- On Instagram this weekend, Kevin Hart raised eyebrows when he posted a few pictures wearing matching clothes with former soccer star David Beckham. He captioned one “Hanging out with @DavidBeckham…he has to stop copying my style #Twins.” While he didn’t admit to why the two were hanging out, it’s now been announced that Hart will star in a video campaign for a new David Beckham range at H&M. Expect it to be out later this year. (Daily Front Row)
- If you exist, you’ve no doubt heard of the company Burt’s Bees that hocks natural ingredient-focused personal care products. Yesterday news broke that the co-founder Burt Shavitz, for whom the label is named, died. Though Shavitz exited the company in 1999, he’s been continually paid by them as a “brand ambassador.” (Fashionista)
- When she’s not cutting you into little pieces dressed in Tom Ford and Adam Selman, apparently Rihanna is making bikini tops out of scarves. Yes, she does have a stunner of a Lisa Marie Fernandez swimsuit but the star has no problems taking a printed scarf and tying it around her chest to cover the essential bits. YouTube tutorial anyone?. (StyleBlazer)
- American Apparel has been going though tough times. First they were going through them under founder Dov Charney’s direction, and now, with him out of sight and mind, they are going through them all on their own. In a recent press release, the company said that they’ve fallen on hard times and are putting measures in place to cut costs by $30 million. There is a problem though: “Even if American Apparel increases revenue and cuts costs, there can be no guarantee that the Company will have sufficient financing commitments to meet funding requirements for the next 12 months without raising additional capital, and there can be no guarantee that it will be able to raise such additional capital.” That doesn’t sound good. (Fashionista)
- It seems that styling Lady Gaga is the training ground for becoming a designer. Since her first fashion director and stylist Nicola Formichetti left her and went to design for Mugler and Diesel, his old first assistant, Brandon Maxwell, who functions as Gaga’s current stylist, is planning to launch his own brand. Debuting this September, the label will likely be eponymous and will focus on eveningwear with lean black suiting and gowns. Maxwell has largely been responsible for Gaga’s transition from the outre stylings of meat dresses and looks fashioned out of beanie babies to elegant and sensible designs by everyone from Alaia to Maxwell himself (featured above). (WWD)
You need a YouTube tutorial on how to tie a scarf around your breasts? Slow news day, Ha?