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Dazed & Confused Celebrates 20 Years with Kate Moss, Katie Grand

fashionologie — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:37:40 PDT

>> “It’s a pretty big night, alright,” said Dazed & Confused founder Jefferson Hack, in the midst of celebrating the magazine's 20 years last night with a commemorative exhibit at London's Somerset House. He was joined by Sarah Burton, Christopher Kane, and Gareth Pugh; Dazed co-founders Katie Grand and Rankin; and ex-girlfriend Kate Moss, who at the exhibit's entrance, stated, “If only I could remember half the photos I’ve done with Dazed, I might be able to tell you my favorite," adding: "If I could get through the crowds into the exhibition I might be able to jog my memory.”

Hack, for his part, remembers one set: he recently talked about how he first met Moss - on a 1999 Dazed shoot, for which she was naked. "That was the shoot where I first met Kate. I was taken aback by how chatty and uninhibited she was - that unguarded thing was really captivating." During the accompanying interview with Moss, Hack said he added in the question: "There's been a lot of different men mentioned in your life recently, but no one permanent relationship. Is there no one out there good enough for you?" They ended up dating for four years and producing a daughter, before splitting in 2004. "I saw Lila last night," says Hack. "I see her lots. I have a lovely family and Kate's a great mum."

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Miuccia Prada Likes Wearing Neon Underwear, According to Katie Grand

fashionologie — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:35:55 PDT

>> Miuccia Prada is known for a quirky sensibility when it comes to her designs, but not so much when it comes to her personal style, aside from a pair of banana earrings here and there. However, when Katie Grand was recently asked what was not well known about Prada, she replied: "She wears fluoro underwear. . . . Well, I don’t know if she still does, but when we last worked together she’d quite often have fluorescent underwear on and I so loved that about her! It was so unexpected." [DFR]

See All Eight of LOVE's New Covers, Featuring Lara Stone, Hailee Steinfeld, and More

fashionologie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:50:05 PDT

>> LOVE's sixth edition boasts more covers than ever before: models Kristen McMenamy, Daphne Groeneveld, Nyasha Matonhodze, Lara Stone, Mariacarla Boscono, plus the young, 14-and-under starlets Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning, and Chloe Moretz, "their faces free of makeup and streaked with tears," as alternatively styled by Grand, Panos Yiapanis, or Arianne Phillips. All eight were photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

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Louis Vuitton Face Nyasha Matonhodze Graces LOVE's New Cover

fashionologie — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:09:36 PDT

>> 16-year-old Zimbabwean model Nyasha Matonhodze majorly hit the model radar upon bagging a slot in the Fall 2011 Louis Vuitton ad campaign, and it looks like Vuitton show stylist Katie Grand is helping her perpetuate her rise. Matonhodze is featured on the latest issue (likely the first cover of many for the issue) of the Grand-edited LOVE magazine. [@THELOVEMAGAZINE]

Marc Jacobs's Industrie Drag Editorial Is Now Out in Full

fashionologie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:07:27 PST

>> It seems that Marc Jacobs plays with his frequent Louis Vuitton collaborator Katie Grand's clothes fairly often. Earlier today, Derek Blasberg Tweeted, "Marc Jacobs is shopping in [Grand]'s closet! He just picked up Katie's Prada neon pink & orange fur stole and denim top." And Grand styled him in her own personal archive of his designs for the cover story of Industrie's second issue, captured by Patrick Demarchelier. While the cover, showing Jacobs in long hair, thigh highs, and heels, has been out for quite some time, the full spread of Jacobs in drag - wearing the pink skirt suit, at left, among other ladies' clothing - is now available for the viewing.

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LOVE's Upcoming Spring 2011 Androgyny Issue Features Kate Moss and Transgender Model Lea T., Lips Locked (UPDATED)

fashionologie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:36:09 PST

>> Late last week, Katie Grand previewed LOVE's upcoming Spring 2011 Androgyny Issue, out Feb. 7. The issue's muse, she said, was her "new best friend," transgender model Lea T., and it was apparently love at first sight: "I was by the pool at the Copacabana Palace Hotel when I saw her. At first I didn't notice her gender, just that she was wearing Givenchy couture and looked amazing!" Lea T., Kate Moss, and Justin Bieber are the new issue's cover stars; Bieber was shot by Terry Richardson in a tight 90 minute slot between gigs in Philadelphia, and Lea T. and Kate Moss are shown locked in a kiss, left. [Telegraph UK, SHOWstudio, @THELOVEMAGAZINE]

Phoebe Philo, Lara Stone Take Top Prizes at 2010 British Fashion Awards

fashionologie — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:14:29 PST

>> Phoebe Philo took this year's top prize - Designer of the Year - tonight at the British Fashion Awards over fellow nominees Erdem Moralioglu and Christopher Kane, while Lara Stone won the battle of the pretty faces, scoring Model of the Year over David Gandy and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Popular vote determined Alexa Chung winner of the British Style Award, recognizing "an individual who embodies the spirit of London and is an international ambassador for London as a leading creative fashion capital.” And Sarah Burton - who designed two dresses for Special Recognition awardee Naomi Campbell (for a 25 year-long career) to choose from for the festivities - accepted the posthumously-awarded Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design prize for Lee Alexander McQueen, noting, "We will always miss him."

The full list of 2010 winners (nominees can be seen here):

Designer of the Year: Phoebe Philo for Celine

BFC Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design: Lee Alexander McQueen

Designer Brand of the Year: Mulberry

Accessory Designer of the Year: Nicholas Kirkwood

Menswear Designer of the Year: Patrick Grant for E.Tautz

Model of the Year: Lara Stone

Emerging Talent Award - Accessories: Husam El Odeh

Emerging Talent Award - Ready-to-Wear: Meadham Kirchhoff

Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator of the Year: Nicola Formichetti

British Style Award: Alexa Chung

Special Recognition Award: Naomi Campbell

Digital Innovation Award: Burberry

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Alber Elbaz Didn't Think There Would Be Anyone in Line for the Lanvin H&M Collection

fashionologie — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:59:23 PST

>> Editors - including Katie Grand - were regularly spotted exiting the Lanvin for H&M preshopping event on Thursday with three or four bags, and Meredith Melling Burke wore the collection's red tulle dress to Vogue writer Stephanie LaCava's black tie wedding over the weekend, so it's no surprise that when made available to the masses on Saturday, consumers reacted similarly, often spending, as The Cut points out, as much as they might on a piece from the Lanvin runway collection.

WWD tracked shoppers in New York and LA shelling out $1,700 or $1,800 in one fell swoop - the former shopper noting it was "the most I've ever spent in my life" - and one man who spent $3,000 buying up basically everything in the women's collection for his wife, who "is pregnant and can't be here, so I am doing a run."

Alber Elbaz, originally said he planned to head home from New York on Saturday - "You could have a baby in the time it took us to work on this. I'm going to be in bed, watching TV, and ordering Chinese food." But it seems he had a change of heart. He arrived a bit before 8 a.m. in a black Town Car across from the Manhattan H&M flagship to marvel at the line. "We stayed in New York one more night so we could see this," Elbaz told WWD. "I don’t dare go in. I can't believe it. I was sure there would be no one. I was a bit panicked. This is a once in a lifetime experience." But he must have gotten the courage to exit the vehicle, because he was snapped outside taking it all in.

Alber Elbaz Pulls Out the Stops at Lanvin for H&M Fashion Show

fashionologie — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:56:54 PST

>> Alber Elbaz and the Lanvin team descended on New York's Pierre Hotel Thursday evening, transforming it with palm fronds, caged parakeets, models in French maid outfits, and little old men offering up champagne, scotch, crustless tea sandwiches, and macaroons, to show off their H&M collaboration.

At the runway's entrance, a rose-filled arch set with "Lanvin Hearts H&M" in fluorescent lights; to the side of that, a salsa band played live music. And above the runway, there were 20 crystal chandeliers. The venue was packed, to say the least - Sofia Coppola, Patrick Demarchelier, Shala Monroque, Sally Singer, and Grace Coddington were all there, plus more than a handful of other designers sitting front row: Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Tory Burch, Alexander Wang, Anna Sui.

Katie Grand styled the show - and the models were told to engage with the audience - so Siri Tollerod, as veiled bride, tossed her bouquet; Pixie Geldof strutted down in her gender-bending suit; Anna Dello Russo, walked with a gray standard poodle at her side; and Julia Frakes made her runway debut. The clothes were couture riffs on the Lanvin for H&M collection - on sale to benefit Unicef now - but afterward, there was a frenzy for the Lanvin for H&M collection pop-up shop set up downstairs. Many editors walked away with multiple bags, Coppola bought the tulle jacket, and even Wang did a little shopping of his own.

A video of the show can be seen here.

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Transgender Model Lea T Now Commanding Covers

fashionologie — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:33:14 PST

>> The power of a Riccardo Tisci plug: after appearing in Givenchy's Fall 2010 campaign, Tisci's longtime personal assistant and former fit model Lea T scored editorial coverage in Vogue Paris, Interview, and Hercules, but that was just the beginning. The transgender model, who is repped by Women Milan, has now graduated to covers: she's on the new Lurve cover, wearing Givenchy couture, and it's rumored that Katie Grand styled her for a Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott-snapped LOVE cover last week. [Models.com, @GB65]