Saturday, June 21, 2008

Lindsay Lohan plays DJ, a tale of two dresses, and more.

The Gap looked rather hip Wednesday evening, when Lindsay Lohan took to its portable turntables on the street in New York's Meatpacking District to celebrate the launch of the Gap's Rock Color Bus, which will be pulling into a town near you this summer and selling such items as T-shirts and hoodies on site.
A tale of two dresses...The celebrity gown game is always fun to watch, and the red carpet for Sunday night's Tony Awards brought a delicious moment in which Oprah Winfrey's best pal, Gayle King, and actress Alfre Woodard arrived within minutes of each other wearing the same flowing tangerine frock by Pamella Roland. The duo handled it well, actually posing for photos together . King admitted to ELLE.com that she got the dress for the Academy Awards but didn't wear it then. While the label's designer, Pamella DeVos, was in the Galapagos Islands and unavailable, her chief operating officer, Steve Fox, said, "Gayle has been a customer of ours and she bought the dress at Nordstrom." And Woodard's stylist worked with the company to get her sample-size dress. ... Easy come, easy go. Tommy Hilfiger Corp.'s purchase of Karl Lagerfeld's brands and debut of the Karl Lagerfeld contemporary collection in New York for fall was almost too good to be true. New Hilfiger owner Apax Partners has pulled the plug on this brilliantly styled, well-priced collection. If you want it, run, do not walk, into Neiman Marcus or Bergdorf Goodman, as the fall shipments will be the last for this brand. Lagerfeld Collection, the former Lagerfeld Gallery line produced out of Paris, will, however, go on. ...

After years of bare legs with skirts and dresses, the pendulum has finally swung back. And it's not hosiery that the fashion flock is donning, but leggings. Layered looks from Japanese street fashion (see "Street Chic: Tokyo") and the runways of the fashion capitals are now really hitting the streets in a big way. For summer, we're seeing women wearing leggings with short skirts and ballet flats. "Every other woman I see is wearing leggings," Geri Fagan, Fashion Director at Bloomingdale's, told ELLE.com. "Leggings are flying out of the store in every color and novelty. People are covering up the body more—girls don't want to be so obvious anymore." Fagan pegs the resurgence to the Marc by Marc Jacobs show for spring 2006 (see it here) and also to the 1980s revival. "When you think of the 1980s, you think of leggings." And it's not too late to get your pair. "For fall, we'll see the trend with boots and platforms. Sweater dresses work best with leggings." ... Shopping for fall at Saks Fifth Avenue will be a study in polar opposites. The retailer released its must-haves for the season this week and though we agree with its choices, shopping could be confusing with all the wide and narrow silhouettes. We suggest pairing voluminous sleeves with skinny jeans, textured knit sweaters with leggings, romantic blouses with narrow pantsuits or even wide-leg pants if they're not overwhelmingly ruffle-y. It's all about how you mix the silhouettes. And though we know summer has barely arrived, the best choices for fall can be found when these fabulous items start arriving next month. ...

The baby boom is happening in fashion too. Chaiken designer Julie Chaiken celebrated the joys of motherhood with an afternoon tea Thursday for fashion editors, execs, and other designers. ... Hair maestro John Sahag was remembered on the first anniversary of his death Tuesday evening by Holly Hunter, Carole King, Estée Lauder's John Demsey, and Siberian model Irina Pantaeva. ... WGSN reports that a French environmental agency suggests denim jeans should be washed after five wearings and be allowed to drip dry to save the impact the incessant washing has on the environment.

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