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Alexander Wang Talks Freja Beha Erichsen, Shoes that Make Girls Cry, and Halloween Plans

fashionologie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:25:43 -0700

>> Yesterday afternoon, Alexander Wang - in black hoodie, white t-shirt, jeans, and dirtied-up white sneakers - spent two hours taking pictures and chatting with fans at his Spring 2010 Barneys trunk show in New York. Wang was Barneys' number one trunk show seller last season, according to his PR director Leslie Rubisch - the sales racked up during that period accounted for fifty percent of Barneys' total Alexander Wang delivery - sold, three months before it even hit the floor. Needless to say, he had some expectations to live up to this time around. Vogue got the scoop on which three Spring 2010 pieces were the best-sellers yesterday, and we chatted with Alex for further details:

What's your favorite piece from the Spring 2010 collection?

Hmm, that's difficult. [Rubisch leans in: "I'm curious to hear what you're going to say!"] I feel like every day I change my mind. But I always seem to come back to Freja [Beha Erichsen]'s look, she really knows how to bring an outfit to life, which is so important in a model for me.

He does have a favorite shoe »

fashionologie — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:40:33 -0700

>> Alexander Wang Launches E-Commerce Wednesday - Alexander Wang has come a long way since his first fashion show, which he held at his brother's wedding: He's launching stateside e-commerce on Wednesday because he "love[s] the idea of shopping in bed." The selection will include his full bag line, shoes, and T by Alexander Wang exclusives - hopefully there will be plenty of stock, so it won't be a do-over of the scene at Opening Ceremony last season, when girls who missed out on Wang's shoes cried. [Style File, Opening Ceremony]

fashionologie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:08:16 -0700

>> Pendleton for Opening Ceremony Lookbook Appears -Liberty of London has scored with a number of collaborations with retailers - including APC and Topshop - this season, and now another heritage label is jumping into the collabo game for the first time. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Pendleton is lending its Navajo prints to Opening Ceremony for a capsule collection. The product appears in August - 15 men's pieces available in women's sizing, plus eight women's pieces, all in wool made in the US, and all available starting in August: Coutorture has a preview of the lookbook, styled by Alastair McKimm. [Coutorture]

fashionologie — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:09:29 -0700

>> IN PRODUCTION -Chloe Sevigny says her Opening Ceremony range is just something to do “between jobs” to avoid being “totally idle,” but it seems that she has a knack for shoe design: "[Last time] the shoes did really really well. Originally we were just going to do menswear or unisex this season, but I thought we should do some girl’s shoes because I still see some of the editors wearing them." It seems Opening Ceremony agrees - they've placed the $625 buckle wedge boots from her Fall 2009 collection on pre-sale "due to popular demand" through this Wednesday - the rest of the collection hits at the end of August. [Times UK, Dazed Digital, Coutorture]

Coachella Spawns Slimane Sighting, New York Times Fashion Shoot

fashionologie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:13:35 -0700

>> Crowds will always flock to Indio for Coachella, and over the weekend, the fashion flock was well-represented. Agyness Deyn was photographed mid-smooch, confirming speculation that she has moved on from ex-fiance Albert Hammond, Jr. with Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald and cementing her status as another British model with a thing for musicians.

Henry Holland, in town to pal around with Agy and see the shows, spotted Hedi Slimane "wandering around with a camera in all black." Yesterday morning, Slimane was still in town, scouting and taking breakfast at the newly-opened Ace Hotel in nearby Palm Springs. Also going down at the Ace over the weekend, a New York Times fashion shoot with photographer Sebastian Kim, which must be for an upcoming T magazine.

Alexander Wang, in LA to launch his shop-in-shop for Opening Ceremony that will feature exclusive merchandise involving fur and exotic skins starting in the Fall, hit Coachella in a Land Rover with Zoe Kravitz; Jeremy Scott and Daisy Lowe also made festival appearances.
*image: WENN.com

fashionologie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:24:22 -0800

>> IN PRODUCTION -Joining us in the online world: Opening Ceremony, which just opened their e-commerce site in an effort to go move outsider of just New York and Los Angeles, stocking Alexander Wang, Boy by Band of Outsiders, and of course, their own coveted label; and Purple Fashion founder Olivier Zahm, who started a blog: "It’s my life, online." [The Pipeline, Style File]

fashionologie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:35:44 -0800

>> IN PRODUCTION -The follow-up to Chloe Sevigny's first Opening Ceremony collection is still in the works. She told reporters last night her menswear line with the boutique would be launching next Fall; Presumptively she still plans on producing the designs in smaller sizes for girls, as she promised in May. [FWD]

Erin Wasson Aims to Put the Chic Back in Skater Chick

fashionologie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:11:29 -0700

>> It looks like Erin Wasson doesn't need to work with Alexander Wang anymore: She's got her own line to worry about. She's signed a three-year deal with skate and surf brand RVCA to produce Erin Wasson for RVCA, which is getting good reviews already — Opening Ceremony has already snapped up the Spring 2009 collection.

We're talking about the model who has a half-pipe in her backyard, so it's no surprise that she chose to do low-cut cotton tanks ($55), miniskirts, frayed denim cut-offs ($230), a silk button-down emblazoned with tiny thunderbolts, and a blazer with a zipper running up the back, all aimed at girls who skate. In fact, she straight up said: "I’m going to get my rocks off seeing girls in California skating around wearing my clothes more than I think I will seeing it in the fashion world."

As for the Low Luv-Bliss Lau jewelry controversy, Erin simply told WWD: “I have the utmost respect for Bliss Lau. I admire and appreciate what she has done for the jewelry industry.” Guess that's as good of an answer as we're going to get.
*image: source, source

Is a Fall Issue of Vogue Italia Getting All Suped Up?

fashionologie — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:02:00 -0700

»The original supers are rumored to appear in a Fall issue of Vogue Italia [The Cut]

»Hilarious: There's a vintage studded belt that Sarah Jessica Parker wears in numerous scenes in the Sex and the City movie — she apparently loved it so much, she named it Roger, and would always say to Patricia Field, "Pat, get me Roger!" [Nylon]

»Opening Ceremony is going e-commerce by the end of the summer [Coutorture]

»Anna Wintour is attending her first Milan Men's Fashion Week to help celebrate Vogue Italia's 40th anniversary [FWD]

»Naomi Campbell verbally attacked a stylist over legal use of a photograph and elbowed people out of the way at the Murakami gala at MOCA in LA late last year [La Vie en Rose]

»Style.com's Candy Pratts Price wanted to make sure we knew the difference between Yohji pants and yoga pants, and that she's sitting at Anna Wintour's table for the CFDA Awards Monday night. Also, her full name is Candida Rosa Theresa Pratts Price. [Chic Report]

»Michael Kors' beach home was broken into by a trio of teens [NYP]

»A peek at the Bottega Veneta, Peter Som, and Reyes Resort 2009 collections [WWD, Style.com, WWD]