Fashion - Part 4

Kanye's Air Yeezy: Like Glow Sticks For Your Feet

Posted 4/24/08 11:15 am EST by MTV News in Fashion, Music

In case you haven't taken a look at this yet, here's Kanye's latest foray into the world of fashion: his very own Nike Air Yeezy. Oh yes.

While Nike has previously collaborated with artists ranging from Dinosaur Jr to Nelly and Pharrell, this is the first time an artist has had their very own Nike model. The trainers (like the Brits say it!) appear to be inspired by the Air Jordan III, Bapesta Roadsta, and the Ato Matsumoto cow hide boots.

Oh, and they also glow in the dark. Get it??

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For The Record: Paris, Guitar Hero, "Gossip Girl," And More

Posted 4/9/08 11:23 am EST by MTV News in Fashion, For The Record, Music, Paris Hilton, Television

·Paris Hilton’s blogging about her romance with Benji Madden. “Mood = loved.”

·“Project Runway”’s crazy Lifetime logic revealed!

·Charlie Daniels (“The Devil Went Down to Georgia”) is pissed his song is in “Guitar Hero III,” and thinks the game is evil.

·Cobra Starship’s Gabe Saporta apologized to fans for “doing a sh---y job singing” on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.”

·Controversy strikes the set of “Gossip Girl.”

Tags babyshambles, cobra-starship, Gossip Girl, Guitar-Hero, Paris Hilton, Pete-Doherty, Project Runway

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"Project Runway" Heads to Lifetime, Jim Not Amused

Posted 4/8/08 3:22 pm EST by MTV News in Fashion, Project Runway

What, haven't you heard? "Project Runway" is defecting from Bravo to Lifetime. That's right: The most awesomest ode to the meaning of fashion ever (with the exception of "ANTM," obvs) is moving, by choice, from the gay channel to...the soccer-mom channel. And boy was our "PR" expert Jim Cantiello not entirely pleased about the news. From Jim:

My thoughts?

Weird. Obviously Lifetime is hoping to add some cache to their network. (I guess they finally grew tired of showing old TV movies where Melissa Joan Hart got beat up by Fred Savage. [Ed: Oh, snaaap!]) But instead of "Runway" elevating Lifetime's hip factor, it looks like Lifetime is bringing "Runway" down to their level. [Ed: Oh no, you diiiidn't!] The same (awesome) production company, Magical Elves, is going to deliver the show, so I can't imagine the network switch affecting how the show will look, feel, etc., but it will definitely be a weird dynamic to see ads for "Mother May I Sleep With Danger" during commercial breaks, instead of the usual glitzy Bravo promos for "Top Something or Other" or "Fame-Hungry Rich Middle-Aged Disasters."

But who knows? If Martha Stewart can make a K-Mart line work, maybe Lifetime can make "Runway" ferosh. (For an especially hilarious Lifetime/"Runway" prediction, check out Opalescent's take on the story.)

The other scary news that was released is that Bravo is kicking off the NEXT "Ruwnay" season in July. And then Lifetime will begin airing the FOLLOWING season in November. That means by the end of 2008, we will have had three different seasons of "Project Runway" on the air. As Tim Gunn would say, "That's a lot of look." Part of the genius of "Project Runway" (and "American Idol") is that they haven't over saturated the market, "Deal Or No Deal"-style. By the time it debuts on Lifetime in November, will we be ready for a new cast? Unlikely.

But then there's the opposite extreme. With the show now hung up in legal hell, that could mean a very, very long "Runway" hiatus. Eek!

My friends at Blogging Project Runway had a poll, and 45% of "Runway" fans said the Lifetime switch is a "Tranny Hot Mess." I'm bummed to say that I agree.

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CBGB Becomes Punk’s Answer to Bloomingdale’s

Posted 4/7/08 2:52 pm EST by MTV News in Behind The Scenes, Fashion, NYC

For punk-rock pilgrims headed to 315 Bowery, until recently the site of CBGB and the mecca of all things safety-pin and duct-tape, there’s a real shock in store. When I toured the space's reincarnation, I wasn’t fully prepared to see the former puke-and-piss palace converted into…a high-end clothing store.

Designer John Varvatos has leased the space and transformed it into his latest L.A. rocker-chic-friendly boutique. And while Varvatos has succeeded in keeping several of the club’s original elements intact, the space looks – and smells – starkly different from when I was last there, stepping on the carcasses of decades-dead mice drudged up during the move. Varvatos and his people have somehow managed to scour and scrub the dirtiest place in Manhattan – and transform it into a space that, I’ve got to admit, still manages to honor the memory of its former tenants. To his credit, Varvatos didn’t touch what remnants of CBGB were left behind before he moved in – whole sections of wall covered with rock fliers and graffiti remain, almost as headstones to the lore of this musical landmark, and even the crackled paint that covered the club’s walls wasn’t stripped away.

More after the jump.