Heatherette

By Sadie Apparently Thierry Mugler's doing Beyonce's tour costumes. This could go in one of two directions. [Style.com]Diddy: “I’m only about five minutes late because I was running around and spraying people." We think he's talking about his new "I Am King" fragrance — a monarch's gotta mark his te...

In attendance: Lisa Loeb, Heatherette designer Richie Rich, noted socialite Tinsley Mortimer, drag legend Lady Bunny… And Hello Kitty herself, wearing a gorgeous kimono! On display were all of the items one will be able to purchase at ...

By Sadie Stein Andre Benjamin's clothing line is for the modern fop. "To create a persona for his fashion line, Mr. Benjamin combined his surname with that of Bill Bixby. The character is a world traveler whose wardrobe includes things like a $995 cotton corduroy blazer, a $350 felted waistcoat and a $95 ne...

By Sadie Stein Between expanding his "empire," hosting Mad Men parties, judging Project Runway, and, presumably, tanning, Michael Kors is guesting on Gossip Girl. "I love the clothes, everyone is good-looking, the plot line is a riot," Kors says. "I love the show. They called and said, 'You are very Goss...

By Jennifer PETA crashed a private Alexander McQueen fashion show in New York last night with its signature blood-red paint and hollering protesters. The animal rights group was nicer to New York State's first lady, however, [PETA, NY Daily News]

By Jennifer Ghanian businessman Kwabena Osei Bonsu making handbags from plastic litter he finds strewn throughout Accra. We don't normally endorse "handbag designer" as a profession, but that's kind of cool. I wonder if you could make handbags out of "space junk"? [Independent]Whoah USB port enga...

By Jennifer Another favorite design? Jillian's. Plus, the footage of Jillian watching DVDs of women's wrestling and grunting, hollering and cheering along with it? Amazing. And just like Richie Rich of Heatherette (Rich and co-designer Trevor Raines were last night's guest judges), I love booty s...

By Jennifer Kimora Lee Simmons also has a new fragrance out, called Fabulosity. (Of course.) Says Simmons, "Yes, I'm over the top, and yes, I'm unapologetic, and yes, I have really big diamonds, but I have an equally big heart and an equally big spirit." [WWD, sub req'd]Most exciting of all? Celine Dion h...

By dodai Tila Tequila "is not really bi," says a source. "It's all a sham. She as a boyfriend... MTV works hard to pretend she's single." Wait, you mean there's something fake on MTV? [Page Six] Ex-porn star Jenna Jameson and Heatherette designer Richie Rich are opening a bar in NYC's Chinatown. Expect the...

By Dodai Little Diversity in Fashion: African-Americans Bemoan Their Absence in Industry [WWD] Tyra Hearts Chanel Iman, Heatherette! [Fashionista] Earlier: Death Of The Black Model? Magazines Targeted To Black Women Suffer & Die Crashin' Show: Heatherette

By Amelia Heatherette fun", "surefire", "the models look like wayward brides in a sort of backward couture show", "big red-white-and-blue dose of Americana", "picnic-table print", "Wearable? Sure, a little" -- Meenal Mistry, Style.com

By Dodai The Heatherette fashion show was really more like a party with a parade in the middle. Plus, some of the most interesting outfits were on the guests! Things kicked off with a performance by Lil' Mama and then the models — black girls! a plus-sized girl! fey boys and hunks! kids! a tranny and a p...

By Anna Who: Assorted drag queens (seen at left). What: The Spring/Summer '08 show for Heatherette, the line by former club kids Richie Rich and Traver Rains known for its bright, shredded, bedazzled, fucked-up separates and dresses. Where: NYC's Gotham Hall.

By Jennifer First The Simpsons, now Charlie Brown and friends? Are fashion's latest muses cartoons? Apparently, yes! Isaac Mizrahi, Heatherette, and our favorite "bad mommy", Project Runway's Laura Bennett, are part of a group of designers creating a runway show for New York's Fashion Week insp...

By Anna Even proto-feminist fashion magazine Elle gets in on the doll-action, with a front-of-book feature about cover-girl Jessica Simpson's "Living Doll" style pegged to the magazine's cover story. [Elle] Update: This living dolls thing may be the work of Heatherette, who went wild with th...