Fashion news: Ken poses in Burberry, Megan Fox gets married in Armani Privé, LiLo’s leggings line could get a lift
After Ken made Toy Story 3, Esquire UK decided to celebrate the plastic hunk, who is oft forgotten in the shadow of his lover Barbie. He looks very handsome in Burberry Prorsum, Gucci, Paul Smith and Prada. [Racked]
Breaking: Having your name in the news all the time, even in a negative light, can help you sell stuff. A retail analyst suggests that Lindsay Lohan‘s prison sentence could help with sales of her 6126 leggings line. [WWD]
Zoe Saldana will be the new, erm, face of Calvin Klein underwear. [Racked]
For her performance at the World Cup closing ceremonies, Shakira will wear a dress custom designed by Roberto Cavalli. Expect a multicoloured beading, a fringed skirt, floral accents and African-style beading on the denim skirt. Too much? Nah. [Vogue UK]
Megan Fox wore an Armani Privé gown for her beach wedding to Brian Austin Green. [The Cut]
Couture according to New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn: “Unless you have been catching up on Gossip Girl reruns, national deficits and unemployment do not correlate with a couture dress that costs as much as a Harvard education. Couture is slipping off people’s radars faster than a U.F.O.” But fear not: “For as long as haute couture lasts, it will prove its worth by doing things that can’t be done anywhere else, and by opening dead eyes.” [NY Times]
Purple mag editor Olivier Zahm‘s expected Carine Roitfeld bio has been postponed due to a lack of actual words. Maybe he’s sad that Christophe Lemaire called his fashion pages “a joke.” Publisher Rizzoli is now soliciting questions for Roitfeld from fashion bloggers. [Hintmag, The Cut]
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