>> Back in April, Gucci announced that Claire Danes would be replacing Drew Barrymore as the face of their fine jewelry line this Fall. The campaign was shot by the same photographers — Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin — and now that the new set of photos with Claire have been revealed, they leave me wondering. Why switch headliners and shell out the money for a whole new shoot if you're going to use the same exact sand background, same poses, same concept . . . ? *image: source
>> INSIDER WIRE —Narciso Rodriguez has a "notoriously difficult" reputation, and the fact that he wants to cut ties with his main investor, Liz Claiborne, after just sixteen months isn't helping anything. Claiborne wants to take the label more downmarket than Narciso is willing to do, so instead, he wants to buy back their share. Only problem is, he's having trouble finding a new investor in times like these . . . [The Cut]
>> "I don't care about the collection. My dogs are much more important," Valentino Garavani exclaims during one scene of Valentino: The Last Emperor. The designer is supposed to be the star of the documentary, which is still making the film festival rounds, but from the clips that have appeared so far, his six pugs — Milton, Monty, Maude, Margot, Maggie and Molly — seem to steal the show. One "little idiot," as Valentino calls her, urinates during photo shoot for the movie poster below, and all six get taken wherever their master goes, with dog butler in tow. *image: source
I asked Arlenis if she ate anything that day and she said she already had a breakfast of yogurt, granola and fruit. And a lunch of a salad and a kiwi. She assured me this was totally true. Then I asked if she had dressing on that salad. 'I don't like dressing,' she said. I gave her a look. 'Because I can't be fat. I do like it. But I don't want any.'
>> THE MODELIZER—If a modeling comeback is in order, there's no better way to do it than by opening a Marc Jacobs show. Jamie Bochert, who was big back in the early 2000s until she took a break to focus on music, was asked personally by Marc to do his Spring 2009 show — and now she's fully back in the game, with new representation by Women. [Women Blog]
>> Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi had a tall order to fill for Spring 2009. Before Gianfranco Ferre passed in 2007, his architectural-based label had ceased to become relevent — as Cathy Horyn put it, "It’s been a while since anyone [has] paid serious attention to the Ferre name." So could the newly tapped designers bring it back to the forefront?
The general consensus says yes. Nicole Phelps of Style.com was pleased: "They deserve high marks for this outing." Cathy Horyn of The New York Times, a Aquilano-Rimondi fan, loved the effort, with one caveat: "The designers distilled the essence of Ferre in a new, eye-catching way. Now to just refine the elements a bit more . . . " WWDfelt the same: "Aquilano and Rimondi have the right ideas, but what they need now is a little restraint."
Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune also echoed the same sentiment: "Not all the Ferré collection was approachable. Yet . . . the two designers created the clothes and the buzz that will bring fashion life back to Ferré." With another season under their belts, Aquilano and Rimondi could definitely hit the right stride at Ferre. *image: source
>> BLOWING THE COVER —Christy Turlington licks her lips on the October 2008 Vogue Paris cover because she knows how delicious the magazine's innards are: Lakshmi Menon makes her debut in some insane stilt-like shoes, sharing editorial space with Yasmin Warsame in "Afro-disiaque." [Models.com Daily Feed]
>> Milan is not good to Andre Leon Talley. Two years ago, his luggage was lost for three days during Milan Fashion Week, and he was stuck wearing the same blue Patent Miu Miu coat and velour track pants to the shows. Fast forward to today, and it's the same deal with Milan Fashion Week. His luggage was lost, and he had to wear the same Juicy Couture shorts and gray Ralph Lauren polo shirt to D&G this morning that he wore on the plane.
But ALT isn't the only one having issues with Milan: A Continental flight out of Newark filled with a bevy of editors — Vogue’s fashion market and accessories director Virginia Smith and senior accessories editor Filipa Fino, W’s fashion director Alex White, and New York magazine’s fashion director Harriet Mays Powell — experienced engine failure and was rerouted to Maine last night. They all made it safely back to Newark, but most are still looking for a new flight to Milan . . . *image: source
>> THE MODELIZER —Kate Moss and Jamie Hince have broken it off once again, and this time it's said to be for good. Rumors began after Kate and Jamie accepted front row seats for Naomi Campbell's Fashion for Relief show last week, but neither showed up. The two, who have been together on and off since last September, split last Monday after "a huge argument" about "Kate’s non-stop party lifestyle." [Daily Mail]
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>> INSIDER WIRE —Narciso Rodriguez has a "notoriously difficult" reputation, and the fact that he wants to cut ties with his main investor, Liz Claiborne, after just sixteen months isn't helping anything. Claiborne wants to take the label more downmarket than Narciso is willing to do, so instead, he wants to buy back their share. Only problem is, he's having trouble finding a new investor in times like these . . . [
>> THE MODELIZER —If a modeling comeback is in order, there's no better way to do it than by opening a Marc Jacobs show. Jamie Bochert, who was big back in the early 2000s until she took a break to focus on music, 
>> BLOWING THE COVER —Christy Turlington licks her lips on the October 2008 Vogue Paris cover because she knows how delicious the magazine's innards are: Lakshmi Menon 
>> Milan is not good to Andre Leon Talley. Two years ago, his luggage 
>> THE MODELIZER —Kate Moss and Jamie Hince have broken it off once again, and this time it's said to be for good. Rumors began after Kate and Jamie accepted front row seats for Naomi Campbell's 
