Posts for November 14th 2011

Tamara Mellon Exits Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo

Tamara Mellon Exits Jimmy Choo

>> Tamara Mellon, who cofounded Jimmy Choo in 1996, has severed her ties with the brand.
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>> Tamara Mellon, who cofounded Jimmy Choo in 1996, has severed her ties with the brand. She recently served as chief creative officer, but no longer had any financial interest in Choo following its $800 million acquisition by private Italian luxury goods group Labelux in May.

According to Labelux, Mellon left “to pursue [an] independent career,” and the company has no plans to replace her as chief creative officer. “The creative side of the company is extremely strong and the design direction will continue,” said Reinhard Mieck, Labelux’s chief executive.

Theory Spring 2012
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Theory Spring 2012

>> See Olivier Theysken's second Theory collection, for Spring 2012.
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Theory Spring 2012

>> See Olivier Theysken's second Theory collection, for Spring 2012. The predominantly black and white offering boasts white satin blazers and airy black slipdresses, but also includes nautical sequined tanks and nubby cobalt short-sleeved sweaters.

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2011 MoCA Gala Red Carpet Fashion [Pictures]
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Dasha Zhukova, Rodarte, and More Descend on Los Angeles For the 2011 MOCA Gala

>> The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles hosted its annual gala on Saturday night, drawing Laura and Kate Mulleavy, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Zoe, Shala Monroque, and event chair Dasha Zhukova.
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2011 MOCA Gala

>> The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles hosted its annual gala on Saturday night, drawing Laura and Kate Mulleavy, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Zoe, Shala Monroque, and event chair Dasha Zhukova.

The evening, curated by the performance artist Marina Abramovic, started with guests being asked to put on a white lab coat before sitting down to dinner; each table, meanwhile, had a live, rotating human head for a centerpiece, with the attached performance artists sitting beneath. Diners were given a list of rules about interacting with the centerpiece, such as, "The centerpiece will observe you. You may observe the centerpiece." and "No touching, feeding, offering drink, or disrespecting the centerpiece."

Debbie Harry was shortly thereafter carried onstage to serenade the crowd with “One Way or Another” and “Heart of Glass.” Postperformance, two life-size nude cakes of Harry and Abramovic were brought out. With a machete, Harry removed her cake's red velvet heart, and then teams of shirtless men descended on the two cakes with meat cleavers, sending toes, breasts, and other various anatomical parts to the different tables on dessert plates.

Pictures from the event in the slideshow.

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Julia Restoin-Roitfeld Is Pregnant
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Julia Restoin-Roitfeld Is Pregnant

>> Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, who just celebrated her 31st birthday over the weekend, announced via Facebook on Friday that she is about three months pregnant, calling herself a "future mommy" and posting pictures of herself and her boyfriend of almost three years, Robert Konjic, 37.
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>> Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, who just celebrated her 31st birthday over the weekend, announced via Facebook on Friday that she is about three months pregnant, calling herself a "future mommy" and posting pictures of herself and her boyfriend of almost three years, Robert Konjic, 37. She is due in May. Earlier this year, Restoin-Roitfeld hinted at wanting to start a family, saying of Konjic: "I don't think he wants to get married again — he's done it and it didn't work out for him. I'm really close to my family, and I really want one of my own. But the wedding, it's not necessary for me." As for soon-to-be first-time grandmother Carine Roitfeld, she told Stefano Tonchi last week: “I will be called ‘Madame.’” [NY Post]