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Prepare to get bejeweled in the spirit of your favorite Downton Abbey character – a line of baubles based on the PBS series will be in stores soon.
Knockout Licensing has struck a deal with 1928 Jewelry Co. for the official Downton Abbey jewelry line, which will include necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, rings, and hair jewelry for women, as well as cufflinks for the Matthew Crawley in your life.
The best part?
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On the May 14 season finale of New Girl, Taylor Swift makes an appearance as Elaine, a guest at Cece (Hannah Simone) and Shivrang’s (Satya Bhabha) wedding.
What brings Elaine to the nuptials? That’s a closely guarded secret, but New Girl costume designer Deb McGuire did tell EW what Swift’s character wears to the wedding…and why.
Read on for details. READ FULL STORY »
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Even if you don’t have tickets to see Beyoncé, you can still dress like you did. The pop singer has opened an online store featuring clothes and accessories inspired by her Mrs. Carter Show. [MTV Style]
Here comes the Honey Boo Boo bride! Mama June walked down the aisle in a camouflage-print gown, while Honey herself channeled Scarlett O’Hara in a frilly pink flower girl dress. [People]
Go behind the scenes of Iron Man 3 to see how effects masters Shane Patrick Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan work their magic. [Gizmodo]
Amanda Bynes announced via Twitter that she’s had a nose job “to remove skin that was like a webbing in between my eyes.” [Daily Mail]
Though she reportedly banned Kim Kardashian from attending last year’s Met Ball, Vogue editor Anna Wintour had the mom-to-be — and baby daddy Kanye West — over for an intimate dinner this weekend. [Fashionista]
Great Gatsby costume and production designer Catherine Martin talks about her punk days, her favorite designers, and more in a game of 20 fashion questions. [WSJ]
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Don Cheadle says the suit he wore to play the Iron Patriot in Iron Man 3 felt like it was “made in a torture chamber that Torquemada created.” [Huffington Post]
See the results of Glee star Lea Michele’s Hollywood home makeover. [Domaine Home]
Even though designer Nicolas Ghesquière has left Balenciaga, Kristen Stewart – who is the face of the brand’s Florabotanica fragrance — says she’d “totally run away” with him. Is RPatz worried? [The Cut]
Rihanna’s first lipstick for MAC Cosmetics hits stores today. [InStyle]
Ellen Degeneres welcomed guest Cher to her show wearing a sheer body suit similar to the one the music icon wore in her 1989 video for “If I Could Turn Back Time.” [USA Today]
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The Great Gatsby hits theaters on May 10th, but fashion fans got a sneak peek at costumes from the movie at the opening of the “Catherine Martin and Miuccia Prada Dress Gatsby” at the Prada flagship store in New York City last night.
Gatsby stars Carey Mulligan and Isla Fisher, and VIPs Florence Welch, Katy Perry, and Maggie Gyllenhall mingled with costume designer Catherine Martin, and Miuccia Prada among dresses recreated from vintage Prada and Miu Miu runway looks especially for the film.
Prada’s “Dress Gatsby” costume exhibit will be on display in New York City until May 12, when it moves on to Tokyo and Shanghai. Click through the gallery to what the stars wore to the opening night bash.
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Yesterday, William Ivey Long scored a 2013 Tony nomination for creating the magical costumes for Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Long says his latest nomination is ”lucky number thirteen” – he has racked up 5 wins his work on Nine, Crazy for You, The Producers, Hairspray, and Grey Gardens.
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Long, who is also the Chair of the American Theatre Wing and a member of this year’s Tony Administration Committee, to talk about his latest honor and the other costume design nominees. READ FULL STORY »
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Any bride will tell you how difficult it is to find the perfect wedding dress, but costume designer Aude Bronson-Howard was tasked with finding several gorgeous gowns to outfit Missy (Amanda Seyfried), the bride in The Big Wedding.
“I bought a bunch of [them] and cut them up [to make] one,” explains Bronson-Howard, who deconstructed several copies of a silk gown she scored off the rack at Saks Fifth Avenue and used the fabric to design an original dress with a structured silhouette, floral embellishments and intricate beading. “We basically took [them] apart and put [them] back together.”
And because of all the action that takes place in the big screen comedy, which arrives in theaters today, Bronson-Howard had to make more than one copy of the one-of-a-kind dress. ”Missy ends up in the lake, and you need to shoot that several times. So yeah, there were duplicates. One to stay dry, two to [get wet],” she says. ”It would have been much easier, I suppose, going to a designer and getting a nice dress from them, or me designing it from scratch, but it’s kind of a combo platter.”
Also in the mix: hair accessories, jewelry and shoes that the costume designer says reflect more than just the character’s style. READ FULL STORY »
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Find out how costumes help codify Daenerys, Margaery, Cersei, and more Game of Thrones characters. [Fashionista]
Nike is pulling T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Boston Massacre” — which commemorate the Yankees victory over the Red Sox in 1978 – in the wake of last week’s Boston Marathon bombing. [The Daily Beast]
The Oxygen network will begin airing GIFs during TV shows like Best Ink next month. [Mashable]
See the greatest hits of graphic designer Storm Elvin Thorgerson, who created iconic album artwork for bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Phish. [Flavorwire]
Milliner Philip Treacy, who has designed hats for Sarah Jessica Parker, Lady Gaga, and Kate Middleton says the fascinator trend is over. [Huffington Post]
The Girl Scouts of America have has introduced a new badge for video game design. [Smithsonian]
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Brooks Brothers has released a limited-edition menswear collection based on suiting created for Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, and more of the male actors in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. But unlike most fashion lines “inspired by” movie franchises — after you saw Spring Breakers, did you run out and buy a Spring Breakers bikini? — this one actually makes sense.
Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald was himself a lifelong devotee of the American clothier. The author reported for military duty in a Brooks Brothers-tailored uniform, which he was also wearing when he met his future wife. “He smelled like new goods. Being close to him, my face in the space between his ear and his stiff army collar was like being initiated into the subterranean reserves of a fine fabric store,” Zelda is said to have remembered. READ FULL STORY »
When Lionsgate released the Capitol Portraits for Catching Fire, it became clear that costume designer Trish Summerville (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) had really upped the fashion ante for the second installment in the The Hunger Games trilogy.
Now, a new still from Catching Fire shows District 12 escort Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) wearing a voluminous dress from one of the world’s most recognizable designer labels.
Where did Effie get her stylish ensemble? Click on to find out and see Effie in the hot-off-the-runway look. READ FULL STORY »
