CFDA Adds 26 new members

The CFDA just added 26 new members, which gives them a grand total of 427.

Here's the list of the newbies:

Joseph Altuzarra
Coomi Bhasin
Vince Camuto
Jean-Michel Cazabat
Emily Current
Carly Cushnie
Rachel Dooley
Meritt Elliott
Judy Gelb
Nili Lotan
Pamela Love
Paul Marlow
Jana Matheson
Yvan Mispelaere
Lauren Moffatt
Jeffrey Monteiro
LeAnn Nealz
Kerry O'Brien
Michelle Ochs
Shimon Ovadia
Gabriela Perezutti
Lisa Perry
Tadashi Shoji
Tabitha Simmons
Rachel Zoe

Congratulations all!

Best Dressed- Week of 10/13/12

Who's your best dressed this week?

Alexa Chung

Carine Roitfeld

Leandra Medine

CR Fashion Book

I just saw the first issue of Carine Roitfeld's CR Fashion Book.  I had been looking forward to seeing this for a while now, not knowing what to expect.  The magazine differs from other fashion magazines in several ways, but the most obvious is that it has two covers.  Kate Upton, sweetly holding several ducklings,  appears on one side, and then you flip the book over and see the other cover which features Audrey Harrelson, a little girl holding a baby.  Not what I expected from Roitfeld, known for her sexy editorials in French Vogue, edgy fashion sense and her signature smoky eye.  I wonder if the recent birth of her first grandchild had anything to do with all this sweetness.  I liked the covers, which were shot by Bruce Weber.  I also appreciated that the covers had no copy on them.  You didn't know what to expect on the pages of the magazine, which was fine with me.

CR had contributions by Kirsten Dunst, Tom Ford, Anne Hathaway and Karl Lagerfeld.  Some articles were in foreign languages (but were translated to English).  For the most part the ads were in alphabetical order, which I loved.  What a great idea!  There was a wide range of models in the magazine including some of today's best like Lara Stone, Lindsey Wixson, Constance Jablonski, Jacquelyn Jablonski and Cara Delevingne.  Also included were new faces like Kati Nescher, Stef Van Der Laan, Marte Mei van Haaster, Magda Laguinge, Tilda Lindstam, Ava Smith and Grace Mahary.  But the editorial that thrilled me the most was the one that featured Linda Evangelista, Stephanie Seymour and Carolyn Murphy.

For me the best part about CR Fashion Book was that it was pretty much celebrity free.  It wasn't promoting anyone's new movie or album.  It's only agenda seemed to be to delve into fashion.  WHat a novel idea for a fashion magazine.

Julia Nobis

Once again Julia Nobis ruled the runways.  She walked in more shows than any other model for the Fall/Winter 2012 shows.  I don't have the numbers for this past month's shows (Spring/SUmmer 2013), but she opened/closed at least ten major shows.  She is a great combination of gorgeous and cool, and it's easy to see why designers love her.

Pretty Powerful

I recently attended the launch of Bobbi Brown's new book, Pretty Powerful.  I'm such a sucker for these makeup manuals.  I still have my old Kevyn Aucoin book, and will pull them out occasionally.  That said, the reason I went was to see Alexa Ray Joel perform.  Alexa and I met multiple times during this past fashion week, where we were both working as fashion correspondents; she for JuliB.com, and me for fashionWATCH.com.  Not only was Alexa a model for the book, but she was the entertainment for the launch party.  She sang two of her original songs (and also played the keyboard).  She's super talented, gorgeous, and so incredibly cool that even though she has so much going for her, you couldn't possibly hate her!

The book is really good.  It's a very simple guide that anyone can follow.  I've seen some makeup books that are so complicated you might as well call the artist to just do your makeup.  Bobbi Brown has also featured women and their stories throughout, so the book is not just about makeup.  Brown is emphasizing who a woman is, not just what she looks like.

Alexa Ray showing her photos in Pretty Powerful