• Wednesday night, between the hours of 4 and 6AM London time, Kanye West went on an epic (and barely understandable) twitter rant outlining his career in fashion, and announcing his new business venture, DONDA, a design company with the purpose of bringing creative people together to… do something.
Yeezy also mentioned an idea for an alternative summer school he and Spike Jonze have been bouncing around. Still confused? Check Kanye’s twitter page to see if you can decipher any of it. (Kanye West Twitter)
• American Apparel‘s financial woes (and the supremely skeevy antics of its CEO Dov Charney) have been well-documented. But since December, the retailer has seen a 15% increase in sales, thanks in part to a deal they struck up with Groupon, which helped the store move over 150,000 units. Charney says the company is “getting our groove back a bit,” which is good news especially with the $47.6 million dollar debt to Bank of America swinging over their heads. Good luck with that. (WWD)
• Vogue Italia’s cover editorial pays homage to televised shopping channels HSN and QVC, but with a high fashion twist. If you ever wondered what it would be like if QVC sold duds from Louis Vuitton‘s and Balenciaga‘s Spring 2012 collections, this editorial is the closest you’ll get. Check out this video of the models doing a pretty spot-on imitation of these televised flash sales. A definite must see! (Fashin, Fashionista)
• The Los Angeles Philharmonic is tapping the talents of Rodarte sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy to design the costumes for their May production of “Don Giovanni.” (WWD)
• It seems the five looks Donatella Versace initally presented was a Pre-Pre-Fall collection of sorts. The design house has re-shot the first five pieces they released so they don’t look so boring, and added nine new looks to round out the collection. Thank goodness! I’m a little bit more excited about these offerings than I first was. Check it out! (NYMag)
• Prabal Gurung took to Twitter last night to show the admittedly underwhelming T-shirts they’re offering for spring 2012. I love Prabal, but as these t-shirts are bound to sell for a couple hundred dollars, I think I’d want a little more oomph, yes? (Prabal Gurung Twitter)
~Jihan
January 6, 2012 12:03 pm
I love American A so I hope they stick around
January 6, 2012 12:08 pm
Yes, AA is classic! Even though DC is a Creepy McFeeley..And Kanye..Boo, please just get back to the studio bc that Watch the Throne was way too overradetd and you haven’t had any genius come out in a long time. Go back to the Gap, maybe you can find some inspiration..
January 6, 2012 12:11 pm
I loooove that video! They portrayed the cheesiness perfectly!
January 6, 2012 12:33 pm
I was actually on twitter when he was tweeting and I had to unfollow him because he was crowding my timeline. I was like wth is he talking about and why? Just because a handful of people between the ages of 13-19 thinks he’s a genius, he actually believes he is.
Let me go order me a 3-pack of tri blend v necks from AA. I refuse to wear any other t shirt.
January 6, 2012 12:46 pm
American Apparel is crap. Don’t support that pedophile sleazebag.
He is exactly what’s wrong with the fashion industry!
January 6, 2012 1:34 pm
Another sleazebag is Steve Madden. Since hearing about his antics, firsthand from an employee, I have not bought anything from his line, period. We as fashionable women have to stop supporting these pedophiles. Let’s start the New Year off right and stop giving these people more money to try and cover up these things.
January 6, 2012 2:02 pm
Nyasha is serving the hell out of that add, which confirms my belief that the model makes all the difference. I wasn’t interested in the first Versace for H&M collection and was underwhelmed with the photo release for the second but these actually look okay. That purse will be investigated further lol.
January 6, 2012 2:04 pm
Glad AA is in a possible up swing. I am miffed I missed out on the groupon..boooooo.
January 6, 2012 2:55 pm
Why is Italian Vogue so awesome?!? It remains my favorite magazine. Franca is amazing and always comes up with great concepts.
S.N: Joan is working the hell out of those dresses in the video.
January 6, 2012 3:20 pm
Kanye – too be expected. He’s such an a**
American Apparel – Can’t get into their clothes. Cheap looking and overpriced.
January 6, 2012 5:15 pm
Kanye is really on one. I cannot agree yet that he is a musical genius. Maybe in another 10 years. American apperal, very over rated. For the quality of the clothes, it is way to expensive.
January 6, 2012 8:05 pm
Yeah I agree, AA is totally over priced. But I can get down with their opaque tights, they’re worth it. And I wish those darn disco pants go away!!!
January 6, 2012 9:53 pm
dont trip AA sales went up because they increased the size availability. bite your tounge Dov. Even though i own a closet full of AA they are way over priced, thank goodness for the Stylist discount. Agree on the disco pant good bye, although they made a stretch denim version of them which are basically a denim spanx. thumbs up
January 8, 2012 8:47 am
Curvy curvy is in the in now and free flowing fashion and musched up looked