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It's All About Statement Dresses at the Whitney Art Party

The Whitney Museum's annual Art Party in NYC always attracts the crème de la crème of the fashion world — case in point: this style set from last night's festivities.

The Whitney Museum's annual Art Party in NYC always attracts the crème de la crème of the fashion world — case in point: this style set from last night's festivities. Olivia Wilde and Lake Bell coordinated in their green printed dresses, though Olivia's Max Mara number was flowy and Lake opted for something more formfitting. Olivia added a chunky gold-and-black House of Lavande Vintage necklace, Iwona Ludyga drop earrings, and Stuart Weitzman black strappy sandals, while Lake carried a simple black clutch and wore black slingback booties. Jourdan Dunn took a different approach entirely, stepping out in a fashion-forward white Alexander Wang dress from the designer's Spring 2013 line and matching white platform pumps. All three ladies went with statement dresses, but which one gets your vote?

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Jourdan Dunn's Model Mom, Justin Timberlake's Formal Touch, American Eagle's Spray-On Spoof

Jourdan Dunn grew up wanting to model herself after her mother: "She always seemed to make things work without ever complaining.

  • Jourdan Dunn grew up wanting to model herself after her mother: "She always seemed to make things work without ever complaining. She whips me into shape," she added in the latest issue of The Edit. [Net-A-Porter.com]

  • Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele has added her voice to the ongoing debate about Fashion Week street style: "It's ridiculous . . . I love the real street, and this is not what I call the real street. They all dress to be photographed and I don't think this is real." [Fashionista]

  • In regards to Justin Timberlake's constantly evolving style, GQ's Jim Moore says: "None of it works unless the person looks the part and is willing." [The New York Times]

  • Peter Som definitely knows how to capture an audience — he's already amassed 3.3 million followers on Pinterest. "We're a small company and we don't advertise in the conventional way," he explained. "Pinterest is a great way to get my point of view out there." [The Business of Fashion]

  • Andrea Casiraghi and fiancée Tatiana Santo Domingo welcomed a baby boy yesterday. [Vogue Italia]

  • After signing with both Toronto and Istanbul Fashion Weeks, IMG has announced a new partnership with leading wholesale marketplace Joor. [Daily Front Row]

  • Anna Wintour's chef, Hank Tomashevski, catered a recent event celebrating Irene Neuwirth's CFDA nomination at the home of Barneys New York CEO Mark Lee. [Page Six]

  • In honor of Easter, Stella McCartney's childrenswear website has launched a game which allows its users to playfully decorate animated eggs. [The Cut]

  • Anja Rubik debuted her Giuseppe Zanotti collection with the help of some rocking tunes. [Harper's Bazaar]

  • The skateboarder isn't really wearing jeans in American Eagle's spray-on spoof. [Lucky]

Source: Courtesy of Net-A-Porter.com

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Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn Do the Harlem Shake

It was only a matter of time before someone in the fashion industry made a response to the Internet's latest dance video craze, the Harlem Shake — and who better suited for the task than model friends Jourdan Dunn and Cara Delevingne?


It was only a matter of time before someone in the fashion industry made a response to the Internet's latest dance video craze, the Harlem Shake — and who better suited for the task than model friends Jourdan Dunn and Cara Delevingne?

The duo were backstage at the Topshop Unique show on Sunday with fellow model Rosie Tapner when cameras captured Dunn following the meme's custom of breaking into a spontaneous dance to the Baauer song "Harlem Shake." Delevingne and Tapner don't seem particularly amused to be in the middle of a dance party until they suddenly join in on the fun.

Iterations of the Harlem Shake video have come from the campuses of West Point and the University of Texas, and to the offices of BuzzFeed and Anderson Cooper Live. Given how much the fashion industry likes its memes, we're a little surprised it took this long for someone to make a version, but we're excited to see the ones that might follow it. Your move, Alber.

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Chanel's Couture Invite, McQueen's No-Show, and Target's Young Collab

All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.



All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • The invitation for Chanel's Spring 2013 Haute Couture show features a leaf sporting the brand's signature interlocking C's. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Sarah Burton has announced that she is expecting twins. Because she will soon be on maternity leave, Alexander McQueen will do a presentation in lieu of its Fall 2013 runway show. [InStyle]

  • Target's next big partnership is with a stylist, not a designer. Kate Young's capsule of semiformal and special-occasion dresses hits stores this April. [FabSugar]

  • Amanda Hearst is leaving her post as the sustainable fashion editor of Marie Claire to be the special projects editor of Town & Country. [Twitter user AmandaHearst]

  • Watch out, Bernard Arnault: Karlie Kloss may be the next business tycoon. "[Going to] Harvard at some point is in the plan, but all in good time," she says. "Tyra [Banks] did it. She went to Harvard Business School, and I can do it too." [Vogue UK]

  • Jourdan Dunn has moved from London to New York City. [My Daily]

  • The English National Ballet has tapped Vivienne Westwood to produce the Ballet's New Year campaign. [Telegraph]

  • The first shot from David Beckham's latest H&M Bodywear advertising campaign has arrived. [Racked]

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Here's the First Episode of Jourdan Dunn's Internet Cooking Show

"You can tell good food when someone's cooked it with love," Jourdan Dunn says emphatically during the first episode of her online cooking show, Well Dunn.



"You can tell good food when someone's cooked it with love," Jourdan Dunn says emphatically during the first episode of her online cooking show, Well Dunn. The 22-year-old model prepared jerk pork with rice and beans and Caribbean salsa, peppering in advice about cooking and tales from her life and work — like being photographed for Vogue Italia's 2008 black issue.

"I was just super duper nervous, but working with [Steven Meisel] totally put me at ease," she says. "And then I was finished and he came up and said 'Thank you, you're done' and I was like 'Really, I'm done?' And then I saw Iman walk in and I was like, 'Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, I'm just going to stay and watch all the supermodels come by.'"

A look at Dunn's culinary skill in the video below.

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Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn to Walk Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Two British angels are reportedly getting their wings this week: Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn are said to be making their debuts at this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Two British angels are reportedly getting their wings this week: Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn are said to be making their debuts at this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Delevingne confirmed the news over the weekend, tweeting that she is "so excited for the #VSFashionShow! Had my fitting yesterday and am so happy about my outfit. Be prepared, be very prepared."

Dunn hasn't exactly let that cat out of the bag, but a source told The Daily Telegraph that she'd also be in the show. Dunn flew into New York over the weekend without specifying why she made the trip. A recent update put her "in a mini bus on my way to Winchester," but she previously promised that she'd be back in the Big Apple "in a bit."

If Dunn does walk in the show, she and Delevingne will share the runway with a lineup of models including Miranda Kerr, Lindsay Ellingson, Erin Heatherton, Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Doutzen Kroes, Lily Aldridge, and Alessandra Ambrosio. Ambrosio has been selected for the honor of wearing this year's $2.5 million Floral Fantasy Bra during the show.

Photo: Dunn and Delevingne at the 2012 Costume Institute Gala.

Rag & Bone

Jourdan Dunn Photographs Herself For Rag & Bone

No makeup, no stylist, no professional photographer: that's the beauty of Rag & Bone's DIY Project, which recently enlisted Jourdan Dunn to shoot pictures of herself wearing the brand's jeans.
Jourdan Dunn's Rag & Bone DIY Campaign | Pictures Fall 2012

No makeup, no stylist, no professional photographer: that's the beauty of Rag & Bone's DIY Project, which recently enlisted Jourdan Dunn to shoot pictures of herself wearing the brand's jeans.

Armed with a digital camera, Dunn nodded to Rag & Bone's British roots and American spirit by taking some of the pictures in London and others in New York. Several shots prominently feature Dunn's backside, which she attributes to some of her cheeky friends.

"I had just moved into my new apartment in London and was hanging artwork that I'd recently purchased and, as I'm not the most handy person in the world, the process was really amusing," she said. "My friends kept telling me how great my bum looked in my Rag & Bone jeans so I put on a show."

Dunn joins a long list of models who have photographed themselves for the DIY Project, including Miranda Kerr, Karolina Kurkova, Candice Swanepoel, and Hanneli Mustaparta. A look at Dunn's self-portraits for the Fall 2012 campaign here, in the gallery.

Photos via Rag & Bone.

Jay-Z

Well Dunn: Jourdan Dunn to Launch Cooking Show

Jourdan Dunn is working on an online cooking show that's named, brilliantly, Well Dunn With Jourdan Dunn.

Jourdan Dunn is working on an online cooking show that's named, brilliantly, Well Dunn With Jourdan Dunn.

The show will air on the recently launched YouTube channel for Life + Times, the lifestyle and culture website backed by rapper Jay-Z. While not much is known about Dunn's show, a spokesman described it as part of a catalog of programs about everything from "fashion, architecture, music, style, food, consumables, electronics, and so forth." Dunn expressed her excitement about the show on Monday, tweeting, "Can't wait for this!!!!"

Dunn must have known about the show for a few months now. In August, the model tweeted a picture of a plate of sweet and sour ribs with the caption, "To find out how I made them stay tune for the show #WellDunn."

She joins a proud tradition of models moonlighting as chefs. Carol Alt released a cookbook called Easy, Sexy, Raw earlier this year, and Lorraine Pascale — famous for becoming the first black British model on the cover of Elle — started hosting the show Baking Made Easy on BBC in January 2011. And who could forget that before she became America's home cooking authority of record, Martha Stewart modeled for Chanel?

Source: Twitter User missjourdandunn

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Jourdan Dunn on Her Son, Style-Obsessed "Mama's Boy" Riley

Jourdan Dunn's son, Riley, hasn't turned 3 yet, but his model mom says he already has a burgeoning — and noticeable — interest in fashion.



Jourdan Dunn's son, Riley, hasn't turned 3 yet, but his model mom says he already has a burgeoning — and noticeable — interest in fashion.

"It's hard being away from my son because we are really superduper close. I mean, he is a little mama's boy," Dunn says in the inaugural episode of The Cut's Inside the Model's Studio. "He's 2 years old, but he's just got personality for days. He's such a boy. Like, he loves his music, he loves to play rough, but then he loves fashion. Like, he puts on a coat and then he goes in front of the mirror and checks himself out."

This isn't the first time Dunn has spoken about Riley recently. Last month she opened up to The Sunday Times about Riley's sickle cell disease, saying she would use her platform to raise awareness of the illness. She added then that the industry stood by her through her pregnancy and after she gave birth. She walked in Jean Paul Gautlier's Spring 2010 show seven months pregnant, and Victoria's Secret once called Dunn in for a shoot while she was still breastfeeding an infant Riley.

"They set up a little curtained area for me to use the breast pump," she said. "Not very glamorous, but, ultimately, I'm a mother first, then a model, and generally the industry is really supportive. This is a good career for a working mother."

Source: Twitter user missjourdandunn

2012 Olympics

British Gold: Models Take the Stage at Olympic Closing Ceremony

Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Georgia May Jagger, and a slew of other famous British models turned the London Olympics closing ceremony into one of the world's most-watched runway shows Sunday night.
Supermodels at Olympics Closing Ceremony in London 2012

Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Georgia May Jagger, and a slew of other famous British models turned the London Olympics closing ceremony into one of the world's most-watched runway shows Sunday night. The models — each clad in different metallic gold designs from some of the best designers working in London — were wheeled into the ceremony inside billboard-sized photos of themselves while David Bowie's song "Fashion" filled Olympic Stadium. The images were stripped away to reveal the live models, who walked to the center of the field to glitter and pose in front of the very global audience for a few moments before walking out.

"It's such an amazing platform for the brand, having billions and billions of people watching," said Christopher Kane, who spent some 80 hours working on the coat and pants Stella Tennant wore during the ceremony. "That's another reason why I wanted to do something different, instead of a dress."

Sam McKnight, who worked on the models' hair, observed that the closing ceremony "was about British icons, not just athletics." Jourdan Dunn, who walked the runway in a dress by Jonathan Saunders, called the evening the "highlight of my career so far." Karen Elson said she couldn't "begin to express how much I love Naomi, Kate, Georgia," and the other models who walked with her. Makeup artist Val Garland called the fashion portion of the show "the best moment ever!"

Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Erdem, and other British fashion houses also created outfits for the occasion. A look at who wore what here in the gallery.