Alice+Olivia got inspired by the 1920s, Olivier Theyskens is getting rave reviews, Marc Jacobs got severe, and Thom Browne got thee to a nunnery. Carine Roitfeld's still pissed, David LaChapelle is suing Rihanna, and (gasp!!!) Demi Moore dumped Rachel Zoe for former employee Brad Goreski. Today's Fashion Files are full of the beautiful and the damned.
1. Milk Made Live has all the info-photos, live streams, behind the scenes access, user uploads of images and videos-of what is going on at Milk Studios, by far the hottest place for shows outside of Lincoln Center. [MilkMade]
2. Linda Fargo is keeping a photo journal on Bergdorf's new site. The images are amazing! Below is the Thom Browne show. [BergdorfGoodman]
3. Gorgeous.Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon—the ladies behind eternally-hip, oft-coveted jewelry collection Erickson Beamon—had 12 youth ballerinas from the Russian American Foundation's Bolshoi Ballet Academy posing and pirouetting at their Milk Studios show to the sounds of countertenor Jim Palmer of the Metropolitan Opera and violinist Tim Fain. [Racked]
4. The inventor of Uggs sold his idea for $15k. [Daily Mail]
5. This is what the runway looked like when the workman were getting it ready before Marc Jacobs' show. [TheCut]
6. Marc showed somewhat severe looks-rubberised trousers, pronounced patch pockets, and lace dresses worn with rubber-frilled jabots and sculpted jackets. "I wanted discipline, severity and fetish," Marc Jacobs he said backstage before the show. [Guardian]
7. Looks from Olivier Theyskens' Theory line. [Via]
7. Lingerie-clad dancers gyrated in the windows of the new two-story Agent Provocateur boutique on 61st and Madison last night. [TheCut]
8. Purple editor Olivier Zahm, who is working with Carine Roitfeld on a book, says ex–French Vogue editor's next career move will be starting a magazine. [The Cut]
9. Speaking of French Vogue, Emmanuelle Alt looks amazing at the tents. [NYM]
10. Scandal!!! Demi Moore has reportedly dropped her longtime stylist, Rachel Zoe, in favor of Zoe's former assistant, Brad Goreski. [PageSix]
11. Backstage at Cushnie et Ochs. [CaliVintage]
12. Vera Wang=Black, feathers, leather, fur, AMAZING! [NYT]
13. Looks from Alice & Olivia [Via] PLus, a look at the party. [GofG]
14. Meet the man you'll have to get by if you plan on crashing the tents. [WSJ]
15. BryanBoy's style. Hip or not hip? I'll let you decide [NYM]
16. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen show how to rock a fur hat during The Row show. [Via]
17. David LaChapelle is suing Rihanna for allegedly using images in her new music video, S&M, which are "directly derived" from his own works. [Vogue]
18. The amazing shoes at Chris Benz. [Textbook]
19. The Standard has collaborated with Happy Socks on a sock line specifically for the hotel. [Refinery29]
20. SkinBag, a company in northern France, is manufacturing and selling clothing designed to look like cured human skin. [Vice]
21. Ca$hmre is selling a graphic tee of Anna Wintour's face. It comes in a can. [Refinery29]
22. NY based Bulgarian Architect, Margarita Mileva finds inspiration in objects that are rapidly becoming obsolete as a result of the pace of technology. This is a dress made solely of rubber bands that Margarita and her daughter made. [Mini&Sassy]
23. String Theory at threeASFOUR. [MSNBC]
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