Months after the tragic suicide of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, a large private collection of his pieces will be auctioned off in London. The collection belonged to his close friend Isabella Blow, a British magazine editor who committed suicide herself in 2007. More »

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I’m a big fan of the Designer for Target collections, because I’ve scored some pretty sweet pieces from them over time. On March 7th, Target will release the Jean Paul Gaultier collection, and I’m eager to get my hands on a few pieces of it for the spring! More »

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This morning it was reported that British designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide and was found in his home. This is very upsetting news for the fashion world, which highly regarded his work. McQueen was responsible for outfitting celebrities, such as Bjork, Sarah Jessica Parker and Lady Gaga, and just last year produced a successful Designer for Target collection. More »

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At the recent Hong Kong Fashion Week, designer Guo Pei debuted their winter shoe collection’s outrageously high heels that caught the attention of well, everyone. Meant more to be works of art, these shoes seem to be on the heels of an architectural, dangerously high heel trend revival started by Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection and recently popularized by my queen, Lady Gaga. More »

Chanel Iman, “it” fashion model of the moment, graces the cover of the Page Six Magazine, available inside the Sunday edition of the New York Post and Monday online. Although only 19-years-old, she’s considered the protégée of Tyra Banks and a favorite of designers John Galliano (Dior) and Alexander McQueen. As a model of Korean and African American descent, she discusses the issue of diversity in the fashion industry in the upcoming issue of Page Six:

“It’s not just black girls. It’s ethnic girls in general: Brazilian girls, Hispanic. You really don’t see a lot of Asians either. A lot of designers think that if every girl on the runway looks exactly alike, then people will come to the shows and buy the clothes because they won’t be focusing on the models….It’s not even just runway either… us ethnic girls should be getting a lot of the covers too! I would love to be on half of the campaigns these [white] girls are booking, all looking exactly alike. It’s not right. It’s not fair.”

It is not fair indeed. Wanna know what else isn’t fair? That cover doesn’t do you justice, Chanel! (But I still think you’re fierce as ever!) You make both Chanel AND Iman proud. More »