There’s one Oscar outfit, at least, that’s already in the bag: host James Franco’s. The Best Actor nominee—and face of Gucci fragrance—will be wearing the label. Your sneak peek at one of his custom made-to-measure suits, at left. [Gucci]It’s been a bad day for John Galliano: The Dior designer was arrested and suspended from his [...]

With a roster including Terence Koh, Dan Colen, Bruce LaBruce, and the late Dash Snow, the Peres Projects gallery is familiar with fame that extends beyond the art world’s stratosphere. But its latest get is an even rarer sort of art star: a household name (and soon to be Academy Awards host). That name, [...]

Designers design. Photographers photograph. Models model. That much—in broad strokes, at least—is clear. But what about the artists, technicians, and industry insiders, often unpublicized and underappreciated, who help to get clothes and accessories made and shown? Call them Behind-the-Scenesters: people who shape our experience of fashion but never take a bow on the catwalk or [...]

The rumors are true: This year’s Oscar co-hosts are Bright Young Things™ Anne Hathaway and James Franco. (Both, incidentally, looking good in the early running for major awards.) Franco could do worse than the Tom Ford tuxes last year’s co-hosts, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, donned for the occasion. (He’d do well to bring both [...]

If you hadn’t heard of Candy magazine, Luis Venegas’ salute to “transversal” style, its recent cover with James Franco in full drag likely put it on your radar. For that one, Venegas admitted, “I have to give all the credit to Terry Richardson and his team.” But Venegas’ other collaborators are no less distinguished: Bruce [...]

And the latest feather in the James Franco cap is (drum roll, please) the “Leading Man of the Year” title from GQ. We are fairly sure he is the first graduate student/author/actor/scenester to be so honored. [GQ]Odds are, you’ve retweeted her, corresponded with her, #FF’ed her—and here she is: Fashionista’s street-style photogs caught up with [...]

Hospital-room art, such as it is, tends to be of the “Hang in There” cute-kitty poster variety. And according to the New York-based nonprofit RxArt, there’s not too much that’s comforting about that. The organization’s stated mission is to place contemporary art in patient, procedure, and examination rooms to inspire patients and promote healing. Over [...]

Kalup Linzy, the (male) performance artist and collaborator du jour (he’s performed at Proenza Schouler’s Pitti show and rocked out with pal James Franco) is no stranger to a dress—he’s slipped on more than a few for the soap opera videos that he exhibits at venues like MoMA’s PS1. At a party a few months [...]

James Franco does drag on the cover of Candy, “the world’s first transversal style magazine.” Terry Richardson shot the cover (pictured) and the images inside because, really, who else would you expect to do it? It will cost $55 when it arrives at Opening Ceremony. [Opening Ceremony]In further not-that-surprising news: on Gossip Girl, accessorizing a [...]

If there’s one thing that doesn’t put butts in the seats, it’s—for better or worse—American poetry. But if there’s one thing that does, it just might be James Franco, the increasingly multimedia star (General Hospital, anyone?) who stars as the late poet Allen Ginsberg in Howl, opening in theaters today. (That’s Franco in character, [...]