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See All Eight of LOVE's New Covers, Featuring Lara Stone, Hailee Steinfeld, and More

fashionologie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:50:05 PDT

>> LOVE's sixth edition boasts more covers than ever before: models Kristen McMenamy, Daphne Groeneveld, Nyasha Matonhodze, Lara Stone, Mariacarla Boscono, plus the young, 14-and-under starlets Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning, and Chloe Moretz, "their faces free of makeup and streaked with tears," as alternatively styled by Grand, Panos Yiapanis, or Arianne Phillips. All eight were photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

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Louis Vuitton Face Nyasha Matonhodze Graces LOVE's New Cover

fashionologie — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:09:36 PDT

>> 16-year-old Zimbabwean model Nyasha Matonhodze majorly hit the model radar upon bagging a slot in the Fall 2011 Louis Vuitton ad campaign, and it looks like Vuitton show stylist Katie Grand is helping her perpetuate her rise. Matonhodze is featured on the latest issue (likely the first cover of many for the issue) of the Grand-edited LOVE magazine. [@THELOVEMAGAZINE]

See Justin Bieber's LOVE Cover; Andre Courreges Sells Label - Could a Reboot Be in the Cards?

fashionologie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:16:10 PST

We saw LOVE's new cover with Kate Moss and Lea T. kissing last week; now the second cover, featuring Justin Bieber shot by Terry Richardson, has appeared [@THELOVEMAGAZINE]
Andre Courreges and his wife and creative partner, Coqueline, have sold their company to two investors, Frederic Torloting and Jacques Bungert, who run the French division of advertising agency Young & Rubicam. Coqueline has been running the design house since Andre retired from fashion in the mid-'90s [WWD]
After months of rumors, February's Vogue reports that Theory CEO and Rag & Bone investor Andrew Rosen is about to sign a deal with Proenza Schouler; and Meredith Melling Burke, not Candy Pratts Price, is reportedly overseeing Vogue.com [Fashionista]
Yesterday during a DLD Conference panel, Natalie Massenet talked about her plans for Net-A-Porter Live, a platform on which Net-a-Porter customers will be able to see who’s online and what they put in their baskets in real time; “We want to start a conversation between them,” she explained [DLD Conference]
Naomi Campbell is headed back to court this Thursday over a breach-of-contract lawsuit; the contract, which involved promoting a perfume called Cat Deluxe with Kisses, was signed 12 years ago [The Cut]
Prada could make a final decision on their IPO by the end of the month [Bloomberg]
Alejandro Ingelmo is aiming to introduce handbags and accessories into his collection for Spring 2012 [Fashionetc.]
Anna Wintour, Steven Klein, Donna Karan, Daphne Guinness, Ingrid Sischy, Sandy Brant, and Vera Wang all attended the elaborate 21st birthday party Calvin Klein threw on Friday at Indochine for his boyfriend, Nick Gruber [NY Post]
Tanner Hall, the film co-directed by Diane von Furstenberg's daughter Tatiana von Furstenberg and starring Rooney Mara, just scored a distribution deal and is expected to be released at the end of this year, around when Mara's upcoming film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, debuts [Deadline]
Libertine is headed back to New York Fashion Week this February, minus a partner and with a new direction, says designer Johnson Hartig: "It’ll be different in that once Cindy [Greene] and I separated, I stopped using placement prints - I mean literal images - and it’s become more abstract. And there’s going to be a lot more color. I haven’t met a color I haven’t liked this season" [Fashionetc.]

LOVE's Upcoming Spring 2011 Androgyny Issue Features Kate Moss and Transgender Model Lea T., Lips Locked (UPDATED)

fashionologie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:36:09 PST

>> Late last week, Katie Grand previewed LOVE's upcoming Spring 2011 Androgyny Issue, out Feb. 7. The issue's muse, she said, was her "new best friend," transgender model Lea T., and it was apparently love at first sight: "I was by the pool at the Copacabana Palace Hotel when I saw her. At first I didn't notice her gender, just that she was wearing Givenchy couture and looked amazing!" Lea T., Kate Moss, and Justin Bieber are the new issue's cover stars; Bieber was shot by Terry Richardson in a tight 90 minute slot between gigs in Philadelphia, and Lea T. and Kate Moss are shown locked in a kiss, left. [Telegraph UK, SHOWstudio, @THELOVEMAGAZINE]

Transgender Model Lea T Now Commanding Covers

fashionologie — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:33:14 PST

>> The power of a Riccardo Tisci plug: after appearing in Givenchy's Fall 2010 campaign, Tisci's longtime personal assistant and former fit model Lea T scored editorial coverage in Vogue Paris, Interview, and Hercules, but that was just the beginning. The transgender model, who is repped by Women Milan, has now graduated to covers: she's on the new Lurve cover, wearing Givenchy couture, and it's rumored that Katie Grand styled her for a Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott-snapped LOVE cover last week. [Models.com, @GB65]

fashionologie — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:53:05 PDT

>> Karen Elson Reportedly to Play Love Party in London - Karen Elson serenaded the New York crowd at Balenciaga during Fashion's Night Out - and her first single, "The Ghost Who Walks," was blared during Anna Sui's Spring 2011 runway show. Now word comes from London that Elson will be the "surprise" musical guest at Love's party on September 19th, hosted by Katie Grand, who made a brief appearance at Proenza Schouler during New York Fashion Week before jetting back to the UK. But Grand had a duo of male photographers busy in Manhattan: they reportedly shot backstage portraits of Love's favorite models for an upcoming spread in the magazine.

fashionologie — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:16:14 PDT

>> Watch the First Two of Love's 14 Original iPad Videos -In honor of its new iPad app - out on the iTunes store any day now - Love put together 14 original fashion films. The first two have appeared - below, Elle Macpherson shaking it as a '60s sweater girl, styled by Katie Grand and filmed by Sharif Hamza, and another of model Abbey Clancy, captured by Alasdair McLellan with a voiceover of things that she loves, can be seen here. Love plans to release one of the films on its website every week. [Style File]

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fashionologie — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:27:18 PDT

>> Isabel Marant "Hates Famous Women" -Isabel Marant has been notoriously leery about selling her collection online, and it seems like she has reservations in a few other departments as well: "I'm quite anti-consumerist; It's difficult for me being a designer in an industry I don't like. When I design a collection I find myself thinking, 'Why do we need new clothes?' I never think about the fashion people . . . They are not my concern." She's also not feeling the "sexy" moment like most of the rest of fashion: "Big breasts and lips. No! I hate those girls. I hate famous women. My ideal woman is Serge Gainsbourg. Not that he was a woman." [TFS via Love]

Rachel Zoe Works First Styling Gig for Love; Madonna Directed Fall 2010 Campaign Video for Miu Miu

fashionologie — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:45:21 PDT

>> Rachel Zoe often collaborates with Harper's Bazaar - a Demi Moore shoot she worked on for the magazine was recently featured on The Rachel Zoe Project, and Zoe herself has a spread in the magazine's September 2010 issue.

Love's Fall issue, however, features a different, less celebrity-driven body of work from Zoe - who worked with the magazine for the first time. The black and white editorial spread, shot by Doug Inglish, depicts Ginta Lapina wearing a selection of boudoir-inspired clothes in a dark and sultry atmosphere. Ginta, who is a Fall 2010 face of Miu Miu, told Love that during that campaign's shoot, Madonna walked in to meet up with Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for dinner, and ended up directing a video on set: "We were supposed to shoot a video, so Madonna said she wanted to direct it. They said she could do it but they weren't going to pay her and she started laughing. She put on her iPod and taught us moves and we shot the video for two hours."

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fashionologie — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:50:49 PDT

>> Alessandra Ambrosio Bleaches Eyebrows for Love Cover -The first of eight Fall 2010 Love covers portrayed Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as a pin-up - not far from her usual fare - but it's the second cover that takes another Victoria's Secret model for a 180-degree change. Katie Grand styled and Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot Alessandra Ambrosio in the Givenchy look - complete with the bleached eyebrows Riccardo Tisci so favors. Models.com plans to reveal two more covers daily this week, and the magazine is on newsstands Aug. 23. A preview of the accompanying iPad application, with previews of the contents, below. [Love]

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