Chanel laid off 200 employees at the end of 2008 and Fendi’s yet to address the recession, but Karl Lagerfeld’s eponymous label’s started cutting back. Beth Shapiro, the Director of Global Marketing and Public Relations for Lagerfeld, is leaving the company this Friday, January 15th. Her email started out with, “the current environment has forced [...]
Read more »A Model Engagement: MTV VJ Ruby Rose announced her engagement to Catherine McNeil on Facebook this weekend. But who, we wonder, gets to make the dress. And when will we get Cat back on the runways? {SydneyHerald} Rodarte Talk: Amanda Fortini profiles Kate and Laura Mulleavy in this week’s New Yorker. She writes nothing new [...]
Read more »Model Life: Lindsay Ellingson walked runways from Chanel to Gucci last season, ended the year on Victoria’s Secret runway and now, she’s landed on the cover of their Summer 2010 catalog. {VS} Tinselgate: Simon Doonan pens a quick piece about his experience — before, during and after — decorating the White House. We don’t really [...]
Read more »According to a professor at MIT, forty percent of people who buy fake goods – whether bags, sunglasses or clothes – eventually buy the real thing. Renee Gosline’s researching the effects of counterfeit product, without cooperation from a single luxury house, and study after study shows that those who end up with a fake get [...]
Read more »Dubai’s economy might’ve plummeted last month, but their Duty Free industry sure boomed. The year brought record sales – $1.14 billion dollars to be exact. Perfume was the number one money maker and women’s fashion sales rose by 36% over 2008, with cosmetics, liquor and cigarettes sandwiched in between. On average, the airport rang up [...]
Read more »2009 has been the year of new ventures and expanding résumés for some of fashion’s finest. From Valentino’s documentary to The September Issue and Tom Ford’s A Single Man, fashion’s biggest names have taken the film world by storm. Well, Karl’s jumped outside his short-film-as-commercial box and made a slightly longer feature he’s called Vol [...]
Read more »CNN International sat down with Karl Lagerfeld in Shanghai when he was there showing his Chanel pre-fall collection. The full interview won’t air until December 23rd but they released a clip this morning. He doesn’t remember if his first collection was booed because “back then press was unimportant.” He also compares himself to a TV [...]
Read more »Olsen Fever: Style.com asks the scary question, “What would this decade have been like without the Olsens?” Style wise, awful. From Mary-Kate’s Valli moment to Ashley’s Alaia, they’re the fashion icons. {Style} Cuff Love: If you haven’t already fallen in love with Eddie Borgo’s jewelry, check out his Spring Summer collection. He’s worked stones into [...]
Read more »During my morning reading ritual this morning, I came across this Telegraph story that I found rather intriguing. Apparently, when 1000 women were questioned, 92% of them could remember the first shoes they bought with their own money but less than two in three could remember the name of the first person they kissed. They [...]
Read more »In all his spare time, Karl Lagerfeld’s shot a 2010 calendar for Italian Marie Claire. It stars two of his favorite Chanel faces, French actress Anna Mouglalis and current stud Baptiste Giabconi, channeling the mega-moments of Italian cinema, think Mastroianni and Sophia Loren. The black and white shoot features plenty of Fendi, but also other [...]
Read more »Yesterday, Chanel cured our winter blues by sending over a bag full of goodies, but we had trouble getting past the nail polish. They sent three shades: Vendetta’s a deep dark purple, Gondola’s a glitter red that’s half-Dorothy and half-Christmas and Trapeze is our new favorite thing. The color looks pinkish grey in the bottle [...]
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