Posts for September 28th 2010

Milan Fashion Week Street Style — Holli Rogers
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Milan Fashion Week Street Style — Holli Rogers

Net-A-Porter's buying director, Holli Rogers, attended Milan Fashion Week wearing some of Fall's hit items: a plaid cape from Aubin & Wills, camel skirt, tough Burberry Prorsum Shearling-lined aviator boots, and a black leather patch sweater from Duffy.
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Net-A-Porter's buying director, Holli Rogers, attended Milan Fashion Week wearing some of Fall's hit items: a plaid cape from Aubin & Wills, camel skirt, tough Burberry Prorsum Shearling-lined aviator boots, and a black leather patch sweater from Duffy. Emulate her cunning cool weather ensemble with exact items along with a similar skirt from J.Crew.




Left to right: J.Crew Cord Atlee Skirt ($60), Holli Rogers at Milan 2011 Fashion Week, Duffy Wool and Cashmere Sweater ($200), Falke Gray Tights ($65), Burberry Prorsum Shearling-lined Aviator Boots ($1,095), Aubin & Wills Bankfield Wool Cape ($194, originally $485)

Photos: Greg Kessler

Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss Rumored to Have Fallen Out; Plus, Naomi Talks to Interview October 2010 About Being "Controversial"
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Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss Rumored to Have Fallen Out; Plus, Naomi On Her "Many" Mistakes

>> Naomi Campbell is celebrating 25 years in the business this year, and Dolce & Gabbana threw her a party to honor the occasion during London Fashion Week.
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>> Naomi Campbell is celebrating 25 years in the business this year, and Dolce & Gabbana threw her a party to honor the occasion during London Fashion Week. It was noted that Kate Moss, in attendance just down the road at a Longchamp party, didn't stop by. Moss also didn't appear at Naomi's 40th birthday party this year, spurring rumors that the two have had a falling out. Apparently Moss was rude to guests at a charity show Campbell organized earlier this year, and Naomi still hasn't forgiven her. According to one source: "Kate was a little worse for wear that night. Naomi wasn’t impressed. She wants to dedicate herself to good causes and there’s some feeling that Kate drags her down."

As Naomi Campbell says in Interview's October 2010 cover story, she's not one to get along with everyone: "I mean, look, I’m controversial. It’s not that people don’t know who I am . . . If people want to work with me, then they want to work with me. If they don’t, they don’t. You also have to create your own things. I’ve had my own perfume now for how many years? I’m doing my twelfth perfume and I’m with Procter & Gamble. If something doesn’t come your way, then you find another way. I was brought up with a very broad mind. I am a woman of color and I will always be proud of that. I also know that I will always have to go that extra 10 miles. And that’s fine. I’m okay with that. I’m okay with doing the extra 10 miles . . . My whole career is a challenge. I’m a challenge."

However, when she's hit with adversity: "I don’t get depressed. When I feel an attack, I withdraw. I disappear, I replenish, and then I come back. I’m not going to wallow in self-pity and not live my life. There are always going to be some falls in life for everybody, no matter what career you have. You have to roll with the punches and keep going."

She also offers a mea culpa: "Listen, I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. I’m not a perfect human being. I have to learn from my mistakes. And a lot of the ones I’ve made have been public. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don’t know if I’ve been a great role model myself. I don’t think I have in certain aspects of my life . . . But I’m trying to do better. I admit to my mistakes. I admit to the things that I’ve done wrong. I admit it. But I’m trying to do right by myself and my life now."

Photos of Jil Sander's Fall 2010 +J for Uniqlo Collection, Out October 7
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A Look at Jil Sander's Third +J Collection for Uniqlo, Out October 7

>> Jil Sander's third and most comprehensive +J collection for Uniqlo — 169 pieces — hits stores on Oct.
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>> Jil Sander's third and most comprehensive +J collection for Uniqlo — 169 pieces — hits stores on Oct. 7, one year to the day after the premiere collection's launch.

Sander, who has signed on to do the collection through 2013, introduced her Fall 2010 offering to Hilary Alexander. The palette runs black, navy, white, silver-grey, beige, and all shades of blue — "Storm to sky," Sander says. There's a silvery down jacket with little leggings ("almost couture," Sander notes); a midnight felt coat, with detachable gilet and hood ("the most expensive felt, and real buttons, NOT plastic, which we hate"); a black wool and cashmere jacket ("very Jil Sander"); duffle coats in pewter wool, tight-fitted, and high-waisted ("they could be £2,000 at designer level"). The collection ranges from $15.90 for cut-and-sewn to $229.90 for outerwear.

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Prodos Makes Bid for Gianfranco Ferre; Brand Designers Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi May Not Stay Under New Owners
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Will New Owners Mean New Designers at Gianfranco Ferre?

>> Douglas Song, an executive at US private equity firm Prodos, which has emerged as the final bidder for Gianfranco Ferre, attended the label's fashion show on Friday.
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>> Douglas Song, an executive at US private equity firm Prodos, which has emerged as the final bidder for Gianfranco Ferre, attended the label's fashion show on Friday. Prodos, together with Samsung, has made a binding offer of just more than €10 million ($13.5 million) for the brand, which went into bankruptcy protection last year. The Italian government is expected to make a final decision on the offer within two weeks' time.

It is understood that of the five bidders for Ferre since the auction process launched in June, Prodos and Samsung prevailed because of their deep pockets, vital for the expensive relaunch of the brand which has struggled since the death of its namesake designer three years ago. Already, Ferre has pulled out of many markets; in the US, only Bergdorf Goodman still sells it.

As part of the deal, Prodos has committed to keep the company's 150 employees; sources indicate the new owners also plan to open stores in Asia through franchise partners. As for the Ferre's current designers, Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi, whose expensive designs place the brand in competition with the likes of Chanel, it is unclear whether they will stay.

As the Wall Street Journal wrote of the just-shown Spring 2011 Ferre collection: "The challenge for Ferre’s new owners will be to build up a new following for this tarnished house. They may need to start with less-expensive clothing than what was shown Friday." And Style.com noted: "In general, this collection didn't have the distinctive point of view you expect not only from these designers, but also from one of Milan's once major houses."