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Alexander Wang Takes His Spring 2010 After Party to a Gas Station
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Alexander Wang Takes His Spring 2010 After Party to a Gas Station

>> Alexander Wang may have changed up his collection's look for Spring 2010, but he's not about to lose his street cred.
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>> Alexander Wang may have changed up his collection's look for Spring 2010, but he's not about to lose his street cred.  He partnered with Katie Grand and LOVE, rented out a Mobil gas station last night, and brought a crowd — which included Trish Goff, Daphne Guinness, L'Wren Scott, Erin Wasson, Vanessa Traina, plus fellow designers Esteban Cortazar and Gareth Pugh.

Despite the fact that the station's gas tanks were drained yesterday afternoon and the venue drenched with nonflammable suds, cigarettes were verboten; nicotine-dependent guests were constantly reminded with "Please stop smoking!" announcements. To take their minds off those forbidden cigarette, there were performances by both Courtney Love, who told the audience she received (ironically) a carton of cigarettes and a pair of shoes to play, and Santigold; plus guests had a free run of anything in the station's convenience store: Bee Shaffer took advantage of the candy aisle.

Alexander, for his part, seemed to be enjoying himself — he chatted up Lily Donaldson and Frankie Rayder, got down with Hanne Gaby Odiele (below), and jumped onstage and into Courtney Love's arms during her performance.

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Get Anna Wintour's Daughter Bee Shaffer's Perfect September Issue Premiere Smoky Eye
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Get Bee Shaffer's Perfect September Issue Smoky Eye

Bee Shaffer definitely got the style gene from her mother, the infamous Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
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Bee Shaffer definitely got the style gene from her mother, the infamous Vogue editor Anna Wintour. At the premiere of The September Issue, her pitch-perfect hair and makeup were accentuated by her subtle, sexy smoky eye.

The secret to this sophisticated look is the unconventional shades used. Instead of black and gray, slightly glittery green liner close to the lash rim makes her eyes pop, while a dusty lilac eyeshadow layered over a fawn base creates depth and drama. It's softer than a traditional smoky eye but has just as much impact. Check out some of the liners and shadow below to re-create to look for yourself.

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The September Issue Premiere: All About Anna Wintour
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The September Issue Premiere: All About Anna Wintour

>> Last night, Anna Wintour hosted a premiere of The September Issue (which opens Aug.
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>> Last night, Anna Wintour hosted a premiere of The September Issue (which opens Aug. 28 in NYC, Sept. 11 nationwide), and no one dared be late.  Arrivals were scheduled to start at 7 pm, but Anna appeared and was joined (despite all the digs about her appearance she receives in the film) by September 2007 cover girl Sienna Miller promptly at 6:45 pm.  Even Sean Combs and entourage, when realizing they were late, "sprinted across the lobby," the New York Observer reports.

Despite the general consensus that the film's true star is Grace Coddington, last night was all about Anna.  Grace and Andre Leon Talley both avoided being photographed on the red carpet, and it appears that Vogue staffers were required to wear t-shirts for Fashion's Night Out (Anna's pro-shopping pet project) to the event.  Grace did comment on her portrayal in the film, however:

I hate to say it, but true to life! A very annoying person. But it’s not really bickering. It’s a process you have to go through for the job we do and it just makes everything stronger. Whatever gets through is then very valid and very strong. I think they focused on me in the movie because I’m a bit more outspoken and because I don’t care about the cameras, I’ll say whatever I want to say and I won’t hold back.

Bee Shaffer, who attended in Proenza Schouler and reminded her mother to put on her sunglasses while on the red carpet (which Anna duly did), thought her own scene in the film was "so embarassing":

It’s funny because that was two years ago and I wanted to go to law school then and that’s basically all I’m talking about and now I don’t want to go to law school at all so . . . [I] still don’t want to work in fashion, that was never a possibility. Now I’d like to work in theater.

Marc Jacobs, who was apparently speaking with a French accent, had his own Anna tribute to share. "She’s a risk-taker unafraid of taking chances. She doesn’t suck up,” he said. “And she’s been very good to me on a personal level as well. When I was having some personal problems, Anna was always there for me. She’s very maternal and caring to people she cares about."

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>> INSIDER WIRE —Back in 2007 during the filming of The September Issue, Bee Shaffer said the fashion industry was just not for her and that she was thinking about law school instead, but fast forward to a post-grad trip to Venice and her plans have changed: "Right now I am looking for a job, but I also want to study acting."  Apparently, she's thinking David Mamet's Atlantic Theatre Company.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —Back in 2007 during the filming of The September Issue, Bee Shaffer said the fashion industry was just not for her and that she was thinking about law school instead, but fast forward to a post-grad trip to Venice and her plans have changed: "Right now I am looking for a job, but I also want to study acting."  Apparently, she's thinking David Mamet's Atlantic Theatre Company. [FWD]

Venice Biennale Overflowing with Fashion Figures and Their Families
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Venice Biennale Overflowing with Fashion Figures and Their Families

>> Where art goes, fashion is soon to follow, and with the contemporary arts Biennale going on in Venice right now, there are plenty of designers, editors, and even models in town.  On Wednesday, Olympia Scarry’s installation brought out Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue Russia's Aliona Doletskaya, and POP's Dasha Zhukova, as well as Justin Portman and Natalia Vodianova, the latter whose face was reflected in a luminated, aged sketch on display called Dorian Gray, by artist Dasha Fursey.
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>> Where art goes, fashion is soon to follow, and with the contemporary arts Biennale going on in Venice right now, there are plenty of designers, editors, and even models in town.  On Wednesday, Olympia Scarry’s installation brought out Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue Russia's Aliona Doletskaya, and POP's Dasha Zhukova, as well as Justin Portman and Natalia Vodianova, the latter whose face was reflected in a luminated, aged sketch on display called Dorian Gray, by artist Dasha Fursey.

Naomi Campbell and boyfriend Vladislav Doronin stopped by a lunch for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and popped up again yesterday at the opening of Francois Pinault's new museum, the Punta della Dogana. Stella McCartney was there with husband Alasdhair Willis to support her financier in his new endeavor, as were Franca Sozzani and Marc Jacobs, always the fan of contemporary art, who apparently kept exclaiming, "This place rocks."

Meanwhile, down the river, Angela Missoni held her annual party on boyfriend Bruno Ragazzi's yacht.  It was quite the family and friends affair: Angela's daughters Margherita and Teresa, plus son Francesco were all mingling, Franca Sozzani brought son Francesco Carrozzini, and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld arrived with Carine Roitfeld, who neglected to follow the rest in taking her lace-up shoes off: "It would just take too long to undo them." Bee Shaffer was sans Anna Wintour, but Jefferson Hack brought fiancee Anouck Lepere.

Even those who aren't in Venice in person are there in spirit — Mario Testino sent one of his art consultants to scout the exhibition.

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More Details From The September Issue Vogue Documentary Featuring Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington
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More Details From The September Issue Vogue Documentary Featuring Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington

>> Despite screening in January at the Sundance Film Festival, details on Vogue documentary The September Issue — with the exception of a short clip — have been kept largely under wraps.
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>> Despite screening in January at the Sundance Film Festival, details on Vogue documentary The September Issue — with the exception of a short clip — have been kept largely under wraps. A group of British fashion insiders who have seen the 90-minute special are under strict embargo not to discuss it until it is screened at the Edinburgh festival on June 22, and the movie doesn't hit theaters until September 11, but Fashion Week Daily got their hands on a screener and has plenty of details on the film, which features Anna Wintour, the "pope" as Style.com's Candy Pratts Price calls her, and creative director Grace Coddington, or "without question, the greatest living stylist there is," according to fashion news and features director Sally Singer.  The highlights, as relayed by FWD:

Anna's apparently not a fan of black . . .

"I wonder if Anna would like this one?" Grace Coddington muses, flipping through pieces. "It's black," someone points out. "That's true," Grace says. "You'd get fired for that."

. . . And perhaps not Stefano Pilati, either?

We watch her drop in for walk-through with Karl Lagerfeld and Stefano Pilati, with whom she is surprisingly (not so surprisingly?) short. What, no color in this collection, Stefano? No evening?

But she pushes for more Olivier Theyskens/Nina Ricci representation in the magazine.

Mario [Testino]'s film from the cover shoots comes back, and Anna is not pleased. There aren't enough clothes, there isn't enough Nina Ricci, and where are the Colosseum shots? She looks through the cover options, and leaves a note on one, where Sienna [Miller] is flashing a grin: "like this best, but teeth."

Terrorizing assistants, angering Grace, and what's next for Bee . . . »

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>> INSIDER WIRE —Anna Wintour has a big day tomorrow: her daughter Bee Shaffer is graduating from Columbia, and Anna's joining New York Mayor Bloomberg at City Hall tomorrow for the retail initiative announcement she hinted at last week.  The program, called "Fashion's Night Out," will take place on Sept.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —Anna Wintour has a big day tomorrow: her daughter Bee Shaffer is graduating from Columbia, and Anna's joining New York Mayor Bloomberg at City Hall tomorrow for the retail initiative announcement she hinted at last week.  The program, called "Fashion's Night Out," will take place on Sept. 10 at the beginning of New York Fashion Week: stores all over New York are being asked to stay open late and throw parties open to the public; designers, meanwhile, are expected to make appearances at their own stores and at some department stores. [Columbia, City Room]

2009 Costume Institute Gala Arrivals Have Started!
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2009 Costume Institute Gala Arrivals Have Started!

>> It's official Costume Institute Gala time: Anna Wintour is already snubbing press in her black and white Chanel, Bee Shaffer has already had help navigating in her sheer navy chiffon Nina Ricci gown, and Andre Leon Talley who is wearing "20 pounds" of Roger Vivier jewelry, has already exclaimed "Goddess" upon sight of Kate Moss.
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>> It's official Costume Institute Gala time: Anna Wintour is already snubbing press in her black and white Chanel, Bee Shaffer has already had help navigating in her sheer navy chiffon Nina Ricci gown, and Andre Leon Talley who is wearing "20 pounds" of Roger Vivier jewelry, has already exclaimed "Goddess" upon sight of Kate Moss.

Gisele Bundchen has arrived in sequined Atelier Versace minidress — she says she picked it out herself and they had to make it two inches shorter for her.  Meanwhile, Eva Mendes grabbed Amber Valletta's booty on the red carpet, and Shalom Harlow, Amber, Natalia Vodianova, Eva Herzigova, and Stella Tennant have made a red carpet block while they stop to exchange air kisses.

UPDATE: More designer and model pictures have been added to the gallery!
*image: source, source, WENN.com

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>> INSIDER WIRE —The television powers-that-be seem to be obsessed with giving fashion-centric brunettes some small screen time devotion — first MTV works it out with Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung, and now two more — apparently Bee Shaffer has been approached to do a reality show (which doesn't seem like something she'd say yes to) and Samantha Pleet just wrapped shooting something for TV — though details are under wraps.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —The television powers-that-be seem to be obsessed with giving fashion-centric brunettes some small screen time devotion — first MTV works it out with Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung, and now two more — apparently Bee Shaffer has been approached to do a reality show (which doesn't seem like something she'd say yes to) and Samantha Pleet just wrapped shooting something for TV — though details are under wraps. [Refinery29 Twitter, The Pipeline, WMIG]
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Anna Wintour Follows Federer to Miami
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Anna Wintour Follows Federer to Miami

>> Anna Wintour went to new lengths over the weekend to catch a Roger Federer match.  She showed up in Miami for the Sony Ericsson Open with son Charlie Shaffer, dining with her favorite player and then taking his third round match in yesterday.  But she didn't have eyes solely for Federer: she and Charlie were out to support Andy Murray at his match Saturday.  Daughter Bee Shaffer wasn't able to join the excursion, but she was spotted out in New York last Thursday for the opening of Exit the King on Broadway.*image: source
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Anna Wintour Follows Federer to Miami

>> Anna Wintour went to new lengths over the weekend to catch a Roger Federer match.  She showed up in Miami for the Sony Ericsson Open with son Charlie Shaffer, dining with her favorite player and then taking his third round match in yesterday.  But she didn't have eyes solely for Federer: she and Charlie were out to support Andy Murray at his match Saturday.  Daughter Bee Shaffer wasn't able to join the excursion, but she was spotted out in New York last Thursday for the opening of Exit the King on Broadway.
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