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  • Kendall Jenner Does New York Fashion Week With Style

    Kendall Jenner has just wrapped up her first official New York Fashion Week–at least from a fashion model’s perspective anyway. The 18-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star walked the runways for a variety of fashion houses throughout the week.

    The L.A. Times reports that Jenner is now billed by her modeling agency as only ‘Kendall.’ Her first foray into Fashion Week was last Sunday for Diane Von Furstenberg, where she strutted her stuff in a black-and-white gingham dress cinched at the waist with a black ribbon.

    ‘Momager’ Kris Jenner was very excited about Kendall Jenner’s New York Fashion Week debut.

    “You are kind of fabulous @kendalljenner !! I see you walking for Diane Von Furstenberg @DVF #SS15 #NYFW #proudmama.” is how Kris Jenner captioned her Instagram photo.

    On Monday, Kendall walked the runway twice for Tommy Hilfiger, wearing both a burgundy scalloped bikini with starry tattoos across her legs and chest, and shortly thereafter a sheer navy blue caftan.

    A couple of hours later on Monday, Kendall Jenner switched up her look for the Donna Karen New York show, where she donned a loose yet structured orange three-quarter-sleeve top paired with a pretty printed skirt.

    Alas Monday wasn’t yet over for Kendall, who next rushed to the Polo Ralph Lauren show, where she watched that runway as a mere spectator in a beige fringed jacket.

    Kendall Jenner closed out her work at New York Fashion Week on Thursday, as she walked the runway for Marc Jacobs’ ready-to-wear show. Kendall wore a shaggy black wig for this gig, and wore a long-sleeved minidress with velvety sandals.

    During Kendall’s down time at Fashion Week, she took in Miley Cyrus’s art exhibit where she saw both a vibrator and a bong created–or at least bedazzled–by the ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer. She also attended a Victoria’s Secret book signing.

    Now that Kendall Jenner has successfully navigated the ropes–and the runways–at New York Fashion week, might she be on tap for the upcoming fashion weeks in Milan, London, and Paris as well?

    Kendall captioned this Instagram shot, “bye bye #NYFW.”

    Will Kris Jenner follow this Keeping Up With the Kardashians star abroad if Kendall is scheduled to walk those runways, too?

  • Google Glass’ New DVF High-Fashion Frames Now Available

    If you’ve been holding off on joining the Google Glass Explorer program because you feel the basic Glass frames lack a certain amount of flair, today could be the day you take the ($1,800) plunge.

    Announced earlier this month, the new high fashion Glass frames, from famed designer Diane von Furstenberg, are now available to purchase on both Google’s Glass site and NET-A-PORTER.com.

    “We are thrilled to offer Glass to our tech-savvy customers who are true leaders and innovators in style and lifestyle,” says Natalie Massenet, Founder and Chairman of The NET-A-PORTER Group. “We pride ourselves on leading the way in delivering the best in service, product, and technology and we are excited to bring Google Glass to our US customers, ahead of the Glass consumer release.”

    Called the ‘Made for Glass’ collection, the DVF frames will come in an $1,800 bundle and include the Glass, frames and a shade, a mono earbud, and a case. There are five colors to choose from – black, green, plum, brown and white.

    Google know its going to have to make Glass more fashionable to appeal to the broader public. The baseline model of Glass (even in its 40 or so iterations) is not that inspiring in a fashion context. This Furstenberg partnership is only one of multiple deals that Google is and most likely will continue to make with fashion companies. Back in March, you may recall that Google inked a new deal with the Luxottica Group, which is the parent company to brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue-Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples.

    Google has to make Glass cooler. Bottom line. They also have to shed at least some of the ‘Glasshole’ connotations with their product. Both will be difficult, but especially the latter.

    Image via NET-A-PORTER.com, DVF Made for Glass

  • Google Glass Tries High Fashion with New Diane von Furstenberg Collection

    Now that anyone in the U.S. can buy their high-tech specs, Google has a few hurdles to jump to make Glass an everyday item for regular people. Apart from the still-exclusive price point of $1,500 (Google will surely drop that when Glass releases wide), there’s some backlash out there from people concerned about privacy, and a general consensus from some that Google Glass owners are just Glassholes. Some are, there’s no denying that–even Google has asked their early Glass explorers to tone it down a bit.

    While public perception is a pretty large hurdle, Google has at least an equal or even greater challenge with Glass: They have to make people want to wear in on their faces for hours at a time. For that to happen, Google Glass has to be cool. It has to be fashionable.

    Today, Google has taken a step in that direction by partnering with famed fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg to create a new line of Glass. They’re calling it the DFV Made for Glass collection.

    Glass explorers will be able to buy the new designs on June 23rd. The collection will include five new frames and eight new shades. Here’s a sampling:

    “We’re honored to collaborate with her talented team again. Like Diane says, ‘technology is your best accessory,’” says Google.

    Google has made it clear that they were going to have to make Glass more fashionable to appeal to the broader public. Let’s face it–the baseline model of Glass (even in its 40 or so iterations) is not something that you want to wear on your face all day. To that end, this Furstenberg partnership is only one of multiple deals that Google is and most likely will continue to make with fashion companies. Back in March, you may recall that Google inked a new deal with the Luxottica Group, which is the parent company to brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue-Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples.

    “We see Glass as the next chapter in this long story. Light, simple and modular, Glass introduces new functionality as your glasses get smarter – but bringing your own style to Glass is just as important,” said the Google Glass team at the time.

    And then, just a couple of weeks ago, Google brought in Ivy Ross, a seasoned top-level fashion marketing executive, to head the Glass team.

    It’s obvious that Google knows their challenges with Glass.

    Image via Google Glass, Google+