Posts for May 6th 2010

Rodarte

Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte's First Knitting Project was a Sweater for a Pet Lizard

>> "We were losers," Rodarte's Kate Mulleavy proclaimed to the audience who came to hear her and sister Laura get peppered with questions at FIT in New York Tuesday night.

>> "We were losers," Rodarte's Kate Mulleavy proclaimed to the audience who came to hear her and sister Laura get peppered with questions at FIT in New York Tuesday night. Kate was speaking of the time before she and Laura were designers, and instead were college graduates, sitting at home watching six films a day. Laura eventually picked up a waitressing gig, but as for Kate, she did, in her own words, "nothing." Later, Kate added of their current state: "Technically, we shouldn't even be up here. In a weird way, it's like we had a stream of circumstances where I look at now and think, 'This is so crazy that this happened to us.' But we're probably the least likely people that it should have happened to."

Would they ever design separately? »

Prada

>> Fall 2010 Prada Campaign Cast Revealed — Miranda Kerr Included —A number of current and former Victoria's Secret model appared on Miuccia Prada's Fall 2010 runway, but only one made the final cut for the accompanying Prada campaign: Miranda Kerr.

>> Fall 2010 Prada Campaign Cast Revealed — Miranda Kerr Included —A number of current and former Victoria's Secret model appared on Miuccia Prada's Fall 2010 runway, but only one made the final cut for the accompanying Prada campaign: Miranda Kerr. She is reportedly joined by Valerija Kelava, Daria Strokous, and Angela Lindvall — the latter two who didn't walk the Fall 2010 Prada runway at all — and photographed by Steven Meisel. [@GB65, TFS]

Marchesa

Georgina Chapman Hints at Possible Maternity Collection For Marchesa

Georgian Chapman, who is 24 weeks pregnant, attended Diane von Furstenberg's Mother's Day event earlier in the week and dropped hints about designing a maternity collection for Marchesa.

Georgian Chapman, who is 24 weeks pregnant, attended Diane von Furstenberg's Mother's Day event earlier in the week and dropped hints about designing a maternity collection for Marchesa. “I’ve been changing all my dresses, adding elastic and things like that. I wouldn’t mind doing maternity wear, having gone through this,” she told WWD.

Due this August, the designer also may have unintentionally revealed she is having a girl when she told People magazine, "We’re really excited. I’m just trying to get everything done before Fashion Week so that I’m prepared for when she comes."

Source: WireImage

Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier Designs Home Collection For Roche Bobois

It's been almost ten years since Jean Paul Gaultier designed a pair of Roman chariot-style armchairs for VIA, and today the designer announced he's re-entering the world of home decor with French furniture brand Roche Bobois.

It's been almost ten years since Jean Paul Gaultier designed a pair of Roman chariot-style armchairs for VIA, and today the designer announced he's re-entering the world of home decor with French furniture brand Roche Bobois.

The Jean Paul Gaultier-designed furniture collection will be unveiled in the coming months and to promote the release, Roche Bobois has sponsored Gaultier to outfit the Elle Decoration suite in Paris. The Trocadéro district apartment, which has in the past been decorated by Maison Martin Margiela and Christian Lacroix, features a hallway completely covered in nautical strips (matching Gaultier's  favorite Breton T-shirt), a jungle-themed living room that is covered in overgrown foliage, and a "flesh room" with walls painted in skin-tones and trompe l’oeil fishnet carpeting on the floors. Click below to see more from the world of Jean Paul Gaultier.

Shopping

Spring Shopping: Minimalist Satchels, Totes, and Clutches From Fendi, Topshop, and Lanvin

Since Celine's spring 2010 hit, the Classic Box bag, has been sold out for weeks, we've put together some equally chic, alternative styles in a range of price points.

Since Celine's spring 2010 hit, the Classic Box bag, has been sold out for weeks, we've put together some equally chic, alternative styles in a range of price points. From a $90 satchel at Topshop to Lanvin's quilted leather shoulder bag ($1900), spring's must-have handbags leave overworked embellishments behind for an entirely new pared-down minimalism.

met gala

Why Didn't Rick Owens Attend the Costume Institute Gala, Despite Being Invited and In Town?

>> Rick Owens has been in New York two times in the last seven years, by his estimation, once for his store opening in 2008 and again now for a week.  He prefers to stay in a four-hour travel radius of his Paris home, and didn't travel for recent store openings in Seoul or Tokyo.Although Owens has been staying at the Bowery Hotel since Sunday, he didn't attend the Costume Institute Gala, despite being invited, for "reasons he’d rather not discuss," WWD reports.

>> Rick Owens has been in New York two times in the last seven years, by his estimation, once for his store opening in 2008 and again now for a week.  He prefers to stay in a four-hour travel radius of his Paris home, and didn't travel for recent store openings in Seoul or Tokyo.

Although Owens has been staying at the Bowery Hotel since Sunday, he didn't attend the Costume Institute Gala, despite being invited, for "reasons he’d rather not discuss," WWD reports. He did hit up Mick Jagger and L'Wren Scott's after party at The Carlyle, however.

He's "surprised" at how much he's been recognized »

Yves Saint Laurent

>> Yves Saint Laurent's Paris Apartment Put Up for Sale —After much of Yves Saint Laurent's private art collection has been auctioned in the past couple of years since his death, Pierre Berge put the designer's Left Bank apartment up for sale this week.

>> Yves Saint Laurent's Paris Apartment Put Up for Sale —After much of Yves Saint Laurent's private art collection has been auctioned in the past couple of years since his death, Pierre Berge put the designer's Left Bank apartment up for sale this week. Saint Laurent and Berge first moved into the apartment on the rue de Babylone in 1970 and bought it eight years later. The asking price for the 11-room duplex, which covers 5,600 square feet with a 4,700 square foot garden, is €23.5 million (approx. $31.4 million). [NY Times]

Vogue

Fashion in 50 Seconds 05/06/10 Armani's Latest For Lady Gaga, Fashionair Shutters

Giorgio Armani has created another custom stage outfit for Lady Gaga.

Giorgio Armani has created another custom stage outfit for Lady Gaga. She wore a mesh embroidered bodysuit with crystal beading during her American Idol performance.

Vogue's William Norwich is leaving the magazine to join newly appointed editor of Town & Country, Stephen Drucker.

The WSJ digs through the best and the worst of spring's fashion and style books.

Fashionair, the video-based shopping website backed by 19 Entertainment, is shuttering.

Gen Art is also closing after 16 years supporting emerging fashion designers, filmmakers, musicians,and visual artists.

Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld, Vanessa Paradis Continue Mutual Love Fest with New Chanel Coco Cocoon Ads

>> Vanessa Paradis, who has collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld twice before on handbag campaigns, is the new face of Chanel’s Coco Cocoon bag line.

>> Vanessa Paradis, who has collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld twice before on handbag campaigns, is the new face of Chanel’s Coco Cocoon bag line. “She is the most divine person to work with and to be with. So why change?” Lagerfeld explained. The full set of images were taken at Lagerfeld's Rue de Lille studio. The two also recently collaborated on a special edition Cannes International Film Festival issue of Madame Figaro, which Paradis is guest editing. Lagerfeld not only lensed Paradis in the cover story, but also appears with her on the issue's cover.

Chanel

Karl Lagerfled and Vanessa Paradis Team Up For Launch of New Coco Cocoon Collection

Karl Lagerfeld and Venessa Paradis on set (left), Chanel Coco Cocoon advertising campaign (right) Vanessa Paradis, who also appears in the current ads for Chanel Rouge Coco lipstick, is the star of the new Chanel Coco Cocoon collection.

Karl Lagerfeld and Venessa Paradis on set (left), Chanel Coco Cocoon advertising campaign (right)

Vanessa Paradis, who also appears in the current ads for Chanel Rouge Coco lipstick, is the star of the new Chanel Coco Cocoon collection. Photographed by Karl Lagerfeld in his Rue de Lille studio, Paradis appears in a series of images to break in June magazines. "I have often photographed her for magazines or advertising campaigns and each time it's a pleasure," said Lagerfeld. The pair also recently collaborated on a special issue of French weekly, Madame Figaro, for which Paradis will guest edit, appearing with Lagerfeld on the cover. The complete Coco Cocoon collection, seen in the gallery below, will be in stores May 15.