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Old Navy Settles Lawsuit with Kim Kardashian

Back in July 2011 Promgirl News reported on an interesting lawsuit filed by the queen of reality TV herself, Kim K, against mass market clothing retailer Old Navy. The suit alleged that Old Navy’s “Super C.U.T.E.” ad campaign, featuring a model and singer named Melissa Molinaro was going to violate Kardashian’s publicity rights by causing […]

Lavin Gets Real

Many an aspiring young model living in New York City or L.A. has fantasized about a casting agent walking up to them on the street and informing them that they are perfect for the latest high fashion ad campaign. However for 62-year old former schoolteacher Tizporah Salamon that fantasy hadn’t been on her mind for […]

Mila Kunis is Dior’s New Girl

2011 was a banner year for Ukrainian born former TV star turned Hollywood starlet Mila Kunis, she got cast in a number of supporting roles in highly acclaimed films and took the leading lady role in a rom-com opposite Hollywood hunk Justin Timberlake plus the fashion world lavished their praises on her as the 28 […]

Will Sweetheart Emily Blunt Keep the ASA from Souring on YSL Opium?

Definitely one of the most surprising pieces of news out of fashion world over the last few weeks is Emily Blunt’s newest role as the face of Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium fragrance. While the British actress’s beauty is certainly not in question her well know sweet and down-to-earth demeanor seems the complete opposite of the […]

Gisele Is Officially Givenchy’s New Girl

To understand how much of a compliment this is to Givenchy and Ricardo Tisci’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection, you first must realize that Gisele Bundchen does not need to walk down runways anymore. In fact despite what the magazine covers, lingerie line, ad campaigns, and many other exploits would suggest Gisele Bundchen doesn’t really even need […]

It’s Official: the ASA Have Finally Lost Their Minds

Here at Promgirl News we have ended up closely following the exploits of Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in part because we believe censorship in fashion requires ongoing debate to ensure its proper use, but mainly out the morbid curiosity that comes from watching too much authority slowly turn an intelligent group of people into […]

Dakota Fanning’s Oh Lola Ad Banned in U.K.

Anyone who has been reading Promgirl News for any length of time knows that we love us some Dakota Fanning and Marc Jacobs so we were plenty excited to hear that the former would be modeling for the latter’s new fragrance. Unfortunately it seems that our excitement was matched with equal parts outrage from one […]

Versace for H&M Offers a Sneak Peek of Their Odd Ad Campaign

We’re going to go ahead and assume that you have not been living in a cave for the past two months and therefore you are aware that the Versace for H&M collaboration hits the fast fashion retailer’s shelves next month. However just in case your curiosity hasn’t gotten better of you and your still in […]

Ashley Greene is the New Face of DKNY

It was reported by People Style Watch yesterday that Ashley Greene, of Twilight fame, will be the new face of DKNY Jeans for their spring 2012 campaign. Ms. Green, who was catapulted to celebrity status in 2008 after being cast in the role Alice Cullen in the super-popular Twilight saga, has already made it obvious […]

Britain’s ASA to Ban ‘Overly Sexual Images’ Near Schools

Everybody’s favorite standards authority is at it again. Britain’s infamous Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) which has made headlines recently for banning L’Oreal ads featuring Julia Roberts which it deemed overly airbrushed and for pulling Beyonce’s fragrance commercial from daytime TV because of suggestive “body movements” has taken another bold stand against what it considers “overly […]