FRIDAY FASHION

"The exhibition suggests that black style and hip-hop style are essentially the same. It perpetuates the prevailing sense that an insult to hip-hop and its adherents -- as in Jay-Z's dispute with the producers of Cristal champagne -- is an insult to blacks in general."--Robin Givhan on Black Style Now, an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York through February 19, 2007

"The audience sat in rapt attention. No one giggled. No one."--Robin Givhan critiquing fantasy and fashion

"Fashion doesn't always have to be about empowering women -- that would make for a painfully self-important industry. Helping a woman to look beautiful is just as valid a mission. But if a designer can do both simultaneously, that would seem to be the ultimate accomplishment."--Robin Givhan on new styles for women at Fashion Week

The Sartorialist (Marc Jacobs. 9/11?)

Face Hunter (Vogue. Marc Jacobs. Marc Jacobs. Marc Jacobs.)

Go Fug Yourself via New York

What To Wear This Very Second

BONUS Ban on super-thin models? (Thanks, Gawker!)

BONUS VIDEO Best Dressed Man of 2006?? (Thanks, Gawker!)



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Photo of Samuel Jackson figure at Madame Tussauds New York: David Marc Fischer