Fashion News: Diane Von Furstenberg wants models to be carded at Fashion Week

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Don’t worry, it’s not another “size 0″ controversy: this time it’s all about the models ages rather than their weights…

CFDA president Diane Von Furstenberg is calling for all models to be carded before being allowed to walk in shows at New York Fashion Week this September. The legal age limit in the US is 16, but last season DVF herself came under fire after “inadvertently” allowing a 15-year-old model to appear in her show, so her letter on the CFDA website is possibly partly designed to show that the designer is taking the issue seriously.

“In our continuing quest to protect the models that we work with, we have updated the CFDA Health Initiative guidelines to recommend that models be asked for i.d. to ensure that they are at least 16 years old on the day of a show,” writes Von Furstenberg. “The casting agents for the Diane von Furstenberg show will be doing this and we encourage others to do the same.”

Makes sense to us, not just because it seems obvious that if a girl is too young to legally work, she shouldn’t be working, but because so many of the issues surrounding runway models seem to stem, not from the fact that they’re thin, but from the fact that they are essentially still children, with the figures to match. Children aren’t the ones buying designer clothing (or most of them aren’t, anyway), so it seems strange that they’d be the ones modelling it, for many reasons.

Read Diane Von Furstenberg’s full statement here.

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Posted on August 31, 2011

Girls are too pretty to do homework, says this JC Penney shirt

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This has been doing the rounds on Twitter today.

Nothing like a nice bit of gender stereotyping on your kid’s clothes, is there? Hey, girls, forget about working hard and achieving something with your life! Leave that to the boys, instead! You are TOO PRETTY to worry your cute little head about such things. Also: OMGJUSTINBIEBER!!!!!

And, OK, sure, we know it’s just a shirt. It’s not supposed to be taken seriously, and it’s not like your smart little 7-16 year old is going to pull on a shirt and suddenly turn into an airhead. Clothes aren’t THAT powerful, after all. But still: surely there are better messages to be giving our children than “as long as you’re pretty, you don’t have to be clever, tee hee!”?

This has been causing a bit of a stir today around various parenting sites, but what do you think? Storm in a teacup or a poor message to be giving the young ‘uns?

Posted on August 31, 2011

Wear or Die: ASOS Edition

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It’s been a long time since we last played Wear or Die – the game where everyone’s a loser, baby – so let’s just quickly go over the rules, for those of you who’ve never played before, or who were simply so traumatised by some of the outfits we’ve shown you in previous editions that you’re even now running for cover, eyeball bleach in hand.

Wear or Die: How It Works

Wear or Die is simple. Evil, yes, but simple.

1. We’ll show you two outfits.

2. They’ll both be ugly – or ugly-ish. Some of you will obviously like them, so this game will be fun for you.

3. You must choose one of the two outfits to wear. In public. (Don’t worry, it’s just pretend: you won’t REALLY have to wear the outfit, you’ll just have to imagine you’re going to have to wear it in public.) You may not modify the outfit in any way, and nor may you wear something over the top of it. So, what we’re saying is, your answer can’t be something along the lines of, “Well, I’ll choose A, but I would only wear it at home, in the dark, and with my long coat over the top of it.” Because that would be cheating.

4. If you don’t choose one of the outfits to wear?

YOU DIE. Mwahaha!

(OK, again: just pretend. Settle down at the back there…)

Remember: DEATH IS NOT AN OPTION. No matter how awful you think the two options are, you MUST choose one. You can’t just choose to die, because let’s face it, that would be silly: they’re just clothes, after all. Ugly clothes, sure, but still, just clothes.

To start you off, we’ve given you a fairly easy choice, in that we reckon quite a lot of you will like both of these outfits, meaning that your biggest problems will be trying to decide which one you like most.

Both of today’s choices come from ASOS. They are:

OPTION A: Zip-through jumpsuit
Beige isn’t a colour, it’s a state of mind. And shapless beige jumpsuits are a state of mind we never want to experience.

OPTION B: Floral smock dress
The smock dress: The Fashion Police’s mortal enemy made flesh. Or made fabric, rather. Also shapeless, but with the added Frump Factor of the high neckline and floral pattern.

(Oh, and this is on TFP, by the way, so don’t worry about the price of these, because in our imaginary Wear or Die world, they will be magically provided for you, free of charge! You’re welcome!)

Over to you, then, readers: what’s it to be?

Which outfit would you wear, if you had to wear one… or DIE?

Posted on August 31, 2011

Convertible Clothes: Max Azria’s caped pants/jumpsuit combo

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These pants were bad enough on their own. Seriously, they come with a drop-crotch-come-cape. No pair of pants needs that.

THIS, though?

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Posted on August 30, 2011

Marilyn Manson’s girlfriend stages fake flashing, Fashion Police investigating

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Do not adjust your monitors, that’s a real person. And, you know, it probably takes quite a lot to horrify Marilyn Manson, but if the expression on his face is anything to go by, his new girlfriend (If, indeed, that’s who this is underthe mask. Our money’s on it being someone completely unlikely. Like Simon Cowell, say. Or the Foot Snatcher.) has managed it.

Want to see why Manson looks so shocked? The image under the jump contains no actual nudity, but it’s possibly NSFW anyway. You’ll see what we mean.

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Posted on August 29, 2011

Fashion Police at the 2011 VMAs

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Last night the 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards were held at The Nokia Theatre in L.A. As most of you know, the VMAs are most notable for Katy Perry’s attempts to make them All About Her, by either dressing as a cartoon character, or maybe dying her hair pink. This year she was actually a little more restrained than usual, although the large cut-outs all over the dress are always a cause for Fashion Police concern.

These awards were also notable for a rare appearance by Britney Spears, who washed her hair (add one point) but wore peep-toe boots (minus five points), and for Beyonce, who’s just revealed that she’s expecting her first baby: congratulations, Beyonce!

There was also this:

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Nicki Minaj

The theme of this year’s event was “Breasts: Let ‘em all hang out”. And they did. Take a look at our gallery and let us know what you think!

[Images: Fame Pictures]

: Katy Perry

: Britney Spears

: Selena Gomez

: Maria Menounos

: Kelly Rowland

: Adele

: Jenni Farley

: Nicole Polizzi

: Demi Lovato

: Miley Cyrus

: Lil Mama

: Nicki Minaj

: Beyonce

: Katie Holmes

: Kim Kardashian

: Mika

: Kreayshawn

: Ashley Rickards

: Lenay Dunn

: Divine & Paris

: Crystal Reed

: Holland Roden

: Bonnie McKee

: Deena Nicole Cortese

Posted on August 29, 2011

Fashion Police Checkpoint: What are you wearing right now?

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OK, everyone, form an orderly line, please: this is a Fashion Police Checkpoint, and before you can continue on your way, we’re going to have to ask you to step aside, keep your hands above your head, and give us a complete inventory of what you’re wearing right this very second: and no cheating!

Tell us: What are you wearing RIGHT NOW?

Posted on August 26, 2011

Capes: Coming to a pair of pants near you, soon

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There’s a caped crusader in Fashionland, people, but before you start getting excited, let us just tell you that we’re pretty sure he’s using his powers for evil rather than for good. Well, it’s about time we had a new supervillain around here, wasn’t it? Especially seeing as so many of you insist that the Foot Snatcher should stay out of jail…

This latest villian takes the form of a cape. It’s not just any old cape, though. It’s a cape on a pair of trousers. Why would trousers need a cape? Your guess is as good as ours. What we DO know, however, is that the combination of cape + pants doesn’t come cheap. These Hakaan ‘Papaver’ trousers (We totally read that as “palaver” trousers when we first saw it, and we thought how appropriate it was…), for instance, will set you back $1,690.Now we just wish WE’D thought of it first.

What do you think? Are they innocent or are they guilty? What do you think of our latest caped crusader?

(Click here to buy them at Shopbop.)

Posted on August 26, 2011