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Versace Puts On the Ritz, Candice Swanepoel Covers Vogue Japan, And Roberto Cavalli's Latest Rant

fashionologie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:59:04 PDT

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

Versace will show its Fall 2012 couture show at the Ritz Hotel in Paris on July 1, a month before the hotel is scheduled to close for a two-year renovation. The Ritz has a special place in Versace's history - it's where Gianni Versace presented his last collection for the house before he was killed in 1997. "The closing of the Ritz Paris for two years represents the end of an era but also the beginning of a new one," said Donatella Versace. "So to be able to show Atelier Versace there one last time will be a memorable milestone." [Vogue UK]
Roberto Cavalli took to Twitter to air more grievances against Anna Wintour, writing, "I confide you a secret... Anna Wintur das nt come to see my show in Milano ....... Why ?? becouse I dont do publicity in American Vogue ??" Cavalli called Wintour's influence on American fashion "terrible" in an on-camera interview last week. [Daily Front Row]
Teri Agins, author of The End of Fashion, is writing a new book billed as a "behind-the-scenes exposé" that will "focus on the rise of fast fashion and celebrity designers in the multibillion fashion industry." The book doesn't have a title yet, but publishing house Gotham is expected to release it sometime in 2014. [The Cut]
A group of protesters dressed in classically tailored suits assembled outside of the new Abercrombie & Fitch store on London's Saville Row, waving signs that say "Tweed Not Greed" and "Give Three-Piece a Chance." One of the organizers of the protest said he wanted to stop the store from "selling crappy clothes to ghastly people." [Styleite]
Candice Swanepoel shimmers on the May cover of Vogue Japan in a gold-fringed Gucci dress. The issue's biggest cover line reads, appropriately, "Glamour Game." [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Photo: Donatella Versace with models at the Versace Haute Couture Spring 2012 presentation in Paris.

This Week's Best Dressed

Christina Perez — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:55:18 PDT

>> The first full week of Spring brought plenty of inspiring new-season styles - and even a few surprises.

Brooklyn Decker traded in her usual low-key ensembles for a plethora of out-of-this-world designer looks: Giambattista Valli, Isabel Marant, and Stella McCartney each made appearances at photocalls for the actress's new film, Battleship. Models Miranda Kerr, Lara Stone, Candice Swanepoel, Karolina Kurkova, Agyness Deyn, Jessica White, and a newly-brunette Jessica Stam were also all spotted out and about - and though each looked just as chic as ever, it was their two very pregnant colleagues, Molly Sims and Lily Aldridge, who really stole the show.

There were also plenty of standout casual styles spotted on the streets - Elizabeth Olsen and Emma Roberts each looked effortless in transitional coat-and-trouser ensembles, and Kate Moss and Jessica Alba each sported rose-hued jeans.

However, perhaps it was Elletra Wiedemann who most aptly captured the week's prevailing mood, when at an event hosted by Vogue and Tod's. She exclaimed, "I really just wanted to dress up!"

See who made the list- and what everyone wore - right here in our best-of-the-week slideshow.

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Watch - Behind the Scenes With Candice Swanepoel at the Victoria's Secret Swim Shoot

Christina Perez — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:30:13 PDT

>> Here's a little Friday eye candy to get your weekend started right. Victoria's Secret angel Candice Swanepoel shows off this season's crop of suits in this behind-the-scenes video from the company's swim catalog shoot. It's mesmerizing to watch - and not just because of her awe-inducing figure. Swanepoel actually seems to be having a genuinely good time as she poses and frolics for the camera, and why not? "My favorite part is definitely being able to shoot on amazing beaches and traveling the way we do - and having that family feeling that we do because it is a family," the supermodel explains. Watch her work her magic in the video below, then click over to FabSugar to see Swanepoel and fellow angel Miranda Kerr share their swimsuit-shopping tips.

Watch the Making of the Victoria's Secret Swimsuit Catalog

Christina Perez — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:35:48 PST

>> Candice Swanepoel - who will cover this year's Victoria's Secret swimsuit catalog - shows off the brand's Brazilian-inspired bikinis on the beaches of Tahiti and Turks & Caicos in this behind-the-scenes video. "I always look forward to getting the catalog in my mailbox every year!" Swanepoel told Elle. Get a preview - and see fellow angels Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Lily Aldridge- here.

Kanye West, Maroon 5 to Perform at This Year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show; Plus, a Few Costume Sketches

fashionologie — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:02:06 PDT

>> News is starting to flow about this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which tapes in a little less than a month at Manhattan's 69th Street Armory on Nov. 9.

Today, Kanye West and Maroon 5 were announced as the show's musical guests. Notably, Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine's girlfriend, Anne Vyalitsyna, is confirmed to walk in the show, and West's rumored girlfriend Chanel Iman - who recently closed his debut womenswear show at a day's notice - will also walk as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.

Speaking of Angels, this year's lineup seems curiously devoid of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, throwing into question whether she will be walking at all - or just walking without wings. Miranda Kerr, Chanel Iman, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Candice Swanepoel, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, Behati Prinsloo, and Lindsay Ellingson, however, are all expected.

The show airs on CBS on Nov. 29 at 10/9 CST. A few sketches of this year's costumes, in the slideshow.

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Candice Swanepoel Scores the Fall 2011 Versace Eyewear Campaign

fashionologie — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:05:39 PDT

>> Versace may have done without a blonde for the Fall 2011 collection campaign, but Donatella Versace couldn't leave blondes behind for an entire season, as evidenced by her new eyewear and accessories face. Versace cast Candice Swanepoel - who is also appearing in Tom Ford's campaign - in that portion of her Fall 2011 campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Candice Swanepoel Vamps for Tom Ford's Fall 2011 Campaign

fashionologie — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:07:59 PDT

>> Victoria's Secret model Candice Swanepoel is continuing her high fashion crossover with a solo Fall 2011 Tom Ford ad campaign. She fronts the womenswear portion of Ford's campaign, while Lara Stone is doing Fall 2011 beauty honors. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott were behind the lens this season - instead of Ford himself - and shot Swanepoel outdoors in London in a spot overlooking the Thames River.

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Mario Testino On His Top Five Favorite Photographic Subjects of All Time

fashionologie — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:20:16 PDT

>> Last night, 600 people - including Grace Coddington, Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, and Donatella Versace - gathered in New York to celebrate Mario Testino's illustrious career as part of the El Museo del Barrio gala. Kate Winslet, who presented Testino with an award, said of working with the photographer: “He’ll say, ‘It’s beeuuutiful, but I think it would be better naked, no?’ Quite frankly, how could one refuse? No matter what insecurities about oneself a subject may have, Mario makes them go away like a magician. One moment you are in the hair and makeup chair fully clothed and wishing you had smoother skin, longer legs and smaller feet and then Mario comes in and in that charming way he takes you by the hand and says, 'Don't worry it's going to be amazing.'"

Carine Roitfeld, meanwhile, said of collaborating with Testino: "What I love about him I can tell him anything and that is very rare with a photographer. If I don't like these shoes, or I don't like this picture I can tell him. It is his complicity . . . to be able to say what you want to someone. I just finished a book about my work so far and 80 percent of it is with Mario."

Testino, meanwhile, credited his career to Anna Wintour: “Long ago she decided I was a good photographer.” As for his favorite photographic subject, he replied: "It would have to be Princess Diana, it took my career to another level. Top five? Kate Moss has been one of my favourites for a long time. I have worked a lot with her. I think I have managed to document her through the 20 years that we have worked together. But there are many people like that: Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, it is hard to pick just one."

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Will Kate Moss Be in Louis Vuitton's Fall 2011 Ad Campaign? Plus, More Casting Rumors

fashionologie — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:33:05 PDT

>> The latest Fall 2011 campaign scuttlebutt: Isabeli Fontana is taking the early lead, with campaigns for Escada and Donna Karan booked, and a rumored appearance for Bottega Veneta as well. Karan's campaign, which was captured by Patrick Demarchelier the past three seasons, was snapped by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Fall 2011.

Meanwhile, Steven Meisel shot (and Karl Templer styled) the Fall 2011 Louis Vuitton campaign in New York yesterday - but there will reportedly be no Kate Moss appearance as there was on the runway. In fact, no supermodels will be featured at all: Instead, the six models chosen are said to be from the current generation - "Top 50-ish, a bit new. Nothing from the Icon list." Daphne Groeneveld and Fei Fei Sun are rumored to be among them.

Kate Moss has reportedly been cast for another Fall 2011 campaign for Mango; however, it will be shot by Terry Richardson and is today, making lots of appearances on his blog.

Versace, like Donna Karan, is also switching up photographers - after going with Mario Testino for the past eight seasons, Donatella Versace has chosen Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott to do the Fall 2011 honors (with styling by Joe McKenna). Originally, the Versace campaign, like Vuitton, was reportedly supposed to feature six models, including Candice Swanepoel and Groeneveld, but the photographers are rumored to have settled instead on one girl with "short dark hair" who is a "cover star." Some are thinking that might indicate Saskia de Brauw as Versace's new girl.

To round out the Fall 2011 campaign placements so far, Juergen Teller shot Irina Kulikova yesterday for Moschino at Turin's Ristorante del Cambio, Ralph Lauren has reportedly cast its runway opener Sui He, and Liu Wen is rumored to be in the upcoming Dolce & Gabbana campaign.

A few images from the various shoots in the gallery.

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Candice Swanepoel Scores Vogue Italia February 2011 Cover, Seems Next Victoria's Secret Model Poised for High Fashion Crossover

fashionologie — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:56:29 PST

>> Candice Swanepoel has been Victoria's Secret's go-to girl in the last few months - she was on the brand's holiday and swim catalog covers, and figured prominently into last year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show as well. After Mario Testino shot her for VMAN's Winter 2010 issue (declaring, “Candice is an amazing new find for me. Gorgeous, free, fun. I decided to do the whole trip on her visiting Denmark. She was awesome and did not feel inhibited. She made the shoot an amazing experience. The guys were in awe of her.”), many guessed that she was well on her way to being the next Victoria's Secret Angel to cross over into high fashion.

And it seems like that's the plan. She's on GQ UK's February 2011 cover with a smattering of fellow Victoria's Secret models, but she also just popped up on the February 2011 Vogue Italia cover - quite the coup - shot by Steven Meisel and styled by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele. Will we see her on a choice (non-Victoria's Secret) runway next?

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