Well, that didn’t take long. A day after news that Tamara Mellon was leaving Jimmy Choo broke, there’s speculation that Mellon will launch her own lifestyle brand. And funding may already be in place for such a venture, WWD is reporting.
While Mellon’s ambitions aren’t portrayed in a very flattering light–WWD‘s source told the paper that “money and a high profile are important to her”–it’s understandable that she would want to branch out on her own.
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Big changes are afoot at Jimmy Choo. The company is celebrating a milestone 15th anniversary this year–but in a surprising turn of events, Choo co-founder and chief creative officer Tamara Mellon–who was also the face of the brand–is leaving the company.
Mellon isn’t the only one leaving, either. Joshua Shulman, the CEO, has also resigned, WWD is reporting. This all comes in the wake of the footwear company’s acquisition by Labelux last May.
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Kristen Cavallari Shot A Wedding Spread And Then Ended Her Engagement: The Hills star shot this Life&Style wedding spread and then broke off her engagement with Jay Cutler two days after the photos were released (presumably not because of said photoshoot). The pictures are gorgeous but that’s probably no consolation; bet she’s having a really not fun Sex and the City movie moment right about now. {MTV Style}
Karlie Kloss Covers September Harper’s Bazaar Australia: Excuse my Tyra phrasing, but this is FIERCE. Victor Demarchelier captured Kloss’ signature stare head-on. I feel she’s boring into my soul. I like it. {Fashion Gone Rogue}
The McQueen Exhibit Is Open Until Midnight On It’s Last Two Nights: On Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty will be open to the public until midnight, the latest the museum has ever kept an exhibit open. A spokesperson remarked, “These midnight hours will mark a fitting conclusion to this powerful exploration of McQueen’s work.” We couldn’t agree more. {Met Museum}
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Claudia Schiffer Looks Amaaazing On The Cover Of German Vogue: She casts eyes at us from under a black lace mask and we are struck with envy at her absolutely flawless waves (and lips and skin and everything because she’s Claudia and she’s perfect…). This image rocks. {Models.com}
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Topshop Adds An Eveningwear Line And Is Building A Vegas Store: Called Dress Up, the new line is comprised of “elaborate, embellished pieces in fine silks and satin with beading and sequins” to target the “going out” market, says director Philip Green. It will do well in the sequin capital, Las Vegas, where they have a store coming in March 2012. Other future store plans include Chicago and Toronto, plus ones in Brazil, Australia and Mexico. {Racked}
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WWD reports Harvey Weinstein and Marios Schwab are out at Halston, following news earlier this week that Sarah Jessica Parker was also exiting the company. (Former CEO Bonnie Takhar, who was part of the Parker/Weinstein group, left late last year.)
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Jimmy Choo, which is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year, just announced that they are releasing Icons, a capsule collection of 15 shoe styles yanked from the company’s archives. Some will be re-released in their original glory, but some will be updated a bit.
The shoes include the Feather, which Carrie Bradshaw lost on the Staten Island Ferry in season three of Sex and the City (effectively making Jimmy Choo a household name) and the Macy (a classic neutral party sandal). They’ll be available only at Jimmy Choo shops, and will cost $850 to $3,785.
If you’re feeling guilty about spending that much money, don’t.
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On the selling block for the past year or so, Jimmy Choo has been bought from London-based private equity firm TowerBrook Capital by Labelux, a burgeoning luxury group which owns brands like Bally, Derek Lam and Solange Azagury-Partridge. Labelux reportedly paid between ₤500-550 million–around $850 million–for the high-end shoe label.
According to a statement released by the Vienna-based firm, Jimmy Choo founder and chief creative officer Tamara Mellon and CEO Josh Schulman will stay on board, and Mellon will take a stake in the new company being formed by Labelux.
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Jimmy Choo wants to buy back Jimmy Choo.
In case you haven’t heard, Jimmy Choo, the shoe designer, doesn’t actually own or design for his namesake label. In fact, he hasn’t been involved since 2000. UK private equity firm, TowerBrook, owns the majority of the company. (The other big shareholder is co-founder/chief creative officer Tamara Mellon, who owns 15% of the business.) TowerBrook is keen on selling. LVMH, Valentino, and a few private equity firms have been whispered as potential buyers.
But now Mr. Choo, the original designer and inspiration behind the brand, wants his label back. According to The Daily Mail, Choo has hired adviser Daniel Stewart to help him move forward with a £500 million offer for the company. (Choo will need investors to back his bid. Stewart will help him find the right ones.)
Does he have a chance?
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Alber Elbaz Steals Our Heart Again: To celebrate the upcoming summer wedding of Prince Albert of Monaco to Charlene Wittstock, Elbaz has teamed up with the Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo in Monaco to create a romantic package for two that features Elbaz-designed cocktails and treats, a Lanvin Gift, and helicopter ride over the French Riviera. Swoon.
{Vogue UK}
Jimmy Choo For Dudes: All the men out there who have ever envied a woman’s shoe collection can now sport their own Jimmy Choo’s. Tamara Mellon has designed a men’s line that includes a range of high tops, biker boots, gentleman’s evening slippers, and even those croc Hunter wellies. The collection will be available to order online in July.
{Telegraph}
An Abrupt End to Tao Comme Des Garcons: Tao Kurihara’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection shown in Paris last October will unfortunately be her last. The designer will instead focus on the Tricot Comme Des Garcons label shown twice a year in Tokyo.
{Fashionologie}
After 15 years in the shoe biz, Jimmy Choo is launching its first fragrance, exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue on Jan. 15. And co-founder Tamara Mellon is the chest, er, face of the scent.
The scent will simply be called Jimmy Choo. “We’ve transitioned into a lifestyle luxury brand, and it seemed like the next natural step for us,” Tamara Mellon, co-founder and chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo, told WWD at a London event to launch the fragrance. “Fragrance is such an important accessory for women — I think it will have a very broad reach. Our customer is every woman.”
The juice, three years in the making, was created by Olivier Polge of International Flavors & Fragrances, and it’s a fruity chypre with green top notes, as well as exotic tiger orchid, sweet toffee and Indonesian patchouli notes.
“Fragrance is something that’s very… personal,” said Mellon, to a room full of beauty editors at the New York launch event, where she revealed that her favorites as a teenager included Opium and Anaïs Anaïs. “I love the smell of green fresh notes, they’re in the top notes of our fragrance. I like things that are sensual, so that’s how we came in with the patchouli.”
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Jimmy Choo founder and chief creative officer Tamara Mellon’s picks her favortite gifts for this Holiday season, which perfectly coincides with Jimmy Choo’s 15th anniversary. We’re giving Tamara a big congrats on 15 amazing years!
India Pearl Chapman Arrives: It’s a girl for 34-year-old Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman and husband Harvey Weinstein. Her name is India Pearl Chapman and she’s Chapman’s first child (Weinstein has three girls from a previous marriage). The NY Post cites one anonymous “pal” as saying, “”Let’s all hope she looks like Georgina.” Thanks for saying what we were all thinking, “pal.” {NY Post}
Lohan’s First Post-Prison Cover: Lindsay Lohan graces the cover of Vanity Fair, giving the mag her first in depth post-jail interview. The shoot was Grace Kelley-inspired, and we’ve got to give it to Lilo, she looks the part. {Vanity Fair}
Lion Cubs and Handbags Are Inappropriate Cover-Ups in Venice: Julianne Moore’s campaign for Bulgari, in which the actress reclines naked covered only by lion cubs and a large Bulgari handbag, has been banned in Venice. “An advertisement showing a nude woman on a divan is not appropriate for St Mark’s Square,” Venice’s mayor Giorgio Orsoni told the Italian press. {The Telegraph}
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