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Miuccia Prada Descends, Naomi Campbell Causes Commotion at the 2009 Venice Biennale

fashionologie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:35:43 PDT

>> 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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Luisa Beccaria's Grown Up Girl

coutorture — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:30:30 PDT

We imagine Luisa Beccaria as Italy's grown up Erin Fetherston, she has parlayed a kind of dreamy muted feminine style of dressing into a soft, sensual, detailed and above mature fashion line that speaks to the dewy eyed romantic in all of us. Impressively she has been designing in her signature style since 1841.

Floating lilac ball gowns should make us think Disney Princess but her Spring 2009 collection has just enough sophisticated allure thanks to delicate white dresses and even a crocheted handbag or two to make us sigh with appreciation. We hear men love this sort of fragile feminine glop. And, shock, we do too.

Milan Fashion Week: Luisa Beccaria Spring 2009

coutorture — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:29:37 PDT

Milan Fashion Week Luisa Beccaria Spring 2009 Images by Vittorio Zunino Celotto

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