After all that hate Cathy Horyn received earlier this year, it’s nice to hear news of a fashion critic actually getting some appreciation: Suzy Menkes, renowned fashion critic for the International Herald Tribune, will receive the Fiorino d’Oro during the upcoming Pitti Uomo, WWD is reporting.
It’s not such a stretch to imagine some fashion people as cartoon characters, is it? Here are the Disney versions of all your favorites in the industry, straight from the Barneys/Disney holiday collab.
What a cute way to start the morning! As was announced back in August, Barneys is giving Disney characters a high fashion makeover for its new “Electric Holiday” campaign and upcoming “moving art short.” We’ve already seen what Minnie Mouse looks like as a svelte, 5’11,” Lanvin-clad model, but what about what Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz looks like as a Disney character?
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but here are 552 used by the fash pack to characterize Simons’s very hotly anticipated debut at Dior. While not everyone felt his first-ever couture collection was an unqualified success (hey there, Suze?), critical consensus was that this New New Look set the bar pretty high, and possibly Read more →
Jessica Michault, Suzy Menkes‘ partner-in-crime and online editor at the International Herald Tribune, is leaving her post at the storied publication for greener–or at least speedier–pastures: The editor and blogger has just been named editor-in-chief of NOWFASHION.
Most of us know NOWFASHION as the place to go for in-real-time runway and red carpet photos–but the site, helmed by photographer Valerio Mezzanotti, is hoping to change that.
The fashion flock might have already taken flight for Paris, but in case you’re still getting your Guccis and Puccis in a row, this afternoon we check in with your ultimate crib sheet to Milan fashion week’s most well-reviewed collections.
As with our London and New York roundups, we’ve pored through The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Style.com, Vogue.com, SHOWstudio.com—and every other broadsheet and blog we can stream in our Google Reader—to bring you just the adjectives and adverbial phrases and other one-liners used to qualify the shows.
Which designers came out on top? In the spirit of the new Milanese minimalism, we’ve pared the list down to seven. Flash back with us now through the best of austerity chic and graphic tailoring.
The International Herald Tribune‘s Suzy Menkes wrote a lengthy, thoughtful piece this weekend about the current case of designer musical chairs at major fashion houses, which posits that designers are being treated as commodities “bought and dispensed with as the corporate house pleases” rather than the “artistic and fragile people” they truly are.
She accurately paints a picture of the current situation with Dior, YSL and Jil Sander, which has designers leaving, being fired from and returning to these houses–and the fashion industry watching and gossiping as it all goes down. Menkes’ point is summarized in the article’s headline: “We Are All Guilty for This Mess.”
The darkly romantic looks on the first day of Milan fashion week may have been a palette cleanser from the rainbow-splashed prints on display over the weekend from all the young guns in London. But you might still be wondering what wild and wonderful British fashion stood out from the digital swirl—which is why we’ve compiled the ultimate crib sheet of the season’s most well-reviewed shows.
After 300-plus shows, it’s no wonder we’re still reeling. But while the calendar may have been jam-packed, there are only a few collections that really make headlines–which is why we’ve compiled the ultimate crib sheet of the season’s most important shows and what all the major critics had to say about them.
We’ve poured through every review (we mean that literally) for qualifying adjectives and other bon mots from The New York Times’ Cathy Horyn, Eric Wilson, and the International Herald Tribune‘s Suzy Menkes; Style.com’s Nicole Phelps and Meenal Mistry; Vogue.com’s Sarah Mower, Hamish Bowles, and Mark Holgate; Samantha Critchell for the Associated Press; Lynn Yaeger for New York, and a host of other friends and bloggers.
The result is a comprehensive guide to the season’s most well-reviewed shows–from Jason Wu to Marc Jacobs. Which designers came out on top? Flash back with us now. You don’t have to take our word for it.
Daphne Guinness has finally revealed, to Charlie Rose of all people, what she plans to do with that wardrobe of Isabella Blow’s she bought following Blow’s death, to prevent it from being auctioned off.
Rose hosted a discussion about the state of fashion with Diane Von Furstenberg, Suzy Menkes and Guinness. For the most part, Guinness appeared shy and didn’t say much–Menkes was the most loquacious–but she did share a couple of interesting tidbits. Adding on to a discussion about how the digital revolution is changing and democratizing fashion, she said,
I’m going to put together now a show of my friend’s clothes who died and I’m going to do that online so that people in New Zealand can see it because they might not be able to get to Central St. Martin’s to be able to see that.
Bloglovin’ Award Winners: ManRepeller‘s Leandra Medine was named 2012′s Blog of the Year at the live-streamed awards ceremony, hosted by Derek Blasberg. Other winners include Olivia Palermo for Newcomer of the Year, Jamie Beck of From Me to You for most original blog, and Fashionista won for best fashion news website. (Yay! Thanks everyone for voting!) {Yahoo! News}
Coach Partners with Anna Sui: The designer has been tapped to reinterpret Coach’s Duffle Sac, a bag that debuted in 1972. Sui has designed two different versions which will be featured in her runway show on Wednesday. Said the designer, “The Anna Sui version adds a boho feeling with Whipstitching, big tassels and appliquéd Art Nouveau dragonflies.” The limited edition bags will be available this fall on Coach’s website and select boutiques; prices are not currently available. {WWD, Subscription Required}
Liv Tyler Returns to Music Video: Need something to wake you up this Monday morning? Tyler covered the INXS song “Need You Tonight” to promote Givenchy’s newest scent, Very Irrésistible Givenchy Electric Rose, and the accompanying video is pretty sexy. The track was produced by TV on the Radio’s David Andrew Sitek, and Tyler actually sounds kind of amazing. {Elle.com}
Ecco Domani Announces Fashion Foundation Award Winners: Haus Alkire, Corell Corell, and Tim Coppens are amongst the seven up-and-coming designers who received the honor along with $25,000 grants to build their brands, and prepare for New York Fashion Week. Good luck! We can’t wait to see what these young designers have to offer. {WWD subscription required}
Marc Jacobs v. Patrice Lataillade Settle Out of Court: The company has settled with former employee Patrice Lataillade, who claimed he was fired after complaining about president Robert Duffy’s inappropriate behavior and sexual discrimination. {Vogue UK}
The UK Telegraph Has Found Suzy Menkes’ Hair Inspiration: We knew that coif couldn’t have come out of nowhere! The Telegraph tweeted a photo of an early 1700s porcelain plate featuring a woman with the same ‘do. Okay, Suzy, we see your colonial era swag! Werk! {Fashion Foie Gras}
