Fashion news: Daphne Guinness on the Isabella Blow squabbles, Hamish Bowles on vintage regrets, and more

“I think there’s something so much more beautiful and soaring and poetic to the story of Issie’s life. If we could just get above this squabbling,” said Daphne Guinness, as the battle of the Isabella Blow biographies wages on. [Daily Beast]

A retrospective of the work of Cristobal Balenciaga will be opening in New York. Called “Balenciaga: Spanish Master” was curated by Hamish Bowles and includes designs from both archives and private collectors. [NYT]

“Oh yes, endless––I lie awake at night,” said vintage clothing collector Hamish Bowles when asked about vintage pieces he regrets not buying. “There are always regrets, but there is always another dress.” [Nowness]

Christian Louboutin has been training in trapeze for 20 years. “There’s something about moving through space, being lifted through the air,” Louboutin told the Financial Times. [Vogue UK]

Wilhelmina Models is suing mad: the modelling agency has filed a suit against Next Management alleging that Next poached three of their models. [Huffington Post]

Emma Watson says her short haircut was inspired by Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby and Jean Seberg in Breathless, but was especially modelled after her mom’s cropped ‘do. “I’m still getting used to it, but I feel like I have ownership over it,” she told WWD. “Because I kind of felt my hair was half me, half Hermione, and with this, I can obviously completely disassociate myself from that role.” [WWD]

Refinery 29 does another of their famous flow charts. This time they tell you how to become a star style blogger. (Hint: Get a cage skirt and a signature pose.) [Refinery 29]

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