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Heads Are Wrapped for Spring 2009
Naked hair is out, all types of headbands are in for next spring.
Posted 09/17/08 in The Cut : Trends
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Kimora Lee Simmons to Sarah Palin: ‘Get Off of Them Caribous, Girl!’
"I think she needs to be a little more refined."
Posted 09/15/08 in The Cut : Party Lines
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Kimora Lee Simmons’s Inappropriate Juniors’-Line Launch Party
Models walked down the runway to music with lyrics like "Honey, I like it rough, rough" and "hey motherf--ker."
Posted 07/16/08 in The Cut : Party Lines
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Meet the New Girl: Lee Hyun
The South Korean model hit her stride at February's catwalks. And she even made an appearance at couture. See what's next for her.
Posted 07/09/08 in The Cut : Model Tracker
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Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni to Attend YSL’s Funeral
Giorgio Armani, Valentino, and John Galliano will also attend. Also, Vera Wang has new stores in the works, and Mayor Bloomberg makes a fashion funny.
Posted 06/04/08 in The Cut : Loose Threads
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May Kimora Lee Simmons's Pooch R.I.P
Last night Kimora Lee Simmons held a press junket for the launch of the new Baby Phat fragrance Fabulosity.
Posted 03/20/08 in The Cut : Cult of Personality
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Baby Phat Creates Scary Kimora Barbie Doll
We've literally spent months preparing for the release of Baby Phat's Kimora Lee Simmons Barbie Doll; we even got a terrifying sneak peek of the damn thing at Fashion Week. But today we're filled with a new level of fear upon learning that this little hell doll is back-ordered until February 29. We mean, it's one thing to give your child a toy that looks like a miniature hooker. This is, after all, the day and age of the Bratz, so we can't really judge anymore. But when said hooker doll has a wait list?
Posted 02/13/08 in The Cut : Run Through
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Designers Catch Yellow Fever
We were expecting grays, browns, and blacks for fall. But banana yellow? Not so much. Kimora Lee Simmons sent Little Miss Sunshine down the runway in a floor-length yellow dress at Baby Phat, while Lacoste complemented the loud color with a dark cardigan. And Nicole Miller brightened up traditionally dark outerwear with a three-quarter-sleeved coat of color. This isn’t mellow yellow.
Posted 02/03/08 in The Cut : Three Is a Trend
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Tyra Banks and Vivica A. Fox Speak On the Fabulosity of Kimora
Amid the usual chaos backstage at Baby Phat, Jada Yuan managed to catch up with not only label designer Kimora Lee Simmons, but also Tyra Banks, Robert Verdi, Star Jones, and Vivica A. Fox, who each testified to Kimora's "fabulosity," as Fox put it. "Kimora is big, she's over-the-top, she's a grande dame," said Banks; "she taught me 'off the hook' and 'off the chain' — and the chain is actually diamonds, when it's Kimora's chain," added Verdi. Indeed. Watch the video for more.
Posted 02/02/08 in The Cut : Backstage Video
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Baby Phat Invents ‘Understated Bling’
Only at Baby Phat could black-on-black nails embellished with black crystals be considered low-key. But as Creative Nail Design co-founder Jan Arnold explained backstage before the show, Kimora Lee Simmons decided to go with an "understated bling" look this year. Now there's a contradiction. New York Magazine Beauty Editor Aja Mangum also caught up with MAC's Nadine Luke, who expanded further on the show's makeup theme — "it's 1920s but a modern 1920s, so instead of a flapper girl, she's a flippin' girl." Watch the video to see the nails and the makeup close up.
Posted 02/02/08 in The Cut : Backstage Video
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Fern Mallis Will Make Sure You Can See the Super Bowl, But Not Vote
Fern Mallis, Fashion Week's Mayor Bloomberg, wants you to know that you don't have to choose between fashion and football on Sunday.
Posted 02/02/08 in The Cut : Party Lines
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Rag & Bone Sets the Box on Fire
We're not sure which was the bigger crisis at the Rag & Bone after-party last night at the Box: The fact that a fire alarm went off around 11p.m., prompting a visit from the FDNY, or the fact that the D.J. followed said fire scare by playing "Burning Down the House," prompting the already jumpy Box management to stomp through the balcony, proclaiming, "That's it! We're clearing out the floor!"
Posted 02/02/08 in The Cut : Party Lines
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Tyra Thrills, Kimora Dolls Give Chills at Baby Phat
There’s nothing like bookending day one with a pair of genuine national treasures: Liza Minnelli at breakfast time, and come supper, that deeply understated legend of Lycra-blend we call Kimora Lee Simmons. Tonight’s Baby Phat show was everything we’ve come to expect from the exceedingly subtle model turned designer, right down to the feathered hot pants, visible garter belts, and getups that felt inspired by Atonement via a few head injuries and maybe a martini.
Posted 02/02/08 in The Cut : New York Fugging City
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If Kimora's Your Boss, Spell Her Name Right
Someone misspelled Kimora Lee Simmons’s name as “Kimmora” beneath the logo for her KLS couture line last night at the Baby Phat after-party. No one noticed, so we pointed it out to Kimora when she arrived. "Where?!" she said, turning around. "I'll be Kimmy-mora for tonight. It's fine, it's no big deal. It’s just an extra 'm' — it stands for 'million.'" she said, explaining: "My lovely ad agency did that, and I guess it was some internal problems in the office, and I said, 'Well, did you misspell the name when I paid your check?'"
Posted 09/08/07 in The Cut : Show & Tell
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Celebrities Get Obscenely Phat
Going to a Baby Phat show feels a bit like going to a nightclub. The prospect of a big ol' spectacle gets everyone to tease up their hair and put on something shiny — one woman showed up in a dress that had mesh strips that went all the way up to her butt cleavage — and stand around sipping drinks, bopping their heads to the dance music, and craning their necks to see if that really is Jeremy Piven over there, or if it’s just some dude who hates to shower. It's such a tornado of humanity that we couldn't even make our way to the bar, and as you know by now, that says a lot.
Posted 09/07/07 in The Cut : New York Fugging City
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Thom Browne's Got a Cute New Friend
• Thom Browne's maybe-twink is cuter than all of our boyfriends put together. [Daily Intel] • The early word from Baby Phat: shitshow. Stay tuned for Fuggish impressions. [Jezebel] • Candace Bushnell's Fashion Week has been rough. Maybe that's why she looks so wounded. [Fashion Dish/NYDN] • To celebrate the end of the taxi strike, Robin Givhan hits Saks' Shoe Megaloporium for some proper heels. Alas, if only Chloé boots were made for women with regular calves. [Off the Runway/WP] • We're just going to throw some phrases around out there: Pete Wentz. Clothing line. Macy's. God is dead. [StyleHive] • Memo to YSL: What the hell are you guys doing with your new marketing campaign? It's a really busy week; we don't have time to wrap our heads around whatever you're up to. [Fashion Inc.]
Posted 09/07/07 in The Cut : Loose Threads
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The Best Fashion Week Invites: Passports Are In This Year
Every Fashion Week, a few designers put a little extra effort into the design for their show invitations. Now that we've almost finished sorting through the mountain of invites here at Show & Talk HQ, here are six that stood out this year.
Posted 09/04/07 in The Cut : Show & Tell
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Baby Phat, Meet Carolina Herrera
Evidently, 'tis the season to soldier along with the unwashed masses. Evidently, 'tis the season to soldier along with the unwashed masses. First Lulu Guinness slummed it waiting for seat assignments at Matthew Williamson Sunday night, and then this morning before the Carolina Herrera show, CNN's Soledad O'Brien chatted merrily with a reporter about the size of runway models while she waited her turn at registration. Less patient was The Young and the Restless' Victoria Rowell, who jumped the queue in order to gain entrance on her own recognizance; all that hurrying was for naught, though, as she then spent the entire run-up to the show standing aimlessly in the aisles waiting to see if she could snag an unclaimed spot. Soledad, meanwhile, was rewarded with a prime front-row view. It's good to see karma in action.
Posted 02/05/07 in The Cut : New York Fugging City
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Kimora Lee Simmons Embraces Her Fabulosity
Name: Kimora Lee Simmons Age: A woman who will tell her age will tell anything! Job: Mother, businesswoman, fashion designer, entrepreneur, philanthropist. Her fall 2007 Baby Phat collection debuts tonight at 8 p.m. at the Roseland Ballroom.
Neighborhood: Upper East Side Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional? Jackie Kennedy OnassisPosted 02/02/07 in The Cut : 21 Questions
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The Pack Is Back
Like taking pictures in Times Square, wearing a fanny pack has long been considered tourist territory. But if this week's shows are any indication, these bum bags (that's what they're called in other countries) are once again hip for, well, the hip.
Posted 09/11/06 in The Cut : Three Is a Trend
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