Fashion News: JWoww, Lady Gaga, Lindsay Lohan and a Vogue iPad App

By coupiedoll (view all posts by coupiedoll)
at 3:16PM Wednesday July 7, 2010
under Newsworthy

This was one crazy week in fashion news, so we decided to take a quick look back at the top fashion stories of the week. Fashion divas are making splashes on the runway, in Vegas, and in the courtroom.

Enjoy.

JWoww Fashions Not so Wowerific: JWoww of Jersey Shore fame debuted her own fashion line this week in Vegas. Fittingly dubbed Filthy Couture, the line fully embraces the "guido" and "guidette" beach-going style of the show. JWoww commented on the bathing suits of the line while sporting a self-designed super lacy number in pink and black that looks like she snagged it from a Cyndi Lauper music video, "For bathing suits I wanted to go with a grungy, or sexy-grungy look with the chains, but I wanted to keep it girly with lace." Girls who like to dress filthy, rejoice? For more on celebrity fashion lines, check out my post from last week.

GooGoo for GaGa Eyes: Many are up in arms this week over the desire to emulate the googly eyes of Lady Gaga in her Bad Romance video. This has spawned an uptick in sales of circle contact lenses from Asia, which are illegal to purchase in the US without a prescription. The American Optometric Society warns the lenses could cause bacterial infection and significant damage to the eye--particularly if obtained without a prescription. The New York Times reported on several girls owning upwards of 20 pairs, and wearing them regularly.

Shortened Haute Couture Week in Paris: This week marks haute couture week in Paris, but this year, due to the financial crisis, it was shortened to just three days. And, as sales dwindle in cash-strapped Western markets, emerging markets have helped keep couture designers out of the red. Designers have adjusted colors and designs specifically to appeal to wealthy clientele in the emerging markets of Russia, China, and conservative Gulf States. With a couture dress running up to $100,000, it's no wonder the market for these exclusive dresses typically remains relegated to a couple hundred customers every year.

European Vogue Offers Free IPad App: European Vogue is the first European fashion magazine to reach out and offer an IPad app. The application is now free if you simply search for European Vogue in your iTunes store. Of course, the free part will be for a limited time only, so if you're a style buff, download now.

LiLo Puts on Courtroom Fashion Show: Well, what kind of fashion blogger would I be if I did not briefly comment on Lindsay Lohan's fashion showdown in court yesterday. Lohan changed outfits three times during her courtroom hearing, and also donned naughty nails with curse words scrawled on the finger nails of her middle digits. As easy as it is to love to hate Lohan, I have to say, she looked pretty darn good despite her unwanted sentence. She paired simple blacks and whites with smart blazers and pants. The nails, however, may have been an oversight. It will be interesting to see how her courtroom fashion show will affect her fashion line 6126 which was to be more heavily promoted by Lohan this month.

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