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2011 February 16

Hoop Dreams

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Yigal Azrouel
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If you played a pick-up game of basketball, who in the fashion industry would you want on your team?

Yigual Azrouel: John Galliano. Someone fun, like Jean Paul Gaultier. And Marc Jacobs. That would be funny. Oh, and Karl Lagerfeld! Imagine him playing basketball.

Anjelica Houston: Michael Kors. He'd be captain of the team. I'd have the little Zac Posen. I'd have Donna Karan because she's a great team spirit girl.

Hilary Alexander: Who's tall? Karlie Kloss because she's sporty and six feet tall. And Anna Wintour because she plays tennis and she's really competitive. 

Mary Alice Stephenson: L'Wren Scott because she's the only girl in fashion taller than I am. It would be pussy power galore to have an all female team. 

Angie Harmon: Andre Leon Tally for height. Michael Kors for the uniforms. And Louboutin for shoes.

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2011 February 16

Loving Life! With Suzy Menkes

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How are you this morning?
Good! 
When was the last time you were in South America? 
I just flew in from São Paulo two days ago. 
What was your favorite part? Did you party?
The best part of Brazil is the guys! They are all good-looking, and they are all smiling. Everyone is smiling. New York could learn a thing or two about that.
What was your favorite thing to eat in Brazil?
I don’t know the names of all these things. 
How do you keep your energy up during fashion week? Do you go on the treadmill?
Every time there is a great show, I feel a great surge of energy; every time there is a bad show, I collapse. There is nothing you can do about that. There should be more good shows.
Were you named after anyone? 
I wish I could say Suzie Wong, but I don’t think that would be truthful.

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2011 February 16

The Daily Wonders...How Long Do You Sleep?

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Fern Mallis and Bill Cunningham
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Emmanuelle Alt: That’s a crazy question. Seven? Something like that. 

Suzy Menkes: I try for six hours. 

Christina Hendricks: My dream amount would be nine or 10 hours a night. When I’m working, five or six.

Brad Goreski: Last night? Many! I’m pacing myself this year. I don’t want to go home with the fashion flu.

Stephen Gan: I need a lot of sleep—minimum eight hours. 

Bill Cunningham: A normal amount.

Woolrich’s Paula Gerbase: Depends on the season. Between two and eight.

Cindi Leive: Waaaay too few. I can’t answer that. I’m off the wagon.

Leighton Meester: As many as I can, but unfortunately not more than seven. But that’s enough! 

Stacey Bendet: Usually I get six or seven, but this week has been a little crazy.

Fern Mallis: Not enough! I’m guilty of—at 1 in the morning—of watching what I’ve recorded all week and before I know it, it’s 3 or 3:30, and I yell at myself and go to sleep.

Mark Indelicato: Four or five hours tops. Sometimes it’s two or three. In L.A. when I have nothing to do, it’s normally eight or nine.

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2011 February 16

A Moment With...Robert Duffy at Marc Jacobs

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Robert Duffy and Fergie, sitting front row at Marc Jacobs Fall 2011
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So many celebs! Are we going back to the old way of Marc shows?
No. Why? Who was here besides Sofia?
Whoopi. 
She was?
And Vanessa Hudgens, Martha Stewart, Fergie...
Fergie’s a friend!
Are we ever going to make it to the front row again?
I don’t do the seating. 
No, not The Daily—you used to give everyone front row. Remember?
Oh yeah. I don’t know. People complained about it! But people complain about everything, so we just give up. I used to try to make everyone happy, and now I’m just trying to make Marc and I happy.
Love the set!
There were a few ideas. One was a drawing, and there was a road, a blue sky, and what is it...a highway. And it turned into an insane asylum! 
Do you feel insane right now?
No. We are all really calm. It was a pleasant experience. 

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2011 February 15

A Moment with...Zac Efron

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Who doesn't look good in a Calvin suit?
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2011 February 15

Clemence Poesy is Gotham's Cover Girl

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Who doesn’t love Clemence Poesy? The chicette graces Gotham’s Fashion Week issue, which hits the Tents demain. With turns in 127 Hours and this summer’s Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows 2, the Chloe queen has been busy, but she looks fresher than ever, don't you think? 

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