By: Jill Klausen

This morning the fashion world awoke to the shocking news of Alexander McQueen’s passing. Reports are still coming in and over the next few days and weeks more details will surely come to light about the circumstances leading to his death. But what we do know is that we lost one of fashions most innovative and daring leaders.
As someone who loves fashion, I’ve always counted McQueen as one of my favourite designers. His clothes were simply stunning. He worked with some of the most influential people in the …

By: Sara Koonar
November 23rd must be a lucky day for music sales because this year’s heaviest hitters are all releasing their much anticipated albums this week.
Lady Gaga- The Fame Monster
Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster, will be hitting stores in three different versions – a standard version of the new 8-song album; a deluxe version which includes both The Fame Monster and her massively successful debut album The Fame; and a collector’s edition super-deluxe art book version, which includes both albums, fanzines, 3-D glasses, paper dolls, a puzzle, pictorials, a lock …

By: Madelyn Chung
In the tenth grade, my friends and I had to dress up in 1940s garb for our history class. I remember how mortified I was wearing my mom’s vintage blazer with obnoxiously large shoulder pads, thinking that my outfit would be mistaken for a Halloween costume of Frankenstein.
Little did I know, five years later I would be scrambling to find that same blazer.
That’s the beauty of fashion. Designers are constantly returning back to trends, causing us to search for clothes we had pushed to the dusty corners of …

By: Madelyn Chung
Celebrities have a love/hate relationship with undergarments. First it was no panties. Now, underwear has become outerwear.
We’ve seen Lady Gaga prance down the streets sans pants, with her lingerie shamelessly exposed to the world. Her reasoning: “My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair. She says, ‘I can see you, because you have no pants on.’ So I’ll continue to wear no pants so that my grandma can see me.”
Rihanna took a less blatant route, recently sporting Rodarte’s …

By: Sara Koonar

The 2009 Much Music Video Awards are going to be absolutely insane. The Jonas Brothers are hosting the televised event, airing Sunday June 21st, with performances by Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas. You will see celebs like Ed Westwick, Audrina Patridge and Kim Kardashian walk the red carpet and present awards during the show.
So, while you are watching be sure to keep checking back here because we will be Twittering LIVE from backstage at the awards as well as all the after parties. We will also …

By: Sara Koonar

When a new artist comes around worthy of the buzz following them we are going to show them some love. The artist we believe is the next big thing is a 23 year-old rapper named Wale from DC.
While the industry is worried the rap game may be dead, Wale is convincing us of the opposite with his impressive wordplay and catchy tracks. He has been on the scene in DC, Maryland and Virginia making hits since 2006, but it is only now that the North is hearing about …

By: Sara Koonar and Jill Klausen
The staff at AdornedMagazine.com deliberated, argued and then voted on who we thought were the best of the best dressed in young Hollywood. The rules: You must be 1. Young, 2. Famous, and 3. Have impeccable taste in clothing. Here is who took the top ten spots:
1. Zoe Kravitz

History lesson: Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet were pretty much the Brad and Angelina on the late 1980s. They were the most beautiful, electric couple of the time and they produced an equally beautiful child.
Zoe Kravitz not …