Posts for May 21st 2010

Red Carpet

Karl Lagerfeld Says Dresses at amfAR's AIDS Gala Are Better Than "Fake" Fashion at Oscars

Actor Alan Cumming hosted amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2010 benefit gala at the Hotel du Cap in Antibes, France last night.

Actor Alan Cumming hosted amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2010 benefit gala at the Hotel du Cap in Antibes, France last night. Actresses, movie moguls, philanthropists, fashion designers, and supermodels showed up (and dressed up) for a great cause—with Carine Roitfeld, Tom Ford, Georgina Chapman, Constance Jablonksi, Peter Dundas, Karl Lagerfeld, Naomi Campbell, and Dree Hemingway (above in Valentino Haute Couture) representing the best dressed fashion contingent.

Mary J. Blige and Patti Smith performed during the event, and the year's auction raised 7.5 million euros in three hours. Karl Lagerfeld, in white jeans, noted it was a better-dressed crowd than what he's seen at the Oscars. “The fashion is fantastic tonight,” he said. “At the Oscars, it’s fake. People wear what they think they should wear. Here, people wear what they like, not because they are obliged.” Click through our favorite looks from the evening in the gallery below.

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See by Chloe

Rent the Runway Adds Preen, Nina Ricci, Vera Wang, and More to Fall Designer Lineup

Rent the Runway, the website that allows fashion-loving, budget-conscious shoppers to rent designer dresses for 10% of retail prices, recently added accessories to its offering (from designers like Lee Angel, Kara Ross, Janis Savitt, Chan Luu, and CC Skye) and for fall has announced a handful of new designer partnerships.

Rent the Runway, the website that allows fashion-loving, budget-conscious shoppers to rent designer dresses for 10% of retail prices, recently added accessories to its offering (from designers like Lee Angel, Kara Ross, Janis Savitt, Chan Luu, and CC Skye) and for fall has announced a handful of new designer partnerships. We're excited to report that Preen, Nina Ricci, threeASFOUR, Vera Wang, Hanni Y, See by Chloe, and Roksanda Ilincic have all signed on to rent their dresses beginning this July.

Our favorite part of the site is that you can shop by body type, neckline, or dress length and sort according to the date for which you need each item. Plus, some designers are selling pieces to Rent the Runway that traditional retail buyers didn't pick up, meaning you can often find a truly one-of-a-kind dress. All orders come with an option to add a second dress for $25 and, according to CEO Jennifer Hyman, handbags, evening coats, bridal accessories, and maternity wear are on the list to be added to the site in the very near future.

Marc Jacobs

Bang! Marc Jacobs Poses Nude in His Men's Fragrance Campaign

Marc Jacobs appears in his own advertising campaign for the first time, posing nude with a giant bottle of his latest men's fragrance, Bang.

Marc Jacobs appears in his own advertising campaign for the first time, posing nude with a giant bottle of his latest men's fragrance, Bang. Longtime Jacobs collaborator Juergen Teller photographed the ads and is credited for coming up with the idea of a naked Jacobs on top of silver Mylar (a material he also used for a POP magazine editorial in the fall of 2005).

“This fragrance ad isn’t about some chiseled face on a beach — that approach wouldn’t be in line with what we’re doing,” said Jacobs. “This fragrance is for a contemporary guy, who, even if he isn’t young, has a younger spirit.” That said, it seems most national magazines will be running a version of the campaign with much less skin. There are shots with Jacobs cropped at the shoulders and one of only the bottle—"a version for Peoria, IL and a version for the Middle East," promised Claire Fermont Langlais, senior marketing director for Marc Jacobs fragrances at Coty Prestige.

It's pretty close but Jacobs has yet to go as far as the Tom Ford men's fragrance campaign from 2007 for which Terry Richardson photographed this image.

Kate Moss

Fashion in 50 Seconds 05/21/10 Kate Moss For Vogue Paris, ALT Scores Italian Vogue For ANTM

Mario Testino photographed Kate Moss in a gold one-piece swimsuit for the June/July cover of Vogue Paris.

Mario Testino photographed Kate Moss in a gold one-piece swimsuit for the June/July cover of Vogue Paris.

Speaking of Moss, she celebrated a new Topshop location in Knightsbridge by wearing her jumper backwards.

Andre Leon Talley helped America's Next Top Model score Vogue Italia as next season's magazine partner, perhaps offering the winner a Steven Meisel-lensed cover.

Multi-model fall ad campaign rumors are popping up. Loewe is said to have booked Victoria's Secret girls Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio, while Miu Miu will feature Ginta Lapina and Daphne Groenveld.

According to insiders at The New York Times, Anne Christensen will be named editor in chief of T magazine, replacing Stefano Tonchi who is now at W.