Lena Dunham scores in a tennis outfit
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Girls creator and Not That Kind of Girl author Lena Dunham chalks up more points, this time in a sporty outfit. In The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the author-director earns some laughs for giving out fashion tips—”I wanted to take this seriously and I needed room to flex,” she explains—while rocking a tennis-appropriate attire with gold hoop earrings. Lena owned the stage as she gave an all-out performance and didn’t hold back to the, even mentioning how she’d want to face Kendall and Kylie Jenner in another lip-sync battle. But for now, as she stole the Tonight Show to the tune of Queen’s “Fat-Bottomed Girls,” beating out Jimmy, and we can’t help but cheer her on. [Nylon]
Models play basketball for Givenchy
Celebrating 10 years of being the creative director of Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci reminds us of his rebellious approach to the classic name in his latest campaign. The Mert & Marcus-directed ad features Candice Swanepoel and other well-dressed models playing basketball, having fun on a bike, and fooling around an old-school arcade game in the middle of an elegant mansion. It’s both dark and fun, mysterious and unapologetic. In other words, the way Tisci does it. [Buro]
Prada pales in sales due to the pound
The mid-year financial report of Prada doesn’t look so good. Donatello Galli, chief financial officer of the brand shares how the tourist slump in London’s shopping districts has hurt the revenue of the Italian-based luxury label. There’s also something to be said about the “lack of innovation” Prada has exhibited in its last few collections. [Business of Fashion]
Carolyn Murphy on becoming a ‘supermogul’
In time with the release of her lingerie collection, Cheekfrillls, commercial and runway model, cover girl, and mother Carolyn Murphy talks to British Vogue about how she always thought there was a better way to do things. ”I was never really known as a swimsuit or lingerie model so I met that success, if you will, with resistance,” she says. She also recalls how she refused to don a pair a of VS angel wings while posing for Sports Illustrated. Her attitude carries over to how she came up with her newest venture. “I wanted to find something for her that was more like the lingerie I wear,” she says upon finding some lingerie in her daughter’s drawer too grown up. “Something feminine but still sweet and young.” [Vogue UK]
Chris Davis and how Instagram made him into a Gucci model
Among many of the male models who reported for duty in this year’s spring/summer ’16 London men’s fashion week, Chris Davis has a story that’s one for the books. In a feature with Style.com, Chris shares how his comment on Candice Swanepoel’s Instagram lead to a contract with VNY Model Management and stints with Rag & Bone, Kenzo, and Hood By Air. Turns out that fashion owes a lot more to Instagram than you’d expect. [Style.com]