I’m still reeling from last week’s announcement that GAWKER will fold shortly. In an age where stalwart newspapers are folding left and right, GAWKER felt oddly immune. It stormed the walls of the media establishment in 2007 and refused to stop s***-disturbing until its eventual demise. GAWKER was home to both inane gossip and outstanding investigative journalism (this fascinating inquiry into DONALD TRUMP’s mystifying hair sticks out) served with a healthy dose of snark. While I was never a daily reader, I'll be sad to see it go. Here are some of the best fashion stories from GAWKER properties to read while pouring one out for them... The riotous Death to the Maxi Dress: A Manifesto, which I vehemently disagree because I happen to think I look damn good in a full-length skirt but appreciate its hilarity nonetheless… CAITY WEAVER’s harrowing minute-by-minute account of a 2014 ERIN FETHERSTON fashion show reveals how truly awkward fashion can be… ANNA MERLAN's vicious takedown of NASTY GAL exposes the irony of #girlboss culture, plus this interview with the mother of a five-year-old fashion model is deliciously bizarre… Is KENDALL JENNER spearheading a new generation of supermodels or is she a nepotistic fame sponge with the charisma of a doorknob? MICHAEL K from DLISTED, author of the above quote, certainly seems to think it's the latter. I’ve spent the entire weekend completely immersed in the September issue of VOGUE -- the only magazine I’ve ever bought specifically for the ads -- as a vivid escape from the mundanity of life on the farm as I visit my parents in the country. As much as I want to chalk up KENDALL JENNER's success to her family ties, I've got to admit she's a versatile model. She's capable of embodying the girl-next-door or an aloof ice queen, and that takes skill… Before I forget, my name is ISABEL SLONE and I will be in service as your guest curator until the end of the week. You can get in touch with me on TWITTER or the old-fashioned way.