>> The Spring 2012 season is just getting started, and we've been backstage from the get-go, capturing the behind-the-scenes comings-and-goings. See Ruby Aldridge being attended to by small horde of dressers at Jason Wu, Constance Jablonski vamping it up in her white Cushnie et Ochs dress, the reunion of "Jourlie" — Jourdan Dunn and Karlie Kloss — and a slew of other backstage shenanigans in the slideshow.
Photos: Greg Kessler
>> Here's an up-close look at the sexily-tossled hair, kohl-rimmed eyes, and baby pink lips that populated the Jill Stuart Spring 2012 collection.
>> Gregory Parkinson presented a tonal — and textural — Spring 2012 collection earlier today at MADE at The Standard. Stay tuned for the full collection review; in the meantine, click through to see our snaps from the presentation.
Photos by Christina Perez
>> In a similar vein to his Fall collection, Prabal Gurung played with subverting the ladylike credo. This time, he looked to the fetishistic work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki for his digitized floral prints and tapped Zana Bayne to incorporate leather harnesses into his intricately-pieced mesh panel dresses. “I wanted to take the old fetish, like nylon and PVC and everything, and treat it in a more precious way,” Gurung explained.
The effort was duly noted: Elle's Robbie Myers said on the way out that it set the bar for the week, and Emanuel Ungaro's chief Jeffry Aronsson was also in attendance, checking Gurung's talent out for his consulting business, apparently.
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>> Last night — with the help of a 2,000-strong crowd — curators and art dealers Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida wrapped up their two-year, Giorgio Armani-sponsored global tour of artist Richard Hambleton's work. While most of their New York openings have been downtown, Restoin-Roitfeld and Valmorbida decided on Phillips de Pury & Company's uptown location on Park Avenue for last night's opening, gathering the entire Roitfeld clan, Giovanna Battaglia, and Lauren Santo Domingo for the occasion.
But that doesn't mean the group didn't head downtown eventually: after-party mode went into effect at Indochine, with Battaglia pantomiming "telephone" on a stiletto heel and Carine Roitfeld ordering up vodka straight.
Photos: Billy Farrell Agency
>> Portuguese-born, Paris-based designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista made his debut for Lacoste this morning at Lincoln Center, sending out colorblocked rubgy shirts lengthened into body-hugging dresses and the brand's signature polo shirt transformed into silky shirtdresses.
“It all comes down to pushing the iconic elements that are known globally in a new direction,” explained Oliveira Baptista. “But I also wanted to develop what Lacoste hasn’t really done before, like more outerwear, and tailoring.”
Wide-legged trousers, cropped jackets, and printed shift dresses also got play. “I wanted to add pieces that allow you to wear Lacoste every day — not just for sports or the weekend,” Oliveira Baptista noted.
