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Balenciaga Aims to Go Thorougly Modern for Spring 2010

fashionologie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:52:58 -0700

>> For the second season in a row, Balenciaga showed at the Hotel Crillon - word is residents forced them to move from their previous location - and Nicolas Ghesquiere took his eye "back to the start again," as the show's soundtrack went, returning to his sporty, skinny pants roots. The leggings, vests, and dresses were collages of contrasting materials - "like toys," the designer noted - and his goal was to create an entirely modern collection, sans references to the past.

In his effort to think differently, Ghesquiere told the Wall Street Journal, he mused: “There are cocktail dresses everywhere. I am asking, who are these women who go to cocktails all the time?’’ He also had his runway shoe samples made it a number of different sizes (39-41) rather than the standard 39, to help prevent runway stumbles.

Anouck Lepere and Lily Cole were both front row this morning, but the big model surprise was Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr, who some see as Balenciaga's answer to Givenchy casting Adriana Lima last season.

Maison Michel Enlists Karl Lagerfeld and Crew for Fall 2009 Lookbook

fashionologie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:01:16 -0700

>> For Fall 2009, Maison Michel, whose art director Laetitia Crahay doubles as Chanel's accessories designer, asked her other boss Karl Lagerfeld to photograph the milliner's lookbook. The result is a veritable list of Chanel favorites - Karl's muse Lady Amanda Harlech, Chanel face Heidi Mount, Karl's male model favorite of the moment Baptiste Giabiconi - and plenty of other models including Lara Stone, Angela Lindvall, Sasha Pivovarova, Erin Wasson, plus surprise appearances by Olivier Theyskens and Crahay herself, all donning the latest in Maison Michel's headgear.

Venice Biennale Overflowing with Fashion Figures and Their Families

fashionologie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:09:06 -0700

>> Where art goes, fashion is soon to follow, and with the contemporary arts Biennale going on in Venice right now, there are plenty of designers, editors, and even models in town. On Wednesday, Olympia Scarry’s installation brought out Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue Russia's Aliona Doletskaya, and POP's Dasha Zhukova, as well as Justin Portman and Natalia Vodianova, the latter whose face was reflected in a luminated, aged sketch on display called Dorian Gray, by artist Dasha Fursey.

Naomi Campbell and boyfriend Vladislav Doronin stopped by a lunch for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and popped up again yesterday at the opening of Francois Pinault's new museum, the Punta della Dogana. Stella McCartney was there with husband Alasdhair Willis to support her financier in his new endeavor, as were Franca Sozzani and Marc Jacobs, always the fan of contemporary art, who apparently kept exclaiming, "This place rocks."

Meanwhile, down the river, Angela Missoni held her annual party on boyfriend Bruno Ragazzi's yacht. It was quite the family and friends affair: Angela's daughters Margherita and Teresa, plus son Francesco were all mingling, Franca Sozzani brought son Francesco Carrozzini, and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld arrived with Carine Roitfeld, who neglected to follow the rest in taking her lace-up shoes off: "It would just take too long to undo them." Bee Shaffer was sans Anna Wintour, but Jefferson Hack brought fiancee Anouck Lepere.

Even those who aren't in Venice in person are there in spirit - Mario Testino sent one of his art consultants to scout the exhibition.

Alber Elbaz Brings Out His Jokes for London Lanvin Opening

fashionologie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:34:19 -0700

>> In honor of Lanvin's first London store, Alber Elbaz - who is apparently on a post-show, protein-only diet - flew in to give a guided tour of his Spring 2009 collection. During the day, there was a "girls only" policy, but at night, the ladies - Alexandra Shulman, Yasmin Le Bon, Anouck Lepere - were joined by the menfolk - Jefferson Hack, Juergen Teller, Jonathan Newhouse. Microphone in hand, Elbaz had the audience "in stitches," according to WWD, as he cracked jokes while presenting: “I dress women. I don’t undress them - unfortunately. My mother would be happy if I did.”

As for his denim collaboration with Acne: “It’s so nice when Acne tells me, ‘No problem, we can do that.’ I live in Paris, where you ask a cab driver to take you somewhere and he says ‘No.’” When he introduced Anna de Rijk, hot off the runway, as his bride, he joked on his decision to carry wedding dress in the store: “I have friends - Liz Taylor types - who are on their third and fourth weddings. They tell me they need a different dress for each one.” And to wrap it up, a little comment on what women want: “Next to chocolate or a rose, I think the only thing that can make a woman happy is maybe a pink dress.”
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Not Just Another Party for Another Magazine

fashionologie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:44:26 -0800

>> Before jetting off to Milan, London fashion's finest gathered for a dinner last night at the Double Club, in honor of Another Magazine's newest issue featuring Tilda Swinton. Kate Moss, freshly returned from a safari in South Africa, made her first and only London Fashion Week appearance, dropping in with Jamie Hince for Jefferson Hack's Congolese family-style dinner. Lily Cole, who sat front row at Vivienne Westwood Red Label earlier this week and then walked in the Qasimi show before heading back to Cambridge, popped back into town for the party, where Peaches performed her Karoake favorites while Kate, Tilda Swinton, and Daphne Guiness all sang along.

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Kate Moss and Jefferson Hack Bring Their Significant Others Out for a Little Chess

fashionologie — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:52:27 -0700

>> They made a public appearance together on Friday and again yesterday, so I think it's safe to say that Jamie Hince and Kate Moss are back together - especially since Jamie had his arm around Kate. The two looked like everything was peaches and cream, smiling as they left the launch of Tracey Emin's new Travelling Chess exhibition at RS&A Gallery in East London. Lila Grace was nowhere to be seen, but she was all that was keeping it from being a Moss-Hack family affair: Jefferson Hack and his fiancee Anouck Lepere - fresh from walking Paris Fashion Week - were sitting on the steps outside the opening, chatting and sipping tea.
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Jefferson Hack, Anouck Lepere Spin Records Right Round

fashionologie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:05:48 -0700

>> A couple that plays together, stays together, and for Anouck Lepere and Jefferson Hack, it looks like that means playing records. The engaged duo were snapped DJing together at the Albion Gallery Summer Party in London last night; This is Jefferson's second DJing gig for the week — on Wednesday he participated in Nick Knight's Fashion DJs event.

The two look like they're having a good time, keeping things light . . . unlike the August 2008 issue of Dazed & Confused, with its "Dark Magick" theme and kinky cover editorial.
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Anouck Lepere, Jefferson Can Definitely Hack It

fashionologie — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:27:30 -0700

Anouck in Stella McCartney, Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Party; London, June 7.
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Vogue: Never One To Shy From Nepotism

fashionologie — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:07:18 -0700

»A group of Vogue interns and assistants are being photographed for a Fall story on "office chic" [Fashionista]

»French lingerie label Fifi Chachnil is doing a capsule collection for Topshop [Nylon]

»The other two shots from Anouck Lepere's Playboy France spread have surfaced (still NSFW) [TI]

»Carlos Miele went all out on his Spring 2008 look book, and Caroline Trentini stars [The Cut]

»Samantha Pleet is co-designing a line with a former editor of Nylon [Refinery29]

»Tyra Banks is on the cover of this Sunday's New York Times Magazine [Jezebel]

anouck: it's what's for dinner

philleif — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:07:00 -0700

>> I don't know if I'm just noticing this or what, but Playboy France is really starting to get fashiony — Karl Lagerfeld shot last October's cover, Lou Doillon was on the March cover (NSFW), and now Anouck Lepere is featured front and center on the June 2008 cover with her new bob, as shot by Rankin. I wonder if it's a coincidence that her fiance Jefferson Hack is profiled inside . . .

To see more of Anouck (literally), go here and here (NSFW).

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