May 2011
Here’s the Gossip, Girls: Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szhor Won’t Return to Gossip Girl
Panda/eyeliner enthusiast Taylor Momsen and teen magazine cover star Jessica Szhor won’t be returning as Gossip Girl series regulars next season.
Jenna Lyons’ Son Has the Best Reaction to J. Crew Controversy
Just last month, New York-based retailer J. Crew made headlines with a photo of Executive Creative Director, Jenny Lyons, painting her five-year-old son’s toenails hot pink. Now it seems the brand has done it again with images featured in their newest catalog.
Catch It While You Can: This Weekend With Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty
A few words to describe the experience at Savage Beauty: Alexander McQueen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this weekend: Hot. Crowded. Worth the trip, no matter what.
Study Says Facebook is Better Than Twitter For Spreading News
An IT consultant in Pakistan (inadvertently) shared the first piece of information about the raid that led to Osama bin Laden’s death on Twitter, and the first person to announce the event did it through a tweet as well. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism though, Twitter “barely registers” as a referral source to top news sites, while Facebook can often be “the second or third most important driver of traffic.”
Fashion Blog Favorites Not That Crazy About Fashion Blogs
Here’s one… different fashion blog trend: turns out a lot of fashion blogger favorites aren’t that into most fashion blogs.
5 Reasons Why RenRen Will Never Be a Facebook Equivalent
RenRen, a Chinese social network, just had a very successful IPO that raised $743 million for the company on shares priced at $14 (the high end of what many analysts anticipated). Currently, the stock is trading at $16.76 per share, giving the company a valuation of $6.5 billion on revenue of $67.5 million in 2010 – up 64% from 2009 revenues.
There’s certainly value in the network, but we have to go against the many media outlets who’ve promoted RenRen as “the Chinese Facebook.” It’s not.
Temporary Lip Tattoos: If Everyone Jumped
Ill advised permanent tattoos have made a few appearances in this space, we’ve seen everyone from Beyonce to Betsey Johnson revive the temporary tattoos of the ’90s, and now there are temporary lip tattoos. Would you walk on the wild side and try animal print lips?
After the Royal Wedding, What’s Next for Sarah Burton?
The royal wedding dressmaker is in New York, and appeared at the Met Gala honoring Alexander McQueen in a simple, flattering dress of her own design (ahem, Stella), but stuck around for a meet and greet at Saks Fifth Avenue. Though customers were advised not to ask about the royal wedding, it’s hard to overstate how much of an effect it had on raising her public profile among a non-fashion industry audience, so naturally someone asked.
The Top 9 WTF? Moments From the 2011 Met Gala
This is normally Fug Girls territory, but as we were browsing through the myriad of Met Gala photos, a few stopped us in our clicks as we let out an audible WTF? (why that frock? if we’re keeping this family friendly). Given the sheer number of times that it happened, we’re pretty sure Heather and Jessica (the girls) are going to be busy for a while, so we’ll go ahead and make our own compilation of the top 9 WTF? moments from this year’s Met Costume Institute Gala.