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

fashionologie — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:17:56 PDT

>> 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 They've been replaced by Kelly Cutrone, Georgina Chapman, and Cat Deeley.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.

Gia Coppola's New Short For DVF Current/Elliott Is Not Your Average Fashion Film

Christina Perez — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:29:10 PDT

>> While most fashion films err on the side of dreamy abstraction, Gia Coppola's new short features an actual story. In it, a struggling Hollywood screenwriter finds inspiration after a night of drunken debauchery - all while dressed to the nines in DVF's Current/Elliott collection, for which the film was created. And though the four-minute short may be more straightforward than most, there's still plenty of quirky charm; look for cheeky references to classic films, a '60s-inspired color palette, and a jaunty piano score by Robert Schwartzman. Tracy Antonopoulos stars, and Aubrey Plaza provides the voice-over.

Exclusive Video - An Inside Look at the 2012 CFDA Nominee Event

Christina Perez — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:32:29 PDT

>>You've seen the pictures from Wednesday evening's event - now here's a video that will make you really wish you were there. Put together by Swarovski - who is underwriting the awards for the 11th year in a row now - the video reads like a who's who of the industry. Among those who make cameos? Well, there's Carolina Herrera, Johan Lindeberg, Narciso Rodriguez, Rachel Roy, Rebecca Minkoff, Peter Som, Phillip Lim, Diane von Furstenberg, Pamela Love, Stefano Tonchi, Virginia Smith, Garance Doré, and Scott Schuman - just to name a few. There's also lots of head-nodding, air-kissing, champagne-drinking, and general good times being had all around.

Revealed - The 2012 CFDA Award Nominees & Honorees

Christina Perez — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:18:38 PDT

>> With a list of nominees that includes The Row's Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen and Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez - not to mention a list of honorees that includes Rei Kawakubo and Johnny Depp - this year's CFDA Awards promise to be extra-exciting. At Wednesday evening's announcement event - held at Diane von Furstenberg's studio and attended by Phillip Lim, Joe Zee, and Rachel Roy - the anticipation was nearly palpable.

"Winning a CFDA Fashion Award is the highest and one of the most coveted honors one can receive in our industry," CEO Steven Kolb said as he announced the nominees and honorees. For a complete list of those who just may receive that great honor - as well as a list of those who definitely will, via the Council's prestigious achievement awards - see below. Then, click through for an inside peek at tonight's announcement event.

Womenswear Designer of the Year Nominees
Marc Jacobs
Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler

Menswear Designer of the Year Nominees
Patrik Ervell
Billy Reid
Simon Spurr

Accessory Designer of the Year Nominees
Alexander Wang
Reed Krakoff
Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler

Swarovski Award For Emerging Talent in Womenswear Nominees
Joseph Altuzarra
Chris Peters & Shane Gabier for Creatures of the Wind
Max Osterweis & Erin Beatty for Suno

Swarovski Award For Emerging Talent in Menswear Nominees
Antonio Azzuolo
Todd Snyder
Phillip Lim

Swarovski Award For Emerging Talent in Accessory Design
Tabitha Simmons
Pamela Love
Irene Neuwirth

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Tommy Hilfiger

International Award Winner
Rei Kawakubo

Eleanor Lambert Founders Award Winner
Andrew Rosen

Eugenia Sheppard Media Award Winners
Scott Schuman & Garance Doré

Fashion Icon Award Winner
Johnny Depp

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Watch Diane von Furstenberg's Entire Fall 2012 Collection

fashionologie — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:58:16 PST

>> Here's a peek at the entire DVF Fall 2012 collection. Watch the video - and read our full review - now.

Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2012

Christina Perez — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:57:15 PST

>> For Fall 2012, Diane von Furstenberg riffed on the idea of a "rendez-vous," or, as her show's liner notes put it, "a meeting with suspense and expectation." The result was a collection steeped in subtle sultriness, with wrap jackets, pencil skirts, and the designer's signature jersey dresses cut in body-hugging silhouettes, and featuring more plunging necklines and thigh-revealing slits than we've seen from the designer in seasons past. But von Furstenberg is a designer who always keeps her customer close to heart, and so there were plenty of work-ready suits, blouses, and shifts in the mix.

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Designers Disappointed by CFDA's Impending Relocation

Christina Perez — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:47:54 PST

>> The CFDA has decided to move from its current location in the Garment District to a new residence in downtown Manhattan, leaving some New York designers none too pleased. "We are extremely disappointed by the CFDA's decision to leave the Garment Center," said Nanette LePore, whose husband, Bob Savage, has been a staunch proponent of the Save the Garment Center campaign. "We only hope this does not signal the end of their previous support for New York City manufacturing and emerging American designers."

For its part, the CFDA has stressed that the decision has nothing to do with a lack of support for the Garment District, a neighborhood the CFDA has always championed. "We are not abandoning anything," The CFDA's chief executive officer, Steven Kolb, told WWD. "We considered buildings in the Garment District significantly in our search. The criteria by which we were finding space was ultimately based not on neighborhood, but what the best space for a functioning office for the CFDA was." Kolb went on to say that the Council had outgrown its current space, adding "we are busting out of the seams."

CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg echoed the sentiment: "We needed a very large space so we can have board meetings and clinics there. We found a great space with a great deal, and that's that. We looked for a long time." Von Furstenberg added that she will always think of the CFDA as "the soul of the Garment District."

The CFDA has signed a 10-year lease at its new location at Bleecker Street and Broadway, with plans to move this Summer.
Above: the CFDA's Steven Kolb and Diane von Furstenberg. Getty

Diane von Furstenberg Pre-Fall 2012

fashionologie — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:36:22 PST

>> With a Pre-Fall 2012 collection called Macadam Diva, Diane von Furstenberg is on a mission to "conquer the city as an urban jungle." Oversized houndstooth swirls around sleeveless dresses and trim skirt suits, while studding pocks a black and white minidress. "It's sexy and a little aggressive," von Furstenberg notes.

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Altuzarra Takes Home the Big Prize at the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards

fashionologie — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:17:43 PST

>> Last night at Skylight studios in New York, the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners were announced. Joseph Altuzarra, a favorite the past two years running, took home this year's prize - $300,000 and a year-long mentorship. But the impact of the award lasts much longer than a year, CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg explained: "Once you are in the Fashion Fund, we will protect you and continue to provide you with opportunities.” Pamela Love and Creature of the Wind's Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters were named runners-up, collecting $100,000 each.

Calvin Klein gave this year's keynote speech, focusing on his own days as a young designer. “I started out with less money than probably all of you nominees tonight,” he told the crowd. Of coming up in the '60s and ’70s, he noted: “I dealt with truck men, unions, and gangsters. I got a call from the Gambinos one day, telling me, ‘We are your truck men.’”

Altuzarra's friend and the 2008 Fashion Fund winner, Alexander Wang, told him to "just zone out" during Klein's speech, and just before Rooney Mara announced Altuzarra as winner, von Furstenberg went over to the designer's table, pinched his cheek, and asked him something in French. “She asked me if I went to pee,” Altuzarra told The New York Times. When the announcement finally came, Altuzarra told the audience, “I’m so grateful and humbled.” Love, while accepting her award, announced: “I didn’t prepare anything because I didn’t expect this - and I’m shaking!” before running backstage to hug her fiancé, Matthew Nelson. And Gabier said to the crowd, “You’ve made us really happy and we hope to make you really proud.”

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Andre Leon Talley Gets a Museum Gallery of His Own, Wants It Perfumed

fashionologie — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:18:05 PDT

>> Savannah College of Art and Design, of which Andre Leon Talley is a board member, will as of Saturday have an Andre Leon Talley Gallery in its new museum of art.

Talley has been helping the museum build a costume collection out of his own archives and donations from friends. The first exhibit will include the black gown Penelope Cruz wore to the most recent Costume Institute Gala, sent by Oscar de la Renta; a black sequined wrap dress, sent by Diane von Furstenberg; a Fall 2007 Prada coat trimmed with plastic fringe and feathers; a column dress trimmed with natural string from Tom Ford's debut womenswear show; and the blue satin Manolo Blahniks featured in the Sex and the City movie.

"The only thing I haven't thrust upon them yet is that I want fragrance wafting through the ventilation system," Talley said. "Either Oscar de la Renta's Live in Love, or Diane von Furstenberg's Diane."

It sounds like he might get his wish. Paula Wallace, president and a founder of the college, said of the perfume idea: "He has not mentioned that to me, but if Andre wants it, he gets it. The multisensory concept is so important. We learn, we feel, we think, we smell. Actually, I think it's a grand idea."