It's the celebrity feud you never saw coming. Natalie Portman and Jessica Simpson GOT INTO IT on Twitter this morning, with Jessica coming out the clear winner. It started when Natalie was doing press for her upcoming film Vox Lux and – rather out of the blue – started talking … [Read more...]
Madonna’s Former Stylist, Maripol Says Just-Auctioned $20,000 Bustier Is “Fake”
An anonymous collector who bid $19,294 for a white lace corset Madonna wore might want to hear this news. Maripol, who was Madonna's stylist and friend in the early days (and who I've known for 35 years) says, “It’s fake. I designed the corset she wore on the cover of … [Read more...]
#PictureThis: Lost Polaroids of a 24 Year-Old Madonna By Richard Corman
In June of 1983, Madonna was an ambitious 24-year-old (there were and ARE a lot of them in NYC.) Photographer Richard Corman met the young singer in her walkup apartment on East Fourth Street between A and B. It was the moment, as Corman says, "literally right before she … [Read more...]
#PopHerStory: Rare 1985 Video of Madonna & Stylist, Maripol. Watch
This is not news but it's certainly interesting, 30 years later. Madonna's stylist in the beginning was her pal, Maripol. Best known for styling the Like a Virgin albums in the mid-1980s with trademark black rubber bracelets, jewellery and crucifixes the french-born, single-named … [Read more...]