Posts for October 24th 2012

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Gisele's Latest Cover, Hedi's Newest Photos, and Naomi Campbell's Face

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.



Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Terry Richardson photographed Gisele Bündchen for the November 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar Brazil. The issue marks the magazine's one-year anniversary — which explains the celebratory balloons Bündchen is holding on the cover. [Made in Brazil]

  • Hedi Slimane is keeping his photographic skills sharp now that he's designing Saint Laurent. He photographed models Georgia Hilmer and Sarah Engelland during fittings for his Spring 2013 show. [Style.com]

  • Kenneth Cole will stage his runway comeback in February during New York Fashion Week. It will be his first show since Spring 2006. [WWD]

  • Azzaro announced today that Mathilde Castello Branco, its creative director of less than a year, will leave the brand and that it "will shortly be announcing her successor." [Vogue UK]

  • Oscar de la Renta, who's dressed first ladies from both political parties, is the subject of a retrospective that will go on display next month at the Clinton Presidential Library. André Leon Talley curated the exhibit, titled Oscar de la Renta: An American Icon. [Fashionista]

  • Promos for the new model reality show The Face — starring Naomi Campbell, Coco Rocha, and Karolina Kurkova — reveal a glimpse of just how intense the competition will be once the show goes on air in February. [Modelinia]


Agyness Deyn

Agyness Deyn Promises She's Not Officially Retired From Modeling

Agyness Deyn told us that just because she's landed several leading roles in more than one feature film doesn't mean she'll never model again.



Agyness Deyn told us that just because she's landed several leading roles in more than one feature film doesn't mean she'll never model again.

Deyn, who stars in the film Pusher, says reports of her leaving the industry are the result of a big misunderstanding.

"It's really funny — it's like I stood on a podium and was like 'I'm retiring from modeling!' And it's so not the case," she said. "Someone asked me if I had stopped modeling and I was like, 'Uh, I suppose so, cause I've not modeled for a while.' But it's not like I'm never going to model ever again. There's a lot of actresses and actors who model and do work. So I'm not like totally ruling it out. I think like, just the basic fact that I've not done a modeling job in a while was what I was trying to communicate."

Her work on stage and screen is what's kept her away from fashion photographers and in front of film directors. In Pusher, Deyn plays Flo, the heroine-addicted stripper girlfriend of the film's protagonist, a drug dealer named Frank. Deyn shadowed a stripper to prepare for the role, and "had a lot of input" in creating Flo's wardrobe for the film.

"You have a certain idea of who she is and what she's about, and you put on a certain thing and its like 'Oh my God, this is her,'" Deyn said. "When she's at home, it's kind of super laid back and neutral and not in your face, her casual wear. And then when she's at work it's like 'Woah, holy sh*t!'"

And Deyn says Flo's duality — in both her personality and her wardrobe — is what makes her such an engaging character.

"She's like this childlike, angelic, delicate flower at home, and then when she's at work, she's this red-haired vixen in total control," she says. "That was the fun thing about playing her: It was kind of like playing two different characters."

Pusher premieres in theaters on Friday, Oct. 26, and is already available on video on demand.

Agyness Deyn and Richard Coyle in Pusher. Photo courtesy of Radius TWC.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Who Wore What at the Maison Martin Margiela For H&M Bash

OK, so most of the notables wore pieces from the capsule, but that doesn't make it any less fun to look.
Maison Martin Margiela For H&M New York Party Pictures

OK, so most of the notables wore pieces from the capsule, but that doesn't make it any less fun to look. In fact, it's pretty interesting to see which guest chose what: Leigh Lezark channeled a modern geisha in the collection's multiprint kimono, Mena Suvari took an adventurous turn in a flesh-colored bodysuit with a trompe l'oeil black bra, and Mia Moretti went head-to-toe scarlet in a red dress and plexiglass wedge shoe combo. All those, plus all the rest of the evening's chic arrivals, here.

Karl Lagerfeld

Breaking: Karl Lagerfeld Is Not Wearing Black

Whatever happened to all black everything?
Karl Lagerfeld Wearing Green in New York City | Pictures

Whatever happened to all black everything? It's rare to see Karl Lagerfeld wearing an ensemble that isn't predominantly black, but the Kaiser was spotted in New York's SoHo neighborhood on Tuesday wearing head-to-toe olive. He paired his green tweed suit with his customary high white collar and fingerless driving gloves and affixed an oversize bumblebee brooch to his blue and brown striped tie.

Lagerfeld once said that he sticks to black because "in black you can forget about yourself. I don't think about myself when I am looking at materials and doing fittings . . . When you work in fashion, and you have to work with all the colours, you can't be there in green, pink or something very fancy, because, in the end, you have the feeling that you are just a sample yourself."

The designer will be among his samples this week. He's currently in New York shooting Chanel's Spring 2013 campaign with models Stella Tennant and Ondria Hardin. He's also scheduled to do a shoot for Harper's Bazaar and to speak at WWD's CEO Summit. We wonder if the black will be back by the time he takes the podium?

Target

Don't Blink: A Tiny Glimpse at More From Prabal Gurung's Target Capsule

Hot off the heels of Monday's announcement that Prabal Gurung will be Target's next designer collaborator comes this: a glossy new video offering the tiniest glimpse of more of the collection.

Hot off the heels of Monday's announcement that Prabal Gurung will be Target's next designer collaborator comes this: a glossy new video offering the tiniest glimpse of more of the collection. There's a macro shot of a bright blue shoe, a peek at the sleeve of a seafoam green top, and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it close-up of an oversize crystal pendant.

The video also offers insight into why Gurung wanted to work with Target. He mentions the desire to offer what he does to a "wider audience," but he also says that ultimately it's all about love. "Whether it's having it, pining for it, losing it, wanting it — most of the collections I do have been inspired by love. If they can feel even a little bit of the love that I felt while I was designing this, I'll consider it a job well done."