Tag: Elle
Aug
>> Elle Offices Hit By Bedbugs -Elle editors have been working from home this week after bedbugs were found at the magazine's offices at 50th Street and Broadway. Parent company Hachette Filipacchi alerted employees with a memo Tuesday, saying that "a specially trained sniffing beagle was brought in to confirm" the infestation and the problem area was treated. A followup memo sent out Wednesday night told Elle staff to stay home until Monday. This morning, Elle.com editorial director Keith Pollock Tweeted, "Do I have bedbug bites on my face, or has the potential threat of getting bitten caused a break out? I'm flea-ing NY." [NY Post, @MrPollock]
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Aug
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that September fashion magazine covers are the most important of the year. With fall just around the bend, September issues are packed to the brim with the newest trends. (They’re also packed with advertisements, essential to a magazine’s survival.)
And if there’s one thing you can say about this year’s September covers, it’s that the good covers are great and the bad ones are truly horrible. Notably absent from the bunch are Vogue Paris and Vogue Italia, whose cover images have not surfaced yet, but are sure not to disappoint.
Click through to see the best and worst of September’s covers!
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Aug
>> There's more TV coming up from Joe Zee. In addition to his regular appearances on MTV's The City, Zee is getting a new show, All On the Line, to be aired on the Sundance Channel in 2011.
Each of the show's eight episodes will portray a new fashion designer in crisis, with Zee stepping in to provide "tough love" and "make or break [the designer's] dreams," according to the Sundance Channel. Zee, who will serve as a mentor to the designers and host of the show, will help the designers fix the problems with their collections and prepare to present for a buyer. “It’s about helping them get to the next level,” Zee said. “I will be here to lend my expertise." The program is in the middle of casting, according to Zee, who will also serve as a producer for the show.
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Aug
There are over 400 product tie-ins to Eat, Pray, Love – NY Post
Marc Jacobs finds it difficult to keep his clothes on – HuffPo
Elle’s Joe Zee just got his own show on Sundance, which Whitney Port will probably not be on – TheCut
Lanvin and Alber Elbaz have pricey esigns to mark society’s decline - NYT
The Wall Street Journal will teach hipsters how to wear a hat, yo – WSJ
Post from: TheGloss
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Aug
With the fate of The City in question (the NY Times recently reported that MTV was still pondering whether or not to renew) Elle’s Joe Zee is moving on. WWD says that the creative director will star in an eight-episode series on the Sundance Channel called All On the Line, in which he will help struggling designers revamp their collections.
We love Joe, and we love what Sundance has done with its Full Frontal Fashion series, so this all sounds fantastic to us. Especially if he ends up running around New York City in a furry outfit.
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Aug
Lilith Fair 2010 got a lot of bad press. Was it deserved? More importantly, why were they the only summer rock concert giving out free tampons? These are important questions. – Village Voice
How can you tell if a guy is bad news on the first date? This list of tips will help you figure out if he’s a nice dude or secret serial killer. – College Candy
The Rodarte makeup and clothing lines inspired by women in the border town of Juarez, Mexico have rightfully come under fire. Here’s an analysis of what happened, what went wrong, and how a PR nightmare was born. – The Awl
Want to try the wine bra, but don’t want to spend the money? Here’s a guide to making your own. Just be careful – you don’t want a “Will and Grace water bra episode” incident. – Crushable
Men in the UK admit that they worry about their hair, looks, and weight. However, most of them also say they don’t do anything about it. Well, admitting you have a problem is the first step. – Reuters
Elle Editor in Chief Roberta Myers has joined Twitter. Welcome! – Twitter
Post from: TheGloss
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Aug
>> Kate Lanphear Terms Herself a "Redneck," Robbie Myers Joins Twitter -The extremely press (and social networking)-shy Kate Lanphear collects old Margiela and Helmut Lang and has accrued quite the cult following, but she says of her current position as Elle's style director: "I often feel like I have to pinch myself. I can't believe it." And as for all her style acolytes: "I'm completely humbled by it. I mean, I am just your average redneck from Virginia." Speaking of Elle, Robbie Myers just joined Twitter. [The Cut]
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Step aside Kate Moss and move over Gwyneth, there’s a new cover star and it’s this appliqued Miu Miu dress.
Last week, the Guardian noticed that variations of the same Miu Miu dress was on the August covers of W, British Vogue and British Elle. A Miu Miu hat trick if you will. But the dress is also on the cover of Swedish Elle’s August issue, a reader pointed out.
Swedish Elle had a little fun with this, and put up their own post pointing out that they’d been left out of the Guardian article, polling their readers to pick their favorite cover. Of course, this is what I’m deducting from just looking at their blog post and using Google translator as I don’t speak Swedish (Swedes help me out!).
According to Google translator, the post reads, “As the Guardian notes are not Miu Miu’s press office wily foxes, usually takes one full of clothes for each shoot and there is no predetermined timing and what lands on the cover.”
As much as we’re tickled by the description of Miu Miu’s PR as “wily foxes,” the point the Guardian makes is that a lot goes into a cover shoot, including lots and lots of clothing options, so it’s likely dumb luck that the same Miu Miu dress landed four glossy covers.
Nevertheless, four covers in one month is quite a feat. It seems strange that the dress was used for the cover of two Elle publications. However, Elle has 28 international editions, including Slovenia and Thailand, so they probably don’t compare notes on their covers every month. Thank goodness our readers are around to notice such things.
Click through to check out all four Miu Miu covers. So, Vilket omslag tycker ni är finast? Er, who wore it best?
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Rumor has it that MTV has canceled (seemingly) successful scripted reality series The City. The 
