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Fashion In 50 Seconds 02/06/09 Retail Gets Re-Imagined & More

coutorture — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:25:27 PST

Challenged to do something different, New York retailers re-imagine the shopping formula with multi-purpose operations...

Jane Shepherdson has turned British retailer Whistles right around and the Spring 09 collection looks like another hit.

PETA's campaign against Giorgio Armani is becoming more aggressive now that Donna Karan has vowed not to use fur.

Bally will launch an e-commerce site later this month offering shoes, accessories, and small leather goods.

PETA's New Target: "Pinocchio Armani"

fashionologie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:17:42 PST

>> Now that PETA got their most recent target, Donna Karan, to vow not to use fur, they've turned all their attention to Giorgio Armani. The organization took a full-page ad out in today's Variety depicting Armani with an elongated nose, urging Oscar attendees to shun Armani's designs on the red carpet, since the designer apparently broke a promise to avoid using fur.

A year ago, Armani told reporters before showing his Armani Prive collection: "There is no fur in the collection. Many years ago I actually made a declaration that I wouldn’t use fur. I used some fur in some recent collections, and the organization PETA, whom most of you are familiar with, discussed this particular issue, and presented some information to [me] and [I'm] not using fur in [my] collection."

PETA's "taking it to where he's most vulnerable." »

fashionologie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:24:53 PST

>> INSIDER WIRE -PETA has been heavily targeting Donna Karan since the latter half of 2008 - storming her DKNY runway in September, papering the streets of New York with "Bunny Butcher" ads in November, launching the now-offline DonnaKaranBunnyButcher.com in December. As a result, she vowed to be fur-free for Fall 2009, with "no plans" to use fur in the future. Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein have been past PETA targets . . . and it sounds like Giorgio Armani is next on the list. [PETA]

Coutorture Community Must Reads 01/08/09

coutorture — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:13:30 PST

The Daily Obsession reports on last night's Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse launch and the outfit she wore for the occasion.

Perfume da Rosa Negra reviews the perfume Hypnose by Lancome. She describes everything, down to the bottle.

Glowing Doll learns more about jewelry designer Arielle De Pinto, whose crochet jewelry we've been hearing a lot about these days.

The Business Of Fashion tackles the fur debate with a video from Tim Gunn on behalf of PETA.

Donna Karan Gives Up On Fur

coutorture — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:03:45 PST

Donna Karan has announced that she will not use fur in her Fall 2009 collection--no doubt, thanks to relentless pressure from PETA. In 2008 PETA initiated a campaign against Karan after she had 'promised' that she would not use fur in her Fall 2008 collection and then failed to do so. After numerous protests outside of her boutiques and fashion shows and an entire website dedicated toward her usage of fur, called, DonnaKaranBunnyButcher.com (now shut down), it seems Karan is finally submitting to PETA's demands. PETA, who has been partially responsible for Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Tommy Hilfiger's abstinence from fur, is now primarily targeting Giorgio Armani.

PETA Helps DKNY Ring In Year Twenty

fashionologie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:27:02 PDT

>> The Tents at Bryant Park often attract throngs this time of year, but this morning, they weren't out for celebrity sightings. No, no . . . they were out for blood, or perhaps a lack thereof.

Just in time for Donna Karan's DKNY show this morning, shouts of "D-K-N-Y! How many animals have to die!" and "Stop the insanity! No blood for vanity!" rang out. But the anti-DKNY campaign didn't stop at the Tent doors - during the show's finale parade, two women burst onto the runway flashing "Donna Dump Fur" banners before security could escort them off. Talk about a unique "celebration" for DKNY's twentieth anniversary show . . .
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For Tod's and Gwyneth Paltrow, Things Get a Little Bit Hairy

fashionologie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:43:18 PDT

»PETA isn't a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow's Tod's ads [The Cut]

»The winner of Stylista starts as Anne Slowey's new assistant editor at Elle tomorrow [FWD]

»Karl Lagerfeld: Now in pink gingham [Jezebel]

»Could Kate Moss make an appearance at Interview's fashion week party? [FWD]

»Emily Weiss, former Teen Vogue intern of The Hills fame, is now working for stylist Katie Mossman [Fashionista]

»Jourdan Dunn closes Cape Town Fashion Week [FabSugar UK]

»Rankin designed a limited-edition Coke bottle [Vogue UK]

»Shipley & Halmos launched a new website boasting the "Cursor is God." [Racked]

Carine Roitfeld Pelts PETA in Vogue Paris August 2008

fashionologie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:09:22 PDT

>> PETA has long targeted Anna Wintour for her fur patronage, even going so far as to throw tofu pie in her face in 2005, but Carine Roitfeld may have just put herself on the hit list. In the August 2008 issue of Vogue Paris, Carine styled a shoot starring a fur-draped Raquel Zimmermann brazenly giving faceless PETA-like activists the bird. Only a couple of pictures from the Mario Testino-shot editorial have appeared so far, but these images are sure to stir the pot.
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IMG Fashion, Lincoln Center Caught Up in New York Fashion Week Union Dispute

fashionologie — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:48:29 PDT

>> New York Fashion Week could be picketed, and not by PETA. The first season at Lincoln Center could be marred if a dispute between IMG Fashion, which produces Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and the union which oversees much of the stagehand and theatrical labor at the performing arts complex is not resolved before Sept. 9, when the shows begin.

The disagreement is centered on the locations IMG plans to erect the Fashion Week tents; a contract between the union and Lincoln Center gives the union jurisdiction for certain locations on the performing arts center's campus, but not in Damrosch Park, where the tents are supposed to be pitched. But according to the union's president, contracts are typically awarded to the union for similar events, and based on that precedent, the union believes IMG should be required to hire union labor for all Fashion Week events. The union was supposed to hold an emergency meeting this morning to discuss their options, and is considering setting up a picket line.

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Andre Leon Talley Had Capes Made for His ANTM Appearances Because He "Wasn't As Thin As Some People Want Me to Be"

fashionologie — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:19:57 PDT

>> An audience of 300 ran the gauntlet of PETA protestors, Police officers, and a metal detector to hear Andre Leon Talley wax lyrical last night at FIT on everything from blogs and the Internet - "love it . . . the Internet is very important to fashion" - to his original career path - "I went to school to be a French teacher, but I always knew I wanted to be in fashion" - to a current project in the works - "I'm working on something that I hope maybe one day can become a one-man Broadway/Off Broadway show."

He rattled off his personal Costume Institute Gala best dressed list, "in this order": "of course Anna Wintour in exquisite Chanel," Lee Radziwell in "a beautiful Ralph Rucci sequin paillette caftan," Renee Zellweger in an "extraordinary" Carolina Herrera, Isabel Toledo, Ricky Lauren "dressed as Marlene Dietrich," and Cassie, of whom he added: "she was dressed by a new young designer called Laquan Smith [Editor's note: who Talley has recently taken under his wing]."

Talley says his own Met Gala ensemble came under fire, however »