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Ann Taylor Taps Kate Hudson, Miuccia Prada Takes It Back, Mickey Drexler Doesn't Like Malls - and More

Christina Perez — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:37:23 PST

Kate Hudson is the new face of Ann Taylor. [Fashion Foie Gras]

Andrea Linett has joined Michael Kors as the new global creative director. [Daily Front Row]

Miuccia Prada says her quote about the Met exhibit was taken out of context. [Fashionista]

Mickey Drexler isn't crazy about shopping malls. [Lucky]

The Spring 2012 nail colors from Butter London have arrived. [Racked]

Miranda Kerr celebrates baby Flynn's first birthday. [People]

Kate Bosworth and Cher Coulter are launching a denim line. [Stylecaster]

Photo: WWD

A-List Overload in November Issue of Vogue

coutorture — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:55:02 PDT

On location in London, Plum Sykes visits the star-studded cast and crew of the movie-musical, Nine, where she falls under the spell of Daniel Day-Lewis and has a surprise run-in with Mr. Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti. Read the article in its entirety at Vogue.com.

Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Fergie, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, and Sophia Loren photographed by Annie Leibovitz in London.

Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, and Kate Hudson photographed by Annie Leibovitz in Malibu for the November cover of Vogue.

Source: Annie Leibovitz/Vogue

W's September 2008 Bizarre Bazaar Fiasco

fashionologie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:46:05 PDT

>> Is Liz Tilberis rolling in her grave right now? Her iconic September 1994 Harper's Bazaar cover of Nadja Auermann photographed by Patrick Demarchelier has been swiped and reinterpreted for the September 2008 cover of W, featuring Kate Hudson as photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

The resemblance is far too uncanny to be a coincidence, what with the same blonde hair, light eyebrows, heavy cat-eye makeup, piercing blue eyes, and dark lipstick framed with a collar of blue all in common. Of all the months to choose, wouldn't the big September issue be one you'd want to get creative with?

*image: source

Sara Blomqvist's Bohemian Winter

Chi Diem Chau — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:07:49 PST

>> Bohemian looks aren't always relegated to Spring and Summer: Sara Blomqvist's street-snapped outfit is proof that a floral print dress and booties - layered up with a blazer, tights, fur hat, and scarf for extra warmth - look just as good in colder months. Replicate her rad off-duty ensemble with our picks from Hudson, Sparkle & Fade, and Kate Spade.

Left to right: Sparkle & Fade Printed Sweater Dress ($48), Preston & York Russian Hat ($19, originally $38), Topshop Shawl Collar Tux Blazer ($135), Rag & Bone Scarf ($175), Falke Tights ($44), Hudson Starley Bootie ($195, originally $325), Kate Spade Bag ($295)

Photo courtesy of the altamiranyc.blogspot

fashionologie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:47:19 PDT

>> Dior To Show Twice at Couture, Lacroix's Early Collection Reviews "Glowing"-Despite Vogue only sending a "very small" team and Elle sending two people - creative director Joe Zee and executive accessories editor Kate Davidson Hudson - John Galliano is planning to show his Fall 2009 Dior couture collection twice because he's using a smaller location this year. Meanwhile, Carlos Souza is inaugurating his return to Valentino with a big bash post-show, and early reports of Christian Lacroix's "fightback" couture collection are "pretty glowing." [FWD]

Sarah Burton Takes Home the Big Prize at the 2011 British Fashion Awards

fashionologie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:20:42 PST

>> This evening at London's Savoy Theatre, a who's who of British fashion gathered for The British Fashion Council's annual awards. Victoria Beckham, accepting her Designer Brand of the Year award from presenter Marc Jacobs, told the crowd, "I am SO nervous," before shedding a few tears and adding: "This is rubbish." Alexa Chung, who took home the British Style award - which is decided by a public vote - dedicated her award to "girls who dress like awkward boys." Kate Hudson, presenting Red Carpet Award to Stella McCartney, regaled the audience with an anecdote about the dress McCartney designed for her to wear to her first Oscars: "I wore Stella and made every worst-dressed list. The next day, I called Stella, and she said, 'Face it babe, it was the hair.'" And finally, Sarah Burton, who took home Designer of the Year, called the award "the icing on the cake for what has been an amazing year."

The full list of winners, below.

Designer of the Year: Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

Menswear Designer of the Year: Kim Jones
Accessory Designer of the Year: Charlotte Dellal for Charlotte Olympia
Designer Brand of the Year: Victoria Beckham
Model of the Year: Stella Tennant
Emerging Talent, Womenswear: Mary Katrantzou
Emerging Talent, Menswear: Christopher Raeburn
Emerging Talent, Accessories: Tabitha Simmons
New Establishment Award: Christopher Kane
Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator: Sam Gainsbury, Gainsbury and Whiting
Red Carpet Award: Stella McCartney
Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Award: Paul Smith
British Style Award: Alexa Chung

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See Vanessa Traina's Full Maje Collection Lookbook

fashionologie — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:42:55 PDT

>> Last night, Vanessa Traina launched her 14-piece capsule collection for the French brand Maje at Barneys, which has the US exclusive. She wore a black tuxedo jacket and pant from the collection, and was joined by her sisters Samantha and Victoria Traina and close designer friends like Alexander Wang, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Joseph Altuzarra, and Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, most of whom followed her to a celebratory dinner down the street at Le Caprice.

The idea for the collection, which ranges from $150 to $490, came about while Traina was in fittings for the brand's campaign (which she's appeared in the past two seasons). She told Vogue.com: "Maje asked me to do their campaign a few seasons ago and we all got along really well. We met the day before the shoot to do fittings, and by the end of it, we’d put together the proposal for a collaboration."

Her ideas for the collection - inspired by "a lot of old '90s editorial," she told us - came easily: "I had a whole folder with me . . . working in the industry and doing consulting quite frequently, I knew what to expect from a design meeting, and I think it really helped Maje understand my vision right from the get-go."

The resultant pieces are simple, primarily silk or lace, and sans color. In fact, minus one white silk maxi dress, they're all in black. "I wear black quite, quite often," Traina explains. "Because this was a one-time collaboration, I really wanted to do something wearable and [focus on] really great separates that fit into your wardrobe. And black goes with everything, so I really just kind of went with that." She told Vogue.com, "Although I must admit, I haven’t worn anything outside of my bedroom yet."

The collection also provided Traina with her first opportunity to design a shoe: "I mean, I've worked with Joseph Altuzarra and people on their collection from head to toe, so I've kind of worked with a shoe, but he [Altuzarra] really does the crux of it, so yeah, it's the first time. It's really cool because we initially started with doing a flat, and then I just thought it would be cool if we stuck a heel on it. So it's just a sandal design."

Even though she now has more extensive design experience, Traina says the collection is a one-time thing: "I really see myself more as a stylist, and I work as a stylist and do consulting. I was really grateful for this opportunity, it was really fun to do something like this, but I think the direction that I'm going in right now with styling is really what I'm passionate about, [and] is really what I love personally."

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Stella McCartney Celebrates Her 40th Birthday with Kate Moss, Tom Ford, and More

fashionologie — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:08:16 PDT

>> Last night, Stella McCartney celebrated her 40th birthday with a small flock of famous friends. Among those who gathered at the fete, held inside the London landmark Aspley House: Kate Hudson (in coral Elie Saab) and her fiance Matt Bellamy; Bono and Ali Hewson (in Edun); Tom Ford in a velvet suit; Kate Moss (in an Azzaro jumpsuit); and her father Paul McCartney and his fiancee Nancy Shevell. Gwyneth Paltrow, too, joined the festivities - which included an after-party at the Groucho Club in Soho - and was later spotted leaving with two mugs, printed with photographs of McCartney as a baby.

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Who's Wearing What at the 2010 Costume Institute Gala

fashionologie — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:55:49 PDT

>> It's only a couple more hours until the pictures from tonight's "American Woman"-themed Costume Institute Gala red carpet start rolling in, but already, there are plenty of dress confirmations - and one performer confirmation, in the form of Lady Gaga. Without further ado, the running list (which will be updated until the photos hit) of who's wearing what, below.

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Interview Keeps the 40th Anniversary Celebration Going with a Little Subbasement Revelry

fashionologie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:09:15 PST

>> Two floors below the ground level entrance to the Hudson Hotel, Interview celebrated its 40th anniversary last night by christening Good Units, the hotel's new club. The space still had remnants of its past life as a 1930s YMCA - wooden bleachers sat in the middle of the main room, providing seating for the likes of Subversive Jewelry's Justin Giunta and Edita Vilkeviciute - and above, where the room's indoor track used to be, party-goers got an eagle's eye view of the dancing going on below. Archival Interview covers and graffiti by Brian Ermanski on the room's four walls gave the party a '90s vibe.

The crowd was teeming with notables, ready to kick-start Fashion Week. Vena Cava's Lisa Mayock and Shipley and Halmos's Jeff Halmos found a less crowded corner near the bar to chat by while Halmos's design partner Sam Shipley fetched drinks. Becka Diamond and Keegan Singh, arms linked, navigated the crowd and later, Singh's boyfriend Eddie Borgo appeared. Giovanna Battaglia, in a red and black leopard-print minidress, grooved to the music, while Derek Blasberg and Kate Bosworth, nearby, animatedly broke it down before scurrying off into the crowd. Mary-Kate Olsen, who's gearing up for her first The Row presentation, as styled by Marie-Amelie Sauve, and Chloe Sevigny both chatted with Lazaro Hernandez. A dark-haired Martin Cohn teetered in those Nina Ricci platform heels. And Dasha Zhukova, fresh off the purchase of a $19.5 million home in Los Angeles last month, flitted by in an emerald fitted coat. All in all, not a bad way to start out the week.

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