Another season of Haute Couture has just closed and the fashion ultra-elite are placing their orders. The market for the highest form of fashion is smaller than ever these days, with a mere 200 women bestowed with the means and access to don the most honored vestments of the Fashion Cult. My how I...
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Jennifer Hudson was simple chic and looking amazing in a Victoria Beckham Spring 2010 LBD. There was plenty of old Hollywood-type glamour on the red carpet, but Jennifer Nettles stood out in a vibrant pink modern gown. Rihanna once again proves that drama in fashion doesn’t have to preclude elegance. She shines in an...
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We’ve caught a glimpse at some of Givenchy’s ads for Spring/Summer 2010. Their nice, but they don’t make me swoon like the runway presentation did. Model Mariacarla Boscono has made the leap from catwalk to campaign. She’s paiedr with Natalia Vodianova and a bevy of male models. The two women are an interesting combo:...
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Next year expect the inkling of pastels seen on the 2009 runways to pick up steam. That is, if the handful of designers with the wherewithall to produce the superfluous “pre-fall” collection is any indication of what we’ll see on a broader scale. On the one hand, Donatella turned out her usual skintight minis...
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Last evening the President and Mrs. Obama received Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the first State Dinner of the Obama administration. The First Lady was dazzling in a beautiful silver gown made by Indian designer Naeem Khan. We just watched Mr. Naeem Khan on Larry King Live. Of interest, both the designer’s father...
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Paula Abdul: In the shocker of the year, Paula makes a Cult best-dressed list. I admit, she’s getting extra points just for the leaps and bounds she’s made of her previous red carpet disasters, but she truly deserves this one. I love the drama of this dress, which is kept in check by the...
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The Victoria Secret fashion/lingerie show has tipped farther onto the fashion end this year, with some looking nearly fully clothed. The show was hosted by perennial super model Heidi Klum who just gave birth to her fourth child a month ago. Beside having more clothing couture than previous years, the models cast for the...
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20-year old Korean model Daul Kim was found dead in Paris today, reports NY Mag fashion blog, the Cut. As the news spreads a few sources are report suicide theories, but the cause of death has not yet been confirmed by authorities. Daul broke onto the scene in 2007 and her star was still...
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… but an aural let down. I like Lady Gaga’s voice and her commitment to pushing the boundaries, but I’m as yet unmoved by her music. Perhaps I should leave the music analysis to the Cult Beat Stylist (coming 2010!).
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Katy Perry looked great in an off-beat Viktor & Rolf gown while hosting the MTV Europe Music Awards (although I wish they’d done something different with her hair). The bodice of the dress, from Spring 2010, is just pretty enough to allow for the quirky skirt, whose voids carved from layer upon layer of...
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