Posts for June 21st 2011

Altuzarra

Watch Behind-the-Scenes at Altuzarra's Resort 2012 Lookbook Shoot

>> Joseph Altuzarra launched his first cruise collection for the Resort 2012 season, and to mark the occasion, he says he wanted to present his pieces in a way that "broke the format of a conventional lookbook format."

>> Joseph Altuzarra launched his first cruise collection for the Resort 2012 season, and to mark the occasion, he says he wanted to present his pieces in a way that "broke the format of a conventional lookbook format." Hence, he and photographer Steven Pan decided to shoot the Brigitte Bardot and Saint-Tropez-inspired collection "more as an editorial."

Altuzarra cites his ever-present reference point — the '90s — as the shoot's starting point: "The inspiration was really those '90s ads and editorials, which were more natural, less self-conscious, and had more personality." His models of choice, too, stayed true to the '90s reference — the decade marked the beginning of their careers. "I wanted to work with models who were not 'girls,' but instead really women, which I think is really the essence of the brand," Altuzarra explained. "Aurelie [Claudel] and Danielle [Zinaich] are both married, and have kids, and are in their 30's, and have the most incredible personalities. They felt really right for our brand." As for the overall looks, he says: "We kept the makeup very simple and natural, because they are so beautiful as they are." And the proclivities of house muse and frequest collaborator Vanessa Traina, who was on styling duties for the shoot, also showed up in the final product: "The hair is inspired by how Vanessa [Traina] wears her hair, which I always think is very chic."

A behind-the-scenes video of the shoot, below.

Kate Moss

Kate Moss's Wedding Is Now Being Called "Mosstock"

>> The end of Kate Moss's singledom is near — two weekends ago, she rolled into the Isle of Wight Festival in a pink Hummer for her bachelorette party, and this past weekend, a team of workers erected the first of an expected six marquees on the grounds of her Cotswolds home in Little Faringdon.

>> The end of Kate Moss's singledom is near — two weekends ago, she rolled into the Isle of Wight Festival in a pink Hummer for her bachelorette party, and this past weekend, a team of workers erected the first of an expected six marquees on the grounds of her Cotswolds home in Little Faringdon.

Rumors have been circulating the past couple of months that Moss plans to celebrate her July 1 wedding to Jamie Hince with a three day music festival-style shindig including numerous performances — and given the appearance of the marquee and Moss's love of music festivals, it doesn't seem a stretch. Locals have apparently dubbed the impending wedding "Mosstock," and Moss has reportedly approached Snoop Dogg, The Gossip's Beth Ditto, and the Rolling Stones about performing.

One musician who won't be performing? Lady Gaga, who apparently had to send her regrets, as she won't be able to attend.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Are Anna Maria Jagodzinska and Leonardo DiCaprio Dating?

>> Between former girlfriends Gisele Bundchen and Bar Rafaeli — plus Anne Vyalitsyna, who he was spotted with while he and Rafaeli were broken up a couple of years ago — Leonardo DiCaprio indisputably has a thing for models.

>> Between former girlfriends Gisele Bundchen and Bar Rafaeli — plus Anne Vyalitsyna, who he was spotted with while he and Rafaeli were broken up a couple of years ago — Leonardo DiCaprio indisputably has a thing for models. Although he's recently been spotted with Blake Lively — as recently as late last week, despite rumors of a split — he was also snapped meeting Anna Maria Jagodzinska at 2 am outside a building on Manhattan's Upper West Side last week. According to the paparazzi who snapped them together, when DiCaprio realized that their picture had been taken, Jagodzinska left suddenly, and DiCaprio told the photographers that he and Jagodzinska were just friends. PopSugar has the images of the model and actor together. [PopSugar, 5min]

John Galliano

John Galliano Had Been Suffering from Drug and Alcohol Addiction For Two Years, According to His Lawyer

>> John Galliano is expected to make an appearance at his day-long trial tomorrow, and today his lawyer, Aurelien Hamelle, shed light on how he plans to argue the case.

>> John Galliano is expected to make an appearance at his day-long trial tomorrow, and today his lawyer, Aurelien Hamelle, shed light on how he plans to argue the case. He attributed the designer's outburst shown in the now-infamous video to Galliano's longstanding drug and alcohol addictions: “Some things may have come out of his mouth that didn’t come from his brain." Hamelle noted that Galliano has nearly suffered from addictions to sleeping pills, Valium, and alcohol for nearly two years, and has since sought two months of treatment The Meadows rehab center in Arizona. [NY Times]

H&M

Preview Versace's Upcoming H&M Collection

>> H&M has announced its next collaborator: Versace.

>> H&M has announced its next collaborator: Versace. Donatella Versace looked back at the house archives to reinterpret classic Versace designs from 1978 to today — "iconic Versace pieces [from] iconic Versace moments" as she put it — for the collection, which will encompass around 40 pieces for women, as well as a 20-piece collection for men and a selection of homeware (think bedspreads and pillows).

Since the collection is debuting on November 17 (in 300 stores worldwide and online) — right in the thick of party season, as Margareta van den Bosch, creative advisor at H&M, points out — it will be dominated by gold studded leather dresses (one of which Donatella was "so excited" about that she wore yesterday to take her bow at the Versace men's show), colorful silk and print dresses, high heels, and costume jewelry.

Versace also designed a Pre-Spring collection for H&M that will be exclusively available in countries with H&M online sales (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom) starting on January 19, 2012. See Versace talk about the collaboration in the video below, and preview the collection in the slideshow.