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Monday, December 22, 2008

Jourdan Dunn isa well grounded model.. Macy's, H& M open 24 hours..French Vogue needs you

DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES:

In an effort to entice shoppers, Toys R' Us, Macy's and H&M have announced that they will be open all hours. Let us know who pops in at 3a.m. besides people like Camilla Joseph.

Saying she hates crowds, the 37-year-old Ms. Joseph was thrilled to be able to finish her shopping when no one was around. Surrounded by packages filled with a dollhouse, videogames and a robot, she sprawled on the floor next to a cash register. "Could you imagine being able to do this during the day?" said Ms. Joseph, who by day is a manager at Starbucks. (WSJ)

BILL BLASS IS STILL CIRCULATING AS DIRECTOR DEPARTS:

Mr. Gurung, who joined Bill Blass from Cynthia Rowley in 2003, was among the 20-something employees let go Friday as the label prepares to shutter its couture line.“It’s disappointing,” Mr. Gurung said in an interview Friday afternoon. “It’s really an end of an era. (The brand) Bill Blass was around for almost 40 years — fashion in America has really lost a great part of its history.”

While the line has disappeared from the e-commerce sites of retailers Bergdorf Goodman, Lord & Taylor, NeimanMarcus, and Saks FifthAvenue, associates at both Bergdorf and Saks have confirmed that the collection is still available on the floors in their department stores. The line seems to have earned increased visibility in their final resort season as starlets like Eva Mendes have been wearing the gowns to red carpets events.

GIVE US YOUR OLD, YOUR CHIC, YOUR ISSUES, YOUR FRENCH VOGUE:

FRENCH Vogue wants your old issues — the ones that have been gathering dust on a some shelf like bottles of Bordeaux — and preferably in a vintage older than 1975. What do you get in return? We don't know. (NYT)

JOURDAN DUNN FEELS THE STING OF BEING CALLED SKINNY GIRL:

Famously scouted by Storm Models in Primark when she was just 14, native Londoner Dunn remains refreshingly down-to-earth despite her near-instant rise to fashion fame - and admits that it still stings when her siblings call her "skinny girl" as the ultimate insult during arguments.

"My issue when I was growing up was always my weight," she tells The Observer. "I would see Beyoncé or J-Lo in music videos and I would ask, 'Why can't I be like them?' They have a curviness, a sexiness. Coming from a black [Jamaican] community, curves are celebrated and being the skinny black girl when I was growing up was hard." (Vogue UK)

THE WORST DRESSED PEOPLE OF 2008?:

Did you imagine you would see the Editor of Vogue on the worst dressed list? Well she is, Anna Wintour makes the list in her silver outfit at the Met Costume Ball. It did say Costume! Are we missing the point..Daily News? (NYDN)



NO ARRESTS YET IN HILTON ROBBERY:

No arrests have been made yet in the Paris Hilton Robbery case. It's so hard not to be cynical and wonder if this is just a publicity stunt. (YAHOO)

"FACE OF ASIA MODEL JUMPS TO HER DEATH:

Sahar Daftary, 24, jumped from the 12th floor (150 ft) of a building in Salford Quays, Manchester, over the weekend. She had recently split from married property developer boyfriend. (Daily Mail UK)

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