Hautelinks: Week of 1/28/10
It’s a really long Hautelinks list this week – hope you guys can handle it!
Right after we posted our guide to dressing for sorority recruitment, an “official” guide from a sorority was leaked… with some shocking & ridiculous fashion rules. Read about Pi Phi’s Cornell chapter & their “fashion” rules, like:
— Denim leggings are appropriate as long as it’s done right: aka, not from American Apparel and worn with chic, cool, chunky boots over them and a longer top.
— No satin dresses. No one looks good in satin dresses unless it’s from Betsey Johnson or Dolce & Gabbana, you weigh less than 130 pounds, have three pairs of Spanx on and it’s New Years Eve.
— No Frumpy.
Everyone’s favorite celebrity stylist, Rachel Zoe, gives us her take on wardrobe essentials with her list of 20 (Not So Basic) Basics. Totally agree with her picks!
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have finally launched a website for The Row, with the promise of NYFW coverage and an online shop in the near future! Yay!
Marni collaborated with animator Rohan Wadham for an alien-esque video featuring their Summer 2010 collection. The result? Bizarre creativity and inspiration.
This list of fashion facts is great – bet you didn’t know who originated the idea for buttons on jacket sleeves! Although I think their definition of “vintage” is very different from how we actually use the word.
39th and Broadway is a fabulous resource we just discovered – perfect if you want to work in the fashion industry!
The Purse Blog reported that lead has been found in many women’s handbags – and many of them were from Target, Macy’s, and WalMart – scary!
Ooh, DVF is launching a home line! DVF printed duvet covers? Count me in.
Project White T-Shirt is an awesome idea:
This is not a T-shirt design contest. Rather, Project White T-Shirt aims to transform a plain white T-shirt into something more. The designer can turn the shirt into furniture, equipment, electronics, a bicycle—-anything they want, however they want. They will transform and redefine the definition of the T-shirt as we’ve understood it for so many decades.
People Style Watch did a best-dressed list of celebs at the SAG awards, but the ability to zoom in on each look to see the details makes it even better!
A blogger at The Frisky decided to subtly dress like stereotypical male fantasies (schoolgirl, librarian, etc.) and log the reactions she received from guys. The result is really funny and also kinda strange…
Smashbox did a great interview with “Tay” from the Rachel Zoe Project. Even better, Taylor is blogging now – and we’re obsessed!
Tanya Gold hates fashion. While I don’t agree with the article, it’s good discussion material!
Harper’s Bazaar has a great feature on flattering your figure with belts.
Jezebel posted a Lady GaGa Anime Eyes makeup tutorial. While the makeup and photoshop effects are totally creepy (yet fascinating), the girl’s voice in the video is strangely soothing, haha.
The WSJ predicts the death of the fashion trend.
Even as the fashion press gears up for an orgy of trend-spotting at New York fashion week, which starts Feb. 11, many observers feel Mr. Wolfe is right: We’ve reached the end of the trend as the guiding stricture in fashion. The “must-have” currently being attached to certain styles—The trench coat! The one-shoulder dress! Metallics!—is little more than a marketing pitch. The trench coat has been “in” for the past five years, and will be hot next year, too. Indeed, it’s a safe bet that next month we’ll see every possible length of skirt, width of pant and cut of blouse walk the runways—sometimes all in the same show.
Banana Republic just launched memory foam sandals – who else is curious to test them out?
Refinery29 keeps it classy for Valentine’s Day with 8 adorable & fabulous lace dresses. Such a cute look.
Speaking of Valentine’s Day fashion, Trang Huyen (America’s Most Stylish Blogger winner) shows us another great V-day outfit idea.
50 Ways To Put The Light Back In Your Heart is a fun and inspiring article by Gala Darling. Worth reading no matter what mood you’re in!
Christian Siriano seems to be channeling the now-infamous Alexander McQueen “armadillo” shoes – and the results are *fierce*.
Ah, Jezebel is always amazing. Proof: this article on how Jersey Shore has an interesting subtext about beauty and sexuality, and how that relates to ethnicities. Just in case you need to justify your JS addiction. (“What? It’s educational!”)
As Virginia Heffernan writes in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine, Italian-Americans in the Northeast originally disdained their own accents until movies like “Mean Streets, Saturday Night Fever, Working Girl and, of course, Taxi Driver.” Those representations, she says, led to a “hammy” reclamation of an identity that had been mirrored back to them through Hollywood. These were second and third generation immigrants, who had mostly reached the middle class but maybe didn’t feel wholly a part of the mainstream, who telegraphed their identity through stylized symbols like Italian flags and red sauce that felt potent but no longer limited their social mobility.
You don’t need to like the food to appreciate I Love Hot Dogs, a blog filled with screenshots (HINT: plenty of style inspiration) from old films like Brigitte Bardot’s “Et Dieu Crea La Femme” and Audrey Hepburn’s “Two for the Road.”
AF Vandevorst’s short fashion film of a model eating cake is absolutely delicious. The entire film was five hours and featured five models eating five cakes in real time and debuted at the MOMA – so cool!
Back in November, Gareth Pugh started on a one-of-a-kind garment for SHOWStudio’s online shop. Check out the finished product here – it’s modeled by Raquel Zimmerman, and the video features Lady Gaga.
Kelly Cutrone (you know her from The Hills and The City) has a new book, “If You Have To Cry, Go Outside” out on Feb. 2nd – worth reading if you want to work in fashion. Here’s a review and clip from Kelly’s new show, Kell on Earth.
FutureMe allows you to write your future self a letter – so cool!
Not that most of us are thinking about marriage yet, but the edible wedding dress is amazing and crazy.
John Galliano sent his male models down the runway in… corsets for men?
The Ten Best Dressed Women of the Decade, according to Vogue magazine readers. Cute picks, but I expected to see some more risk takers on the list. What do you think?
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Posted on on January 28, 2010 / Filed Under: Hot Websites / Tags: Hautelinks, Internet, Links
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Angela
Yo that sorority list that leaked wasn’t that outrageous. Sure the brands were a little OTT but seriously? Yeah, those are the rules and ideas behind what we wear. Definitely.
ELLEN
I look into some of them and they are great!!
Since you make a forum about clothes for interview, could you please make an article about what to wear to college orientation as well?
Thanks!
Samantha
I love FutureMe so much.
Jess
I saw the leaked list of what the sorority girls need to wear on Dlisted. I just couldn’t believe some people.No words, no words at all. :/ My mum said if I don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. lol
Tibby
that article about lead in faux-leather handbags scares me. I am like 90% sure all of my bags are some part vinyl. and they’re all manufactured in china. Scary. Looks like I gotta go shopping.
Bryannah
The girl who made the Lady Gaga make-up tutorial is Michelle Phan. =)
AND YES, I agree… her voice is so soothing. (: It’s almost scary even!
xoooxoxoxo
Kammy
I am in a different chapter of Pi Phi and we have no such list or anything like it…. are you sure that it is even real and not some sort of hoax?
Amy
Sororities and sorority girls are ridiculous. This is nothing new.
Barbara
Huge Michelle Phan fan (hehe). She’s amazing, and she actually replied to me once, despite her high traffic on youtube. She’s genius and really sweet.
lisa
… i know you guys are gonna hate me… but i never really understood soroities, it seems to me like the bonding is more about excluting others, and put ruels upon others, but i really want it to make sence. comming from an european country i had never heard about that kind of organisation when i went to the U.S. but all the people seemed to love it, and really thought it was for everyones best.
it seems to me like the kind of organisation that universities in my country would ban… of couse you cannot help the hirakies, the grouping and things at school, but to actually organise it??, i just think i dont get it, i have tried to wiki it, but it still makes no sence, if you could explain it would be nice
Ana
I just wanted to say, I absolutely love these posts, the articles are always so interesting and fabulous!
lalalina
I thought the sorority thing was funny, because I could see the pi phi’s at my Alma mater sending out a similar list. I went through rush but never joined a sorority because of the cost (yes yes I know they have financing options but I didnt’ have the extra $800/semester). While her demands and commentary were out of control, I feel bad about the fall out that girl is facing. So many people called her out by name in the comments section of the post and apparently she was removed from her position. As entertaining as the article is, I feel bad for the girl.
lalalina
Ah super pumped for DVF home decor!!!! All my luggage is by her!
Stevie
Look, call me a terrible person, but for our recruitment process, we have guidelines on what to wear
each round. Everything is dress checked and if the Recruitment VP doesn’t like it, you try again. Granted,
this girl was going overboard by picking out everything you SHOULDN’T wear, but many of her points are valid.
And to those who are snobbing at sorority girls, not all houses are created alike. My house prides itself on being great conversationalists and bringing a unique diversity of girls to the house. It is as unreasonable to stereotype EVERY sorority girl as “ridiculous” as it is to stereotype anyone else for being in an organization. Not all Greek organizations are made alike.
Anonymous
As a member of Cornell Pi Phi, I can tell you 3 things:
a) The email was hilarious to those of us that know her because she has a very dry sense of humor.
b) Most of it was a joke (i.e. the spanx part, the brands mentioned), and the rest of it made sense (i.e. no fuck me pumps, no smokey eye for day time).
c) She was definitely not removed from the position, and we had a very successful rush week.
If you are not a member of the chapter, you have no reason to judge. Period. The girls in this chapter are unbelievably amazing, and the email was just a funny take on the dress code that Panhellenic makes every sorority abide by. It is being blown completely out of proportion.
lalalina
Sorry, my comment about her being removed was based on the commentary I read in the original article. I was clearly misinformed.
Anonymous
No problem lalalina. I’m sure you didn’t make that rumor up. We’ve taken a lot of heat for that email, so I just wanted to clear the air here because I absolutely love this website. (:
Moriah - Vanderbilt
In regards to the whole Pi Phi dress code, I think what the media has not made clear is that these rules were NOT for everyday apparel, but for recruitment week. As a sorority president, I know that is important that my sisters looked polished and put together. Yes, we do select outfits for each day of recruitment, but in my mind it is no different than a sports team or cheerleading squad requiring a particular uniform. Also, I can guarantee you that the recruitment chair never thought that the email would be leaked, and as anonymous mentioned she wrote this with a specific group of people in mind.