The fashion crowd took a break from Men’s Fashion Week this past Saturday to see the ultracool Margherita Missoni marry her longtime beau Eugenie Amos in Brunello, Italy. The wedding was attended by fashion heavyweights like Suzy Menkes, Franca Sozzani and Stefano Tonchi (according to WWD) and, judging by Vogue Italia’s snaps of the decor, Read more →
Believe it or not, there was a little glamour to be found outside of Cannes this week. Rachel Bilson made a welcome return to the red carpet at The CW upfronts in Chanel (and, yes, Heart of Dixie has been picked up for a second season). Kristen Stewart has been looking good, if painfully awkward Read more →
Quite a few models and celebs have made pretty drastic hair color changes recently. Crystal Renn shocked everyone with her new stark white hair and brows, and a slew of actresses–like Jennifer Connelly and Olivia Wilde (a face of Revlon)–just went blonde. Changing your hair color is an easy way to try on a new Read more →
Jennifer Connelly is a Shiseido Spokeswoman Again, 30 Years Later: The Labrynth co-star is reprising her role as the global face of the Japanese makeup and skincare line – she also appeared in their “Perky Jeans” ad campaign in the ’80s. Jen’s new campaign for Shiseido will be for its Future Solution LX premium skin care line – which sadly doesn’t quite have the same awesome ring to it as “Perky Jeans.” {Styleite}
LVMH and Dior In Pretty Good Shape: As the global economy grows, so have people’s spending habits: LVMH sales have gained 20.4% in the fourth quarter and Dior’s revenues have advanced 22%. Luxury brands seem to be increasing in profit and revenue in pretty much every major market sector save for Japan, where last year’s devastating natural disasters affected far more than the spending habits of the wealthy. {WWD subscription required}
Lisa Perry’s Spring Collection is ‘Mad About Mod’: The designer hosted an intimate luncheon yesterday to celebrate her new ’60s-inspired collection, which features mod accents and groovy pop-art inspired prints. It’s available at Barneys just in time for spring weather and, of course, the return of Mad Men. {Barneys}
Lately, the cool thing, if you’re famous, is to claim that you don’t have a stylist. (Cough, Blake Lively, cough cough.) Sometimes, that’s true. But most of the time, chances are someone is likely helping the starlet make clothing decisions, even if it’s not a Rachel Zoe/Nicole Richie-type relationship.
There are some stylists who make celebrities look like they’ve done it themselves. Leslie Fremar, who styles Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Connelly, and several other perfect specimens, makes her clients feel so comfortable on the red carpet that for years I fully believed Gyllenhaal did it solo.
But alas, what celebrity has time to go it alone, especially when it’s a big event like the Oscars? As one publicist told me, “I don’t think they have time to find PR contacts, you know?”
Even Chloe Sevigny, whose style is innately her own–probably more than any other celebrity–uses a stylist for big events. Ezra Woods, her sometimes-stylist, also works with Michelle Williams, who looks as effortless on the street as she does on the red carpet. (And there’s no way Woods is picking out her outfits every morning.) Perfect person Gwyneth Paltrow even started using someone after her too loose Ralph Lauren dress at the 1999 Oscars. (Although I loved it regardless.)
So what about Blake? And Diane? And January? What’s truth and what’s fiction? Here are the real stories behind these stars without stylists:
We hear Balenciaga’s readying to shoot their new campaign. Not a celebrity in sight this time around though. Charlotte Gainsbourg’s at home in Paris and Jennifer Connelly’s snug in New York because Nicolas Ghesquière chooses models this season. The line up so far includes Kasia Struss and “three unknowns.” Whether they’re grouped together or on Read more →
