Kate Moss For Japanese Vogue???

Flowers for 2008 yadda yadda. 

Kate Moss for British VOGUE? OK. 

Paris VOGUE... alright... 

American VOGUE... in 2008 doubt it. 

But Kate Moss for Japanese VOGUE??? WTF?

Comments?

Vogue Nippon.

Merry Christmas O' Glossy Ones!

Photo: Boombox via disneyrollergirl.

J'Adore Zee French...

OK I know, I know! It's so old...but so good. I tripped upon it and had to post it for those that perhaps missed it the first time. Who said fashion wasn't funny???

Jezebel giving it to French Vogue. 

via Madame Mode.

Wind and a Prayer

Genius. Capturing the lightness-of-being from his highly acclaimed Spring 08 show - Albez does not disappoint by following though with a jaw-dropping spring campaign to match. Russian beauty Olga Sherer in the spotlight one more time. 

Picture via fashionologie.

Insider Trading

At the risk of sounding like a washed-up Carrie Bradshaw - I don't know about you but my New Year's resolution is to stop buying silly shoes and invest in something solid. And by solid - I mean Miuccia Prada. Patrizio Bertelli - CEO and husband to Miuccia has apparently been hinting that the company will go public in 2008. With profits increasing a reported 63% in 2007 alone - ultimately it would probably equal a helluva lot more shoes. 

Time Travel with Louis Vuitton

Supermodels, hot-rod cars and a paint-box-of colours. Is it the 80's? 

Mert & Mercus: love. Eva Herzigova: love. Stephanie Seymour, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Angela Lindvall and Natalia Vodianova. Love, like, like, love and love. 

Combination of toutes les choses with orgasmic expressions on top? I don't know - does this sell handbags??

Louis Vuitton Spring 08 Campaign
Pics from frill.com

Material World

What's a girl to do when Barney's goes on sale??? Shop? I succumbed to the pressure of these lovely Derek Lam beauties that seem to have been calling my name....

PS. I will be channelling favorite French Vogue-ites whilst wearing.

Incandescent Irina

Debuting her first single in a way only feasible for a supe - Kaiser Karl doing the intro - Sean Lennon on guitar and Chanel's Pre-Fall show the occasion. No wonder she's looking a little smug - what's left - movies? 

Pic from style.com.

Wardrobe Study...French Vogue Style

Pics from The Sart and elle.com.

The Glossy Book Club

Just in time for Christmas. Essential (and not-s0-essential) reading for the holidays. Send it to Santa and wish for the best. 

1. The Fashion Designer Survival Guide: An Insider's Look at Starting and Running Your Own Business by Mary Gehlhar

Industry consultant Mary Gehlar dishes up advice on everything to start-up costs to production information. Oh yah - forward by Zac Posen!? Might be worth it for that alone? 

2. 100 Years of Fashion Illustration by Cally Blackman

Fashion illustrator lover that I am - this already has a reserved spot on my bookshelf... 

3. The Little Black Book of Style by Nina Garcia

Elle's Fashion Director serves up advice on style including a concise list of her 10 fashion essentials. Number one and two are the LBD and a men's white shirt....perhaps the reading is a little dry but still worth a peruse? Extra bonus: illustrations by Ruben Toledo. 

4. Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People by Hamish Bowles

Who doesn't want to see inside Madonna's rural retreat, Oscar de la Renta's mansion, Christian Louboutin's enchanting house-boat on the Nile, or any number of Karl's palatial homes? Added bonus - all pictures shot by legendary photog's like Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino and others. 

5. First Gossip Girl Collection by Cecily von Ziegesar

If you're missing Serena and crew over the holidays - curl up and catch up with the complete first collection. Warning: brains may turn to mush if read in one sitting. 

Fashion's IT Boys....Blogging??

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Icons

Maybe not an original idea at this point, but still good. My fave - Anna Piaggi hands down.







Pics Blackbook via Pret-a-porter Prostitute. 

7 things about me...

I've been tagged! NY girl-about-town, Em from Oui C'est La Mode hit me so here I go.

Allllright. (No promises that this will be the most gripping moment of your day...)

1. I'm a creature of habit and nothing makes me happier than a LARGE coffee (one milk) and toasted bagel with swiss cheese at my desk in the morning. (Natch while surfing WGSN before the day begins).

2. I don't believe in "saving" my favorite pieces. I bought these vintage YSL pumps on ebay a few years back and I enjoyed a few too many nights on the dance floor in them - and unfortunately they have the scars to prove it.  



3. My last purchase was this dress. Occasion - crazy Christmas staff party. Lost a few sequins over the course of the night. Nuff said.

4. I wish my next purchase was going to be this: 


5. Confession: I used to sew a lot and now hardly do. However - lame as it sounds I'm currently finishing a camoflage doggy coat for my American Staffordshire Terrier. What?! It's -15 celcius right now!!

6. Lastest joint purchase with my boyf. Piece by Montreal graf artist Omen. 




7. I once bumped into Karl Lagerfeld on the street. He was exiting Colette in Paris with Lady Amanda Harlech. He was charming, polite and seriously made sure his pose was dead on. (Dude in the background was his driver.) This is the pic I snapped:

That's it! If you feel so inclined - consider yourself tagged;)
Bisous, The Glossy Ed.