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May 21, 2010 5:31 PM

Last night WWD caught up with up-and-coming British chanteuse VV Brown before she took the stage at Express' 30th anniversary bash, co-hosted by Vogue and held at Eyebeam Studios in Chelsea.

Brown, who's slated to tour with P!nk in Europe this summer, was featured in WWD back in October. Since then, the 26-year-old's penchant for vintage threads (she has her own vintage e-tail site vvvintage.com), teased hair, and lots of sparkles and feathers hasn't waned. Here, in Brown's own words:

WWD: You're wearing bright green lipstick tonight. What's that about?
VV Brown: I really feel like 2011 is the year when people are going to become more eccentric with their makeup, like David Bowie. I think the way that music is going and culture is going is much more eccentric.

WWD: Do you think that has anything to do with Lady Gaga?
VVB: I don't know. I'm from Europe, where people dress like that all the time. We're used to very extravagant clothes.

Continue reading Chatting with Singer VV Brown.

May 18, 2010 5:10 PM

Eye, Media

Rachel Hovnanian: Toying Around

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

"No Prenup" by Rachel Hovnanian

Rachel Hovnanian may have used dolls and doll house furnishings to create tableaus for her latest photo exhibit, but the 24 white-washed images that make up "Too Good To Be True," opening May 26 at Colette Blanchard Gallery on the Lower East Side, aren't exactly kid friendly.

In one, cheekily titled "The Collector," a man reclines with a cocktail while a woman--clad in a beauty pageant sash and crown--stands stiffly before him. "This one is about what happens when you become a trophy wife, how you just become an object," explains Hovnanian. Another, called "No Prenup", features a young female sitting on a bed, engulfed by piles of shopping bags from every luxury label imaginable--Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Versace--as a noticeably older male looks on. "The shopping precludes these people from having an intimate relationship," she says.

Continue reading Rachel Hovnanian: Toying Around.

April 1, 2010 3:13 PM

Eye, Fashion

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Blue Jean Baby

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

Maggie Gyllenhaal
photo courtesy of Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic

The Darker Side of Green Climate Change debate, held Tuesday night at Manhattan's Skylight West, may sound like a buttoned-down affair, but attendees like Emmy Rossum and Kyra Sedgwick left their tie-dye T-shirts and Nalgene bottles at home in favor of slinky cocktail dresses and sleek clutches more worthy of a Hollywood premiere.

But Maggie Gyllenhaal, who was clad in a Marni blouse and pair of blue jeans, seemed refreshingly relaxed. After all, how long has it been since a real star walked the carpet in jeans?

Continue reading Maggie Gyllenhaal: Blue Jean Baby.

August 12, 2009 5:15 PM

Eye

Debi Mazar's Woodstock

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

Debi Mazar
photo by Steve Eichner

As part of WWD's special coverage of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, we polled a slew of boldfacers about what Woodstock means to them. One of the most interesting contributions -- from "Entourage" actress Debi Mazar -- came in after our deadline, so we've included it here.

Continue reading Debi Mazar's Woodstock.

August 6, 2009 6:30 PM

Eye

Nina Dobrev, Entourage Look-Alike

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

Nina Dobrev
photo by Thomas Iannaccone

When I interviewed Nina Dobrev, star of the upcoming CW show "The Vampire Diaries," over coffee at Double Crown, I couldn't get over how much she looked like "Entourage" actress Emmanuelle Chriqui.

Continue reading Nina Dobrev, Entourage Look-Alike.

August 3, 2009 7:45 PM

Fashion

End of the Row

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

Those hoping to score a discounted T-shirt from The Row at this weekend's Super Saturday sale had better have been early early birds. The label, whose creators Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were inducted into the CFDA just last week, completely sold out of its merchandise-save for a lone black dress-an hour and a half into the day-long event. (Most other vendors, meanwhile, still had goods in stock when the event wound down at 5:30.)

So what was all the fuss about? Well, the brand's signature t-shirts were marked down to $75 (from $250); cardigans were discounted to $100 (from $690); and pants slashed to $150 (from $750).

Continue reading End of the Row.

July 27, 2009 5:31 PM

Eye, Media

Woodstock Redux

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

The cover of the invitation. COURTESY PHOTO

Oh, those clever "Taking Woodstock" publicists. Enclosed in the invitations for Wednesday night's Gilt Groupe and Quintessentially-sponsored premiere of the 1960s-themed flick is a single rolling paper and a plastic baggie filled with what looks like pot.

Continue reading Woodstock Redux.

July 15, 2009 11:55 AM

Eye

Nacho Figueras, Gossip Guy

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

Nacho Figueras
photo by Steve Eichner

When "Gossip Girl" returns this fall on the CW Network, Serena and company will be sharing the screen with a real-life member of the Manhattan social swirl -- Nacho Figueras.

Figueras, who spends his days playing polo for the Black Watch team and posing for Ralph Lauren's Polo Fragrances, will appear on the season premiere, which airs Sept. 14.

I caught up with the hunky Argentine to gossip about the gig (his first TV role), which he filmed this month.

Continue reading Nacho Figueras, Gossip Guy.

June 17, 2009 6:02 PM

Fashion, Media

See, Then Buy

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

Alexa Chung's wardrobe is now just a double-click away. After each daily broadcast of the Brit "It" girl's new MTV chat fest, "It's On With Alexa Chung," producers will post links on mtv.com to e-tailers where viewers can purchase the hostess' on-camera ensemble.

When I interviewed Chung back in May, the Brit hadn't yet decided what she would wear for her show's first episode, which aired on Monday. What Chung ultimately selected -- an oversize button-down from Kova & T, Les Chiffoniers black leggings and studded gladiators -- is now itemized on the show's Web site.

Well, almost all of it is: The Snuggie Chung donned during a segment with Jack Black is missing.

Above: Alexa Chung and Soulja Boy on the premiere of "It's on With Alexa Chung."
COURTESY PHOTO

June 11, 2009 6:13 PM

Eye

A Drink and a Dance at The Jane Hotel

By Amanda Fitzsimons- Eye Reporter

The Jane Hotel, the West Village's answer to the 'pod-hotel' craze, opened the doors to its ground-floor lounge this week.

Called the "Ballroom," the cavernous space offers cocktails from 6 p.m. on for hotel guests as well as the public. Carlos Quirarte and Matt Kleigman, the people behind NoHo hotspot The Smile, will oversee the operation.

Continue reading A Drink and a Dance at The Jane Hotel.

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