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American Apparel is known for their racy ads, but the newest batch will definitely go down in history and for all the right reasons!

To promote LGBT equality for Pride month, the retailer selected America's Next Top Model alum Isis King to star in the adverts, making her the first transgender model to appear in any AA campaign.

The collection of tees read "Legalize Gay" and "Gay OK!" and 15% of proceeds will be donated to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation or GLAAD.

We're loving the equality and glad to see that diversity has reached the fashion industry!

[Image via American Apparel]

Tags: american apparel, americas next top model, collection, fashion industry, gay pride, isis king, new campaign, transgender

HA!

What a clever yet subtle dig at the fashion industry's love affair with Photoshop!

A street artist in Hamburg, Germany slapped some larger-than life Photoshop toolbars on the side of H&M swimwear ads!

Check out the HIGHlarious photos (above & below).

Stop Photoshop in fashion! It's literally selling you lies!

[Image via imnotbogusky.]

Tags: advertisements, fashion, fashion industry, germany, h and m, hamburg, photoshop, street artist, swimwear

Vogue Italia's editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani joined supermodel Doutzen Kroes, media mogul Arianna Huffington and Amber Valletta at Harvard University on Monday to talk about body image in the media.

During the discussion, Sozzani, a long-time proponent of healthy body image, flat out blamed fashion as "one of the causes of anorexia".

Here are

Tags: amber valleta, ariana huffington, controversy, doutzen kroes, fashion industry, franca sozzani, harvard, karlie kloss, models anorexia, plus size, thin, thinspiration, twiggy, vogue, vogue italia

Guess is all about the schoolin'!

The fashion brand has recently gifted New York University $2.5 million to set up the Guess Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Fashion and Fashion Business.

The prestigious position will fluctuate between experts who have worked in the fashion industry, and scholars well versed in fashion business and history.

While the first recipient has yet to be announced, they will begin teaching at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study this coming fall.

Oh those lucky students!! We're all for a more informed fashion industry…whoever has the knowledge has the power!

Tags: fashion, fashion industry, guess, new york, new york university

Kelly Cutrone is known for her tough love attitude. She's been around the block and then some. She knows what she's talking about, and she's not afraid to leave the sugar coating behind when advising young women.

So even though she's a new judge for America's Next Top Model, she's not going to let that stop her from giving her honest opinion.

When she's asked why ANTM winners don't move on to more successful endeavors

Tags: americas next top model, antm, business, fashion, fashion industry, judge, kelly cutrone, modeling, models

NBC’s Fashion Star is getting bigger by the day.

We already have Nicole Richie, Jessica Simpson and John Varvatos acting as mentors to the contestants and Elle Macpherson as the hostess and judge.

Now it’s been revealed that Macy’s, H&M, and Saks Fifth Avenue will be the featured retailers on the show.

Joining the show will be Caprice Willard (from Macy’s), Nicole Christie (from H&M) and Terron E. Schaefer (from Saks Fifth Avenue) representing each retailer.

The retailers will be purchasing fashions each week and then spotlighting them in their stores for sale.

The show’s executive producer reveals:

“Partnering with the world’s best retailers including Macy’s, H&M and Saks will offer audiences an intimate, real-world look into how the fashion industry works and what makes buyers tick.”

Can't wait!

Tags: contest, fashion, fashion industry, h038m, judge, macys, retail, saks fifth avenue

Mexican Telecom businessman Carlos Slim Helu might be the richest man in the world with a net worth of $74 billion, but he’s also joined by several fashion leaders.

In fact, Bernard Arnault, pictured above, come in at the number four spot making him the richest fashion businessman in the world worth $41 billion! Arnault owns the LVMH conglomerate which controls some of the top labels around like Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Givenchy.

Amancio Ortega, who founded Zara, come in at number seven with $31 billion.

H&M chairman, Stefan Persson, has a pretty big bank account as well, being worth $24.5 billion on the number thirteen spot and is followed by Liliane Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal, at number fifteen worth $23.5 billion.

Even Salma Hayek’s father-in-law, Francois Pinault, is on the list at number 67 with an $11.5 billion worth. Pinault owns PPR which includes Gucci, YSL, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, and Puma.

Looks like there's a lot of money to be made in the fashion industry.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: bernard arnault, business, dior, fashion industry, gucci, list, louis vuitton, mcqueen, money, ysl