After what feels like (and probably is, actually) years worth of speculation on whether there would be a Sex and the City prequel, and who would fill Carrie Bradshaw’s famous Manolos is so, we have our answers: The Carrie Diaries is currently filming in New York City, and here are the first photos of AnnaSophia Robb in the role made famous by Sarah Jessica Parker.
AnnaSophia certainly has SJPs curls down, and we’ll be interested to see how this pans out, but what are your first impressions? A good choice to play one of fashion’s most famous fictional characters?
Well, that was quick work, Topshop shoppers. Mary Katrantzou’s capsule collection for the high street brand launched this morning, and at the time of writing, all that’s left is the hideoustrousers pictured above, a scarf and a pair of leggings. And there’s not much of these left online either, so if you really want some of this stuff, you’re literally going to have to beg, borrow or steal it, and we don’t recommend the latter. Or, of course, you could dedicate the next few days to visiting Topshop branches, in the hope of finding something, or simply trawl eBay and pay more than the already-high prices you’d have paid in store. Shopping: it’s basically turned into a competitive sport these days, hasn’t it?
Poppy Delevingne (pictured) won’t be joining you on your search, though: she managed to get her hands on an MK-for-TS dress a few days before the launch, and is seen here wearing it to the Elle Style Awards earlier this week. (No, it’s not the dress in our image.) Lucky her.
What do you make of these pieces, though? Mary Katrantzou is currently the darling of the fashion world, and fashionistas everywhere have been gushing over her vibrant floral prints and quirky shapes for a while now. Do you want to gush over the Topshop collection, though? If so, you know where the comment box is…
New York Fashion Week kicked off today, which means that, for the next week, it will be impossible to use the Internet without seeing the same photos, stolen from Style.com, recycled on every single fashion blog and website. So that’ll be awesome.
Here at The Fashion Police, we like to remain a (mostly) Fashion Week free zone, because there are only so many runway photos we can look at before our minds glaze over and we start thinking about donuts again. Mmmm, donuts.
We will, however, be covering some of the runway action, and we’re kicking off with The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection. This is always one of our favourite shows, because as well as showcasing the work of lots of different designers, it also uses celebrities as models, with each woman here modelling a different designer red dress, with the aim of raising awareness of Heart Disease. (You can read more about The Heart Truth here.)
This year, one of the celebrity models is Krystle Carrington. Now what could be better than that?
Karl Lagerfeld cemented his “Prince of Darkness” image today by revealing to Metro Paris that he thinks Adele is “a little too fat”. Kaiser Karl said:
“The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.”
Naturally, most of the Internet is up in arms, because while it’s perfectly acceptable to say someone is “too thin” these days, calling someone “fat” just isn’t on, is it?
What do you think? Is Karl a big ol’ meanie, or is he just stating the obvious, as some commentators have argued?
Karl Lagerfeld’s collection for Net-a-Porter went on sale today, and as you can see, the models shown above managed to throw some particularly LOL-worthy shapes in honour of the occasion, bless their hearts.
What about the clothes, though? Well, the collection is described as having “a fashion-forward edge”, and that right there is more than enough to have set the fashionistas of the world almost wild with excitement, and to almost prompt The Fashion Police to declare a state of emergency. (We haven’t yet, though: we’ll let you decide whether or not it’s warranted.)
The KARL line (it’s an ALL CAPS brand, by the way, our keyboard didn’t get stuck there) contains everything from shoes to dresses to little KARL-esque collars, and the prices run from $25 (for a canvas bag) to over $1000 for a leather jacket. The cheapest items, however, are already sold out, despite only having been on sale for a few hours, so if you were thinking that people wouldn’t want to buy a canvas tote with KARL Lagerfeld’s face on it, you were wrong, and how dare you underestimate Uncle KARL?
Anyway, we’ll stop talking now, and let you start. What do you think of the collection? Will you buy any of it?
(Click here to see the collection in its entirety.)
In a bid to prevent racegoers dressing like they’re going to a nightclub – or to the circus, depending on your point of view – Royal Ascot organisers have decided to tighten up on the ol’ dresscode. As of this year, female racegoers will have to wear:
1. Hats, as opposed to fascinators. (in the less formal grandstand, hats OR fascinators will be obligatory: they were previously optional-but-recommended.)
2. “Modest” skirts or dresses – i.e. hemlines must be just above the knee or longer.
3. Tops with straps: no strapless tops or dresses allowed. Or else.
Men, meanwhile, will be expected to wear waistcoats and ties inside the enclosure (no cravats, you peasants!), and suits and ties in the grandstand.
So, in conclusion:
What do you think? Are you pleased to see a return to “standards” with a strongly-enforced dress code, or do you think people should be free to wear whatever they want, regardless of the circumstances?
(For the record, we’re all for the dress codes, if only because at least people know where they stand that way. And let’s face it: a lot of people just don’t have a CLUE how to dress themselves. You can tell purely by the number of people who find this website after searching for the words “Can I wear jeans to a wedding?” And we just know that if you give them an inch, they’ll turn up in an adult onesie one of these days, bleating, “BUT IT’S SOOOO COMFY!”)
So, we have to be honest: our main thought when we hear of another Target/designer collaboration is always, “Hey, Target! Open some stores in the UK, ‘kay?
Our second thought in this particular case was something along the lines of “pop socks with heels? Really?” We’ll be scarred for life now. Or for the next five minutes at least.
We’re sure you’re more interested in looking at the photos than hearing our thoughts, though, so we’ll let you get onto that. We DO want to hear your thoughts on this collection, though, so feel free to leave them in the comments box once you’re done with the gallery.
Jason Wu for Target goes on sale on February 5th, and will available until March 6th, only not really, because we all know there’ll be a crazy, end-of-the-world-is-nigh style stampede for it, as women fight each other in the aisles for another piece of mass-produced fashion. Will you be part of the rush?
