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fashionologie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:24:33 PST

>> THE MODELIZER -We've seen the rise of the supermodel the past couple of seasons, and now the '90s icons seem to be grabbing hold. Stella Tennant and Kirsten Owen posed for Marc Jacobs's campaign last season, Ana Claudia Michels is already experiencing a resurgence, and now Kirsten McMenamy is "freshly lodged at DNA," Jenny Shimizu found "a new home at Elite," and Rachel Williams is "looming on the horizon," - will we see them in New York? [The Imagist]

See Giovanna Battaglia's Daring Look and More Red Carpet Arrivals from the 2011 amfAR Cannes Gala

fashionologie — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:11:44 PDT

>> Couture and Roitfelds galore populated last night's amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS Gala, held as part of the Cannes festivities at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and their significant others (Robert Konjic and Giovanna Battaglia, respectively) were hosted by Peter Dundas at the Emilio Pucci table, while Carine Roitfeld - and Naomi Campbell, Dasha Zhukova, Kristen McMenamy, and Courtney Love - came decked out in Givenchy. Chanel, too, dressed a host of ladies for the event - including Charlotte Casiraghi, Kirsten Dunst, and Karolina Kurkova - which set a new record, raising more than $10 million for AIDS research (the cost per plate was reportedly $10,000, after all).

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Karl Lagerfeld Chooses Kristen McMenamy As Bride for Chanel's Spring 2011 Couture Collection

Chi Diem Chau — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:08:34 PST

>> Chanel's current ad campaign spans three generations, and at the brand's couture show today, Karl Lagerfeld highlighted the idea that Chanel is for any age, tapping 40-year-old Stella Tennant to open the show and 45-year-old Kristen McMenamy to close. VIPs galore filled the front row: Kirsten Dunst, Ines de la Fressange, Pedro Almodovar, Karen Elson, Alexa Chung, Daphne Guinness, Diane Kruger, Vanessa Paradis, and Jerry Hall, plus Baptiste Giabiconi, who, for once, didn't walk the Chanel runway. As previewed yesterday, the collection was filled with black patent mule flats and tunic dresses over skinny pants, and at the end, Lagerfeld, joined by his bride McMenamy in a dress fitted with an embroidered train of thousands of gold beads, blew the audience a kiss.

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fashionologie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:22:44 PST

>> BLOWING THE COVER -Folly or flattery? It seems the new thing for Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott to do for major March or September covers is to remake another magazine's old cover - in September 2008, they redid Patrick Demarchelier's iconic Harper's Bazaar cover with Nadja Auermann for W using Kate Hudson, and now, for Vogue Paris's March 2009 cover, they've reinterpreted Iris Strubegger from Steven Meisel's 1992 Vogue Italia cover with Kirsten McMenamy. And for those of you who were wondering about the Teen Vogue Paris rumor - Carine Roitfeld says it's just that - a rumor. [Models.com, The Cut]