Your morning fashion and beauty report: ‘Mad Men’ beauty, Marc Jacobs launches Bang, Wal-Mart plus underwear plus scanners equals controversy
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-- OK, imagine this scenario: villainous -- well, villains -- use a combo of sophisticated electronics to know who you are and track your every move via a scannable radio tag attached to your underwear. And the evil genius behind it all is Wal-Mart. Yep, a bit of a kerfuffle is going on pitting privacy advocates against the world’s largest retailer, which is converting to an inventory tracking system that can help store clerks locate individual articles of clothing when they are stocking shelves by attaching scannable labels to said articles (now they search for whole pallets of clothes, which isn’t as precise when you’re trying to find out, say, which size of jeans is missing from a shelf). But privacy advocates are raising a whole list of ‘what ifs.’ [Wall Street Journal]-- Marc Jacobs launched Bang, his latest fragrance, with a big party in London Thursday night and it rocked. [WWD]
-- Master hat maker Lorenzo Borghi works alone in his shop, handcrafting headgear fit for a queen-- literally, Queen Elizabeth II is one of his customers. He laments the ‘death’ of the industry. [Wall Street Journal] (We hope he’ll read All the Rage and be cheered to learn about young up-and-comers like Los Angeles’ Bijou Van Ness, designed by Rehn Dudukgian, whom we met here a few weeks ago.)
-- A private memorial service is scheduled for the late designer Alexander McQueen on Sept. 20, during London Fashion Week. [WWD] (Subscription required.)
-- Compare what West Coasters wore to last weekend’s gala opening of the Pasadena Museum of California Art’s fourth biennial to what folks on the other coast wore to Miami’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2011 events. Um, I think the West Coast wins, folks. [WWD] (And the biennial is a winner too according to our Fashion Critic Booth Moore.) [LAT]
-- Vintage bags from her own closet inspired Kate Moss’ fall collection for Longchamp, her second for the French brand. [People]
-- From lipsticks to bouffant hair styles, the ladies of ‘Mad Men’ can teach us a thing or two about ultra feminine beauty. [BellaSugar]
-- Plus-size (size 10 to be exact) model Crystal Renn used to be larger than she is now, but she’s also been anorexic. She wants young women to know they don’t have to be thin to be beautiful, and she’s upset that some photos have surfaced of her from the anorexic days. They send the wrong message, she says. [People]
-- Halle Berry has been cast in a new comedy film that should be right up our alley, ‘Shoe Addicts Anonymous.’ [WWD]
-- And speaking of shoes, a great look for summer feet is hot neon sandals. [FabSugar]
-- Oakley has collaborated with graphic artist Jeff Staple on a six-piece collection of truly covetable sunglasses. [T Magazine]
-- Susan Denley
