Before & After: take out the shiney fabric and coordinated missing-torso top and not much has changed!

Fashion is the ultimate expression of history repeating itself. As such you’d be heard-pressed to find a fashion show review that doesn’t include a reference to a 20th century decade that the writer believes inspired the collection. In commenting on the current return-to-’80s fashion craze to New York magazine, Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan probably deeply hurt MC hammer when she stated emphatically, “I don’t think the world needs MC Hammer pants ever, ever again.” Ever! And by the way, she aint so high on acid-wash either. I’m with you Robin. Hammer pants should have died with harems; all that extra fabric just make no damn sense. If I want ill-fitting bottoms, I’ll buy a pair of pantyhose one size to small, thanks very much!

Here’s look at our beloved  Bijules creations put through music by Lucky dragons and Directed by Chrytal Mosell

Creative Recreation is looking for a fan to create a commercial or video for their line of shoes. The want to know what the brand means to you and sum it up in under 2 minutes. You can either produce an entire commercial or just a pitch of your idea for one.  The winner will receive six months worth of free shoes…that’s one pair per month. Last day to get in your submissions is April 27th and you can check out Gotcast.com to get more info.

A little peak at what Beyonce has going on in Vogue Italia. I love the old school, retro theme. Very sexy…not that we would expect anything else from the queen Bee.

A little bit more after the jump.

Adidas Y-3  for Spring /Summer 2009 showcases their trademark apparel through the perspective of surveillance cameras. Highlighting the high performance , high  fashion appeal of the collaborative label. Filmed by Darren Lew with the creative direction of Doug Lloyd.

Enjoy!

I have to preface this by saying that:  I really,  really love Garance Doré’s work !!!  She looks at fashion from a very interesting and  relatable  place. Showcasing well dressed women of very different style tendencies. One of her recent features is the focus on a neon- like lemon color , exquisitely illustrated by (l-r) Joanna, Susie of stylebubble.com, and Lauren. Proving that with color and anything else  it’s all about how you rock it.

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Some of you may have heard that Chanel’s King Karl has snapped himself up a yummy little brick colonial in a sleepy town in Vermont.  He has been a busy little bee both redecorating and shooting Chanel’s latest ad campaign (shown above) in his country hideout and while the entire town is a buzz, Karl had this to say; “I love this house, it is so Emily Dickinson.” Both were courageous, intelligent, loud mouthed chicks but do Coco and Emily have anything fashion wise in common? I guess we’ll find out.

Dsquared² has teamed up with Britney Spears to design the costumes for her latest world tour. There is a lot of talk about how over the top her new show is going to be and for me personally I could care less about the dance moves. A show isn’t a show unless you could put it on mute and still enjoy it for the fashion entertainment value alone. I’m a huge fan of  Dsquared² and judging from the sketches they did not disappoint. Working with a circus theme, the boys kicked it up a notch with a futuristic vibe as well as bondage like touches. Dean and Dan Caten, the siblings behind the genius of Dsquared² had this to say;   “We wanted to create something much more provoking and indecent…something animalistic and primal,We are confident that this tour partnership, an autobiographical tribute for one who has always been in the spotlight: scrutinized, watched, imitated, photographed, criticized and loved, will be an enormous success.” -DSQUARED²  Looks like they nailed it to me.

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The Fader Magazine, releases its 60th issue, steamrolling into Spring 2009 with an exploration of the give and take between music and style through the most vibrant and relevant musicians, designers, scenes and looks.

The ‘Spring Style Spectacular’ celebrates its cover stars, Bat For Lashes and Beirut, as two of the industry’s most innovative and visionary artists. Also inside is The Fader’s first style editorial: a profile of menswear designer Patrik Ervell; a fashion spread shot in the Dominican Republic, where contributing style editor Mobolaji Dawodu and award-winning photojournalist Peter Van Agtmael plucked locals off the street to model the latest fashions; and a photo essay featuring Banda Jimenez, the Oaxacan ensemble backing Beirut’s latest EP, March of the Zapotec.

Available on Newsstands and i-tunes.

Just want to take a moment to make sure Snobette readers are getting their daily dose of LOL’s, OMG’s, & WTF’s over at my favorite new blog, I Bang The Worst Dudes, Sorry Mom. The laugh-riot sexcapade slam book that chronicles ridiculous misadventures in hooking-up.

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