Tue, 11/04/08 — 12:30:47 PM
>> At last night's annual Accessories Council ACE Awards, Nicholas Ghesquiere may have been awarded Designer of the Year, Sally Singer the Marylou Luther Award for Fashion Journalism, and Tamara Mellon's Jimmy Choo the Brand of the Year, but Stella McCartney was awarded the most special treatment.
The designer, who was flanked by Helena Christensen, Coco Rocha, and Dean Koons and anointed with a new award, Green Designer of the Year, had her table completely set with salads while everyone else had "a decadent lobster plate." And out of respect for her vegan views, even her award — a Judith Leiber miaundiere — was made green, with a black hemp lining in leather's stead and no stainless steel plating. Such attention to detail kept Stella in a high mood — she joked as she accepted her award, "Little did I know that my award would be second to last and I would need to use the ladies' room after putting on my unitard outfit. But that's life!"
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Wed, 10/29/08 — 03:19:13 PM
>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL —Nicolas Ghesquiere was reportedly in New York this past weekend meeting with models to determine the Balenciaga Spring 2009 multi-girl campaign cast, which promises girls "who barely set foot on anyone's runway this season as well as girls who are riding all those expected covers." A commenter chimes in, adding that Prada, which is also a multi-girl campaign this upcoming season, "will be very blonde and European." [TI]
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Wed, 10/22/08 — 03:25:15 PM
>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL —Lots of people have their bets on Ymre Stiekema for Prada Spring 2009, but the field just got a lot more interesting: Prada is apparently doing a multiple girl campaign for Spring . . . Balenciaga, too. [TI]
Tue, 10/14/08 — 02:34:02 PM
>> Despite all those shoe-induced falls on the Prada runway, the fashion industry's obsession with super-high heels is causing designers to go higher.
Manolo Blahnik, who for over 20 years has gone no higher than five-inch heels — and doesn't do platforms — is increasing his maximum height to six inches this year. He says it's paying off — the six-inch heels already account for 30 percent of his business. And Christian Louboutin, who has popularized extreme heels, is seeing his new six- and seven-inch heels sell so well that he has plans to introduce eight-inch platform shoes next Fall: "I hear they can be painful, but women keep asking for them."
Poor economic times mean longer hemlines, but higher heels? We'll see — a model told reporters after the Prada show: "I was having a panic attack, my hands were shaking. The heels were so high. Some of the girls were crying backstage they were so scared." I love my vertiginous heels, but who wants to buy into that . . .
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Mon, 10/13/08 — 04:40:12 PM
>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL —That mystery Prada campaign Ymre Stiekema was talking about shooting? It might have been Resort 2009, because here she is, donning those Prada Resort jewels. Or maybe it was the Spring 2009 campaign, because when she was interviewed less than a month ago — it seems like a quick turnaround for print. Plus, she's building quite the foundation at Prada — opening the Spring 2009 show as an exclusive, the Linea Rossa campaign . . . [TFS]
