Fashion Week Observed

Julie Ragolia and Carlos Campos at his autumn 2011 presentation.

Stylist and Fashion Consultant Julie Ragolia Goes Giddy for Barney’s and Hates on Bloggers

 

 

Julie Ragolia has seen more stars in their skivvies than you could dream of! After sinking her teeth at MTV and a slew of glossies eons ago, she moved up the nasty and competitive ladder of fashion editorial… These days, she serves as the fashion editor of 7th Man Magazine and styles mega-stars, such as Rihanna and Sean Combs. Despite his Napoleon complex, street photo Scott Schuman even made her the cover girl of his treasured tome, The SatorialistThe Observer tried to find out if she gets to sleep with any celebs and what exactly stylists do aside from playing with clothes and acting bitchy in the Prada showroom… Read More

Fashion Roundup: Carla Bruni Documentary Coming Soon; The Sartorialist Shops American Apparel; Thakoon for Target Reviewed

A new documentary about Carla Bruni, which includes footage of the beginning of the ex-model’s relationship with the then-still-married President Sarkozy, will premiere in France on New Years Day. [Telegraph via Style.com]

High-end LA boutique Tracey Ross, which carried lines like Derek Lam and Thakoon, has shut down. [P6]

Spotted: Scott Read More

Oh, Lowly Blogger? Your Seat’s in the Back

For two years, Kelly Cutrone, the brash headmistress of public-relations firm People’s Revolution and frequent guest star on MTV’s The Hills, has banned Julie Fredrickson, editor in chief of Coutorture.com, from her fashion shows. In a well-publicized incident that was covered from MSNBC to MediaBistro.com, Ms. Fredrickson said she quietly asked Vogue editor in chief Read More

The Heir to Bill Cunningham?

When Scott Schuman, the amateur photographer who runs the fashion blog The Sartorialist, first attempted to take a photograph of Carine Roitfeld, editor in chief of French Vogue and mom to New York “It” fille Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, at the spring 2007 Burberry show in Milan, she had no idea who he was. “I was trying Read More