Posts for September 2008

Manish Arora's Harlequin Princess is More Queen Naboo To Us September 30, 2008 8:20 pm Sometimes its hard to tell who lost it first, fashion writer or designer, when exploring impressions from a collection but in the case of Manish Arora's Spring 2009 collection we think we may both be culpable for taking a creative idea too far, because while he saw a white faced harlequin princess we saw the Queen of Naboo.
The Heart of Darkness Provides Levity at Issey Miyake
The Heart of Darkness Provides Levity at Issey Miyake September 30, 2008 7:50 pm Marlow may have gone down the Congo in search of Kurtz while Dai Fujiwara searched the Amazon with its Orinoco for inspiration, but both found something in the jungles, thankfully for Issey Misyake fans we weren't left crying "the horror, the horror" after the Spring 2009 collection but rather "the joy, the joy."
September 30, 2008 5:10 pm >> THE MODELIZER —Is Agyness Deyn putting a check on all her exposure recently, or is she just sitting out most of this runway season?  She has yet to set foot on a Paris catwalk — not even for her friend Gareth Pugh — and only walked Burberry in Milan.  It's all suspect: She was in Paris yesterday, but this evening, she's back in London for a Burberry dinner with Christopher Bailey.UPDATE: According to her good friend Henry Holland, Agyness is sitting out due to a bad case of bronchitis.
Ann Demeulemeester Finds a Little Glam for her Spring 2009 Girl
Ann Demeulemeester Finds a Little Glam for her Spring 2009 Girl September 30, 2008 4:05 pm >> For Spring 2009, Ann Demeulemeester has traded in her goth girl for Greek goddess in an outing hailed as "one of her best collections in recent seasons" by WWD.  With her newfound muse comes not only lace-up sandals and beautifully draped dresses, but an infusion of color — vivid tangerine and saffron.  When the pieces did stay within the bounds of her normal black and white color palette, embroidery or a cascade of rhinestone fringe made the look.
September 30, 2008 3:18 pm >> THE MODELIZER —Iekeliene Stange is still taking that photography hobby of hers seriously — and having a photographer boyfriend probably doesn't help.  Her camera is so attached to her hand backstage at shows, "Somebody would always holler, ‘You’re not going to take that down the runway with you,’” she says.  Ike mostly shoots fellow models backstage (left) or a self-portrait before she heads down the runway, but after Paris Fashion Week, she's headed to Nepal to capture some new scenery — with hopes that she'll stage her first gallery opening in London in the Spring.
Coutorture Community Must Reads 9/30: The Community Talks Paris, Style Books and Blowouts
Coutorture Community Must Reads 9/30: The Community Talks Paris, Style Books and Blowouts September 30, 2008 1:44 pm Paris is on the minds of many members of our community as we all collectively carry on with our daily lives after taking a deep breath from a less then stellar Monday, and even while it may seem a bit of cognitative dissonance it is the collected wisdom of the beautiful and the strange that make life worthwhile.
Suzy Menkes Gets Her Twenty Years of Pomp(adour) and Circumstance September 30, 2008 1:42 pm >> Suzy Menkes's 1.7 million-plus words during her twenty years as fashion editor at the International Herald Tribune were commemorated on Saturday with a special video.
Paris Fashion Week: Sophia Kokosalaki Spring 2009
Paris Fashion Week: Sophia Kokosalaki Spring 2009 September 30, 2008 1:15 pm Paris Fashion Week Sophia Kokosalaki Spring 2009 Image by Francois Guillot View Slideshow ›
Comme Des Tiers Etat with H&M and Rei Kawakubo
Comme Des Tiers Etat with H&M and Rei Kawakubo September 30, 2008 1:13 pm In April we mentioned we were unsure just how Rei Kawakubo's highly conceptual work would translate into clothing for the hoi polloi with her much anticipated collaboration with H&M and now thanks to the power and speed of the blogosphere the full collection is making the rounds faster than a bad cold.  And just as we predicted, despite many a young hipster craving a Comme des Garçons look, Kawakubo's designs in cheap polyester are a giant joke on the third estate.
September 30, 2008 12:56 pm >> BLOWING THE COVER —As promised, Lily Cole's October 2008 cover for Playboy France is here.  Inside, 14 pages of a sixties-themed "Sweet Lily" editorial by Xevi Muntane and as Lily requested, accompanying interviews by her friends Jean-Paul Gaultier, Terry Gilliam, and more.
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