Fashion Publishing: Writing about Fashion Vs. Writing about Beauty

Fashion | HBO Documentary About Face: Supermodels Then and Now looks at aging through the eyes of iconic beauties [video] View the trailer below as well as a clip with China Machado talking about what the fashion industry was like in the early 1950s. I really hope this film has a screening in Toronto. I would love to see and hear what these ladies have to say about growing old gracefully (or not so...

Become a fashion reporter for MFL at High Street Fashion Week! Can you sift the slickest from the sickest on a bulging bargain rail and write about it? Well, you're just what we're looking for. We're on the hunt for two fashion reporters to cover the ins and outs of High Street Fashion Week this September 5th – 9th, where you'll be treated to a whole...

Fashion Discussion: How About Them KnockOffs? Fast fashion stores reproduce designer clothes all the time. Stealing original material isn't right, but when watching your wallets, is it ok? Most people would never have known Claudia's dress was a copy of a runway look. Most would have looked at how gorgeous the colors looked on her...

Dear Runway Reviewers, We love... xoxo, Fashion PublishingWith the Paris shows in full swing, today Fashion Publishing had a heated discussion about the Do's and Don'ts of runway reviews. Here's what we collectively love... stay tuned for what we hate... I like to read info about the house's background, or latest news in a fashion show review,...

Fashion Editorial: Pink About It As always, our Fashion Editorials are completely shopable, so be sure to check out all the looks and purchase anything you please! Photographer: Justin Coit ; Creative Director: Katherine Power; Producer: Liza Kaplan; Style Director: Laurie Trott; Assistant Stylist: Neelo Noory; Hair: Richard...

Fashion Chat: Palmer HardingI've been wanting to write about Palmer Harding for ages, but for various reasons (me being slow, them having an exclusive with US Vogue, etc...) I am only publishing it now. But the good news is, you can actually BUY their lovely shirts today. Which is much better than me saying "Look at how...

Coco Rocha Writes About Her Trip to Haiti for Flare Magazien Once the models returned to New York City, they shared their experience with Flare magazine, through the pairing of creative outlets: Coco's writing and Behati's photography. While we were well aware that Coco set up a pen pal experience, we had no idea that she was quite so involved in the...

Carine Roitfeld: Fashion Shows Have About As Much Charm As A Medical Conference – Huffington PostNew York Magazine Carine Roitfeld: Fashion Shows Have About As Much Charm As A Medical Conference Huffington Post Fashion has to be given free rein and only a small number of restrictions. I never used any photos that my children shouldn't see; that was my benchmark. The little girls wearing...

Collection Magazine Fashion Copious Fashionising writes about Collection Magazine, but in a nutshell: Every edition of Collection will follow a theme. Before each issue we will post a brief for all our online members to respond to. We are looking for fashion designers, illustrators, graphic designers, photographers and anyone...

Tom Ford's Fashion Week's Pictures Finally Out!Back in September Fashion Week. Tom Ford DID NOT allow media, traditional or social, to broadcast or publish anything about his show. He insisted that he would publish these pictures ‘on his own terms' when he's ready. Finally that day has arrived! Please click here for link to Harpers...

Writing About Wholesale Jewelry When writing about your wholesale jewelry, you need to select the right words that will convince an interested shopper to become an actual customer. Buying wholesale jewelry online is a challenging process because you are required to purchase items in bulk without being able to physically...

Pretty Fashion Forward: All about DFWIn the spirit of Dubai Fashion Week, I thought I'd delve into the designers who are showing! I'm embarrassed to say this but if a friend (who owns LaBoutique92, a pretty kitsch fashion hub back home) hadn't told me about it/them I would've never known. Anywho, I looked through almost every...

Catch Me at the Philippine Star's Unblogged on Wednesdays!, I received an unexpected email from the Philippine Star, inviting me to be a writer for beauty and fashion at their new section, Unblogged . I can write about anything under the sun as long as it's related to my topic, which was a little overwhelming considering that there's so much about...

Model turned actress Agyness Deyn stars on March cover of InStyle UK shot by Rankin in 60s inspied fashion story talks about husband Giovanni Ribisi Taking a break from her famously tight-lipped persona— or pulling a Kate Moss if you will— the model opened up about her secret wedding to actor Giovanni Ribisi for the first time, describing her hubby as,"incredible. He's my hero." "I suppose you meet someone and you're just like, you...

FASHION/ Illionaire A/W 09 This gentleman told me he had started his own fashion label and when I asked what the name was, he said it was Illionaire, which he said was like Millionaire, but how drunk people would pronounce it. I had no idea that years later I would be fawning over their amazing designs, let alone...

who, what, when, where, why with manon from fashion addicted. blogs, Fashion Addicted . Like me, she takes an editoral stance on blogging, analyzing the fashion world and the latest trends versus doing daily outfit posts. I sat down with the Dutch blogger (virtually, of course!) to find out everything from where she buys her clothes to why she started...

Fab Find Friday: All About Textures 1928 Jewelry Gal: Jewelry Fashion BlogYou've probably noticed how often I write about the use of textures in fabric and jewelry (see here, hereand here as examples). I get excited by prints, knits, unique stones, beads- anything that lends a stylish edge to the overall design of that piece. Now maybe it's the editorial obsession I...

Is The Next Chapter in Ethical Fashion About The Genius of Place Ethical fashion is about traditions and textured codes that provide meaning and purpose – Marcella Echavarria I make no claims on being an ethical fashion expert, and as a woman who has been juggling an art career, family life with twin toddlers, as well as writing assignments about...

PARIS FASHION WEEK: ALL ABOUT MCQUEEN But where does this leave normal folk interested in seeing what the McQueen fashion message is to be for Spring Summer 2012? I say enjoy the beauty, there is not enough beauty in the world. See for yourself. It worked on us. We arrived at the McQueen show tired, we left on a high....

Taylor Swift Writes About Her Ex-Boyfriends When asked if some of her sometimes toxic exes have contacted her after hearing one the infamous, burning post-breakup songs she writes about them, the singer told Cosmopolitan, "Yes. Only the vocal ones though. The ones that love the sound of their own voice, whether it be an email or text...

Our Friend Virginia, Writing About the ShoesNavigation: Home " Manolo's Internet Friends " Our Friend Virginia, Writing About the Shoes Manolo says, our friend, the Virgina has written the column in the Bloomberg News on what the shoes say about us. Like cars, shoes combine function and aesthetics, the promise of mobility and the...

We Should Write About This I'd come back so excited and I would say, 'We should write about this! Here's information about that!' And Jean would say, 'Why don't you give it a try.' I had never considered myself a writer; it never crossed my mind. I was always a good writer—in school, I could sort of skim the...

Fashion Publishing Plays With the TradesFashion Publishing has been taking a close look at industry publications. Here's a peek at a short piece by Alisha Newlander (AAS Fashion Marketing) that was written with "Lapidary Journal" in mind. Arik Kastan, an emerging jewelry designer who hails from Tel Aviv, has taken traditional rose...

Watch Some Major Fashion People Gush About Kate Moss on StyleCasterWe already knew that many of the biggest names in the fashion industry were in attendance at Kate Moss' intimate wedding to Jamie Hince from the gorgeous photos that Mario Testino took for Vogue and the party pics that Terry Richardson leaked on his blog, but hearing them all talk about the...

Tyra Banks writes about the pressures of the fashion industry

What Fashion Fakes Say About the Wearer The moment I step outside, I no longer think about the illegal music, because it's the past and I'm doing something else. What's unique about fashion is we keep carrying it everywhere we go. If I wear fake sunglasses at home, I also have them with me, and it keeps reminding me they're not...

Fashion News,All About Fashion Reviews the designer Mark Badgley and James Mischka said that about 90210 stars in a statement. "Rumer has caught us all a collection of Chinese New Year spirit, especially when we recently introduced a collection of Mark + James." Fashion magazines these ads will debut in March 2011. So, you excited...

Worn Through " On Teaching Fashion: Visual Writing Early in the inspiration stage of a project I present a series of exercises with my students called 4 Ways into Fashion Descriptors a.k.a. Visual Writing. The goal is to guide students in conjuring inspiration and mood then articulating the impressionistic bits into something tangible i.e....

Karl Lagerfeld Writes About Lady Gaga For V Magazine She also puts forth an ever changing, inspiring, and strong image — an image beyond fashion. She is an extreme concentrate of "zeitgeist," freeing us from the heavy boredom of publicly displayed political correctness by being herself more than politically correct. Something in today's world...

It's not about fashion, it's about music I know it's not fashion but I'm so proud of this piece. I hope you all enjoy. xo