>> Low-to-No-Heels (Even the Kitten Heel) Getting Nods from Stylish Key Editors, Marc Jacobs for Spring 2010 —Various editors at Vogue have been rooting for less heel, more flat shoes since resort season, and this past week, at least two editors who love their heels have been going lower: Meredith Melling Burke pulled on knee-high black boots with maybe a half-inch heel, and Giovanna Battaglia chose, of all things, the kitten heel. Marc Jacobs, at both his mainline and Marc by Marc Jacobs (left), had no heels. Instead, both shows had flats with a slight platform. [Style.com, Style.com]
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Wed, 09/16/09 — 09:21:24 AM
Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana Continue Yacht Vacation with Giovanna Battaglia and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld
Tue, 08/11/09 — 12:20:53 PM
>> Two weekends ago, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana docked their yacht in Capri to party with Naomi Campbell and her boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, and it appears that the fun hasn't stopped: On Sunday, they popped up in the Aeolian Islands of Italy with former house model — and current Vogue L'Uomo editor — Giovanna Battaglia and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, where they did a little window shopping before stopping for lunch. Giovanna has earned plenty of attention for her dressed-up Fashion Week-ready style — of which she told the New York Times:
I’m classic. I’m not a rock ’n’ roll chick. And I like to mix old and new. I’ll never wear a full look from a fashion show. It has to be personalized. Accessories have always been a big thing for me. I have 352 pairs of shoes. I’m not kidding. I have a wall filled with them, and then another for handbags. I never throw anything away.
But as for vacation attire, it's all about denim cutoffs, and later, she strolled to the beach wearing a lace dress as coverup.
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Miuccia Prada Descends, Naomi Campbell Causes Commotion at the 2009 Venice Biennale
Mon, 06/08/09 — 02:35:43 PM
>> The Venice Biennale contemporary arts exhibition attracted plenty of familiar fashion faces by last Thursday, but it wouldn't have been complete without an appearance by contemporary art patron Miuccia Prada, who obliged on Friday with a party courtesy of the Fondazione Prada. The opening was temporarily put off by torrential rains, but still managed to attract the likes of Marc Jacobs, Lorenzo Martone, Franca Sozzani, Carine Roitfeld, Carla Sozzani, and Dasha Zhukova.
Many of the guests then carried on to Francois Pinault's Palazzo Grassi, where Gucci Group was sponsoring a party in honor of L'Uomo Vogue's art issue. Naomi Campbell — who one observer noted was keeping a lower profile than at the Biennale in 2007 — joined the crowd, apparently making quite the entrance with boyfriend Vladislav Doronin and his bodyguards and causing one guest to joke, "Does he need them to protect himself from Naomi?"
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Jessica Stam, Lily Donaldson Help AmfAR Launch the Fashion Week Storm
Fri, 02/13/09 — 10:25:44 AM
>> Last night, editors and models alike gathered at Cipriani to simultaneously launch Fashion Week — officially — and benefit one of fashion's favorite causes: AIDS research foundation amfAR. Anna Wintour presented and Donna Karan received an award for her contribution to amfAR's mission; Lara Stone, Caroline Winberg, Jessica Stam, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Lily Donaldson, and Anja Rubik (with boyfriend Sasha Knezevic) all got gussied up and came along for the ride. Afterward, there was a mass migration to Rose Bar, where they were joined by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia for a little enjoyment of the calm before the storm.
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Dolce & Gabbana Are "Old Chickens" in the Fashion System
Fri, 01/23/09 — 11:42:56 AM
>> The men of Dolce & Gabbana not only like to argue with fellow designers, they like to squabble among themselves. In the February 2009 issue of Interview, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana sit down with Tim Blanks for what turns out to be quite the sassy little chat, ranging from how they approach designing to how their Milan office has not one, but two signed prints of a Madonna portrait by Steven Klein: "'Of course, one each,' Gabbana says archly. 'Dolce & Gabbana is not one.'”
They know their weaknesses — animal prints, corsets — and try hard to stay away.
SG: We start every season with a piece of paper, two lists— “Yes” and “No.” And always it’s “No brocade, no animal prints . . .” It’s too easy to do the brocade. We do the list because we are not young. We are old chickens in the system. We’ve done this job for 24 years, you know.
DD: And we design too much animal print. So, “No animal print,” and “Yes a white shirt with lace,” “Yes a new shoulder,” “No brocade . . .” But finally, maybe I need some brocade.
SG: Or then maybe I need to do it in a corset, and in the end . . .
Fri, 11/14/08 — 03:14:12 PM
>> INSIDER WIRE —Julia Restoin-Roitfeld spent her 28th birthday earlier this week in Barcelona, shooting the Mango spring catalog with her brother Vladimir, but they joined parents Carine Roitfeld and Christian Restoin, Giovanna Battaglia, and Lara Stone last night at Indochine in New York. Sounds like Lara isn't doing the VS Fashion Show, after all . . . [Chic Report, Chic Report]
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