Posts for February 1st 2010

Christian Dior

Hollywood Starlets of the Forties Meet Wartime Fashion at Christian Dior Pre-Fall

John Galliano's daytime looks for Christian Dior pre-fall 2010 are equal parts women-in-combat and ladies-who-lunch.

John Galliano's daytime looks for Christian Dior pre-fall 2010 are equal parts women-in-combat and ladies-who-lunch. The former best expressed through military jackets, slick trenches, and WWII-style helmets, while the latter is represented by smart, fur-trimmed skirt suits with belted jackets. For evening, it was all about Hollywood film icons of the Forties—slip dresses with lingerie detailing paired with fur coats and draped gowns covered in sequins and feathers.

Bravo

Kelly Cutrone Fires Two Employees on Season One of 'Kell on Earth'

This afternoon Kelly Cutrone was interviewed via live stream by the Associated Press to promote her Bravo show, Kell on Earth, and revealed a few new tidbits.

This afternoon Kelly Cutrone was interviewed via live stream by the Associated Press to promote her Bravo show, Kell on Earth, and revealed a few new tidbits.

Talking about censoring herself for television, Cutrone promised she remains "one of the most unedited PR communications expert that exists" while filming her show and that she doesn't allow the cameras to alter her often-explosive reactions. On hiring and firing staff members, Cutrone revealed, "we lose a couple of peeps along the way this season." Adding she hates to let people go, Cutrone explained how she recently had an employee do the firing because she needed to get to a Jonas Brothers concert with her daughter Eva.

However laissez-faire the PR guru seems to be about opening her life to Bravo's camera crews, Cutrone admits premiering a new show is dangerous territory. "I'll be happy in a couple of weeks if the ratings are good," she said. "You have to get good ratings to stay on T.V. If not, there's nothing to talk about." And, in Kelly's world, nothing to talk about might just be the worst fate. Kell on Earth premieres tonight.

Elle Macpherson

Fashion in 50 Seconds 02/01/10 Alexa Chung For Vogue UK

Alexa Chung is named "fashion's favorite girl" on the March cover of Vogue UK.

Alexa Chung is named "fashion's favorite girl" on the March cover of Vogue UK.

Kelly Cutrone's Kell on Earth premiers tonight on Bravo. The New York Times calls it "all about personality, because the tasks the leads perform—selecting the right evening clutch or keeping track of R.S.V.P.’s to a fashion show—are so mundane."

Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Daria Werbowy, Lara Stone, Janeil Williams, Natalia Vodianova, Kristen McMenamy, and Amber Valletta are the eight models who will bare all on the cover of Love magazine's third issue.

Coach opens men's-only store on Bleecker street, and Bloomingdale's lands in Dubai.

Bruno Pieters closes his namesake label, after stepping down as art director of Hugo Boss diffusion line, Hugo.

Elle Macpherson takes the helm as host of Britian's Next Top Model this spring.

Marc Jacobs

>> Marc Jacobs to Livestream Show —The fashion show livestream bandwagon is making a stop in New York: Over the weekend, Marc Jacobs announced that he will be streaming his fashion show on Feb.

>> Marc Jacobs to Livestream Show —The fashion show livestream bandwagon is making a stop in New York: Over the weekend, Marc Jacobs announced that he will be streaming his fashion show on Feb. 15 live at 8 pm EST on his website, giving fans a virtual front row seat.  Meanwhile, in the lead up to the show, Marc's business partner Robert Duffy just joined Twitter and will be covering the show's progress starting the day before it debuts. [CreateTheGroup, @robertcduffy]

Gisele Bundchen

Gisele Bundchen Had a "Moment of Doubt" at Her First Post-Pregnancy Shoot

>> Last Monday, Gisele Bundchen had her first post-pregnancy photoshoot for Colcci's ad campaign, and just a week later, the first image by David Sims has surfaced — at left.  Gisele can be quite press-shy about personal matters — she never confirmed her pregnancy, leaving that to husband Tom Brady when she was already in her third trimester — but now, she seems ready to talk.She told Brazilian TV show Fantastico of getting back to modeling after taking a break for four months: “Before coming here [the studio] I was pretty worried about if I still could do everything.

>> Last Monday, Gisele Bundchen had her first post-pregnancy photoshoot for Colcci's ad campaign, and just a week later, the first image by David Sims has surfaced — at left.  Gisele can be quite press-shy about personal matters — she never confirmed her pregnancy, leaving that to husband Tom Brady when she was already in her third trimester — but now, she seems ready to talk.

She told Brazilian TV show Fantastico of getting back to modeling after taking a break for four months: “Before coming here [the studio] I was pretty worried about if I still could do everything. This moment of doubt really happened. I didn’t know if I’d be able to embody a character. For the first picture I was feeling lost. After the second picture there were no problems anymore, I’m starting to feel comfortable with my body again."

She wore the her pre-pregnancy clothes all through her pregnancy »

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Jason Wu's Spring Collection of Eyewear Hits Stores This Month

Jason Wu revealed his first foray into the world of accessories with the eyewear seen on his spring runway.


Jason Wu revealed his first foray into the world of accessories with the eyewear seen on his spring runway. Designed in partnership with Modo, Wu's collection of sunglasses are available this month in four retro-inspired styes. The Seberg in pale blue is the perfect pair to satisfy your craving for spring's ubiquitous cat-eye sunnies, and the Earhart, a unisex frame, is an updated aviator you can share. See all four styles—which retail for $275—in the gallery below.

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Coco Rocha

>> Coco Rocha Debuts First Look at Rococo Collection —Last night while reporting for ET Canada on the Grammys red carpet, Coco Rocha debuted the first look at her upcoming line, Rococo, which she says is a modern take on the "1800s, costume-y, but elegant, Victorian-inspired clothes" she loves.  She may have designed the dress, left, but Rocha wasn't going it alone — her boyfriend, James Conran, pitched in and hand made the accompanying "gold-plated shoulder armor."

>> Coco Rocha Debuts First Look at Rococo Collection —Last night while reporting for ET Canada on the Grammys red carpet, Coco Rocha debuted the first look at her upcoming line, Rococo, which she says is a modern take on the "1800s, costume-y, but elegant, Victorian-inspired clothes" she loves.  She may have designed the dress, left, but Rocha wasn't going it alone — her boyfriend, James Conran, pitched in and hand made the accompanying "gold-plated shoulder armor." [OhSoCoco, @Oh_So_Coco]

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Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, and Ten Others Named CFDA Fashion Incubator Designers

Twelve American designers have been granted studio space at reduced-rents by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Twelve American designers have been granted studio space at reduced-rents by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and New York City Economic Development Corporation.

The first tenants of the CFDA Fashion Incubator program are: Alice Ritter, Sophie Theallet, Bibhu Mohapatra, Prabal Gurung, Rachel Dooley of Gemma Redux, Grant Krajecki of Grey Ant, Waris Ahluwalia of House of Waris, Joel Diaz of Jolibe, Alison Lewis of the Lewis label, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School, Yuvi Alpert and Danna Kobo of Ruby Kobo and Justin Giunta of Subversive Jewelry.

Designers received two-year leases on their new homes at 209 West 38th street—a building which also offers common areas for editorial and sales appointments or runway presentations.

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subversive jewelry

Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Justin Giunta Among Inaugural Fashion Incubator Designers

>> The CFDA Fashion Incubator, announced last October in partnership with New York City's Mayor Bloomberg, has its first twelve tenants.  Among those named as part of the inaugural group of designers: Alice Ritter, Bibhu Mohapatra, Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Gemma Redux's Rachel Dooley, Grey Ant's Grant Krajecki, House of Waris's Waris Ahluwalia, Jolibe's Joel Diaz, Lewis's Alison Lewis, Public School's Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Ruby Kobo's Yuvi Alpert and Danna Kobo, and Subversive Jewelry's Justin Giunta.The designers each received two-year leases on design studio spaces ranging from 800 to 1,000 square feet at 209 West 38th Street in Manhattan, with subsidized, below-market rental rates of between $1,500 and $2,000 per month.  To earn a spot, the designers had to submit a business plan, show they had "substantive editorial coverage" and orders from high-level retailers, have been in business for over a year and a half, and be supporting a staff.

>> The CFDA Fashion Incubator, announced last October in partnership with New York City's Mayor Bloomberg, has its first twelve tenants.  Among those named as part of the inaugural group of designers: Alice Ritter, Bibhu Mohapatra, Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Gemma Redux's Rachel Dooley, Grey Ant's Grant Krajecki, House of Waris's Waris Ahluwalia, Jolibe's Joel Diaz, Lewis's Alison Lewis, Public School's Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Ruby Kobo's Yuvi Alpert and Danna Kobo, and Subversive Jewelry's Justin Giunta.

The designers each received two-year leases on design studio spaces ranging from 800 to 1,000 square feet at 209 West 38th Street in Manhattan, with subsidized, below-market rental rates of between $1,500 and $2,000 per month.  To earn a spot, the designers had to submit a business plan, show they had "substantive editorial coverage" and orders from high-level retailers, have been in business for over a year and a half, and be supporting a staff.