The haute couture shows wrapped last week in Paris, but one last couture collection made its debut yesterday. Dolce & Gabbana staged its first ever “couture” show yesterday in Sicily. The line, called Alta Moda, was shown to an intimate gathering of editors (Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Franca Sozzani), friends of the designers, former faces Read more →
Is it possible that John Galliano had a dinner date with Anna Wintour the very night his Dior successor, Raf Simons, presented his debut couture collection? The Cut noticed these Instagram snaps of someone who looks a lot like Wintour dining with someone who looks a lot like Galliano at the Ritz in Paris earlier Read more →
We love waking up to pictures of a Chanel couture show and today’s was a pleasure as usual. It was an homage to vintage Chanel and the whole spectacle was tres French–Diane Kruger even wore a beret. Click through for all the details, from how they tricked out the Grand Palais to who sat front Read more →
After over a year of drama at Dior, Raf Simons finally made his much-anticipated debut, showing his first-ever couture collection for the house today in Paris. And everyone came to see it and support him. Here’s everything we know about the show–from the setting, to the attendees (heavy on the designers), to the clothes, to Read more →
In honor of Wimbledon–which kicked off yesterday–we’re paying tribute to tennis’ biggest fashion fan: Anna Wintour. Duh. Wintour is famous for her devotion to the game, befriending tennis stars like Roger Federer, and even dipping out of fashion week early to attend matches. Tennis, it’s clear, is one of her greatest passions–along with fashion that Read more →
He’s a front row staple at fashion week, counts Anna Wintour as a friend, and has even collaborated on a collection with Rachel Roy, so really it was only a matter of time before Knicks player Amar’e Stoudemire got into the fashion business full-time.
At yesterday’s Calvin Klein event in Milan, Stoudemire told WWD that he was working on a men’s fashion line.
We spend a lot of time on the Internet here at Fashionista, which usually means that we stumble across some crazy pictures, videos and other budding memes. Seeing as we’re a site devoted to fashion news, there are few things we like more than viral content pertaining to fashion industry figures and events (cats, too).
We’ve rounded up 10 of the funniest, most relevant and wildly viral fashion-related memes for your enjoyment–from toothy grins on notoriously stern faces to trend-bashing and general mockery.
Happy Friday!
Vogue Italia EIC Franca Sozzani has snatched the title of UN Goodwill Ambassador. She’ll be working with industry insiders to promote sustainable development and much more. {Telegraph}
World-renowned milliner Stephen Jones will be fabricating fascinators for Raf Simons’ Dior Haute Couture premiere. Jones called the collection “exciting, beautiful and new,” but wouldn’t say much more than that. {Vogue UK}
At last year’s Webby awards, Anna Wintour told us that “sometimes geeks can be chic,” and the rise of fashion-forward online games only reinforces her statement. {WWD}
Mary Katrantzou, reigning queen of jaw-droppingly beautiful digital prints, won’t, or rather can’t, show pre-fall or resort collections because her intricate patterns take too long to produce (hint: four days to make a single print). {Vogue UK}
The CFDA Awards may have come and gone, but we still haven’t tired of hearing all the details on Seth Meyer’s amazing lacy Marc Jacobs’s ensemble. Really, will we ever? The Saturday Night Live comedian was on Conan last night and gamely offered up a few more gems about how the awards ceremony went down–and Read more →
Congrats Anna! This is how you know you’ve truly made it in politics.
Last night, Sarah Jessica Parker and Anna Wintour hosted a very fancy fundraiser for Obama at Parker’s West Village home. We didn’t have $40,000 to spare for a ticket. Here’s what we’ve learned about what went down last night:
The cost: $40,000 a head (with 50 guests in attendance, $2 million was raised)
Who was there: Sarah Jessica Parker (her husband Matthew Broderick wasn’t there as he’s starring on Broadway right now and the show must go on but son James Wilkie was), Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Andy Cohen, Aretha Franklin, Meryl Streep and her husband Don Gummer, Olivia Wilde, Solange Knowles, Georgina Chapman, Chanel Iman, Teen Vogue‘s Lisa Love
The prep:
Last night, Anna Wintour was in Chicago to host the second high-profile event for Runway to Win, the Obama campaign’s official fashion-backed fundraising initiative (her dinner with SJP and the Obamas is tomorrow). She wore Chanel resort with her favorite Thakoon Runway to Win scarf and thanks to Shoot for Change, we have a video Read more →
