Kate Middleton is taking legal action in response to topless photos recently published by French publication Closer, and she’s calling in the big guns. WWD is reporting that the Royal family has hired Aurélien Hamelle of the Metzner Associés firm, who recently defended John Galliano in the case that cost him his job at Dior.
Georgia May Jagger and Jerry Hall for H&M: No Sears family portraits for this lot! Here’s Jerry Hall and her equally gorgeous daughter Georgia May Jagger posing in H&M’s new campaign. Wonder if they got any matted and framed? Or on a key chain. {HuffPo}
Jaeger Designing Uniforms For Will and Kate’s Home: The beloved British heritage brand will be designing the new uniforms for the royal couple’s front of house team at Kensington Palace. Guess that means I’ll have to find someone else to design mine…. {Telegraph}
Rachel Zoe Won’t Let Jennifer Garner Wear Maternity: The super stylist has apparently banned Jen from wearing maternity clothes to events, but with four more months to go, Garner says it’s going to have to happen “sooner or later.” Or she could just go the Jamie Lynn Spears route and wear really huge t-shirts. {InStyle}
London Fashion Week has been a host to a great deal of pastels. The collections from the past few days have included lots of light, airy colors (tons of yellows and oranges), something we saw a lot of in New York come to think of it (especially in those last few days). Jonathan Saunders was Read more →
Julien, Jaeger and Jasper, oh my! Besides the same first letter, the latest three shows from London Fashion Week have crazy covetable colors in common too. Go to our Fashion Week page to read the reviews for Julien MacDonald‘s breathtaking Japanese embroidery, Jaeger‘s English ladylike separates in poppy colors and Jasper Conran‘s sleek columns in Read more →
With more than 125 years of dressing lovely ladies in the UK, Jaeger is as British as tea and crumpets. And while their long history can read a bit stodgy, Jaeger has been on a campaign the last few years to hip it up a bit to appeal to a new generation–and, this show, with a few exceptions, is going to help that cause. It’s still a bit on the conservative side, yes, but I don’t really expect to see the Queen in the rainbow knee-length shorts or chic flat-brimmed Panama-esque hats any time soon.
I chatted briefly with the Telegraph‘s Hilary Alexander before one of the morning shows, and she predicted that geometry would be an early trend in London. That lady is not a fashion legend for no reason–Jaeger opened with a series of dresses and skirts featuring triangular cut-outs and neat scalloped edges. Tiny polka dots, almost like dotted swiss, adorned suits, dresses, and skirts. Striped pieces in muted tones of mustard, orange, and blue, were the standouts here, particularly on a tidy crew neck nipped-waist dress. It got fancier with eyelet and broderie gowns, followed by sheer lace adorned with bows.
LONDON–London fashion is rarely slick. Christopher Bailey does slick at Burberry, but his mentor is Donna Karan, not another British designer. So even though Jaeger is an old fashioned house much like its checked counterpart, it’s not surprising that creative director Stuart Stockdale’s collection today was minimalist, rich-looking, but also a bit rumpled. And that’s not a bad thing.
