The Cut
  • Time to Assign Meaning to Barack Obamas Bad Vacation Clothes

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images; CJ Gunther-Pool/Getty Images; Vincent Dewitt-Pool/Getty Images Barack Obama admitted, "I'm a little frumpy," after a highly publicized bout of "mom jeans" in the summer of 2009. This was after another major mom-jeans offense on the campaign trail in 2008, after which he seemed to have learned what were good jeans and what were bad jeans. He went on to wear some... more.
  • Best Bet: Polka Dot Skirt

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    The trend this season isn’t tribal prints or citrus-fruits — it’s polka dots. Spots dotted runway looks from Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs, DVF, and more. Reminiscent of Lanvin’s white-on-black dots, this breezy printed skirt from French brand Comptoir des Cotonniers is an easy piece to dress up or down. The soft viscose has a light, layered look, and the welt pockets are ... more.
  • Terry Richardson Took His Photos From Kate Mosss Wedding Down

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: terrysdiary.com The ever-reliable photographer posted many from the reception to his blog, Terry's Diary, after the wedding, but they have since been taken down. Guest of a Guest reposted many of them, so you can see them there until they get forced into ripping them down, too. Vogue is said to have the exclusive on the wedding (Mario Testino shot for them), but Moss also tries to be priva... more.
  • Kate Moss Lends Her Nakedness to the New Pirelli Calendar [NSFW]

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Kate Moss.Photo: Alessandro Scotti for Italian Vanity Fair Having previously lent her nakedness to Terry Richardson's blog in honor of her nuptials to Jamie Hince, Kate Moss also lends her bare breasts to the new Pirelli calendar being shot by Mario Sorrenti. Italian Vanity Fair has a look at her and other top models, like Lara Stone and Saskia de Bruaw, naked on their shoots (which makes the lin... more.
  • Reports Flying on Twitter That Riccardo Tisci Will Replace John Galliano at Christian Dior

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Last night former Style.com and current Harper's Bazaar scribe Derek Blasberg tweeted: "I was just told backstage at the @KatyPerry concert (of all places!) that Riccardo Tisci is CONFIRMED at Dior." That tweet, dashed off in the glitter-boob Katy Perry frenzy, remains unconfirmed by Dior but has exploded since it was posted last night. Many other fashion p... more.
  • Target Relaunches Website, Dumps Amazon.com

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    The new Target.com.Photo: Courtesy of Target.com Up until now, Target's website has been run by Amazon.com, which oversaw all the annoying parts of e-commerce like customer service and shipping (they also got a cut of every transaction). But just in time for their gargantuan Missoni collaboration, Target has relaunched their site all on their own. It's "an ambitious multichannel expansion," the c... more.
  • Patrick Schwarzenegger Does Video Ads for Hudson Jeans; Twiggy Has a Schmaltzy Music Album Coming Out

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Patrick Schwarzenegger's Hudson ads.Photo: Splash News • Patrick Schwarzenegger, who has previously appeared on billboards for Hudson Jeans, will do a video campaign with the brand's female face, Georgia May Jagger. The videos are supposedly modeled on Warhol's "Screen Tests," which means they'll both be talking. • Twiggy is releasing an album of slow ballads called Romantically Your... more.
  • Tweets About Riccardo Tisci Being Confirmed for Dior Continue

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Riccardo Tisci.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images And they're from people who seem like they might know things, such as shoe designer Brian Atwood, who posted: "So I hear it's confirmed that Tisci is headed to Dior. Possibly with a mutual friend. Wonder when it will be announced." Related: Reports Flying on Twitter That Riccardo Tisci Will Replace John Galliano at Christian Dior ... more.
  • Barack Obama on His Mom Jeans: Im a Little Frumpy

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: Getty Images Barack Obama was on the Today show this morning to discuss all kinds of important challenges facing our nation. Meredith Vieira, bless her heart, made a brilliant segue from the battle Barack wages in trying to pass new regulatory measures for the financial-services industry to the borderline Mom jeans the president wore last week when throwing out the first pitch at the All-S... more.
  • Anna Wintour: There Are Stereotypes About Women. I Often Dont Hear Men Talked About in the Same Way.

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Anna Wintour is the 69th most powerful woman on Forbes's list of the world's most powerful women. Ironically, she comes behind some of the women she helped make powerful by putting them in and on the cover of Vogue, like Lady Gaga (number 11), Beyoncé (number 18), and Gisele (number 60). With Vogue's third annual Fashion's Night Out just days away, this is a rare window of time that Anna does ... more.
  • See More From Erin Wassons Zadig & Voltaire Line

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Get it? It's an eye!Photo: Zadig & Voltaire It includes a $575 leopard jacket, $765 leather vest, and this $355 cashmere tank. And that's just to dress the top half of you. ... more.
  • Selena Gomez Is Crowd-Sourcing Ideas for Her Fragrance; the Muppets Inspire OPIs New Nail Polish Line

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: Courtesy of Manhattan Cosmetics MAKEUP • Manhattan Cosmetics is releasing an Oktoberfest–themed limited edition ten-piece makeup collection. • Celebrity makeup artist Sam Fine has accepted a position as the new creative makeup director at cosmetics brand Fashion Fair. NAILS • A new line of OPI polishes is inspired by the Muppets, to help celebrate the release of... more.
  • Look at John Galliano Fluffing Kate Mosss Wedding Veil

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Moss wanted "a classic Galliano, those chiffon thirties kind."Photo: Mario Testino for Vogue Vogue's September issue features even more photos that Mario Testino took of Kate Moss's wedding, including this one of John Galliano. Since he was in rehab until just before the wedding, he enlisted friends to buy "bags full of bits ... tulle and sequins and veils and flowers," which he pieced together t... more.
  • Models Tango With Stairs, Rain, and a Golf Cart at Isaac Mizrahi

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: Getty Images This afternoon in the Tent, Isaac Mizrahi staged what was possibly one of Bryant Park's most theatrical runway shows. Mizrahi said the inspirations for the spring 2010 collection were the films of Fred Astaire — hence models walked up and down a staircase. This wasn't as bad as it sounds for many girls, since some shoes only came with kitten heels. Some girls had to wear... more.
  • Barack Obama Upgrades His Mom Jeans

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: Getty Images, AP We spend a lot of time talking about Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, and Sarah Palin's clothes on the campaign trail, but let's turn our eye to Barack Obama. Perhaps you saw him speaking from behind the podium yesterday in Pennsylvania not wearing a suit. Gasp! Instead he wore a leather jacket and jeans. Although he had previously been spotted in faded mom jeans while riding... more.
  • Jennifer Lopez Looks Surprisingly Demure in Her New Music Video [Updated]

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    J. Lo.Photo: Splash News During one scene in Jennifer Lopez's new music video — seemingly a spontaneous dance break in a parking lot, you know, as tends to happen on day-to-day errands around L.A. — she wore a pair of pleated shorts and a white button-down blouse tied above the belly button. This seems like quite a low-key look, especially by Jennifer's standards. Is it casual dressi... more.
  • Lacostes Designer Is Leaving

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Lacoste, fall 2010.Photo: Imaxtree After his spring 2011 show in September, creative director Christophe Lemaire will leave Lacoste, the label confirmed. Lemaire was just named the new creative director of Hermès, succeeding Jean Paul Gaultier. Lemaire has also been working as the artistic director of women's ready-to-wear for Hermès. Lacoste plans to name a new designer by year's end. ... more.
  • Lacoste Is Reinventing Itself by Sprinkling Alligator Logos on Wait Staff Uniforms and Food Trucks

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Lacoste's new ad campaign.Photo: Courtesy of Lacoste. Lacoste spent over $7.5 million in advertising in 2010, the same year that its then-designer, Christophe Lemaire, jumped ship for Hermès. The label is currently trying to attract younger, hipper consumers and distance itself from paunchy middle-aged dads who have worn their alligator shirts since the seventies. And as everyone knows, ther... more.
  • Presidential Historians Aflutter Over Barack Obamas Mandals

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    Photo: Cory Lum-Pool/Getty Images Picture this (in black and white, if you will): Taylor Swift, her arm strategically positioned over an unwieldy bosom, lying over a broken toilet seat set in a damp, mildewed warehouse in Bushwick, wearing nothing but a modesty thong that has been Photoshopped away, her hair frizzy and tousled, her eyes rimmed in tar, with lipstick smeared down her neck. Photo cr... more.
  • Watch Glees Full Music Video for Fashions Night Out

    0 CommentsThe Cut
    After last week's teaser showed arguably the best part (that would be the chorus) of David Bowie's hit "Fashion," the remainder of the Glee cast's music video tribute sort of pales in comparison. Ashley (Lauren Zizes) and Artie (Kevin McHale) have the best catwalks by a long shot, Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) dances all sorts of amazing, and Lea Michele seems to be taking her sparkly little Balmain mini... more.
Our Partners