Students of photography know that some of the most stunning examples of the craft come from advertising work. Edward Steichen In High Fashion is literally a beautiful illustration of this truth.

Although Steichen might not exactly be a household name, his subjects were. In his distinguished career, which included 15 years as the chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, he snapped stars like Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin.

Urlesque just made our day. They took the time (and we're guessing they enjoyed it) to put together this collection of the "Top 5 SNL Skits About Jeans."

We couldn't help but noticing that all of the videos are fairly old. The Mom Jeans clip is already considered a classic at this point and everything else is from even older casts. Where's the love SNL? Aren't jeans still funny? Where's Andy Samberg's jean short about jean shorts? Laser Cats can't touch denim blue gold in a box!

At least we have these gems. SNL and Urlesque, we thank you from the bottom of our Bad Ideas.


The two we featured are our favorites, but they're all good. See them all at Urlesque!

We haven't heard any new music from Mr. Justin Timberlake in a while, but that may change next month with his two upcoming fashion related appearances.

After crooning for the folks lucky enough to snag a ticket to the Fashion Rocks event being held on September 5th, the Grammy award winner will be rushing over to the tents to present his line of denim jeans, William Rast. This will be the second time ever the collection is given a proper runway production.

The brand has been suffering from slagging sales, so it was recently bought by a new set of owners. However, they asked Justin to front the brand this season, alongside supermodel Erin Wasson. Expect to see a lot more photos of the sexy duo in tight jeans!


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Just two weeks after Target dropped Richard Chai's Go International line in its stores, rumors began circulating on the net that the next high fashion darling to whip up cheap frocks for the mass retailer would be Alexander McQueen.

We screamed, but just before we began to take the idea seriously another designer has announced his new found friendship with Target.

Glamour reports that Thakoon has been tapped to bring his nerdy-cool aesthetic to Target shoppers this fall. Details surrounding the collection are unknown, but we're not really sure if we're excited about this yet, so whatever. While we've always been a fan of his pieces, we've always felt that they appealed to a more mature client.

Although we really, really love our moms, we're not trying look like them.

Bad news. Word is going round that actor, fashion designer, and über-critic Richard Blackwell is in the hospital today, and things are not looking so good. Apparently, he fell seriously ill on Tuesday, when he was taken to an LA area hospital and has been unconscious ever since. His partner Robert Spencer declined to give any details about which hospital was treating Blackwell, or his condition.

Richard Blackwell's career spans all from his days as a child actor to his rise to prominence as a designer with his line House of Blackwell, worn by A-listers such as Jayne Mansfield and Nancy Reagan.

Mr. Blackwell was also an innovator when it came to biting cynicism and cruel fashion commentary, so we certainly owe him a debt of gratitude. His famous "Worst Dressed" lists basically ushered in the modern era of celebrity-slamming. Awesome. They also laid the groundwork for multitudes of 'top 10' imitators from Letterman to Styledash (hey, that's us).

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Don't call it a comeback, but former Chloe babe, Phoebe Philo, maybe returning to fashion in a big way next year.

According to WWD, LVMH is "this close" to inking a deal with Philo to take over the reigns at Celine. Rumors have been swirling in Paris that an announcement about the new move could come as early as September and Philo's first collection will subsequently be presented in March.

Meanwhile, you should head on over to Gap and pick up as many cute pieces from their limited edition European collection as possible. Why? Well, while Philo has been itching to make her back into the high fashion ring, she's been "secretly" designing for the European Gap. Yeah, all of those Chloe-esque chunky wedges and adorable dresses, that's all Philo, baby.

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

Not much is bigger in the way of popular culture right now than superheroes, which makes geeks chic and true-believers the toast of the party (which we're finally invited to). It's time for us to blow the dust off our stash of comic books, take a deep breath and shout to the world, "I told you so!" After that it's best to drop it.

As goes popular culture, so to the world of t-shirts. While the superhero has been something of a mainstay over the years, the demand for cool shirts featuring the stars of comic and screen is now amazing (also: mighty, incredible, fantastic, spectacular, and uncanny).

You know, we never thought Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady would last this long. Especially, after that whole baby mama drama incident with Bridget Moynahan and Tom (ahem, Tom left her while she was pregnant for Gisele).

But the Brazilian supermodel and NFL superstar have weathered the storm, and to celebrate, Gisele is creating a super special calendar for her man's birthday on August 4th. Vogue UK reports, "She has got some racy lingerie shots, a birthday cake shot for August - and the expected picture of her in knee socks and his jersey!"

Eh, it's not really original. Considering, well, a sneak peak of the photos can probably be seen in last month's issue of GQ: disheveled hair. intense gazes, and lots of exposed tan skin. However, we imagine he'll flip over it. Just like every other blue-blooded man in America wishing they could switch places with him. If only for a day...

Michael Buckner is a fashion and celebrity photographer who travels around the world taking pictures on the red carpet. He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest entertainment industry events


It's been a while since my last post from Miami Fashion Week. I spent last weekend in San Diego for the International Comic Convention, where high fashion was sci-fi T-shirts and cargo shorts. Batman costumes took over the hallways of the convention center, so there wasn't much to post about. I missed Styledash, but I'm back with a bang of an event.

Critically acclaimed director Woody Allen's 43rd film, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," brings together actor Javier Bardem and girlfriend Penelope Cruz with the ever talented Scarlett Johansson. The Los Angeles premiere brought them together again in top designer dresses. Scarlett in Monique Lhullier. Penelope in Herve L. Leroux. Selma in Balenciaga. These women of Hollywood stormed the red carpet in high fashion.

Scarlet won the fashion contest for last night in the Phillipino fashion designer's red gown, and with two of Hollywood's fashion elite on the carpet, that's a victory that deserves a trophy, right?

See the dresses from the premiere in my gallery below.

When we think of Justin Timberlake, we imagine him as a kind of overly trendy, obsessively well-groomed club-goer type who's chronically drenched in cologne. Well, after this news, it looks like maybe we were wrong about him. Despite having his own signature fragrance through Parfums Givenchy called Play -- it turns out that JT has no love for the toilet water.

According to an interview in British GQ he hasn't worn a fragrance in 10 years. Apparently, he used to have a real nasty cologne habit, and one day he woke up and "realised I didn't want to smell like something else, I wanted to smell like myself." Of course, that doesn't mean he's above getting paid to market the stuff. This guy is full of surprises.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were recently named by Vanity Fair as the Best Dressed Couple of 2008, which is pretty impressive since they spent a good portion of this year in hospital gowns.

According to FameCrawler the celebrity couple "beat out Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore and fashion don't Victoria and David Beckham."

Ashton Kutcher? Did Vanity Fair get Punk'd?

Speaking of the Jolie-Pitts, did you know that they had twins? It's true!

Justin Timberlake and his whole "sexy back" revolution has gone a long way toward showing young men that dressing to impress really is sexy. However, that's not what JT is seeking credit for -- he wants credit for the trucker hat trend.

So last Thursday we found ourselves standing in blistering 80ish degree sunshine on the Santa Monica Pier. We had to wait in the corner between the coeds of USC and UCLA while they shouted "spirit" at each other. It was very peppy and just a bit intimidating.

Why were we there with rivals and cheerleaders? For Pinkapalooza, of course! Duh.

The first annual (or whenever) Pinkapalooza was thrown by the good people at Victoria's Secret Pink to introduce their new Pink Collegiate Collection (still no University of Arizona?!) to the masses. Fall Out Boy performed. It was what we in the biz call "a major event."

We ran into Robert Burke, a familiar face from the front row, just outside the men's room at a trade show, Blue, this week. The former senior VP at Bergdorf Goodman currently oversees his own, big time consulting company but still manages a type of effortless style.

He's got a summer weight, two-piece suit and skips on a tie to beat the heat. Then, add those signature glasses for a touch of whimsy and a tad of intellectualism. The look is totally soft and approachable, classic and tailored but still relaxed and refined. We're digging what Mr. Burke puts together. Anyone else?

If Naomi Campbell isn't happy, you're not going to want to be in close proximity to her. Remember all of those Blackberry hurling incidents?

We're not sure if this is a sign of her maturity or the fact that her London agent just may be good at dodging projectile objects, but the supermodel has left her London agency, IMG, for Europe's largest talent agency, Independent Talent Group without the cops and authorities having to get involved.