The 2009 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award winners have been announced.
Winner: Sophie Theallet
Runners-up: Monique Pean and Patrick Ervell.
Alber Elbaz shared the following words of wisdom with young designers in the room at Skylight Studios, "Success is like a bottle of perfume. Smell it - don't sniff it and don't drink it."
Source: Norman Jean Roy/Vogue
>> Wintour Hires Obama Online Campaign Masterminds for Vogue.com —Last week, it came out that Elle pulled ahead of Vogue this year in terms of ad pages — 2,100 to 1,990, respectively — which Vogue SVP and publishing director Tom Florio chalked up to his reluctance to "heavily discount and use our editors to sell ad pages. What we saw happen this year, which we haven’t seen in a while, is the discounts were approaching 70 percent. Some of the deals that were being done were just crazy." This week, meanwhile, Anna Wintour is continuing to beef up Vogue's web presence — a spokesman confirmed that Blue State Digital, which masterminded Barack Obama's online campaign, has been hired to work on Vogue.com business and editorial sides, focusing on reader and subscriber outreach. [WWD, Jezebel]
>> Olivier Zahm, the man who recently described his trademark look as "a disguise" — "five or six years ago, I decided to wear this kind of outfit and behave as if I were a celebrity. It’s not out of narcissism. It’s for the magazine. For an independent magazine to exist, I had to incarnate it personally" — has been busy with projects other than Purple Fashion lately. He and art director Alex Wiederin have been working together "on Carine Roitfeld's book" — no further details given, and he's also "art directed and designed" the first issue of 31 Rue Cambon, a Chanel magazine — which seems to be in a similar vein as Yves Saint Laurent's Manifesto — to be distributed worldwide in Chanel stores. Featured, of course, are Chanel favorites like Lara Stone, Baptiste Giabiconi, and Freja Beha Erichsen.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles spared no expense for its 30th anniversary celebration over the weekend. Lady Gaga performed her new ballad, "Speechless" in an art-meets-entertainment spectacle masterminded by Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli. The production featured a dance by the Bolshoi Ballet, Gaga on a pink piano painted with butterflies by Damien Hirst, and costumes by Miuccia Prada.
Hosted by POP magazine's Dasha Zhukova and Larry Gagosian the event was attended by 1,000 guests from the worlds of fashion (Carine Roitfeld, Cameron Silver, Kate and Laura Mulleavy), art (Takashi Murakami, David Hockney, Jeff Koons), music (Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani), and film (Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, James Franco).
"My wish is that the entertainment industry makes love more often with the art industry," said Vezzoli of the production. "I love that," replied Gaga. "Having my fans watch the [performance] video and be exposed to a level of art and a level of installation is so beautiful and so important."
Click the gallery below to check out photos from the red carpet and inside the event.
Los Angeles 11/14/09 Getty, Wireimage
>> Adriana Lima Has a Baby Girl —If there was any question of whether Adriana Lima was going to pop up to join Heidi Klum in her hosting duties at Thursday's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show taping, here's your answer: not likely. Lima welcomed her first child, Valentina Lima Jaric, with husband Marko Jaric yesterday in New York City. [People]
>> Soon after Gemma Ward popped up in New York for her 22nd birthday, a spokesperson from her Australian agency Vivens went on record saying of Ward: "Gemma hasn't committed to returning to modelling at any time soon." The comment spurred many to conclude that Ward was permanently done with modeling.
Now, however, Ward herself is speaking out. She Twittered yesterday: "Thankyou everyone for your support, all i'll say on the subject is im content with my decision but i have said nothing will be permanent." And she emailed The West Australian to let them know she plans on returning to the catwalk next year: "I have not 'quit modelling' and my fans back home can expect to see me back at work modelling and acting in the new year."
Olivier Zahm shares a sneak peek of his work with Karl Lagerfeld for the new Chanel magazine.
Nick Knight's future plans include digital sculptures of famous people and opening a SHOWstudio in New York.
Katie Hiller, accessories designer for Luella, Stella McCartney and Marc Jacobs, launches a bunny necklace under her own name.
Vogue editors debate the wearability of harem pants.
The Gallery at Hermès (located in the Madison Avenue store) will show a collection of still lifes by photographer Sharon Core through December 11.
Behind the scenes at the Boom Boom Room with Sasha Pivovarova, Anna J., and Edita V. for Jimmy Choo's H&M campaign shoot.
Source: Olivier Zahm/purple DIARY
Muiccia Prada celebrated her fashion house's first tome, "Prada: Creativity, Modernity, Innovation" in her Los Angeles flagship Friday night.
Friends and fans including Carine Roitfeld, Emma Roberts, Chloe Sevigny, Liz Goldwyn, Stavros Niarchos, Dasha Zhukova, and Mario Testino joined Prada on the third level of her Rodeo Drive store where trompe l'oeil wallpaper transformed the room into an old world-style library. While in Los Angeles, Muiccia Prada also attended the POP magazine-hosted gala at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Los Angeles 11/13/09 WireImage
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have designed a snake-themed capsule collection of jewlery and baby gifts for British brand Asprey. Titled "The Protector" because Jolie considers the serpent shape a protector of her family, the collection was designed and conceived entirely by Jolie and Pitt.
Pieces include silver baby gifts—a baby spoon, egg cup, tooth box, and picture frame—each with serpent details and reptile pendants, rings, and bracelets for adults made with gold and micropave diamonds. Jolie wore one of the pieces, an emerald and diamond bracelet, with Armani Prive to the BAFTA awards earlier this year.
According to WWD, Jolie and Pitt have been working on the collection for over a year. When available later this week in Asprey stores worldwide, prices will start at $525 (for the baby spoon) and all net proceeds will go to Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a charity co-founded by Jolie in 2006.
Pitt's last foray into jewelry design—wedding bands for his 2000 marriage to Jennifer Aniston—resulted in a $50 million dollar lawsuit against jeweler Diamiani when the brand reportedly sold Brad and Jennifer knockoff rings. We hope his partnership with Asprey is a happier one and will wait with bated breath for the Angelina-fronted advertising campaign.
Click below for images of the collection.
[WWD]
Donna Karan is on the December cover of Architectural Digest discussing her Balinese health resort-inspired vacation home in the Turks and Caicos—a gift to her late husband, Stephan Weiss.
Karan uses the Parrot Cay retreat (equipped with a yoga pavilion and a spa villa) as a personal sanctuary and a place to feature the organic home furnishings sold to benefit her Urban Zen Foundation. Karan started the foundation in her husband's memory to promote the integration of Eastern healing with Western medicine. Her three Urban Zen store locations—in New York City, Sag Harbor, and Ketchum, Idaho—offer everything from clothing and accessories to coffee and photography, and a percentage of all sales is donated to the charity.
Source: Durston Saylor/Architectural Digest
