News-wise, the Duchess of Cambridge made it onto Vanity Fair’s annual International Best Dressed List, even though she wore a hat shaped like a potato chip to Zara Phillips’ wedding. Had there been one extra space, we’re sure it would have gone to Sofia Coppola. She’s planning to wed Thomas Mars at the end of the month—wearing custom Azzedine Alaïa.
We were pretty excited to learn that J.Crew will open web sales to UK-based shoppers at the end of August. The US high-street fashion brand is producing a presentation at NYFW, another first.
We contemplated dip-dying our hair for about the fiftieth time this summer after spotting Kate Bosworth's new 'do, then switched our beauty lust to nails during this video of Sharmadean Reid creating some fetching nail art.
In other news, Louis Vuitton produced a limited-edition run of honey from bees kept on its roof. Chanel averted a smash-and-grab raid at a London store. Alexa Chung’s representative confirmed the presenter’s split from Alex Turner, before Chung headed to New York in some stomping brogues. And we got really into the red trend, in jeans and beyond.
Finally, which fashion-inspired baby name do you think rumoured-to-be-pregnant Naomi Campbell should choose for her possible child? Are you feeling Chenille?




