>> INSIDER WIRE —Quickly gaining editorial clout — Mark Fast, the 28-year-old London-based knitwear designer whose web-like knit dresses covered a pregnant Elena Perminova (wife to the owner of the Evening Standard) in the May 2009 British Vogue and Sigrid Agren in the June/July 2009 issue of i-D. He uses a machine bought at a charity sale, wants to work with Raquel Zimmermann — "she is a dream" — and hopes to make it to Paris.
>> Now that Gisele Bundchen and her quarterback Tom Brady are all settled down and married, a new model-QB pairing is hitting the town. Hilary Rhoda and the Jets' Mark Sanchez, who met on a GQ shoot three months ago, are supposedly an item. It must mean something that she took her Twitter down when the news broke . . .
The three photos of them together from the GQ shoot, below.
Last week, Todd Selby photographed Julia Restoin Roitfeld at home and today he posted a shoot with Vogue's Sally Singer. Many people are aware that Singer lives in The Chelsea Hotel but few have had the chance to peer into her abode. Eclectic and inviting, Singer's interior style mirrors her fashion sense and overall demeanor. As for fashion items, the editor's shoe collection is nothing to scoff at.
Last night celebrities and fashion folk gathered in Rome to celebrate the opening of Bulgari's retrospective, titled, "Between Eternity and History: 1884-2009". As part of their 125th anniversary celebration over five hundred works of jewelry, watchmaking and objets d’art were on display. Check out images from last night's even in the gallery below.
Kate Moss's summer collection for Topshop landed in stores and online today. As one might expect, there is a strong representation of little dresses, a pair of cut-off shorts and a some rock and roll vest-action. Prices range from high street to contemporary and pieces are selling out fast.
"Fashion's Night Out" is turning out to be quite a fete with 12 cities across the globe in participation and over 100 stores already signed on. ..
French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld spoke with The Guardian about her tenure at the magazine and her sex appeal.
Los Angeles based retailer Ron Herman will open its first international store in Tokyo this August.
The Cannes Film Festival is bringing out fashion's own stars, among them, Natasha Poly, Georgina Chapman and Roberto Cavalli.
