Posts for November 28th 2012

2013 Pirelli Calendar Gala | Pictures
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Calendar Girls: Beautiful Humanitarians Celebrate Pirelli 2013

The Hotel Palace Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro was filled with a gorgeous crowd ready to fete 2013's Pirelli Calendar.
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2013 Pirelli Calendar Gala | Pictures

The Hotel Palace Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro was filled with a gorgeous crowd ready to fete 2013's Pirelli Calendar.

Actors Owen Wilson, Stephen Dorff, and Sophia Loren joined this year's photographer Steve McCurry and calendar girls Liya Kebede, Petra Nemcova, Elisa Sednaoui, and Hanaa Ben Abdesslem to celebrate the calendar's launch with a press conference and gala. At the gala, acrobats hung from the ceiling and did gymnastic stunts above the dining tables. After noting that journalists at the event asked lots of questions about the environment and foreign politics, Summer Rayne Oakes characterized the blue and white lighting scheme as "trippy."

Petra Nemcova said the real sparkle came from the other women in the calendar, like Isabeli Fontana and Kyleigh Kuhn. "They bring the light to so many lives!" Nemcova said.

A look at the unveiling of the calendar here in the gallery.

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Roland Mouret's Bridal Collection
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Roland Mouret Launches Bridal, Chris Benz Taps a New Market

All the bits that are fit to print here, in our daily roundup.
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All the bits that are fit to print here, in our daily roundup.

  • Roland Mouret's exclusive bridal collection is available now. [Net-A-Porter]

  • Chris Benz has decided to join the contemporary market. "We were working so hard but not reaching as many fans as we'd like," the designer explained. [New York Times]

  • Valentino says that sketching as a means of design has become a lost art. [WWD]

  • Christie's South Kensington will auction off museum-quality couture gowns from the collections of Lanvin, Dior, Balmain, and Balenciaga on Nov. 29. [W Magazine]

  • The results are in. This year's Cyber Monday sales shattered last year's record by nearly 20 percent. [WWD]

  • Speaking of ecommerce, Stella McCartney will make its global online debut by the end of the year. [PPR]

  • Meanwhile, ShopBazaar.com will offer an exclusive selection of shoes from the Hermès Resort 2013 collection. [WWD]

  • Tiffany & Co. has launched a Tumblr, called "From Out of the Blue," as part of its 175th anniversary celebration. Time to see why diamonds are a girl's best friend! [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • The Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour is becoming quite the fashion event. While Mick Jagger will be wearing custom L'Wren Scott, Keith Richards chose to don pieces from Slimane's Saint Laurent Spring 2013 collection. [Elle UK]

  • Matthew Williamson loves to see his friends wear his designs: "I recently celebrated my [brand's] fifteenth anniversary in London," he said. "My friends Poppy Delevingne, Yasmin Le Bon, and Cat Deeley all attended wearing my pieces. It was wonderful to see each wearing my pieces in their own unique way." [Harper's Bazaar Blog]

  • Valentina Zelyaeva has the perfect seasonal ingredient for a holiday juice cleanse: pumpkin pie spice. "It has a sweet taste," she said. "Very warming which is perfect for Winter and the holiday season." [Modelinia]

    • Frida Giannini Pregnant With First Child
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    Mamma Mia: Gucci's Frida Giannini Pregnant With First Child

    Gucci creative director Frida Giannini announced on Wednesday that she's expecting a child with the brand's CEO, Patrizio di Marco.
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    Gucci creative director Frida Giannini announced on Wednesday that she's expecting a child with the brand's CEO, Patrizio di Marco.

    This will be the first child for the couple, who have been together since shortly after di Marco was named Gucci's CEO in 2009. Giannini will take a bow at both her upcoming men's show in January and her Spring 2013 women's show in February. Afterward she'll take maternity leave until her next men's show in June.

    Though the two have generally been discreet about their relationship, di Marco said last year that their love is "very serious. When in life you choose someone to be with . . . someone you are looking to spend your life with — well, this is a match of minds and souls."

    Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell Interview Cover December 2012
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    Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell Reveal All For Interview

    Supermodel friends Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell have reunited for their first joint cover since the February 2008 issue of Vogue Paris.
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    Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell Interview Cover December 2012

    Supermodel friends Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell have reunited for their first joint cover since the February 2008 issue of Vogue Paris.

    Moss and a bare-chested Campbell cover the December 2012 issues of Interview Russia and Interview Germany, photographed in black and white by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. That both the models and the pictures are black and white underscores a portion of their joint interview in the magazine. In an excerpt from it, Moss asks Campbell whether being one of the most visible black models in the world felt "like a battle you were fighting?"

    "I can't say that the word battle is the right word but it definitely felt like it was an uphill struggle for something," Campbell says. "I felt like I had to do what I had to do for my race and to keep awareness out there."

    Herein, a peek at the images. Warning, some may be unsuitable for work.

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    PPR May Invest in Christopher Kane
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    Kane and Ghesquière Flirt With Big Backers

    If PPR invests in Christopher Kane's eponymous label, will they ask him to return the favor by taking the reins at Balenciaga?
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    If PPR invests in Christopher Kane's eponymous label, will they ask him to return the favor by taking the reins at Balenciaga?

    Sources told WWD that Kane has been in talks with the French luxury goods conglomerate — which also owns Alexander McQueen, Gucci, and Yves Saint Laurent — about financial backing for his line. This news comes hot on the heels of Kane's departure from Versace's Versus line, which he designed for six seasons. It also comes just two days before Nicolas Ghesquière is set to leave Balenciaga.

    Speculation that Kane would replace Ghesquière has been floating around since Ghesquière's departure was announced earlier this month — but a Kane spokeswoman called those rumors "unfounded." Ghesquière, who, rumor has it, may start his own label with LVMH, was spotted last week having dinner in Paris with LVMH's Delphine Arnault, Dior CEO Sidney Toledano, and Camille Miceli, Dior's artistic director for costume jewelry.

    In any case, it's not unprecedented for a big firm to make an investment in a small brand on the condition that its designer works for one of its larger houses. For example, when LVMH bought a stake in Marc Jacobs's line in 1997, he ended up as the creative director of Louis Vuitton. Whether the same will happen with Kane and Balenciaga remains to be seen.