Archive for March 2010

Less than two weeks after Aquascutum’s AW10 show, which Sarah Mower called, “a pivotal moment,” head designer Michael Herz has tendered his resignation. He and men’s designer Graeme Fidler are done. Though their exit date hasn’t been set, this was their last collection for the old British label. Sources told WWD that Herz is ready [...]

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ADR Fix: Tommy Ton talks to Anna Dello Russo about some of her favorite things. He also gets to go inside the fashion maven’s apartment(s). Yes, they’re incredible. {Jak&Jil} The Alexa Effect: eBay reports major sale hikes after the public spotted in Alexa Chung in things like clogs and Dungarees. eBay spokesperson Julia Hutton-Potts says, [...]

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Which model’s banned from American Apparel for life? She was overheard explaining to a stylist, “I mean I was like 14 when I stole the shirt, a fucking $30 shirt, who cares?”

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While some designers won’t rest until there’s a hotel with their name splayed on the front, Diane von Furstenberg is happy to remodel a few rooms in one of the most prestigious hotels in the world. Starting in June 2010, guests at Claridge’s in London–a favorite of Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake and the late Alexander [...]

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1. He sent a bus to get everyone from Gareth. 2. There are cartoons on the floor of École des Beaux-Arts. 3. He made dresses for women with breasts and then realized he needed women with breasts to make them look right on the runway so he hired models with breasts including Karolina Kurkova, Coco [...]

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If you know anything about Gareth Pugh, you know this: he needs to add wearable clothes to his stage-worthy outfits. Last night, he did. In the Palais de Tokyo, he showed leather jackets that even my mom would wear. If they looked a little too Rick, Owens sat front row and didn’t seem to mind. [...]

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I never thought I’d end up at my first Dries Van Noten show in the same jeans and sweatshirt I’d worn on the red-eye over here–the same flight from which both Hamish Bowles and Diddy (someone mentioned Kanye, but it turned out to be Diddy) emerged looking impossibly fresh. With two hours until show time, [...]

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Richie: You dropped some cigarettes. Margot: Those aren’t mine. Richie: They just fell out of your pocket.

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Bryan Boy offers a few words of wisdom on two of the most powerful women in media, via Twitter: “Someone asked me who’s more influential – Anna Wintour or Oprah. I said Anna because she made Oprah lose weight.”

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We know you’re excited: Christian Louboutin’s latest limited edition Barbie–Dolly Forever–went on sale today. You can find it on Net-a-Porter, among other e-tailers. This is the second Barbie Louboutin designed for Mattel–the cobbler follows in the footsteps of other great designers like Donna Karan and Commes des Garcons’ Rei Kawakubo . What’s special about Dolly? [...]

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I am not one to adequately analyze a movie, but I can tell you this about Clueless: Almost everyone who has seen the cult classic falls in love with it. In the most recent issue of Vanity Fair, another cult favorite—designer Alexander Wang—said Clueless was his favorite movie (along with Mean Girls). Well, the movie [...]

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“With the song ‘Crimson and Clover’ playing at Rochas this afternoon, I guess it was pretty clear we were back in the ’60s….The clothes were sweet and wearable, but it was a weird trip. Why now? ” —Cathy Horyn’s first take on former Halston designer Marco Zanini’s latest collection for Rochas.

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