• Celebrity Stylist June Ambrose sat down with the New York Daily News to discuss her upcoming reality show, Styled by June. “It’s a makeover docu-soap. It’s about the evolution and the emancipation of the celebrities we love and I’m helping to rebrand and bring them back in a very positive light. It’s emotional, it’s honest and it’s fun. And I get to be me, honestly. I truly get to be me.” She also dishes on her gift for longtime client Jay-Z‘s new daughter, Blue Ivy Carter: “Honestly, it was tough picking out a gift for her. I let my child pick out the gift for her — some Marc Jacobs cashmere mink booties. Beyoncé appreciated that Summer chose it.” (NYDN)
• Diane Von Furstenberg is joining forces with denim brand Current/Elliot for a capsule of printed skinny jeans, wrap dresses, and skirts. The collection will debut this month. (TMagazine)
• American Studies professor Jo B. Paoletti is releasing a book on the history of how pink and blue became gender-specific hues. Spoiler alert: it happened rather arbitrarily. Dating back to the 1920s, you could find men’s birthday cards decorated with bouquets of pink flowers. I wonder if Ms. Paoletti uncovered any leopard print greeting cards? (Jezebel)
• It’s all over! As expected, the Jason Wu for Target collection sold out within hours online, and was greeted in stores by a line of zealous fashionistas (and resellers) who can’t resist the lure of affordable designer duds. Most Target stores carrying the capsule are almost or entirely sold out, but if you didn’t manage to scoop up any pieces this weekend, all is not lost– Target will replenish its online stock. Did you guys pick up anything? (Styleite)
• Starting with its March issue, ELLE China will become a slimmer, bi-monthly publication. Instead of releasing one big issue a month (or every few months) like most magazines, the glossy will release on the 5th and the 20th of each month. Mier Ai, managing director for Hearst China says this new approach will, “provide stylish Chinese women with the pleasure of a glamorous and fashionable reading experience twice as often as before.” Indeed, print publications need to find new and exciting ways to present their content, especially when competing with the up to the minute pace of digital pubs, but I’m not sure how releasing half a magazine twice a month is supposed to excite consumers (Grazia)
• Check out Lanvin‘s campaign video for Spring 2012 featuring stop motion models moving to the rhythm of up and coming artist Maxine Ashley‘s “Cookieman” produced by Pharrell Williams. Is it just me, or do the Lanvin campaigns always have the best music?
~Jihan
