Even the Hangers are Irresistible at Giles
Katie Grand tweeted this pic of a Giles dress, but the hanger really steals the spotlight, no?
Giles Deacon
Wednesday May 5th, 2010
Sunday April 25th, 2010
Giles Deacon’s Officially in at Ungaro
Giles Deacon was spotted lunching with a table full of Ungaro executives just last week and Estrella Archs, the Spanish unknown brought on to design with Lindsay Lohan left the company the next day. This morning, JCReport editor Jason Campbell tweeted: It’s official Giles Deacon is in at Ungaro. Giles marks the fifth designer for Read more →
Monday April 19th, 2010
Is the New: Giles Deacon & Lindsay Lohan
Giles Deacon had lunch in Paris with a table full of Ungaro executives, including owner Asim Abdullah. They ate at Le Relais Plaza on Friday afternoon, and we can only imagine how difficult it was for Abdullah to explain why they hired Lindsay Lohan in the first place and why Giles should ditch his own Read more →
Thursday March 4th, 2010
Seven Solid Reasons to Love Giles Deacon
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 Read more →
Thursday February 4th, 2010
Daphne Guinness, Manolo Blahnik, Stephen Jones, Giles Deacon & More Make Best Judging Panel Ever
Nothing beats an invite with the following names listed in bold print: Daphne Guinness, Manolo Blahnik, Stephen Jones, Giles Deacon and Yasmin LeBon. That’s the list of judges for the first ever Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize. The only problem is that we don’t know exactly what it is, who’s nominated, or what the winner gets, Read more →
Wednesday February 3rd, 2010
Blame Thieving Fashion Magazine Editors for the Shortage of Giles’ Dinosaur Bags
PHOTO COURTESY JAK&JILWhat happens when Giles makes the most amazing perfect fantastic Dinosaur bag for Spring 2010? Editors steal it. A lot of the best things on the runway – and by best we mean most fun to look at, not most practical or well made – don’t get put into production, like the Nina Read more →
Thursday January 28th, 2010
When it Comes to Hair Color, Which Color’s the Right Color?
A month ago, I went to Bumble and bumble and asked for pink hair. There was Proenza, but there was also Giles. And if I couldn’t have a dino bag, I was at least going to have Dree‘s pink hair. I didn’t want a whole head of pink, but a few cotton candy colors woven Read more →
Wednesday January 13th, 2010
Mid-Day Snack
When ‘Perfect’ Isn’t Enough: We try so hard to avoid, “I die.” But then we see ads like this and nothing else properly conveys our reaction. Mario Sorrenti shot Raquel and Malgosia Bela for Chloé SS10.{
Tuesday December 1st, 2009
The Itsy Bitsy Giles Spider
It feels like the best way for a designer to survive these days is to have a hand in everything. While Chris Kane’s styling lookbooks for hair products and designing Versus, Giles Deacon’s sprouting mini-one-off collections and other projects all over the place. Not that we’re complaining – the more Giles the better. Vogue UK Read more →
Friday November 20th, 2009
Get Your French On, Giles Deacon
Giles Deacon up and left London Fashion Week last season while everyone else was heading in the opposite direction. Thanks to his ANDAM award, he had the opportunity to show in Paris, he did, and now he’s not coming back to London. As if you could say no to Paris. Despite the fact that the Read more →
Monday November 16th, 2009
Runaway Bunny Finds Diamonds
photo courtesy WWD Katie Hillier, the creative genius, or accessories designer, behind first Luella, Giles, Stella and then Marc by Marc Jacobs has finally launched something of her own. It’s the bunny necklace at left, yes she’s really only launched one thing, and it goes on sale at Dover Street Market and Colette this week. Read more →
Thursday October 22nd, 2009
Illustrations by Giles
Giles Deacon‘s illustrated the cover of Threads, a novel by Sophia Bennet. The story, ‘a fashion fairytale’, was made for a teenage audience, but like so many books right now appears to have attracted quite the mature following. Whether the readers are wearing Giles or not, who knows, but designer sketches never grow old since Read more →
