Posts for October 5th 2009

Stefano Pilati Is Seeing Strawberries, Knee Slits for Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2010
Stefano Pilati Is Seeing Strawberries, Knee Slits for Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2010 October 5, 2009 4:52 pm >> Stefano Pilati favors supermodels for his Yves Saint Laurent ad campaigns — five seasons strong now — and two showed up front row for the YSL show today: Claudia Schiffer and Kate Moss.  Pilati, who favors little color, as famously noted by Anna Wintour in The September Issue, stuck to mostly white and black, gray, and tan, with a little emerald, periwinkle blue, and coral pink thrown in for good measure.
October 5, 2009 3:06 pm >> Finally Confirmed: Martin Margiela Not Involved in Designing Maison —Just a year ago for the Spring 2009 season, Maison Martin Margiela celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a retrospective show — around that time, rumors began to circulate that the designer left the brand, since bolstered by tepid reviews for the house's Fall 2009 ready-to-wear and couture collections, and most recently, Spring 2010, which Suzy Menkes called "tragic."  Over the weekend, Margiela majority stakeholder Renzo Rosso finally confirmed: "Martin has not been there for a long time.
Paris Fashion Week: Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2010
Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2010 October 5, 2009 2:48 pm Paris 10/05/09.
Pheobe Philo's First Celine Runway Collection for Spring 2010: The Reviews Are In
The Reviews Are In October 5, 2009 1:35 pm >> For her first runway show since leaving Chloe in 2006 to focus on motherhood, Phoebe Philo sent out a fast-marching group of models swaddled in earth tones, clunky wood wedges, modified trenches, military details, lots of leather, and curiously few handbags, despite Celine's accessory-brand heritage.  Bound inspiration books from Philo, containing photos of Kurt Cobain, disco balls, and work by David Sims and Helmut Newton were placed on every seat.
Paris Fashion Week: Guy Laroche Spring 2010
Guy Laroche Spring 2010 October 5, 2009 1:09 pm Paris 10/05/09.
October 5, 2009 12:35 pm >> Jourdan Dunn Walks Spring 2010 Jean Paul Gaultier Runway Pregnant, Admits Used to Be on Not-Great Terms with Chanel Iman —In her seventh month of pregnancy — she's due with a boy in December — Jourdan Dunn hit her first catwalk so far this season over the weekend in a padded cone bra and baby bump plate for Jean Paul Gaultier.  She's also appearing on Teen Vogue's November 2010 cover with Chanel Iman — inside, the latter admits they haven't "always been the best of friends": "Until recently, we barely even spoke.
Paris Fashion Week: Giambattista Valli Spring 2010
Giambattista Valli Spring 2010 October 5, 2009 12:10 pm Paris 10/05/09.
Lindsay Lohan and Estrella Archs's First Emanuel Ungaro Collection for Spring 2010: The Reviews Are In (And Not Pretty)
The Reviews Are In (And Not Pretty) October 5, 2009 11:50 am >> Three weeks after they were tasked with designing the Spring 2010 Emanuel Ungaro collection, Estrella Archs and artistic advisor Lindsay Lohan took their runway bow — the former dragging the teary latter by the hand — yesterday to a beefed-up photographer's pit and an audience, many of whom just came because of the expected spectacle.
Paris Fashion Week: Leonard Spring 2010
Leonard Spring 2010 October 5, 2009 11:45 am Paris 10/05/09.
Paris Fashion Week: Costume National Spring 2010
Costume National Spring 2010 October 5, 2009 11:43 am Paris 10/04/09.