Posts for November 15th 2011

Tamara Mellon To Launch Own Brand
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Tamara Mellon Said Poised To Launch Own Label

>> Tamara Mellon, the founder and chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo who abruptly resigned from the brand over the weekend and will depart at the end of the month, is said to be prepping the launch of her own lifestyle brand, in the vein of Tom Ford and Tory Burch.
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>> Tamara Mellon, the founder and chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo who abruptly resigned from the brand over the weekend and will depart at the end of the month, is said to be prepping the launch of her own lifestyle brand, in the vein of Tom Ford and Tory Burch.

According to one of WWD's industry sources, funding is already in place for a Tamara Mellon brand, but a timeline for launch or details on positioning could not be learned. Mellon, whose net worth is estimated to be about $240 million, has declined request for interview since her resignation Sunday. However, according to WWD: "Another industry source said Mellon’s next step should come as no surprise: The source said her ambitions had always stretched beyond Choo, and that money — and a high profile — are important to her."

Dior Rumored to Be "Paralyzed" by New Designer Decision
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Dior Rumored to Be "Paralyzed" by New Designer Decision

>> Dior has been without a creative director for almost nine months now — since the end of February, when John Galliano was suspended and then ultimately fired.
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>> Dior has been without a creative director for almost nine months now — since the end of February, when John Galliano was suspended and then ultimately fired. The brand has said it would "take all its time" deciding who should replace Galliano, and last week, it was reported to be looking at a new set of potential designers after talks with Marc Jacobs continue to falter. But Dana Thomas, a Paris-based fashion and luxury reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Tweets today: "I hear that the reason Dior isn't hiring anyone yet is because they don't know what to do — completely paralyzed. Imagine that." [@DanaThomasParis]

Atelier Versace Couture Show Returning in 2012
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Versace Returning to Couture Schedule

>> Versace, which hasn't appeared on the official couture calendar since January 2004, is making a return eight years later.
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>> Versace, which hasn't appeared on the official couture calendar since January 2004, is making a return eight years later. The Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture has announced that this upcoming January, the house will show on the first day of couture week, Jan. 23, in the first time slot. Versace never discontinued its Atelier Versace couture line in the interim, opting instead to produce still-life presentations for select editors from 2004 until this upcoming season. A Versace spokeperson had no comment. [WWD]

Brad Goreski's TV Show Trailer — It's a Brad, Brad World [Video]
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Watch the Trailer for Brad Goreski's Upcoming Show, It's a Brad, Brad World

>> Bravo's upcoming docu-series focused on Brad Goreski will premiere Monday, Jan.
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>> Bravo's upcoming docu-series focused on Brad Goreski will premiere Monday, Jan. 2 at 10/9 p.m. EST/PST. The show introduces us to Goreski's boyfriend of 10 years, Gary Janetti — a writer/producer on shows like Family Guy and Will & Grace — who he met while they were both on vacation in Greece and follows Goreski as he tries to grow his client base — now that he's out on his own — bigger than just one celebrity, Jessica Alba.

Watch the show's trailer, plus a couple of preview clips, below.

Behind the scenes on Goreski's styling gigs:

A look inside Goreski's Los Angeles home:

2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards - Altuzarra [Pictures]
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Altuzarra Takes Home the Big Prize at the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards

>> Last night at Skylight studios in New York, the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners were announced.
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2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards

>> Last night at Skylight studios in New York, the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners were announced. Joseph Altuzarra, a favorite the past two years running, took home this year's prize — $300,000 and a year-long mentorship. But the impact of the award lasts much longer than a year, CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg explained: "Once you are in the Fashion Fund, we will protect you and continue to provide you with opportunities.” Pamela Love and Creature of the Wind's Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters were named runners-up, collecting $100,000 each.

Calvin Klein gave this year's keynote speech, focusing on his own days as a young designer. “I started out with less money than probably all of you nominees tonight,” he told the crowd. Of coming up in the '60s and ’70s, he noted: “I dealt with truck men, unions, and gangsters. I got a call from the Gambinos one day, telling me, ‘We are your truck men.’”

Altuzarra's friend and the 2008 Fashion Fund winner, Alexander Wang, told him to "just zone out" during Klein's speech, and just before Rooney Mara announced Altuzarra as winner, von Furstenberg went over to the designer's table, pinched his cheek, and asked him something in French. “She asked me if I went to pee,” Altuzarra told The New York Times. When the announcement finally came, Altuzarra told the audience, “I’m so grateful and humbled.” Love, while accepting her award, announced: “I didn’t prepare anything because I didn’t expect this — and I’m shaking!” before running backstage to hug her fiancé, Matthew Nelson. And Gabier said to the crowd, “You’ve made us really happy and we hope to make you really proud.”

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