Posts for July 2009

Rad Hourani

>> Rad Hourani Launches Secondary Line —If there's anyone who could give Alexander Wang a run for the edgy, downtown crowd, Rad Hourani would be him.
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>> Rad Hourani Launches Secondary Line —If there's anyone who could give Alexander Wang a run for the edgy, downtown crowd, Rad Hourani would be him.  Yesterday, the stylist-turned-designer presented a secondary collection, dubbed Rad by Rad Hourani, of 15 looks — all unisex just like his runway collection — and with the same grayscale palette and angular silhouette. "In the main line, we use leather, cashmere, and all of these luxury, high-end fabrics,” explained Hourani. “This is just more relaxed and easier to wear in cotton and jerseys.” The collection runs $100 to $400 and debuts in stores and online in late November. [Style File, Jak and Jil]

Topshop Launches Fall 2009 Trend Report
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Topshop Launches Fall 2009 Trend Report

Looks like it's trend report time--Style.com, Net-a-Porter and Topshop all launched their fall shortlists this week.
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Topshop Launches Fall 2009 Trend Report

Looks like it's trend report time--Style.com, Net-a-Porter and Topshop all launched their fall shortlists this week. Topshop, like the others, favored trends that complemented their brand identity. Translation? Structured minis, sequin-overload, harem trouser-love and some serious footwear. Check out their six fall call-outs below. 

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Shopping: Trust Your Animal Instinct
Shopping

Shopping: Trust Your Animal Instinct

Whether it's an animal print or a print of an animal, this fall designers are triggering our animal instincts.
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Whether it's an animal print or a print of an animal, this fall designers are triggering our animal instincts. Go for unabashed renderings and pair them with basic items like jeans, leggings and t-shirts. Our favorite offering so far? Diane Von Furstenberg's velvet a-symmetrical dress is elegant, on-trend and retails for a very reasonable $300.

A First Peek at a Shoot From the New POP
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A First Peek at a Shoot From the New POP

>> The new rendition of POP, post-Katie Grand, comes out in a little over a month on Sept.
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>> The new rendition of POP, post-Katie Grand, comes out in a little over a month on Sept. 1, but until now we haven't had many clues, save new editor Dasha Zhukova talking to this month's Interview. The first peek at the magazine's contents and aesthetic direction comes today, when the staff posted pictures from a shoot that took place in London's Shoreditch studios last week. Tamara Rothstein styled big-haired, dark-eyed Hannah Rundlof and Melo Dagault as 1940s film noir femme fatales, pairing "Margiela with Westwood, McQueen against Watanabe’s padded extravagance" as photographer Tung Walsh captured it all — more pictures here.

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Chanel

>> Freja Beha Erichsen Loves Chanel Shows for Their Food — W recently spoke with Freja Beha Erichsen, who is getting ready to go back to Denmark and then on a West Coast road trip now that she's done with couture.
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>> Freja Beha Erichsen Loves Chanel Shows for Their Food — W recently spoke with Freja Beha Erichsen, who is getting ready to go back to Denmark and then on a West Coast road trip now that she's done with couture. Karl Lagerfeld picked her as one half of the Fall 2009 Chanel ad campaign, and it sounds like the feeling of adoration is mutual: "There’s a special feeling that you get from Chanel that you don’t get from any other show. And they’re famous for their food backstage.  At most shows, they don’t actually feed us that much, but at Chanel there’s a full buffet and everything is really good." [W Editor's Blog]

At CFDA Town Hall Meeting, Future of Fashion Week Contemplated
Diane Von Furstenberg

At CFDA Town Hall Meeting, Future of Fashion Week Contemplated

>> This morning, the CFDA held its first town hall meeting, moderated by CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg, to discuss whether Fashion Week is still relevant.
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>> This morning, the CFDA held its first town hall meeting, moderated by CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg, to discuss whether Fashion Week is still relevant.  Many attendees agreed with Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough, who voiced his concern: "There seems to be a disconnect. For us, the shows have become a press thing. It’s on blogs; magazines pull straight from the runways; and by the time it’s in stores, it feels sort of old."

Donna Karan, who has long been a proponent of selling and showing clothes in season, also wondered about the timeliness of the shows: "We are in a crisis. There's no question about it . . . We spend so much money on shows, but what is it getting us?”

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Gisele Bundchen

>> Gisele Bundchen Signs On for Kid-Friendly Webisodes —Vogue confirmed that Gisele Bundchen is pregnant and due in December late last week, and clearly she's got children on her mind: She just signed on to host "GiGi & the Green Team," a series of 3-5 minute webisodes featuring an animated version of herself who "lives a double life — supermodel by day, superhero protector of the environment by night."
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>> Gisele Bundchen Signs On for Kid-Friendly Webisodes —Vogue confirmed that Gisele Bundchen is pregnant and due in December late last week, and clearly she's got children on her mind: She just signed on to host "GiGi & the Green Team," a series of 3-5 minute webisodes featuring an animated version of herself who "lives a double life — supermodel by day, superhero protector of the environment by night." The series, set to debut on AOL this Fall, aims to "educate, entertain, inspire and empower girls to protect and preserve the environment." [Reuters, AOL]

Hanne-Gaby Odiele Opens Her Chinatown Digs for Consumption
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Hanne-Gaby Odiele Opens Her Chinatown Digs for Consumption

>> In between her editorial and advertising work — among which the latest is the Fall 2009 Missoni campaign — Hanne-Gaby Odiele has begun to emerge as something of a personal style icon.
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Hanne-Gaby Odiele Opens Her Chinatown Digs for Consumption

>> In between her editorial and advertising work — among which the latest is the Fall 2009 Missoni campaign — Hanne-Gaby Odiele has begun to emerge as something of a personal style icon.  So where does she house all the Rick Owens and Balenciaga she favors?  Her Chinatown walk-up, which Kathy Lo snapped for Supreme Being — more pictures here — complete with a bookshelf full of heels and her image from the 2009 Vogue Paris calendar on the wall.       

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Vogue

>> Flats Get the Anna Wintour Seal of Approval?
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>> Flats Get the Anna Wintour Seal of Approval? —Vogue has started pushing for a flats comeback — Andre Leon Talley posted a pro-flat treatise last month, and days later the staff gushed over oxfords — but when Anna Wintour starts wearing them to events in place of her usual Manolo Blahnik heels — like the slides she chose for the 2009 Hampton Designer Showcase over the weekend — it's worth taking note. We know from The September Issue, that if Anna wants jackets, designers and retailers give her jackets; surely the same can be said for flats. [Chic Report]