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All the Spring 2012 Ad Campaigns, So Far (New - Eddie Borgo, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin)

fashionologie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:42 PST

>> Campaign season is here. So far, there have been Spring 2012 ad moments for Gisele Bundchen, Karlie Kloss, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Julia Stegner - and more. See those, plus all the Spring 2012 ad campaigns, in the slideshow - with more added as they arrive.

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A Look at the Upcoming Yves Saint Laurent Exhibit

Christina Perez — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:52:30 PST

>>This Spring, the Denver Art Museum pays tribute to the legendary designer with Yves Saint Laurent, The Retrospective. Spanning over 40 years, the exhibit offers a complete look at Saint Laurent's career, style, and historical influence - starting with his first collection at Dior in 1958, all the way up to his final runway presentation in 2002. With over 200 haute couture pieces on display - including the very first Le Smoking - as well as photos, drawings, and films, the exhibit also examines YSL's relationship with other artists, his famous patrons - including Princess Grace of Monaco, Nan Kempner, Catherine Deneuve, and Diana Vreeland - and the exotic travels that inspired many of his collections. Click through to preview pieces from the exhibit - which runs from March 25 through July 8 - here.
At left, Yves Saint Laurent in his workshop, 1982. Getty.

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Loulou de la Falaise, Yves Saint Laurent Muse and Collaborator, Has Passed Away; A Visual Tribute

fashionologie — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:34:12 PST

>> Loulou de Falaise, who collaborated with and inspired Yves Saint Laurent for over three decades, died Saturday at her country house in Boury-en-Vexin, northwest of Paris. She was 63.

The Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation announced her passing, citing an unspecified "long illness" as the cause of death. WWD's sources report that de la Falaise was diagnosed with cancer last June but wanted to keep her health a private matter. She is survived by her husband, Thadee Klossowski - who she married in 1977 in a Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche turban and harem pants - and their daughter, Anna.

De la Falaise met Saint Laurent at 1968, when she was 21, at a tea party given by the designer Fernando Sanchez. She began working for YSL in 1972, designing jewelry and hats for his couture and ready-to-wear collections and producing up to 2,000 pieces of jewelry a year until 2002, when he retired. Later, she collaborated with Oscar de la Renta on his jewelry collections. Her final designs - a line of costume jewelry she created over the Summer - go on sale next month in the shop at the Majorelle Garden in Marrakech.

A few of our favorite Loulou snaps, in the slideshow (NSFW).

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A Look Backstage at Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Giambattista Valli, Chloe, Valentino, YSL, and Louis Vuitton

fashionologie — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:58:53 PDT

>> The end is here: we've got your last backstage look until next season. See Stella McCartney celebrate the end of her show, Marc Jacobs chatting with Kate Moss behind-the-scenes at Louis Vuitton, the super cool Yves Saint Laurent hairpieces, plus snaps from Alexander McQueen, Chloe, Valentino, and Giambattista Valli in the slideshow.

Photos by Greg Kessler

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Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2012

fashionologie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:27:19 PDT

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Raquel Zimmermann Wears 14 Looks in 53 Seconds in YSL's New Fall 2011 Campaign Video

Christina Perez — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:22:30 PDT

>> Quick-change artist Raquel Zimmermann whips through 14 looks in just under a minute in this recently released campaign video for Yves Saint Laurent's Fall 2011 collection, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The video features a short-coiffed Zimmermann high-speed window posing in a Manhattan high-rise, all to the rhythm of LCD Soundsystem's "I Can Change."

Christian Louboutin Prepared to "Fight Like Hell" Against Yves Saint Laurent, According To His Lawyer

fashionologie — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:54:24 PDT

>> After Christian Louboutin lost a bid to stop Yves Saint Laurent from selling red-soled shoes earlier this week, Louboutin's lawyer Harley Lewin has said he's prepared to “fight like hell to the end.” Lewin continued of the setback: “Deter me? Not at all. It’s early on in the game.”

Manhattan federal judge Victor Marrero also implied in his decision earlier this week that if the case continued, he would move to find for the defendant, Yves Saint Laurent, without a full trial - thus causing Louboutin to lose his red sole trademark, which was granted in 2008.

Marrero has ordered both parties to meet next Friday morning, Aug. 19, during which time Louboutin must “show cause why the record of this action as it now exists should not be converted into a motion for partial summary judgment canceling Louboutin’s trademark.” Louboutin is seeking at least $1 million in damages from Yves Saint Laurent.

Louboutin May Lose Red Sole Trademark After Judge Denies Injunction Against Yves Saint Laurent

fashionologie — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:16:41 PDT

>> While it remains to be seen whether Christian Louboutin will retain its red-sole trademark, a Manhattan federal judge has denied Louboutin's request that Yves Saint Laurent be barred from selling red-soled shoes while the shoemaker's lawsuit against YSL is pending.

The judge concluded that Louboutin wouldn't likely be able to prove that its red soles deserve trademark protection - protection that was originally granted in 2008. "Because in the fashion industry color serves ornamental and aesthetic functions vital to robust competition, the court finds that Louboutin is unlikely to be able to prove that its red outsole brand is entitled to trademark protection, even if it has gained enough public recognition in the market to have acquired secondary meaning," Judge Victor Marrero wrote in his opinion.

“We’re obviously very disappointed,” Harley Lewin, a lawyer for Louboutin, said of the denial. “We think the judge missed it.” Lewin continued: "The court essentially indicated that it does not believe that a single color can be a trademark in the fashion industry. We're disheartened."

‘This just reaffirms that no designer should be allowed to monopolize a primary color for fashion,” David Bernstein, a lawyer for Yves Saint Laurent, said about the ruling today. “This is a trademark registration that never should have been issued and can’t be enforced.”

Marrero said in his ruling that representatives for both YSL and Louboutin must appear in federal court Aug. 17, when Louboutin will have to provide arguments against a motion to cancel the trademark.

Tilda Swinton Works With a Creative Director for Her Red Carpet Looks Instead of a Stylist

fashionologie — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:11:00 PDT

>> Tilda Swinton has played muse for Viktor & Rolf and Haider Ackermann - she met both, as well as Alber Elbaz, Stefano Pilati, Phoebe Philo, and Raf Simons (who designed her wardrobe for the 2010 film I Am Love) - through her close friend Jerry Stafford, the creative director of a French production company, who she works with in place of a stylist. “He’s my playmate,” she says. “It’s a game, and we have great fun with it.”

Swinton cites David Bowie and her father, Major General Sir John Swinton, as her style icons, and says of working with friends on what she wears for the red carpet: “For someone to know what you need to make you comfortable, they need to know who you are. Having them make clothes for me is like being cooked for by someone who knows what you like to eat.”

For the one-sleeve black Lanvin sheath she wore to the 2008 Oscars, for instance, she told Elbaz she wanted “to attract as little attention as possible and to feel as comfortable as if I were wearing pajamas. Little did I know that the really simple, chic dress one might have worn in Paris or Berlin would stick out like a sore thumb in Los Angeles.”

Stafford also creative directed Swinton's cover story for the August 2011 issue of W (left) - together they created a mood board for the shoot.

Kate Moss's Wedding Ceremony Is Under Way

fashionologie — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:48:11 PDT

>> Kate Moss's wedding ceremony is about to get under way - at 3:30 pm GMT at St Margaret's Parish Church near her Cotswalds home. Pictures of the wedding may be few and far between - Vogue has the exclusive for their September 2011 issue, with Mario Testino on camera duty - and the events are under security lockdown, with both neighboring villages of Southrop and Little Faringdon closed down. In fact, wedding guests and locals had to be issued permits to allow them to pass through roadblocks. However, PopSugar has a look at Kate on her way to the ceremony this afternoon in her veil.

Last night, Moss and Hince gave paparazzi a rare treat, posing for photographs outside The Swan pub in Southrop before their rehearsal dinner. Moss, in a vintage dress and blue Tabitha Simmons boots, looked visibly ecstatic, and apparently told the Daily Mail: "I was so nervous when I was practising signing the register. I've been so stressed out. My hands were shaking like an old woman's!" As for Hince, the couple's friend, Primal Scream bassist Mani said: "He's all right, he's marrying a supermodel. What's there to be nervous about?"

Moss is apparently set to wear a custom John Galliano gown to the ceremony, with Christian Louboutin shoes. Jamie Hince and his "best man," Kills bandmate Alison Mosshart, are confirmed to wear Yves Saint Laurent, while maid of honor Trish Simonon will sport Erdem. The newly-wedded couple and their 300 guests (including Naomi Campbell, Vivienne Westwood, Stefano Pilati, Stella McCartney, Sir Philip Green, and Edward Enninful) will then retreat to the model's home for the first of a three-day, reportedly £500,000 ($800,000) celebration.

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