And Riccardo Tisci explains his decision to open the Givenchy show to the public.
It’s summer! And that means on Fridays, everyone should be sneaking out of work a little bit early to go on a weekend jaunt or grab a drink on a sunny rooftop. The fashion industry, which works very hard, also knows a thing or two about how to cut loose. In our weekly Summer Friday column, we catch up with industry insiders to find out what they do, where they go, and what they bring with them when they escape the daily grind. Last week we went on vacation with supermodel/actress Tao Okamoto. This week we go on vacation with Esquire’s comely senior fashion editor, Wendell Brown.
Karlie, Natasha, Jourdan, and 10 of the biggest names in modeling snag 10 different covers of the upcoming Times Style Magazine in honor of the mag's--you guessed it--tenth birthday. {HuffPost} Mayle's back! And you can get it at Club Monaco. Hopefully this is a sign of much, much more Mayle to come. {Refinery29} Emma Watson and the Perks of Being a Wallflower cast are just too freaking cute in this interview with Nylon Magazine. {NylonMagazine} The always hilarious Joan Rivers likens fashion week to a Charlie Sheen rager. She's not far off from the truth there. {BuzzFeed}
Want to see Daniel Craig as James Bond running, lounging and generally looking dashing in Tom Ford suits? Check out this video in which the costume designer for the new 007 flick talks about how 'supple' the suits are. {Vanity Fair} An open house was held to celebrate the latest batch of CFDA incubatees, who moved into their Fashion Incubator studios about a month ago. {WWD} Duchess of Cambridge and all-around regular gal, Kate Middleton, has the fashion world abuzz because she apparently wore cubic zirconia earrings to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Needless to say, they're already sold out. {HuffPost Style}
Given the record-breaking success of this year's Alexander McQueen retrospective at the Met, museums would be smart to put more fashion in their halls. And if today's piece in WWD on museums "getting fashionable" is any indication, they are. Harold Koda, curator in charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, told the trade, “Clearly the critical as well as popular success of the McQueen show suggests that fashion design has a more secure place in the precincts of an art museum.” While any museum would be hard-pressed to recreate the magic that was "Savage Beauty," more fashion exhibits are popping up all over the world and several big ones are already on track to debut next year.
Tom Ford will dress Daniel Craig once again as James Bond, the Telegraph is reporting. Ford dressed Craig as Bond in 2008's Quantum of Solace. He'll dress Craig as Bond for the newest installment, Skyfall, due out in November 2012. Tom Ford is basically the James Bond of fashion (what does that even mean?) so of course he should design James Bond's razor sharp suits for the movies. Daniel Craig will wear bespoke suits, shirts, knitwear and sunglasses, with everything handmade in Italy. "I couldn't be happier to be dressing Daniel Craig again," Ford said. "James Bond epitomizes the Tom Ford man in his elegance, style and love of luxury. I am thrilled to move forward with this iconic character."
Across the pond today, Angels The Costumiers are putting up a bevy of costumes from films and television shows at the Bonhams Knightsbridge auction ho