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Fashion Week Tidbits: Gareth Pugh NY-Bound, Alexander Wang and Katie Grand Teaming Up, and Shalom Harlom Bartending at Organic

fashionologie — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:15:40 PDT

>> New York Fashion Week is less than a week away, and the tidbits are flowing freely - a compilation of the highlights from the past couple of days:

Double (or Triple) Duty Presentations

Gareth Pugh confirmed that he will be showing a video directed by Ruth Hogben on Sept. 13 to "set the mood for [his] catwalk show that will take place as usual in Paris." After the private showing, he'll screen the short film in public nearby - get your name on the guest list via MAC's Facebook page. [Style File]
Temperley London is taking their interactive Spring 2010 multimedia presentation on the road for the second time, starting in New York Sept. 15 before evolving in format for London Fashion Week and then again in Paris, where it will become an exhibit. The film aspect, plus stills and a behind-the-scenes cut will be readily available online on Temperley's new website.

First look at Yoko Ono for threeASFOUR, and Karl Lagerfeld's attendance status answered »

Fall 2009 Fashion Week: Still Necessary, Just with Less of Everything

fashionologie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:14:17 PST

>> Designers may be pulling their belt tighter this Fashion Week, but hardly any are pulling out of the rat race altogether - the attention is too valuable. "You kill a thousand birds with one stone, because you get that many people there in an hour and you're getting one message across to them," says Scott Sternberg of Boy and Band of Outsiders. "They're writers and photographers and culturally indulgent people with loud mouths."

Instead, designers are saving by hosting presentations instead of runway shows (Monique Lhuillier, Temperley London, and Carmen Marc Valvo), inviting fewer guests (Marc Jacobs and DKNY, who's slicing her usual 1,000 down to 400), sending email invites instead of by mail (nearly everyone), or showing fewer looks to save on fabric and sample-making costs.

Two models, 15 looks, and a free space to show it in »

Fashion In 50 Seconds 10/23/08

coutorture — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:14:48 PDT

Preen's exclusive cruise collection for Net-a-Porter has arrived and "has already been doing gangbusters business in preorders" and so everyone is linking everywhere, talkin' about the dresses and what a 'bold move' it was. Anyway, who knew it'd be a slow news week, or else we would have taken more pictures at the preview we went to in July.

Italian spy scandal! Gucci's getting wrapped up in something that involves "the use of official secrets" which makes us want to get a crew together and make a short film about this whole thing starting with when Facchinetti's phone got taped back in the nineties. In all seriousness, there is an investigation happening and WWD is trying to put the pieces together.

And on the home front...political scandal in the form of department store shopping sprees. Palin recent shopping bill hovers around 150,000 dollars so everyone's wondering if this is some kind of bail out plan for the economy or of she's catching the heat from the fashion industry's response to how put together Michelle Obama looks all the time.

Camilla Staerk is folding. The brand continued after its founder and namesake left in 2006 (and started anew under just, Steark) and the Copenhagan label thought it could continue without her. Guess not.

Up Next: Camilla Staerk and Harlan Bel

coutorture — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:36:10 PDT

Stay tuned folks, we're heading (well, half of us) to the Staerk and Harlan Bel shows and we'll be back with exclusive photos shortly. If you can't wait, check out our pre-fashion week video interview with Harlan Bel designer Brandy Lunsford.