Posts for August 19th 2009

August 19, 2009 5:41 pm >> Vogue Runs Editorial in September 2009 Issue Strikingly Similar to August 2007 W Editorial —Vogue's September 2009 issue boasts an editorial called "Into the Woods," photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott; curiously enough, an editorial that ran in the August 2007 issue of W — by the same photographers — has a similar concept and the same name.  Both editorials feature autumnal leafy backgrounds and the models — Natalia Vodianova for Vogue (right), Doutzen Kroes for W (left) — strike similar poses.
Haider Ackermann Rumored to Be Taking Over Maison Martin Margiela
Haider Ackermann Rumored to Be Taking Over Maison Martin Margiela August 19, 2009 4:35 pm >> Haider Ackermann has had a fan in Tilda Swinton for years — she has chosen him numerous times for the red carpet — but his Fall 2009 collection earned him a wider fan base.
August 19, 2009 3:34 pm >> Andre Leon Talley to Judge Miss Universe, Has a Personal Photographer —Last night, Donald Trump revealed on David Letterman that Andre Leon Talley, who he called "a tremendous character and a really talented man," is one of the judges for this year's Miss Universe pageant.  The show airs live from the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas this Sunday, Aug.
First Look at Hussein Chalayan's Urban Motility Line for Puma
First Look at Hussein Chalayan's Urban Motility Line for Puma August 19, 2009 2:49 pm >> Hussein Chalayan, who joined Puma as creative director in February 2008, marking the first long-term partnership between fashion designer and major sports label, has released a preview of his first work for the brand — for Spring 2010, hitting stores next February — under the "fashion sportswear" label Urban Motility.
August 19, 2009 1:25 pm >> Anna Wintour to "Ad-Lib" Letterman Interview; Two New September Issue Clips —Anna Wintour's appearance on Letterman next Monday to promote The September Issue — which a spokesperson says she's not preparing for, but is rather "going to ad-lib" — nears, but tonight, she's hosting the film's New York premiere.  In honor, two more clips from the film have been released; the first, a scene from the cover shoot with Sienna Miller, who starts out wearing a wig after both Anna and fashion director Tonne Goodman criticize the state of her hair, and the second, in which creative director Grace Coddington talks about how she's old-fashioned because she still touches her models to style them rather than having her assistant do it.
More Details on Loic Prigent's The Day Before, Capturing Proenza Schouler, Sonia Rykiel, Fendi, and Jean Paul Gaultier
More Details on Loic Prigent's The Day Before, Capturing Proenza Schouler, Sonia Rykiel, Fendi, and Jean Paul Gaultier August 19, 2009 12:48 pm >> Matt Tyrnauer may have gotten ahold of Valentino for The Last Emperor, and RJ Cutler of Anna Wintour for The September Issue, but it's Loic Prigent who has really taken the whole fly-on-the-wall fashion documentary concept by the horns these past few years.  He did Signe Chanel, a five-part series on the creation of Chanel's Fall 2004 couture collection, and the 2007 film Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, which captures Marc waddling in pigeon costume and finding inspiration for a bag from a collection of pastel macaroons; both Signe Chanel and Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton have been uploaded to YouTube.
Cool Cutouts August 19, 2009 11:00 am Cutouts have shown up on every part of a garment imaginable, in all shapes and sizes.
Get Ready For Fall With a Low-Heeled Boot August 19, 2009 10:00 am What's better for a lady on the go than a pair of boots with a manageable heel?
Fashion in 50 Seconds 08/19/09 Street Style Fame, Gaultier's Skivvies
Fashion in 50 Seconds 08/19/09 Street Style Fame, Gaultier's Skivvies August 19, 2009 8:35 am Street style photog couple Scott Schuman and Garance Dore step it up with work in Vogue Italia and Paris.