In “a bid to find real-life hipsters” to star in the campaign for his new, lower-priced diffusion line JCDC, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is working with Dazed & Confused in London and Jalouse in Paris to scout for the skinnies. What, no Brooklyn Vegan? [WWD]
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Ikram Goldman, the Chicago boutique owner whose role as Michelle Obama’s wardrobe consultant has made her one of the fashion world’s biggest influencers, is an elusive figure. She doesn’t trot around the fashion circuit and rarely give interviews. But she’s in New York until Sunday, buying pre-collections, and opened up to us a bit at [...]

“We think Michelle Obama would look great in our dresses—or Natalie Portman,” said Inacio Ribeiro of the sleeveless, belted dress in Clements Ribeiro’s Project #3, the latest installment of their series of capsule collections. In other words, they’d be perfect for someone with that great-arms-and-small-waist combo. But the First Lady may have trouble choosing, since [...]

One of the most welcome things, for me, about the Michelle Obama-mania seizing the fashion industry is the fact that for the first time that I can remember, the woman that designers would kill to dress is an actual grown-up, lady-type person. As opposed, I mean, to a sloppy, underpants-optional starlet, or one of those [...]

See all the pictures from last night’s Alice Tully Hall ceremony. Here’s a complete list of the winners:
Board of Directors’ Special Tribute
First Lady Michelle Obama
Womenswear Designer of the Year
Rodarte’s Laura and Kate Mulleavy
Menswear Designer of the Year (tie)
Calvin Klein’s Italo Zucchelli
Band of Outsiders’ Scott Sternberg
Accessory Designer of the Year
Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez
Swarovski [...]

Guests hoping for a Michelle Obama sighting at Monday’s upcoming CFDA Awards will have to satisfy themselves with a look at her number three, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, who’s standing in for MObama’s number two, Desirée Rogers. Bonnie seems nice and all, but wondering what she’s going to wear next week just isn’t doing it for us. [...]

Maria Cornejo is taking her show on the road: She’s setting up a pop-up shop at Brachfeld Gallery in Paris from June 20 through July 11. Having won over Michelle Obama, Cornejo plans to charm the Gauls with “forever dresses” like the Foil model above, as well as a retrospective exhibition featuring highlights of her [...]

They’re on again, they’re off again…they’re on again! Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn are un-separated. Again. [Us Weekly]
Sorry, MObama fashion trackers. The First Lady’s wardrobe details will only be announced on “higher-profile nights,” which means we’ll have to be ever vigilant on our Lanvin sneaker watch. [WWD]
Brit-born and now Brooklyn-based Alexa Chung could be [...]

Michelle Obama wore Azzedine Alaïa to ABT’s Spring Gala last night, where she joined Carolina Herrera, Caroline Kennedy, Blaine Trump, and Renée Zellweger as an honorary chair. When we asked balletgoers about their favorite First Lady fashion moments, only Bryant Gumbel came up blank: “If I did know, it’s probably something I shouldn’t say,” he [...]

Reports that Michelle Obama is single-handedly saving fashion may be exaggerated, but it is true that the lady (ahem, First Lady) has a way of thrusting designers into the spotlight. We’ve all enjoyed watching morning news anchors wrap their tongues around Junya Watanabe, but the new name to know is Jasmin Shokrian. MObama turned up [...]