Marc Jacobs Sets a Wedding Date, Reveals More Costume Institute Gala Guests April 30, 2009 9:40 am >> As Marc Jacobs gears up for sponsor duties on Monday's Costume Institute Gala, he's got another big event on his mind: his wedding. He got engaged to fiance Lorenzo Martone last month, and the two are already planning what is sure to be a big bash in Provincetown, Massachusetts, according to Martone — one of their favorite vacation spots. "Yes, [the wedding is happening] in the summer — in June, even before summer! And then [we'll have] a party in December in St. Barths."Just last week, Lorenzo revealed that he was the one who proposed, and he bought their pink-gold triple band rings at Boucheron, Marc's favorite jeweler, in Paris during Fashion Week.
Fashion Darling Olivier Theyskens Commits Fashion Don't June 1, 2008 5:01 pm >> It has already been well-reported that Sarah Jessica Parker wore the same Nina Ricci dress to the New York Sex and the City premiere last week as Vogue contributing editor and socialite Lauren Santo Domingo wore to the Costume Insitute Gala on May 5.
More interesting, however, is the story behing the mix-up — as Cathy Horyn reports, both Nina Ricci designer Olivier Theyskens and Mario Grauso, the president of the fashion division at Puig, which owns Nina Ricci, assured SJP that the gown had not been worn in anything but magazine shoots. When she came to find out that wasn't the case, she felt deceived:
In the big picture, this is not important, but there is a relationship between the entertainment industry and fashion .