Posts for November 15th 2010

Emilio Pucci

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld Rings in 30th Birthday by Shutting Down Indochine in a Custom Pucci Dress

>> Julia Restoin-Roitfeld celebrated her 30th birthday on Friday night by taking over Indochine restaurant in Manhattan.

>> Julia Restoin-Roitfeld celebrated her 30th birthday on Friday night by taking over Indochine restaurant in Manhattan. Riccardo Tisci flew in just for the night, and Peter Dundas custom designed Restoin-Roitfeld's dress. "He was the first one I asked, and he said yes right away," she told Style.com. "I said, 'I want red and I want lace, and I want it very short — the rest, do whatever you want.'" The party may be over, but the celebrations haven't stopped — Roitfeld added: "My boyfriend [Robert Konjic] is taking me away on Monday; I don't even know where." [Style.com, Harper's Bazaar, @E_Pucci]

 

Rachel Zoe

Rachel Zoe Photographed with What Appears to Be Visible Baby Bump Over Weekend

>> Over the weekend, Rachel Zoe wore a long, black, loose-fitting dress to the MOCA Los Angeles's gala, driving even more pregnancy rumors.

>> Over the weekend, Rachel Zoe wore a long, black, loose-fitting dress to the MOCA Los Angeles's gala, driving even more pregnancy rumors. Although Zoe has adamantly denied being pregnant in the past, E! reports that at the event, "She was spotted placing her hand on her belly. There was a visible bump." And a bump does appear to be visible in photos from the evening (left). Zoe is reportedly five months along and expecting a boy. [E!]

Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham Works with Her Design Team Over Skype, Revealed She Has Male Designer Friends Who Try On the Dresses They Make

>> Victoria Beckham spoke with Suzy Menkes at the IHT Luxury conference in London last week, captured on the video above.

>> Victoria Beckham spoke with Suzy Menkes at the IHT Luxury conference in London last week, captured on the video above. When asked how she works with her London-based team while living in Los Angeles, she replied: "Most evenings, I'm curled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot; my team travels a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British, and I'm very proud of that."

As for her design process: "I'm a female designer, and I'm designing for women. I've often asked friends of mine that are male designers — 'How on earth, as a male, do you design dresses for women?' Because how I work is I actually put the dresses on myself. I won't disclose any of their answers, but quite a few of my male friends have said that they do actually put the dresses on themselves. Because how else do you know how it feels?"

Jessica Stam

Karlie Kloss Gets Haircare Pointers from Jessica Stam, Is Doing Invisalign to Avoid Braces

>> Karlie Kloss gives an in-depth description of her beauty routine to Into the Gloss: it includes Pond's Cold Cream to take off makeup after runway shows — "All the girls in the old days — all the supermodels — this is what they carried around.

>> Karlie Kloss gives an in-depth description of her beauty routine to Into the Gloss: it includes Pond's Cold Cream to take off makeup after runway shows — "All the girls in the old days — all the supermodels — this is what they carried around. It’s the old-school cheap trick"; supplements that Jessica Stam recommended after Kloss's hair got "really temperamental" from so much dyeing; and her current beauty service standby: "I’m doing Invisalign — I just pop them in; I only wear them at night because I can’t talk when they’re in and it’s embarrassing. But I think they’re way better than braces. That’s pretty much the only beauty ‘service’ I get; going to my orthodontist in St. Louis. [laughs]" [Into the Gloss]

How To

Two Ways to Do Black and Blue Right for Winter

It might not be the most obvious color combination, but we're all over pairing black and navy blue together this Fall.

It might not be the most obvious color combination, but we're all over pairing black and navy blue together this Fall. Channel your inner biker chick and try out the look with leather pants from MICHAEL Michael Kors and a layered look up top or go fancy with this pretty pleated dress from Topshop and stunning Jimmy Choo shoes boots. Either way will guarantee a dark and decadent success.




Biker Chic, top to bottom: Vanessa Bruno Double-breasted Jacket ($143, originally $475), Gorjana Chloe Stud Earrings ($35), Edun Cropped Cable-knit Sweater ($300), Equipment Midnight Navy Satin Shirt ($198), MICHAEL Michael Kors Skinny leather Pants ($450), Emporio Armani Woven Bead Necklace ($320), Maison Martin Margiela Shearling Booties ($865), CC Skye Onie Messenger Bag ($595)




Fancy Pleats, top to bottom: MICHAEL Michael Kors Short Ruched Gloves ($47), Georgie Heidi Faux Fur Jacket ($364), Topshop Rare Layer Pleat Dress ($90), Erickson Beamon Secret Society Swarovski Crystal Necklace ($855), Falke Soft Merino Rib Tights ($65), Jimmy Choo Feline Snakeskin Shoe Boots ($1,095), Foley + Corinna Bitty Biker Bag ($345)

Harper's Bazaar

Cecilia Dean Lives in Brooklyn with Her Boyfriend and a Flock of Chickens

>> V founder Cecilia Dean has a penchant for super high heels and the body-conscious designs of Ohne Titel, but she also likes to keep it real.

>> V founder Cecilia Dean has a penchant for super high heels and the body-conscious designs of Ohne Titel, but she also likes to keep it real. When asked what piece of clothing she could not live without, she replied: "There is no one piece of clothing I literally could not live without. Let's not be dramatic." And for the past year, she's been living in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood with her restaurateur boyfriend David Selig, where she has a small flock of chickens that each produce an egg a day, a garden growing everything from tomatoes to kale to edible flowers, and two beehives on the roof that provide honey year-round. [Harper's Bazaar]

Isaac Mizrahi

Details on Google's New Fashion Initiative — Boutiques.com

>> After last week's rumor suggesting that Google is launching ecommerce on Wednesday, a few clarifying details have come up: the initiative Boutiques.com is actually a curation of virtual boutiques; visitors won't be able to purchase directly from Google but rather, will click through to a brand's online store or an online retailer like Saks, Net-a-Porter, or Barneys to purchase the item.

>> After last week's rumor suggesting that Google is launching ecommerce on Wednesday, a few clarifying details have come up: the initiative Boutiques.com is actually a curation of virtual boutiques; visitors won't be able to purchase directly from Google but rather, will click through to a brand's online store or an online retailer like Saks, Net-a-Porter, or Barneys to purchase the item.

There are at least 19 designers, including Oscar de la Renta, Tory Burch, Cynthia Rowley, Marchesa, Isaac Mizrahi, Tracy Reese, Prabal Gurung, and Erin Fetherston, who have been invited to set up virtual stores on the site. There will also be curated boutiques selling looks worn by celebrities and influencers like Lady Gaga, Victoria Beckham, Emma Watson, Anna Wintour, Rachel Zoe, and Michelle Obama. Sarah Jessica Parker has been asked to set up her own personalized shop, and a handful of high profile bloggers are also said to have been invited to curate their own boutiques in exchange for a low five-figure payment.

The idea is to have any user be able to do the same — create and share their own personalized boutique with items, brands, and looks they prefer. Elements of entertainment, gaming, and social media are also planned.

Orlando Bloom

Miranda Kerr Covers Vogue Australia at Six and a Half Months Pregnant, Just Listed Manhattan Apartment

>> Looks like Miranda Kerr did a flurry of photoshoots at six and a half months pregnant.

>> Looks like Miranda Kerr did a flurry of photoshoots at six and a half months pregnant. First, a nude portrait for W, and now the January 2011 cover for Vogue Australia, marking the first pregnant cover for the magazine. "I'm definitely taking more time out to relax and be present to the whole experience of being pregnant," she told Vogue Australia. She's also making some changes in her living arrangements: Kerr just put her one-bedroom condo in Manhattan's Flatiron District on the market for $1.395 million; she bought it for just under $1.1 million in 2006 and is now living in Los Angeles with her husband, Orlando Bloom. [Herald Sun, WSJ]

Jane Pratt

Tavi Gevinson, Jane and Sassy Founder Jane Pratt Pairing for New Teen Magazine

>> Sassy founder Jane Pratt heard about Tavi Gevinson's adoration for the now-defunct magazine — and after emailing Gevinson and meeting a couple of times since, Tavi announced on Friday: "It looks like we're going to start a magazine for an audience of wallflowerly teenage girls."

>> Sassy founder Jane Pratt heard about Tavi Gevinson's adoration for the now-defunct magazine — and after emailing Gevinson and meeting a couple of times since, Tavi announced on Friday: "It looks like we're going to start a magazine for an audience of wallflowerly teenage girls."

The title of the magazine, which Gevinson describes as "a feminist, creative, moody-teenage-girl magazine," has not yet been decided, but there will be a website, to launch this Spring, and three print issues a year, beginning in Fall 2011. "It won't be Sassy (or the rebirth of Sassy or Sassy 2.0)," Gevinson writes. "And nor do we want it to be. For one, you can't try to re-create something that good. For another, while I can read old issues of Sassy and relate, the world has changed a bit in the past 15 or so years, and that whole Internet thing happened, and this world calls for something different."

“We hope to have the masthead finalized by the end of November,” Gevinson told WWD. She added on her blog, when inquiring for contributors: "This is supposed to have a 'for the people, by the people' kinda vibe. We want to find the best possible group of people for this project, and a wide range of ages, styles, etc."

Zac Posen

Zac Posen Denies Designing Kristen Stewart's Twilight Wedding Dress

>> A couple of weeks ago, it was rumored that Zac Posen had been asked to create Kristen Stewart's wedding dress for the upcoming Twilight: Breaking Dawn film.

>> A couple of weeks ago, it was rumored that Zac Posen had been asked to create Kristen Stewart's wedding dress for the upcoming Twilight: Breaking Dawn film. At the time, when Posen was asked to comment, he replied: “I can’t. I don’t speak about any of my projects and the reality of her non reality,” adding: "You know I do love a wedding." But over the weekend, he took to Twitter to end the talk: "Heard the bella/twilight rumor and it's just that. I design for real women like Kristen Stewart and Anna Kendrick." [@Zac_Posen]