September is thee month for fashion magazines and it’s all about who makes the cover, who and what made the editorial spreads. Jezebel did some research and came up with shocking conclusions regarding the number of black models found in several fashion editorials, not including ads or beauty spreads, strictly fashion shoots.

In the October 2007 issues they came up with the following counts:

Marie Claire: 1, starring solo in a 6-page fashion editorial
W: 1, appearing on 1 page of a 20-page fashion editorial
Vogue: 0
Harper’s Bazaar: 0
Glamour: 0
Cosmopolitan: 0
Allure: 0
Lucky: 0
Elle: 0

Jezebel also tallied up the number of color women in the November, December, and January 2008 issues and the numbers were discouraging:

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Kimora Lee Simmons took to her Twitter last week to tell Baby Phat fans that she left the company:

But the NYPost says those claims are completely false and that Simmons was actually fired from Baby Phat:

Kimora was going over-budget. She’d pay herself a fee to be in the ads, plus she paid her children fees to appear in ads. It costs thousands of dollars to airbrush her because she’s a size 10. Plus, they spent a ton of money on body doubles. They would shoot another model in the clothes, and take Kimora’s head and put in on her body.

Kimora’s rep sent the NYPost the following statement:

“It’s time for me to move on and further expand my other businesses.”

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Gorgeous!

Dsigner Park Sul Nyeo’s stunning hanboks, Korea’s traditional clothing, were fashioned in an unusual way during a promotional event for a new store opening in Seoul, Korea; models modeled the traditional wear underwater!

Take a look at some of the designer’s creations here:

More photos after the hop!

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Teen Vogue will host its annual Fashion University in New York City on October 22nd – 24th.  This year’s Fashion University will feature several distinguished Asian American fashion designers including Vera Wang, Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, Rachel Roy, and Richard Chai.  Each fashion designer will host his or her own individual seminar which all students can attend.   Vera Wang will be featured as the event’s keynote speaker.

Prospective students can apply at Teen Vogue’s Fashion University’s website.  Ticket prices are $250, however scholarships are available. Teen Vogue promises this three day event to be packed with “fashion designers, stylists, entrepreneurs and exclusive shopping events!”

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Rachel Zoe is the fashion stylist to the celebrities and she recently did a photoshoot with some of the top names in fashion. Fashion designer Vera Wang had this to say about Zoe:

“I only want to kill Rachel when I don’t land one of her fabulous clients for the Oscars!” – Vera Wang

Vera Wang is known for her elegant wedding collection and is considered “the preeminent wedding designer,” of today’s fashion world.

Rachel Zoe with Michael Kors:

Rachel Zoe with Marc Jacobs:

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The premiere of Project Runway season 8 went down at the Empire Hotel in the beautiful city of New York and some of our favorite past Asian American designers showed up looking less than stylish.

Though Ping Wu (on the right) looks classy, Ivy Higa looks like she shopped at some thrift store and pulled this one piece together.

But the craziest fashion faux pas of the night had to go to designer Betsey Johnson.

Photo credit: Jezebel

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Yes, we’ve got some pretty handsome Asian actors on our belt, and not to mention the millions of Asian fellows roaming our earth but no one holds a candle to these 3 fellows below. No one.

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Wow, I love a little metallic fashion every now and then but it seems to be showing up on the red carpet constantly this summer.  Pretty Little Liars’ Shay Mitchell walked the red carpet at the Prince of Persia premiere wearing a subtle ice blue dress with silver beads and designs.  Nothing over showy but just enough to capture the light from the flashing cameras.

Just last week at The Sorcerer’s Apprentice premiere, Top Chef Masters’ host Kelly Choi showed up in a bright silver metallic mini-dress.  A very bright dress but Choi definitely made her presence know for sure!

Will this metallic trend make it into your wardrobe?

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The San Diego Comic-Con International rolls around every year at the end of July. It is one of the largest and most anticipated events in regards to comic books, video games, science fiction and in recent years, Hollywood. This year it begins on Thursday, July 22nd and ends on Sunday, July 25.

Many exclusive events and releases happen during Comic-Con which serves as reason to why I always want to go every year. This year I am not going and while I may have gotten over not being able to go, there are always some little announcements that make me wish I was going again.

Like this:

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Socks with sandals will never be in.

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