Posts for April 20th 2012

Red Carpet

This Week's Best Dressed

>> From Milan to Tokyo to Palm Springs, the week's events were as diverse as they were far flung — and each locale provided its fair share of style to inspire.
Best Dressed Celebrities and Models Week of April 16, 2012

>> From Milan to Tokyo to Palm Springs, the week's events were as diverse as they were far flung — and each locale provided its fair share of style to inspire. At Coachella, some of the week's major style moments were had by festivalgoers Kate Bosworth, Emma Watson, and Dree Hemingway; Bosworth and Watson each sported Mulberry, while Hemingway opted for Dolce & Gabbana. In Tokyo, at the opening of Tommy Hilfiger's store in Ometesando, Jessica Alba wore what proved to be one of the week's biggest trends: a sleek menswear-inspired suit; similar styles were seen on both Emma Roberts and Coco Rocha elsewhere during the week as well.

Stella McCartney's designs were in heavy rotation at the premiere of her father's My Valentine video series in Los Angeles; Miranda Kerr and Gwen Stefani were among those who wore looks from the designer. But perhaps no one had a chicer week than Leelee Sobieski. The statuesque star wore a flowing Boy. By Band of Outsiders gown to the premiere of her new film The Five-Year Engagement on Tuesday, then on Wednesday turned up to the Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival party in a dramatic Jil Sander frock — and looked majorly stunning in both.
At left, Rachel Chandler and Dree Hemingway at a dinner in honor of Repossi, hosted by Barneys New York. Photo: Greg Kessler

Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum's New Man, Vogue's First Festival, & Costello Tagliapietra's New Line

>> Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.


>> Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Heidi Klum has been spotted in public with Thomas Hayo, an advertising executive who's also a judge on Germany's Next Top Model, which Klum hosts. Their public displays of affection have led some to believe Hayo is Klum's first romantic entanglement since splitting up with Seal. Klum and Seal had been married for almost seven years when they separated in January. Klum filed for divorce earlier this month. [The Fashion Spot]

  • Speaking of Top Model, Tyra Banks let three of ANTM's long-running cast members go this week. Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel, and Miss J. Alexander will not return to the show's 19th season. They've been replaced by Kelly Cutrone, Georgina Chapman, and Cat Deeley. Rumor has it that Bryanboy might make appearances on the next season, too. [Modelinia]

  • Friday was day one of Vogue UK's inaugural Vogue Festival. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana led one of today's sessions, but tomorrow will include talks with Diane von Furstenberg and Tom Ford, among others. Alexandra Shulman said she created the festival because she wanted to "analyze where fashion intersects with the world we live in." [The Chicago Tribune]

  • Costello Tagliapietra debuted its new lower-priced line of clothing, called C&T, at Barneys earlier this week. The dresses are all priced around $300, a mere fraction of what the main collection costs. [Racked]

  • Miranda Kerr turned 29 years old today. Celebrate by taking a look back at her laid-back, ultracool street style. [CelebStyle]

Photo: Heidi Klum with Thomas Hayo during the finale of Germany's Next Top Model in 2011.

Guess

Gucci, Guess Present Closing Arguments in Trademark Infringement Case

>> Guess left the final courtroom session of its trademark infringement case with Gucci on slightly stronger footing, but the judge in the case has yet to make a final decision.



>> Guess left the final courtroom session of its trademark infringement case with Gucci on slightly stronger footing, but the judge in the case has yet to make a final decision.

Daniel Petrocelli, defense lawyer for Guess, argued yesterday that his client's products simply didn't infringe on any of Gucci's "weak trademarks," primarily because other brands had similar designs. He also pointed out that if Gucci had been legitimately concerned about Guess making Gucci knockoffs over 20 years ago, it would have filed this lawsuit sooner.

Judge Shira Scheindlin asked Gucci's lawyer Louis Ederer why his client didn't come to court sooner and didn't seem satisfied by his answer that at the time, Gucci's focus was on shutting down counterfeiters.

Still, Ederer's closing statement maintained that Guess wantonly re-created Gucci's products. Earlier in the trial, he presented emails between Guess and its licensees that suggest Guess worked specifically to mimic Gucci's style.

"This was a perfect storm of willful infringement," Ederer said. "It was in fact a calculated scheme."

Calculated or not, the Guess team left the court in high spirits.

"We had a good day," said Guess CEO Paul Marciano, who testified in the trial last week. "I think we put up, in my view, overwhelming evidence of good faith that there was no infringement."

Scheindlin is expected to hand down her final decision on the case within the next few months.

Gucci's lawsuit claims that over 150 products produced by Guess and its licensees since the late '80s knocked off Gucci's signature diamond logo pattern and striped ribbon motif. The suit seeks damages of $221 million and an order for Guess to stop selling the offending products.

Photo: Marciano with model Alyssa Miller in 2010.