Link Love: Fashion's Richest Dead Celebrity, Walken's "Poker Face" and more...
02 November 2009
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Bringing in an estimated $350 million in 2009, Yves Saint Laurent can add the distinction of world’s top-earning dead celebrity to his lengthy list of accolades.
The use of blackface in a recent French Vogue editorial spread featuring Lara Stone stirs controversy. Via Bare.
This has nothing to do with fashion, but we can’t resist mentioning Christopher Walken’s dramatic reading of Lady Gaga’s "Poker Face." Via Jezebel.
Speaking of Lady Gaga, the singer will receive the Stylemaker Award from Marc Jacobs at tonight’s 13th annual Accessories Council Excellence Awards. See, sometimes it pays to over-accessorize. Via WWD.
Style Bubble gives top props to the arresting spring summer 2010 collection from Tour de Force.
StyleList has the scoop on how those killer heels may actually be hazardous to your health – and not in the way you might think. Instead of being maligned for causing the foot or leg problems you might expect, shoes are being targeted for tracking dirt, germs and toxins into homes.
As Net-a-Porter adds videos of models showcasing the clothing it sells to its shopping pages, Fashionista wonders if the popular shopping site’s new move is enough to make more shoppers click and buy – and why none of the models have heads.
The promise of trying on Christina Hendricks’ glammed up ‘do prompted us to visit InStyle.com’s virtual makeover feature, and we ended up finding another addictive time-waster of a tool to play with. Try it, but only if you have plenty of free minutes to kill.