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Posts for December 3rd 2009

Tom Ford Financed 'A Single Man' Himself
Tom Ford

Tom Ford Financed 'A Single Man' Himself

>> Tom Ford apparently smells like vanilla and moves a certain way to highlight his best side —“I think of myself as a product," he told the New York Times.
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>> Tom Ford apparently smells like vanilla and moves a certain way to highlight his best side —“I think of myself as a product," he told the New York Times.  But that's not all he wants to be seen as:

“I had one friend whom I’ve known for 15 years who said, ‘I’ve always thought of you as a beautiful black lacquered box with a platinum handle from the 1920s, but I never knew there was anything inside the box.' I was, like, ‘You’ve been my friend, and you did not know there was anything more than the surface?’”

For instance, Ford financed his first film, all $7 million of it, himself.  The subject matter of A Single Man made it hard for studio backing, and two investors he had a verbal agreement last year fled after the economic crash.  His agents warned against funding the project himself, but Ford decided to do it anyway: he got complete creative control, something he highly values, out of the deal.

Jefferson Hack

>> Jefferson Hack Seems To Be a Fan of the Man Legging —Jefferson Hack tends to stick to a good, skinny jean or a slim-tailored suit, but it seems he's taken a page from Marc Jacobs, who has traded pants for a skirt as of late, and gone for an alternative.
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>> Jefferson Hack Seems To Be a Fan of the Man Legging —Jefferson Hack tends to stick to a good, skinny jean or a slim-tailored suit, but it seems he's taken a page from Marc Jacobs, who has traded pants for a skirt as of late, and gone for an alternative.  Hack showed up for some of the first day Art Basel festivities down in Miami — including his own Another Magazine dinner, and later the Design Miami Purple Party — and was captured by Olivier Zahm wearing his usual button-up and suit jacket . . . with skin-tight leggings. [Purple Diary, Purple Diary]

Behold: The Rodarte for Target Lookbook, In High Quality
Marc Jacobs

Behold: The Rodarte for Target Lookbook, In High Quality

>> Rodarte's Target lookbook is finally out, just a couple of weeks before the collection hits stores December 20 through January 31.
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>> Rodarte's Target lookbook is finally out, just a couple of weeks before the collection hits stores December 20 through January 31.  Unless, of course, you have close access to Manhattan (Gansevoort and Washington Streets at the entrance of the High Line), San Francisco (Mint Plaza), or Georgetown in Washington DC: those three locales are getting Target-To-Go popup stores Dec. 11 through 13 (10 am to 8 pm), complete with the Rodarte for Target goods a week before the rest of the nation.

Part of the collection, which runs $9.99 for a pair of knee socks up to $79.99 — including plenty of Rodarte's signature netting on dresses for $39.99 — can be seen in high quality below, as modeled by Jamie Bochert, who is said to be the face of both Marc Jacobs and Lanvin Spring 2010.

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Shopping: Guilt-Free Holiday Jewels that Cost Less than $100
Shopping

Shopping: Guilt-Free Holiday Jewels that Cost Less than $100

Lest you forget to indulge in a little self-gifting this shopping season, we've selected a handful of (extremely) affordable, holiday party-ready earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and rings.
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Lest you forget to indulge in a little self-gifting this shopping season, we've selected a handful of (extremely) affordable, holiday party-ready earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and rings. No post-spending guilt here; these delicate finishing touches each retail for less than $90.

Marc Jacobs

>> Marc Jacobs, Lorenzo Martone Close on $10.4M Manhattan Townhouse —Marc Jacobs and fiance Lorenzo Martone have been househunting in Manhattan for a number of months, but they finally just closed on a townhouse they've been eyeing since March.
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>> Marc Jacobs, Lorenzo Martone Close on $10.4M Manhattan Townhouse —Marc Jacobs and fiance Lorenzo Martone have been househunting in Manhattan for a number of months, but they finally just closed on a townhouse they've been eyeing since March. The 4,400 square foot West Village space — which they purchased for $10.4 million (Marc recently said they've cut back in order to buy the house) comes with private elevator, rear terrace and yard, and a roof terrace.  Jacobs and Martone bought the property — a likeness of which can be previewed here — as a "white box" of empty space. [NY Post]

Fashion in 50 Seconds 12/03/09 Dior Homme Denim for Her, Hudson Jeans Go High-End
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Fashion in 50 Seconds 12/03/09 Dior Homme Denim for Her, Hudson Jeans Go High-End

Dior Homme creative director Kris Van Assche launches womenswear with Petite Taille, a version of his famous super skinny jeans.
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Dior Homme creative director Kris Van Assche launches womenswear with Petite Taille, a version of his famous super skinny jeans.

Hudson Jean's high end collection of one-of-a-kind denim is available at Barneys New York.

"Paris has a long history of creative men and women who in spite of their own generosity of spirit and imagination just never succeeded in making the fortunes they seemed to deserve. That’s the way it is." Cathy Horyn on the news Lacroix will close its haute couture and rtw business.

Simon Doonan's white house holiday decorations include a 400-pound gingerbread house.

A new book celebrates a century of dogs in fashion.

Penelope Cruz graces the December/January issue cover of Interview magazine.

The return of fashion illustration is being lead by Danny Roberts, Laura Laine, and Blue Logan.

Source: WWD

Lily Allen will Take a Break from Music to Open Fashion Boutique
Chanel

Lily Allen will Take a Break from Music to Open Fashion Boutique

Lily Allen told a London radio station yesterday she plans to take a break from the music industry to focus on a fashion busines, and a concert in March of 2010 will be her last performance for the foreseeable future.
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Lily Allen told a London radio station yesterday she plans to take a break from the music industry to focus on a fashion busines, and a concert in March of 2010 will be her last performance for the foreseeable future.

It's  no surprise Allen will join the ranks of celebrities bitten by the fashion bug, as she's been in its inner circle sine Karl Lagerfeld asked her to appear in a series of Chanel accessories ads and to perform live at the Chanel spring runway show.

As for the boutique she plans to open, called Lucy in Disguise, it will be a joint venture with her sister and provide occasion based clothing to rent, not to purchase.

"It's about making fashion democratic," Allen said. "It's about getting really nice clothes but letting people rent them for affordable prices so they can go out and feel like a million dollars and it won't cost them a million dollars."

[Daily Mail, Grazia]

Source: Getty

Farfetch.com U.S. Launches with Boutiques in Los Angeles and New York
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Farfetch.com U.S. Launches with Boutiques in Los Angeles and New York

Farfetch.com one of our favorite online shopping destinations for hard to find designer labels from small boutiques in London, Copenhagen, Milan, and Paris is launching a U.S.
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Farfetch.com one of our favorite online shopping destinations for hard to find designer labels from small boutiques in London, Copenhagen, Milan, and Paris is launching a U.S. website. Only a few stateside shops are currently represented—American Rag, Traffic and Fred Segal in Los Angeles and Assembly, Eva and BBlessing in New York—with hopefully many more to come.

We still plan to visit the European section of the site to score rare online finds like Isabel Marant, Meadham Kirchhoff, Haider Ackermann, and Philippe Audibert from Maria Luisa in Paris and Feathers in London. . .  while we wait patiently for our U.S. obsessions Edon Manor and Pas de Deux to join the e-commerce crowd.

Source: Farfetch.com

Karl Lagerfeld Is Back With Another Coco Chanel Short Film, This Time Set in Shanghai
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Karl Lagerfeld Is Back With Another Coco Chanel Short Film, This Time Set in Shanghai

>> For last year's Chanel Pre-Fall "Paris-Moscow" collection, Karl Lagerfeld directed a ten minute silent film, with Edita Vilkeviciute starring as a young Coco Chanel.
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>> For last year's Chanel Pre-Fall "Paris-Moscow" collection, Karl Lagerfeld directed a ten minute silent film, with Edita Vilkeviciute starring as a young Coco Chanel.  This year's Chanel Pre-Fall collection, which was dubbed "Paris-Shanghai," debuted in the latter city today; Karl directed a new short film for the occasion, with Edita back as young Coco in a more expansive 22-minute set, this time with dialogue.  Heidi Mount, Freja Beha Erichsen, and of course, Baptiste Giabiconi, join her in the tableau, which was projected against the Shanghai cityscape as part of the presentation.

Video: the film! »