux excrement and jars of not-faux fingernails. Ultimately, the...
Read more »

Meet Lola & Madonna’s New Cash Cow

Meet Lola & Madonna’s New Cash Cow

When we heard earlier this year that Madonna had a fashion line in the works, we might have been a bit cynical about the motivation. Mrs. Blond Ambition has certainly shown herself to be a business force to be reckoned with, but it’s been...
Read more »

We Remember Michael: A Fashion Tribute

We Remember Michael: A Fashion Tribute

Incredibly, it’s been a year since the greatest entertainer of all time left this Earth & those of us that are die-hard fans are still reeling from the loss. It was selfish of us to want to keep him here, to be poked at,...
Read more »

The Fashion Cult Hit by Hackers

The Fashion Cult Hit by Hackers

The Fashion Cult – a network of fashion-focused blogs – was targeted by an unknown group of Website hackers that have been attacking high-profile WordPress blogs. Cult Webmistress Mary Egbula first noticed something wrong with the flagship site TheFashionCult.com (a.k.a. TFC) when a the...
Read more »