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Bing Bang's Anna Sheffield On Her New Commitment Collection and Why She Loves Fashion Week

Chi Diem Chau — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:16:24 PDT

>> We caught up with jewelry designer Anna Sheffield at last night's Creatures of Comfort Fashion's Night Out event, where she told us not only why she loves Fashion Week, but also all about her new project: a bridal and commitment line. Read on for more from our interview with the designer.

What's your favorite thing about Fashion Week?

"The best part about Fashion Week is that you get to see people from all around the world around this time every year and how awesome they look. It's really good inspiration for designers."

What are your FNO plans?

"I just launched a capsule collection called Bing Bang for WeSC. I just came from the party at the store on Lafayette. It's a small capsule collection of jewelry inspired by NYC and I also created these rose gold headphones for them - it's my favorite thing."

How do you stay sane during Fashion Week?

"Lots of green tea and cookies."

What are you currently working on?

I'm launching a new bridal and commitment jewelry collection next Tuesday. I have about 40 styles, so with all the variations, there are hundreds of pieces. It's based on the idea of bridal and commitment so you can mix and match. Promise rings, stacking rings, or anniversary pieces.

What shows do you plan on attending?

"I'm definitely going to see Jeremy Scott. It's the most inspiring part of the week for me every season. I'm also going to see Mara Hoffman. Those are two people I love. I'll see what else I fit in this week."

Photo courtesy of marQue dimesa

fashionologie — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:51:47 PDT

>> Video: Watch Tavi Gevinson Take On Her First Styling Gig -We got a look at the final product of Tavi Gevinson's first ever styling gig - for Blackbook's September 2010 issue - last week; now a "making of" video is out, capturing the 14-year-old Gevinson working with model Christine Staub, who happens to be just a year older than her. And it sounds like Tavi already has her next project on deck: word is she will be flying to New York with her dad to cover Fashion's Night Out for Barneys on Twitter, as well as liveblogging on the retailer's blog BSides. [Blackbook, The Cut] See the video! »

fashionologie — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:43:37 PDT

>> Lindsay Lohan Already On the Outs at Ungaro? -Ungaro CEO Mounir Moufarrige seemed ready for all the diva moves new brand artistic director Lindsay Lohan might pull, but not even a week since her appointment was announced, she's already skipped a scheduled call with the Wall Street Journal and refused to pose for pictures at Ungaro's Fashion's Night Out event - and those are just the documented offenses. The latter move, however, has prompted a rumor that she might be fired . . . [The Cut Twitter]

fashionologie — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:28:55 PDT

>> Fashion's Night Out Could Become A Permanent Fashion Week Fixture -If CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg has her say (and Anna Wintour will assuredly support her), Fashion's Night Out won't be a one-off event: “It was a huge success. It was fantastic; it’s just like Hallmark, when they invented Mother’s Day. Every Thursday before Fashion Week, we will have Fashion’s Night Out!” But nothing has officially been decided, and retailers are waiting to examine the residual effects on sales before the possibility is further examined. Simon Doonan says he's unsure about doing it again, because Fashion's Night Out didn't generate big sales for Barneys. [The Cut, The Cut Twitter]

fashionologie — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:37:52 PDT

>> Anna Wintour Has A Shopping List for Tonight's Fashion's Night Out - In between kicking Fashion's Night Out off tonight at Macy's in Queens, stopping by Intermix to see Sienna Miller, Oscar de la Renta to see the designer sing, and Saks for the William Rast pop-up (she loves that Justin Timberlake), among other things, Anna Wintour does indeed plan to shop. She's looking to buy "something in red, some new boots, and some kind of savage fur." [Times UK]

Victoria Beckham Debuts New Short Film for Collection, To Make Fashion's Night Out Appearance at Bergdorf

fashionologie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:38:36 PDT

>> Victoria Beckham recently let her Giorgio Armani contract expire so that she could focus more on her beauty and fashion lines; she's said to be showing her Victoria Beckham Collection - which Roland Mouret has assisted her with in the past - at New York Fashion Week again for Spring 2010, but this weekend, she's releasing a short film featuring her Fall 2009 collection (with Mouret's sharply tailored handiwork visible) online.

This is her second foray into the fashion promo film arena - her first effort, for Spring 2009, came out at the end of last year. The new short, "Swings," features eight models, perched on rope swings, moving in unison - plus a cameo by Beckham - and was filmed in a single take in London last month. Matt Jerrett directed and Beckham's (and Mouret's) backer, 19 Entertainment, produced. The film debuts Sunday on BergdorfGoodman.com, to promote Beckham's appearance at the New York store during Fashion's Night Out Sept. 10, and DazedDigital, which has the UK exclusive, is posting the full film Sunday at 3 pm UK time.

UPDATE: The video! »

Watch Ashley Olsen, Daria Werbowy, and a Giggly Anna Wintour in the Fashion's Night Out PSA!

fashionologie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:38:11 PDT

>> Fashion's Night Out September 10 will see 250 models scattered around the boroughs of New York City and Arthur Elgort on hand at the 57th Street Dior boutique to photograph any customer who spends at least $2,500, but starting today, the public service announcement Seamless and Unzipped's director Douglas Keeve filmed free of charge will be all over network TV, taxis, and online. Anna Wintour flips her bob and giggles, Daria Werbowy waves her arms, plus Alexander Wang, Ashley Olsen, and Karlie Kloss all have their two cents.

Videos: The PSA, plus behind-the-scenes! »

Fashion's Night Out Will Bring Anna Wintour To Queens, Hamish Bowles To Juicy Couture, and the Olsens To Bartend at Barneys

fashionologie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:58:47 PDT

>> The roster of events for Anna Wintour's international shopping extravaganza on Sept. 10, Fashion's Night Out, has been rolled out, and as Anna put it in the press release: “Little did I think when the idea of Fashion’s Night Out was first dreamed up this past March during the Paris collections that we would have over 700 and counting retailers, designers, and brands joining us on the night of September 10. There is so much planned that we could shop till dawn and still not see and do everything.”

Wintour kicks everything off, along with Michael Kors and "a surprise celebrity guest," at Macy's Queen Center location at 5 pm and will sign t-shirts for the first 50 customers. That event just so happens to be ten minutes away from a US Open tennis match Roger Federer will likely play that same day at 7 pm (and thus Anna will likely attend).

Meet Steven Klein or take a picture with Daria Werbowy »

fashionologie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:58:09 PDT

>> Anna Dello Russo's Home Featured in Upcoming Book from Tod's -Tod's commissioned a new picture book called Italian Touch, which inside features - among the 100-plus Italians of different ages photographed, Vogue Nippon's fashion director-at-large (and cult style icon) Anna Dello Russo, captured in her Milan home; the preview shown features an enlarged still from Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard on the wall behind her and Tod's moccasins, of course, next to her. The book is available to pre-order online. [Style File]

Spring 2010 New York Fashion Week: Ralph Lauren Expands to Three Shows; Two Designers Dare to Overlap with Fashion's Night Out

fashionologie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:39:01 PDT

>> New York Fashion Week is still over a month away, but Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week just released its official calendar today and the Fashion Calendar - which shows all of the shows not included in the Bryant Park festivities - has appeared online, so we can get an idea of what will be going down in that crazy time period between Sept. 9 and Sept. 17.

Despite the industry's economic doldrums, a few designers are adding an extra show for Spring 2010 - Ralph Lauren is upgrading from two showings to three in his usual morning-of-the-last-day spot; Phillip Lim is following in close friend Richard Chai's footsteps, doing a two separate shows this season, one for men's and one for women's, rather than combining them like he usually does; and Thom Browne, who chose to show his Fall 2009 collection in Florence instead of at New York Fashion Week, is back on the schedule with not one but two shows.

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld is hosting an event again »