>> Wallpaper patterns — inspired by architect Charlotte Perriand's graphic interiors — and high-contrast colorblock in a robust palette made up Jonathan Saunders's first foray into Pre-Fall. Silhouettes were easy, youthful, and 60s-tinged — just perfect for showing off all those interesting textures and prints.
>> You've seen the Spring 2012 Chanel campaign images, now here's the video. Saskia de Brauw and Joan Smalls engage in some serious seaside acrobatics — as Karl Lagerfeld directs — in this making-of video, shot on the sun-drenched coast of Antibes and set to the tune of Andrea Perry's "If You Come Over."
>> Miuccia Prada doesn't agree with the way the Costume Institute is comparing her with Elsa Schiaparelli in its upcoming exhibit. "It's too formal; they are focused on similarities, comparing feather with feather, ethnic with ethnic, but they are not taking into consideration that we are talking about two different eras, and that [Schiaparelli and I] are total opposite," Prada said backstage at her menswear show this past weekend in Milan. "I told them, but they don't care." The exhibit, entitled Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion, opens May 10 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
>> The Spring 2013 Fashion Week date dispute finally seems to be settling down. In order to accommodate Milan's recent push for an earlier schedule, New York and London have agreed to shift the dates of their own Sept. 2012 shows. New York Fashion Week will now take place Sept. 6 through 13, with London following from Sept. 14 to 18.
"We've been back and forth on this. People are anxious and need to know the dates. There's no value for the cities to compete. In the spirit of working together, London and New York are in agreement that we will go in the earlier period, but with the hope that the four cities will come out of this confusion and work together to plan future show weeks. We need to begin to look at the fashion season not as individual fashion weeks, but very much as a global business," The CFDA's Steven Kolb, explained.
Spring 2013 Milan Fashion Week will take place Sept. 18 to 25, with Paris starting Sept. 25 and finishing the season October 2.
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