>> INSIDER WIRE —Come February, the eternal who's-got-the-best-fashion-show-invites competition will hit full swing, but for now, it's all about the holiday card. Chanel sent a paper mobile with tiers reading "Chanel wishes you a Happy New Year" in a ten different languages, Manolo Blahnik created a holly shoe drawing just for the occasion, and Giles Deacon mastered the Swarovski-encrusted, Santa-hatted eyeball. [Grazia, Fashionista]
Giles Deacon
Wed, 12/17/08 — 03:03:16 PM
Beth Ditto To Grace First Cover of Love?
Thu, 12/11/08 — 12:30:56 PM
>> Some of Katie Grand's nearest and dearest — Giles Deacon, Agyness Deyn, Alexander McQueen — came out to the Royal Academy in London last night to celebrate the first-ever party for her new magazine Love. Guests sipped tea and participated in a treasure hunt, but the night's big attention-getter was Beth Ditto — she's rumored to be Love's first cover star. No confirmation yet — but a good space to watch might be the magazine's under-the-radar blog, which so far chronicles the move to a new office, visits to showrooms, and Giles holding scotch eggs over his eyes.
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Henry Holland Does Designer Tees — Literally
Tue, 12/09/08 — 03:26:10 PM
>> Henry Holland first burst onto the scene back in 2006 when he got Giles Deacon to wear a t-shirt that read "UHU Gareth Pugh" for his runway bow — Gareth reciprocated soon after by wearing Holland's "Get Your Freak on Giles Deacon" shirt.
In the time since, fashion iconograhy has proliferated on t-shirts. Deer Dana launched tees with cartoon renderings of Hamish Bowles, Andre Leon Talley, and Agyness Deyn, and just last week, Diane von Furstenberg graphic designer Chris Sauve launched the "Save Anna" graphic campaign — "take this graphic and make a t-shirt" — after rumors of Wintour's demise.
Holland is finally switching it up from the trademark slogan tees; He's done cartoon renderings of nude John Galliano, Donatella Versace, Karl Lagerfeld, and of course close friend Agyness Deyn — with flowers appropriately placed, Karl's a Chanel camellia. There are more designers involved — Luella Bartley included — and all approved Henry's graphics, which are going on t-shirts, to arrive in stores next year.
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Jourdan Dunn, Luella Bartley Win Big at British Fashion Awards
Tue, 11/25/08 — 02:48:52 PM
>> Tonight, The British Fashion Council hosted the British Fashion Awards — the British counterpart to the CFDA Awards. Jourdan Dunn stole Agyness Deyn's Model of the Year crown, and looking shocked, managed to accept the award between tears: "My mum would like me to say I'm going to buy her a mansion but she's just going to have to accept this speech instead!" As for Designer of the Year — an honor bestowed on John Galliano and Alexander McQueen four times each — Luella Bartley was the anointed one.
[break]A complete list of awards, with winners in bold. »[/break]
- DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: Luella Bartley
- MODEL OF THE YEAR: Agyness Deyn, Jourdan Dunn, Lily Donaldson
- SWAROVSKI EMERGING TALENT — READY TO WEAR: Danielle Scutt, Louis Goldin, Felder Felder
- SWAROVSKI EMERGING TALENT — ACCESSORIES: Nicholas Kirkwood, Charlotte Olympia, Anna Vince
- DESIGNER BRAND OF THE YEAR: Jimmy Choo, Agent Provocateur, Paul Smith
- ISABELLA BLOW AWARD FOR FASHION CREATOR OF THE YEAR: Pat McGrath, Terry Jones, Tim Walker
- RED CARPET DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: Matthew Williamson, Giles Deacon, Stella McCartney
- MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: Christopher Bailey for Burberry, Paul Smith, Richard James
- ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: Jonathan Kelsey, Rupert Sanderson, Lara Bohinc
- BFC AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FASHION: Stephen Jones
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Rei Kawakubo Likes Pie, Missy Rayder, Not Necessarily In That Order
Mon, 06/30/08 — 03:53:34 PM
»Rei Kawakubo has designed a red, pie-shaped shop concept that will house her Comme des Garcons for H&M collection when it comes out in early November; She also chose Peter Lindbergh to photograph Missy Rayder and others for the campaign [WWD]
»Harper's Bazaar brought a cadre of four staffers to couture, while Kate Lanphear is representing Elle alone [FWD]
»Alice Dellal nabbed a MNG Jeans campaign for Fall [Fashionista]
»Nick Knight has asked the likes of Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Naomi Campbell, and Giles Deacon to spin records live on Showstudio.com over 3 days starting July 9 [WWD]
»Karl Lagerfeld seemed to smile in approval at Kris van Assche's latest outing for Dior Homme yesterday [Guardian UK]
»Natasa Vojnovic has gone blonde (NSFW) [Supreme Being]
»Hye Rim Park did recently get married; Vogue Korea has a photo feature story [TFS]
»LVMH won a counterfeit lawsuit against eBay, so the auction site has to cough up $63.2 million [The Cut]
