The FiFi Report 290

Yves Saint Laurent Has Another Manifesto in the Bag released on February 16, featuring Natalia Vodianova photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin’..see the fabulous video here..yslmanifesto.com from Refinery29.com

Tavi, the 14 yr old blogger, ( see below) replies to Sarah Mower’s criticisms on why she is at the Couture instead of school: “People continue to have diarrhea of the pen…” tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com

New York Fashion week is upon us! mbfashionweek.com Oh,  what to wear when it snows??

Then the fashion pack moves on to London ..londonfashionweek.co.uk

Burberry will become the first brand to live stream its show in 3-D - to select guests in New York, Paris, Dubai, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. For at-home viewers, the Feb. 23 show will also be projected in 2-D via live.burberry.com

First was Burberry. Now Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Calvin Klein, and Rodarte have all announced they’re going to live stream their shows. The Wang and Rodarte shows will be presented live on Nick Knight’s Showstudio.com, reports fashionologie.com

Who Sits Where at Fashion Week and Why? Fascinating insight into the hierarchy...vanityfair.com

For New York Fashion week the Sundance Channel’s Full Frontal does the CATWALK COUNTDOWN: An inside and intimate look into 10 different designer studios. Sundancechannel.com

Balenciaga has released their first fragrance years, Balenciaga Paris.Reports
fashionista.com so check out the very cool French video here

‘Prada and Fendi have agreed to move their Milan women’s shows to an earlier date, effectively extending fashion week. If you listen closely, you can almost hear the phones at Alitalia ringing furiously as every editor races to reschedule her flight. ” reports WWD via  style.com

UK Vogue cover girl Alexa Chung is sending in a photo - every day from her phone - to Vogue.co.uk

What’s Wrong With Skinny? “With New York Fashion Week kicking off expect the usual criticism of models being too thin. But the truth, says Lisa Hilton, is that these models are powerful, professional women just like athletes and that obesity, not anorexia, is the real health disaster.” I hear you ! Thedailybeast.

Zac Posen: The Trials of a Former Boy Wonder: ( and why he was offended that US Harpers’ Bazaar magazine, which rarely featured his clothes, had asked him to appear in a fashion feature that paired designers with characters from “Sesame Street.”)  www.nytimes.com/

Multimedia artist Richard Prince is known in the fashion world for is famed collaboration with Louis Vuitton (sexy nurses anyone?). ‘Here is a first look at his cover shot for the new issue of Pop Magazine: Aussie model Abbey Lee Kershaw’ modelinia.com

Riccardo Tisci and his friend and muse, Model Mariacarla Boscono, appear on one of i-D’s  Pre-Spring 2010 covers ( other covers are with Natasha Poly and Rihanna.) i-dmagazine.com

Cindy : Forty plus and fabulous!  in Harper’s Bazaar Uk