Posts for September 2010

Heidi Mount's Husband, Shawn Mount, Faces Rape Allegations
London Fashion Week

Heidi Mount's Husband Faces Rape Allegations

>> Heidi Mount's husband, 30-year-old hairstylist Shawn Mount, was accused by an unnamed 24-year-old model of sexually assaulting her in a hotel room during London Fashion Week.
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>> Heidi Mount's husband, 30-year-old hairstylist Shawn Mount, was accused by an unnamed 24-year-old model of sexually assaulting her in a hotel room during London Fashion Week. Mount, who has worked for Vogue and on Ralph Lauren ad campaigns, was in London styling models for runway shows. He was arrested on suspicion of rape on Sept. 21 and released on police bail to work at Milan Fashion Week. He has not been charged, although investigations are continuing; sources indicate that Heidi knows the accuser and was in Milan at the time of the alleged attack. She and Shawn have been married since 2007 and have a 3-year-old son together. [NY Post, Daily Mail]

Donatella Versace Says She Could "For Sure" See Christopher Kane Designing Versace
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Donatella Versace Says She Could "For Sure" See Christopher Kane Designing Versace

>> Yesterday, Versus hit the runway for the first time in over a decade, under the creative direction of Christopher Kane. “To restore Versus like it used to be means to bring this collection once again on the catwalk, to show in a proper location and in a proper town, and to intrigue the VIP,” Donatella Versace told W.
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>> Yesterday, Versus hit the runway for the first time in over a decade, under the creative direction of Christopher Kane. “To restore Versus like it used to be means to bring this collection once again on the catwalk, to show in a proper location and in a proper town, and to intrigue the VIP,” Donatella Versace told W. “And it will keep getting bigger and bigger. But not too big. Not yet. Because we are not ready. If you do it big, then you’ve got to do it big. I never really gave Christopher a proper party before either, but I will.”

The Spring 2011 collection, shown against a playground backdrop with a soundtrack of children at play, prompted the Wall Street Journal to write of Kane and Versace's professional relationship: "It was hard not to look at Versus and wonder who [between Versace and Kane] is influencing whom.  Spokesman Tomaso Galli insists Mr. Kane is the understudy. I asked if Mr. Kane consulted on the Versace collection. 'No. Not at all,' Mr. Galli said firmly. 'Not at all.'"

But that doesn't mean that Kane won't be working on the Versace collection one day. When W asked if she could see Kane heading up the house, Donatella replies without hesitation: “At the moment Versus is enough. But I can see him there, yes. For sure.”

Between now and then, however, Kane may have to change his laissez-faire attitude towards celebrity clientele — they are part of the brand DNA. The Versace show was delayed on Friday for more than 45 minutes waiting for January Jones to arrive, whereas Kane once cordially told Victoria Beckham no when she asked for a dress to be sent. “Yes, but let’s get this straight,” explains Kane. “I’ve got nothing against her. I think she’s really great. I think she’s really beautiful. I just wasn’t in a position to gift celebrities at that point. So in the end she bought it.”

Claudia Schiffer to Launch Fashion Line
Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Schiffer to Launch Fashion Line

>> Claudia Schiffer took four months off after having her third child, Cosima, in May, but it seems she's ready to get back to work.
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>> Claudia Schiffer took four months off after having her third child, Cosima, in May, but it seems she's ready to get back to work. While sitting front row at Salvatore Ferragamo over the weekend, she let drop that like Jefferson Hack, she's launching her own fashion line at an event next month. The collection will bow for Winter 2011. [WWD]

Backstage Photos from Milan Fashion Week Spring 2011: Bottega Veneta, Versace, Emporio Armani, Just Cavalli, Max Mara
Bottega Veneta

Backstage Snaps from Milan Fashion Week Part Three: Kinga Rajzak at Max Mara and Versace, Plus More

>> As Milan Fashion Week stretches on and the buildup to Paris begins, more top girls keep coming out of the woodwork: first there was Raquel Zimmermann in her first appearance of the season at Gucci, then Sasha Pivovarova at D&G, and now Kinga Rajzak staging a runway comeback — see her backstage at Max Mara and Versace, plus catch a behind the scenes look at Bottega Veneta, Emporio Armani, Just Cavalli, and Antonio Marras.
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>> As Milan Fashion Week stretches on and the buildup to Paris begins, more top girls keep coming out of the woodwork: first there was Raquel Zimmermann in her first appearance of the season at Gucci, then Sasha Pivovarova at D&G, and now Kinga Rajzak staging a runway comeback — see her backstage at Max Mara and Versace, plus catch a behind the scenes look at Bottega Veneta, Emporio Armani, Just Cavalli, and Antonio Marras.

Photos: Greg Kessler

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