by coutorture The Commes des Garcon for Speedo suit was unveiled yesterday. Designed exclusively for the USA team by Rei Kawakubo, the suit will no doubt help intimidate the US oponents. Kawakubo told WWD, "I was interested in expressing the energy and the power that comes from the spirit, embodied in the meaning of the calligraphy, together with the will to win for one's country, symbolized by the iconic flag of the U.S.A.". Apparently, among the interesting cast of characters in Yohji Yamamoto's Spring 09 show, was filmmaker Steve McQueen. McQueen told the associated press, ""I heard the audience gasp a bit when I came in.". With everyone completely enthralled by Yamamoto's castings, we're wondering which of the fashion press will be the first to look at the clothing from the show. Retail stocks fell 3.5 percent this week and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped to its lowest point this year. Retailers are definitely in the thick of it now and consumers, faced with rising food and gas prices, are expected to keep cutting back on their retail habits. A new eco-friendly designer is fresh off the St. Martins boat and is getting press from the fashion set and being asked to create capsule collections. Luck gal. Pia Stanchina made a small one-off eco-friendly collection of digitally printed, delicate silk pieces (right) that sparked quite a bit of attention. The young designer is off to a strong start.

by coutorture Sometimes an outfit can be too "pretty". Learn to tough it up a bit in today's Must Read posts from: Kingdom of Style thinks it's important to ugly things up a bit. Trash Bag Aesthetics interviews Mama, of Mama Clothing. Trend de la Creme is in love with fluffy layers. Finding your supermodel strut is importing to Kiss Me Stace. Makeup and Beauty Blog offers 7 ways to wear the Shu Uemura Fluer De Rose palette.

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>> Main womenswear collections notwithstanding, Stefano Pilati has really latched on to the video presentation concept.  This is the third season in the past year that he has supplanted a Yves Saint Laurent runway show in favor of a short film: Fall 2008 menswear, Resort 2009 womenswear, and now Spring 2009 menswear. 

The latest effort consists of seven short films, directed by Stefano and starring Jack Huston, nephew of Angelica.  The opening and closing shorts, which feature a posse of pale dancers moving around Jack, are the most riveting.  In between, just like the Resort 2009 womenswear video, I find myself . . . bored to tears.  The clothes are wonderful, I'm sure, but this feels like art house torture.  Video, courtesy of The Cut, below (NSFW).

 

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»Is Dior Homme trying to get Hedi Slimane back? [Fashionista]

»Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's boyf Magnus Berger has a new magazine, The Last, out in September [FWD]

»Agyness Deyn recorded her first single, was snapped holding hands with The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. [Chic Report, Just Jared]

»Alana Zimmer, Behati Prinsloo, and Rachel Clark went to an S&M festival last Sunday [Supreme Being]

»Gerard Darel replaced Charlotte Gainsbourg, who has been their face since 2003, with Meryl Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer for their Fall 2008 campaign [WWD]

»Naomi Campbell wore the same dress to Nelson Mandela's birthday dinner that Stephanie Seymour wore to the Costume Institute Gala [FabSugar]

»Full Giambattista Valli, Balenciaga Resort 2009 collections [Style.com, Style.com]

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The Cinema Society Screening of The Wackness; New York, June 25.
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>> INSIDER WIRE —Just as suspected, Anna Wintour showed up in London yesterday to do a little Wimbledon spectating.  Tennis plus Roger Federer does equal Anna love, after all . . . [PopSugar]

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>> Sure, Resort collections are supposed to be the big money-makers, but it's still shocking to see Miuccia Prada present such a commercial collection after taking Miu Miu in such an anti-commercial direction for Fall.  From the few preview images available so far, Miuccia seems to be stuck in a purple haze; the most standout piece is front and center, a dress covered in Christopher Kane-line paillettes.

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by coutorture Fashion allows us to share our joy with the world. Learn what makes others joyous in today's Must Read posts from: Fops and Dandies unwraps new United Bamboo. Shoewawa presents a video called "How To Jude A Girl By Her Shoes". Peace makes sense to Beauty 411. Eye 4 Style celebrates the return of Christian Francis Roth. Beauty 411 is using a June Jacobs cooling mask to beat the heat.

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'Matchy matchy' is a dreaded phrase to some, but to us, it's pure fashion heaven. When your closet is as stuffed as ours with prints and colors, trousers for every occasion, random bits you've picked up at sample sales, and the endless supply of white t-shirts you consider 'necessities' every time you go shopping, then perhaps you'll land on the same side of the fence. 'Matchy matchy' is a simple style formula that we're seeing more and more of on the catwalks. Possibly the result of a color block-hangover, the number of designers who are showing monochrome or matching looks is growing. Our Network Partner, Fops and Dandies, showed off her version of a matchy-matchy outfit, this one German inspired. It's a simple formula but one that we think makes chicsters stand out in a crowd. Sometimes sticking with one simple thing from head to toe makes you look like you've more important things to worry than your outfit. It also kind of makes you look like a fashionista from the future. Yeah, that's probably what we like best about it. In honor of the best monochrome outfit of the day, from Louis Vuitton, here are some women's options. Just make sure you're not dating the gent who wears this outfit, because that brand of matchy matchy we're just not ready to endorse.

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>> INSIDER WIRE —Ibiza is the place to be this summer, if you're an editor's daughter. Bee Shaffer is going for the Fourth of July, and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld plans to go in August for the third year in a row. [Hint Blog]