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The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Jeremy Scott Designs Nicki Minaj's Tour Costumes, Fashion Notables Talk Rebranding Africa, and Victoria's Secret to• Jeremy Scott designed the costumes for Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday 2: Roman Reloaded tour. What do you think of these graffiti-emblazoned pieces? Are they Hot! or Hmm...? (MTV Style) • ESSENCE Editor-in-Chief Constance White moderated a discussion on the "rebranding of Africa," the growing...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Chado Ralph Rucci to Receive André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award, Beverly Johnson to Launch New Haircare with the André Leon Talley lifetime achievement award at the Savannah College of Art and Design's annual fashion show. In addition to the award, Rucci's work will also be featured in an exhibit at the College's gallery bearing Talley's namesake. Previous winners included Diane von...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Target and Neiman Marcus Team Up for Epic Designer Collab, Limited Edition Air Yeezy 2 T-Shirt Will Sell for Over• Target is about to blow your mind with the next designer collaboration they have up their sleeve. The retailer is teaming up with Neiman Marcus and 24 CFDA designers on a holiday capsule collection to be sold in both stores. Amongst the participating designers are Prabal Gurung, Proenza...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Joan Smalls's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin Campaign, Did Anna Wintour Have Lunch With John Galliano?, and• "Noted fashion photographer"Mario Testino photographed Joan Smalls for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin campaign. The shot feature the flawless being in a black catsuit and exaggerated mohawk, giving us all due sustenance and life! • American Girl is taking cues from sister company...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Andre Leon Talley Talks Beyoncé's Met Gala Dress, Gucci Wins Trademark Case Against Guess, and Fish Pedicures Are Bad" Meanwhile, poor Kim Kardashian was (allegedly) not allowed on the premises! But it seems Anna Wintour isn't the only fashion bigwig that isn't feeling the reality star. When Givahn asked Rucci if he would ever dress Ms. Kardashian, he replied; "No, I think that's bastardizing yourself ."...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: John Galliano Found Guilty in Anti-Semitism Case, Christian Louboutin's Parisian Men's Boutique, and A Look at Nicola• Here's the schedule for today's shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: • If you're in Paris with Euros to spare (and a man in your life to boot), Christian Louboutin has opened a men's boutique which is doing rather well, selling an average of 25 pairs of shoes a day. He will soon add a...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Bronx Street Fashion, Rent The Runway To Sell Makeup, and Naomi Campbell for Givenchy Fall 2011 (NYDN) • Rent the Runway, a Fashion Bomb favorite, is partnering with Lancôme to sell select makeup products on their website. So after you rent that Stella McCartney gown, you can add a complimentary lipstick to your cart. And no, you will not be able to rent makeup... because that's just...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Vogue Editors Take A Photo Together, Nicki Minaj Films Video with Willow Smith, and Chanel Iman and Kanye West are• Tokyo's Fashion's Night Out was better than yours. Why? Because of this photo. All 17 editors from every international iteration of Vogue met to be photographed together for the first time. And because it shouldn't be any other way, Anna Wintour is smack dab in the middle. Can you figure...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Jessica White for Maybelline's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Campaign, Carine Roitfeld is Bored of Fashion, And Miu• Jessica White is featured in Maybelline's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week campaign. Stunning as usual. (Beauty is Diverse) • A Project Runway spinoff is filming. The Lifetime network and the Harvey Weinstein Co. threw a party for "Project Accessory," which designer Rachel Roy attended to see...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Nicolas Ghesquière Leaves Balenciaga, Lana Del Rey Will Not Be The New Face of Versace, and Ralph Lauren Bids Adieu Fashion Bomb Daily reached out to the fashion house for confirmation. A public relations representative said, "As much as we love Ms. Del Rey and appreciate her talent, we do not confirm her to front our upcoming campaigns." There goes that. • The solemn news continues. Ralph Lauren will...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: American Apparel is Having A Hurricane Sandy Sale, Carine Roitfeld May Release Fragrance, and Robert Pattinson is the Doré's prints? (WWD) • The New York Post reports that Carine Roitfeld may be in talks to produce her own fragrance. Now, there's someone I wouldn't mind smelling like! (NYP) • Robert Pattinson is the new face of Dior fragrances, and will be making a cool $12 million off this no-doubt...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Kanye West is an Indecisive Fashion Designer, More Models of Color Walked at NYFW, Giorgio Armani Presents Boudoir (Grazia) • As suspected, there were more models of color walking during New York Fashion Week. 90% of designers who showed had at least one black model, with 80% featuring at least one Asian model. Baby steps! (The Cut) • The apocalyptic Missoni for Target debacle claims another. One...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Mariah Carey's Music Video for 'Triumphant (Get 'Em)', Alexa Chung to Design Own Collection, and Another Leaked Image" Would you buy Alexa-designed duds? (Telegraph) • Designer Giles Deacon dishes on dressing Victoria Beckham for her London Olympics closing ceremonies performance. (Grazia) • Here's another leaked image from C.R. Fashion Book, featuring Lara Stone as an angel. (CR Fashion Book) • London...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Vivienne Westwood Calls First Lady Michelle Obama's Style 'Dreadful', Skira Rizzoli Set To Publish Stephen Burrows: Burrows: When Fashion Danced. Both the book and show document Burrows's rise to fame in the 1970′s, along with his New York art, music, and dance culture inspirations. The exhibit runs from March 22nd to July 28th. Sounds intriguing. Will you be picking up a copy/attending the exhibit? (The...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Jourdan Dunn Talks Appearing on House of Style , Marc Jacobs Takes Bookmarc to London, and First Look at Nicki Minaj" Guys, I'm really excited! (Grazia) • Hold on to your multi-hued wigs, Barbz! It's official, Nicki Minaj WILL be a judge on American Idol, and this snap of her, Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson,Keith Urban, and Ryan Seacrest, gives you a taste of what's to come. Soak it all in for a minute,...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Riccardo Tisci is GQ's Designer of the Year, Wendy Williams Strips Down for PETA, and Selita Ebanks Retires From Tisci almost instantly brought to Givenchy what Tom Ford once brought to Gucci and Hedi Slimane to Dior: a money-minting black box of creative energy and social capital that's as enigmatic as it is lucrative, and built in part on his personal reputation." Visit here for the full article....

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: First Lady Michelle Obama Covers Britain's Sunday Times Style Magazine, Catherine Malandrino Designs for Kohl's, and (WWD) • Project Runway is casting for its 12th season! If you're a talented up-and-coming designer looking for your big break, contact prcasting@bunim-murray.com for details. Deadline for the application is April 8th. Good luck! (Fashion Bomb Inbox) • This happened: last night, Miley...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Carine Roitfeld Guest Edits VMan's Spring Issue, Crocs make $1 Billion, and High Heels Are Giving You Flat Feet• Carine Roitfeld is still on her grind. This time, the fomer Vogue Paris editor lent her styling services to dress everyday men for Vman's spring fashion issue. Set to hit newsstands February 15, the still working Ms. Roitfeld rallied a group of everyday men (architects, mechanics) and a few...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Karl Lagerfeld Apologizes for Calling Adele 'Fat', Beyonce and Jay-Z Want to Trademark 'Blue Ivy,' And Watch The• It's the second day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. As usual, you can follow @therealjihan. Here's what's on the schedule at the tents for today: 10AM ParkChoonMoo, 10:30AM Greenshows presents Fall 2012 Designer Collection Previews, 11AM Concept Korea, 1PM General Idea, 2PM...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Frank Ocean Poses for Band of Outsiders Men's Spring 2013, Justin Timberlake May be Leaving William Rast, and Stephen Thoughts on the shoot? (Fashion Bomb Inbox) • Nanette Lepore's inked a deal with Peking Handicraft Inc. on a range of bedding set to debut this fall. The collection promises "really cozy bedroom elements" (everything from duvet covers to area rugs,) with prices ranging from $100 to $299....

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Solange Knowles Covers The FADER, Rihanna Gets in A Bathtub for 'Stay' Video, and What Riccardo Tisci Won't Wear to (Fashion Bomb Inbox) • The Metropolitan Museum of Art had a preview for its upcoming Costume Institute exhibit, Punk: Chaos to Couture yesterday. The mini-show featured punk-inspired garments from designers like Vivienne Westwood and Chanel. In attendance was none other than RiccardoTisci,...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Carine Roitfeld is the New Global Fashion Director of Harper's Bazaar, Solange Knowles Talks Designer Collaborations,• Just a month after launching her namesake magazine, (I suggest you pick it up, it's amazing,) Carine Roitfeld is making yet another comeback as the new Global Fashion Director at Harper's Bazaar. The Cut cites Roitfeld's long standing friendship with Bazaar Creative Director StephenGan as...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Rye Rye for Prabal Gurung, Plus Sized Flash Sales, Beyonce's Pulse Fragrance, and Eddie Borgo for J. CrewWelcome to the Fashion Bomb News Breakdown, where you get all the fashion news fit to read in a snap! • In celebration of his first-ever Resort 2012 collection, designer Prabal Gurung has enlisted the talents of M.I.A-backed musician Rye Rye to introduce it with a music video titled "New...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Joan Smalls and Candice Swanepoel Cover V Magazine #48, A Sneak Peek at The Mary Katrantzou x Topshop Collaboration, Styled by Carine Roitfeld and photographed by Terry Richardson, the cruise looks are simply electric. (Beauty is Diverse) • It seems like every day a new designer collaboration is announced, but I haven't been this excited about one in ages. Mary Katrantzou tweeted a pic of one of the...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Was Kim Kardashian Banned from The Met Gala?, Nicole Richie Talks Hairstyling Woes, and Jet Beauty of the Week is Rumor has it that queen bee Anna Wintour forbade Kim Kardashian from attending fashion's biggest night. This could explain why Kanye West looked so sour the whole evening. A source told Radar Online, "Anna hates Kim. Why would she be invited to the event? It is all the biggest stars in the...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Carine Roitfeld's Taken Out A Trademark for Her Fragrance, Kate Moss Covers Vanity Fair, and American Apparel• It seems Carine Roitfeld might be launching that fragrance– and more– after all. Fashionista reports Roitfeld has taken out a trademark under the name 'Forgive Me,' for not only a fragrance, but an entire line of beauty products. While the world ponders what exactly Carine is asking to be...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Topshop Coming to LA, Stefano Pilati Leaving YSL, and Alek Wek, Cyndi Lauper and More Star in New Uniqlo Commercial If this look is any indication, then Ford's fall collection is really on point. • Creative Director Stefano Pilati is leaving his post at YSL. Pilati has been with the brand since 2004, when he stepped up to take the place of Tom Ford. Hedi Slimane is said to be poised to take the now open...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: A Few Looks From Tom Ford's Spring 2013 Collection Hit the 'Net, United Colors of Benetton Adresses Youth• Tom Ford is notorious for showing his collections each season to only a few choice editors and members of the press. Sometimes it can take months for us regular folk to see what he dished out that season. But this year, to appease the masses, Tom Ford has released a few photos of five looks...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Nicki Minaj is Blue in Vogue, Behind the Scenes at the Prada Workshop, and President Barack Obama Sings the Blues• Nicki Minaj goes Smurfette blue for a profile in Vouge. The "Stupid Hoe" rapper sat down with the Fashion Bible to talk her sartorial proclivities (she wears "costumes, not outfits,") and her future plans to start "an enormous foundation to nurture girls." (hopefully not by calling them...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Michelle Obama Wears A Knockoff, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week to Change Locations?, and Noir Jewelry's Sample Sale) (nOir Jewelry Twitter) • New York City Mayor-for-life Mike Bloomberg wants to build a complex at the city's Hudson Yards that he hopes will one day house Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. This proposed "Culture Shed" will aptly contain the madness that is Fashion Week, keeping all the crazy...