The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Rachel Roy Does Eyeshadow, Joseph Altuzarra Wins CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, and the Oscar de la Renta and André Leon

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Solange Knowles Talks to Vogue Italia, Kimora Lee Simmons's New Skincare Line, and Target's New Approach to But now, it seems the "212″ singer is trying to earn her stripes as a fashion icon. Banks is said to be working with Lady Gaga stylist and Mugler creative director Nicola Formichetti on her new music video. But that's not all. Yesterday, both she and Formichetti tweeted that they were...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Kim Kardashian Finally Admits She Dresses for Kanye, London's Gucci Flagship Gets Robbed, and A$AP Rocky Covers Would you rock 'em? (Fashion Bomb Inbox) • Another high fashion heist has gone down in London this week, and this time, the target was Gucci's Sloane Street flagship store. Three suspects made off with about 50 designer handbags, (worth over $600,000 altogether), but not before pulling into...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Chado Ralph Rucci to Receive André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award, Beverly Johnson to Launch New Haircare• Designer Chado Ralph Rucciwill be presented 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....

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Jourdan Dunn and Cara Delevigne for Burberry Beauty Fall 2011, Rachel Roy Discusses her Spring 2012 Show, and Could it just be makeup and lighting? (ONTD) • Stylelist follows Rachel Roy as she puts the finishing touches on her Spring 2012 collection in the week before Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. It's amazing how everything comes together in such a short amount of time! (Stylelist) • Turns out Raf...

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• André Leon Talley and Ralph Rucci sat down for a chat with Robin Givhan this weekend at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), to chat about how the internet has changed fashion, and, naturally, Beyonce's Met Gala appearance. The "Love on Top" singer was not supposed to attend the...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Nicki Minaj Covers Vibe's March Issue, J.Crew Collaborates with Manolo Blahnik, And Viola Davis Sits Next to Anna Davis's right were her husband, Julius Tennon and our beloved André Leon Talley. It has happened on quite a few occasions that Ms. Wintour's Fashion Week front row neighbors have gone on become Vouge covergirls. Does this mean that Viola Davis could be featured on the cover of a future issue...

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: Julia Sarr-Jamois's Curated Topshop Collection, Mary Katrantzou and Henry Holland Win BFC Awards, and Brian Atwood's • Avid couture collector Daphne Guinness(left) is being tapped once again by a luxury department store as a display subject. After famously getting dressed for the Met Gala in the Barneys store window, Parisian store Printemps is using the beer heiress's likeness to decorate their store....

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Janelle Monae Talks Tuxedos in Glamour's August 2011 issue, Carmelo Anthony in L'Uomo Vogue, and Maybelline Features We'll see if they continue in this pattern of featuring fashion journalists and neo-journalists only. In which case, you plebes have no chance! The Fashion Bomb contributors are next! (Beauty High) • Calling all fashion activists! If you were looking for something to boycott, take a cue...

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: 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: Kanye West is an Indecisive Fashion Designer, More Models of Color Walked at NYFW, Giorgio Armani Presents Boudoir Valerie Steele, who curated the Daphne Guinness exhibit for the Museum at FIT says the beer heiress "has a computer database on all of clothes." (Stylefile) • Giorgio Armani presents "Boudoir", a fashion film by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, starring models Sasha Pivovarova and Diego Fragoso...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Is Kanye West Doing a Menswear Show?, PETA Comes for The Olsen Twins Over The Row's Patchwork Fur Bag, and The Spice What do you think? Do you want to see a Kanye Men's label? (Fashionista) • It is confirmed: Lady Gaga will cover Vogue's upcoming September issue. This will be the pop singer's second cover for the glossy. Other faces we'll see on the newsstands in September: Nicole Kidman for V and Emma...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists Announced, American Apparel is in Talks to Produce Whose Olympic Uniforms?, and Congratulations to all the finalists! (Vogue) • Lady Gaga's got a bunch of tiny men covering her ladybits in the campaign for her new fragrance, 'Fame.' (WWD) • It looks like Target and Neiman Marcus aren't the only retailers set to offer a multi-designer holiday capsule collection this...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: New York Fashion Week Even More Diverse Than Last Season, Lulu Johnson to Launch Her Own Clothing Line, and Which (Jezebel) • Oscar de la Renta has a supporter in his public read of New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn. Lady Gaga took to Twitter to let the world know where her loyalties lie: "@OscarPRGirl Bravo Oscar. Only you would be so chic as to purchase an entire page in WWD, making...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Jennifer Hudson is A Size 0?, The Kardashians for Sears Kollection Ad Campaign Surfaces, and Betsey Johnson Debuts I checked out the scene for The Fashion Bomb! Guests were treated to dance performances, lovely fruit, muffin, and scone platters, as well as chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. Only at a Betsey Johnson event is it appropriate to serve cupcakes before noon. The fragrance will be available in...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Greg Chait is This Year's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Winner, Is Versace Designing Lady Gaga's Tour Costumes?, and to bless us with a weird fashion video. 'Desert Tide' features 1997-style avatars clad in Proenza Schouler, dancing a bizarre fashion rain dance on a sparse terrain (with a waterfall?). Yeah, no. I got nothing. (Proenza Schouler YouTube) • Word on the street is the folks over at Versace may...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Giorgio Armani Responds to Cavalli's 'Little King' Tirade, Cathy Horyn's Boyfriend Comes to Her Defense in de la (MTV Style) • The Cathy Horyn/ Oscar de la Renta/ Lady Gaga beef continues with a word from Horyn's current boyfriend, Art Ortenberg. The Liz Claiborne widower wrote in to WWD: "True, Cathy Horyn is my girlfriend. Nevertheless, I feel it necessary to cudgel Gaga for her badly informed,...

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: 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: Lady Gaga Disses Cathy Horyn in Mugler Runway Rap, Isabel Marant Reveals How She Came Up With Sneaker Wedges, and• So, Lady Gaga recorded a rap track to score Mugler's Spring 2013 show. It's generally as underwhelming as you'd expect for a rookie rapper, but her lyrics are causing a stir in the fashion world. Instead of dissing wack MC's, Gaga instead comes for the Yaki of one Cathy Horyn. Gaga has never...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Azealia Banks Wants More Free Clothes, Take A Look At ANTM's Cycle 18 Sneak Peek, and Tom Ford's Fall 2012 Collection Rapper Azealia Banks has charmed her way into the hearts of the fashion elite, performing at Karl Lagerfeld's Parisian home and working with Mugler Creative Director and Lady Gaga stylist, Nicola Formichetti. But that doesn't necessarily mean the freebies are rolling in. When Fashionista...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Is André Leon Talley Leaving America's Next Top Model?, Jay-Z to Design Brooklyn Nets Jersey, and Ebony Fashion Fair• Word is our beloved caped divo, André Leon Talley may be leaving America's Next Top Model. It seems Tyra has realized her show is creating reality TV stars, as opposed to top models. Fashion PR maven Kelly Cutrone is rumored to be taking his place, as the show moves away from its "normal"...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: André Leon Talley to Star in New Reality Show, Gucci Takes Guess to Court, and Kardashian Swimwear Ad Sparks• Bravo is lined up to produce a new fashion reality show starring none other than André Leon Talley. The show is tentaively called Fashion Stories of NYC, and our beloved ALT will mentor four design teams competing in a Project Runway-style competition. Honestly, I'd be content watching ALT...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Lala Vazquez Anthony to Launch Cosmetics Line, André Leon Talley is a Fashion Innovator, and a Kardashian Magazine Can't wait! (Lucky) • Vogue editor-at-large, curator extrodinaire, and money managing expert André Leon Talley is set to be presented with the Fashion Innovator Award by CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg at the semiannual EMERGE! Fashion show put on by the D. Williams Public Relations...

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: 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: Oroma Elewa and Julia Sarr-Jamois Are Vogue's Best Dressed, Tracy Reese for Clinique, and Is it Over For Marc Jacobs (Fabsugar) Betsey Johnson's tree • Macy's is auctioning off a set of Christmas trees deigned by the likes of Rachel Roy, Michael Kors, and Kenneth Cole, to name a few. If you'd like to complete your chic Christmas with a designer tree, start visit macys.com/trees to start bidding through...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Spanish Magazine Depicts First Lady Michelle Obama as Topless Slave, Is John Galliano Suing Christian Dior?, and Tyrastatement: "Tyra has always been open and honest about the Owner/President Management Program that she attended and completed – a program taught as three one-month, 6-days-a-week sessions over the course of three years – at Harvard Business School and this has been well documented in many...

The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Rachel Zoe Launches Jewelry Range, Another Behind the Scenes Look at Azealia Banks's 'Liquorice' Video, and Whitney (HungerTV) • According to WWD, Katie Holmes's brand, Holmes & Yang, will make its fashion week debut Saturday, September 8th at 9pm. (WWD) • Not only does Whitney Port want us to pay for her clothes, but she also wants us to come out of our pockets so she might show during New York...