Posts for November 12th 2012

Kate Moss

Kate Moss, Age 14: Model's Teen Portraits Headed For Auction

What did Kate Moss look like before she was famous?
Kate Moss's Teenage Photos to Be Auctioned

What did Kate Moss look like before she was famous? Photographer David Ross's portraits of the supermodel at age 14 reveal her as a fresh-faced girl on the cusp of a major career.

"Kate was a cool character," said Ross of the photos he took in October 1988, which will be be sold through Bloomsbury Auctions on Nov. 23. "She seemed like a tough or resilient typical teenager, comfortably fronting me up, perhaps covering up her nerves. I suppose what was refreshing was that she was honest. She wasn't trying to prove anything or act above her station. She didn't try to adopt a model attitude of self-absorption and superiority, which at the time was becoming public via media sensation. She was untarnished. A blank canvas, as other writers have put it."

Each of the three pictures are expected to reach up to £1,200, just over $1,905, at current exchange. Take a peek at them here.

Link Time

Victoria's Secret's Headdress Controversy, Dree Hemingway's Debut, and the New Face of Loewe

All the bits that are fit to print — here, in our daily news roundup.


All the bits that are fit to print — here, in our daily news roundup.

  • Remember the Native American headdress Karlie Kloss wore in the Victoria's Secret show last week? The brand has released an apology to those who may have taken offense: "We sincerely apologize, as we absolutely had no intention to offend anyone. Out of respect, we will not be including the outfit in any broadcast, marketing materials, nor in any other way." [Fashionista]

  • Karolína Kurková has revealed her reasons for participating in Naomi Campbell's reality series, The Face: to help young models avoid the insecurities she faced early in her career. "Having someone to give you that confidence and tell you that you're beautiful makes a huge difference and makes you work harder," she says. [Vogue UK]

  • The apartment of Russian model Irina Shayk has joined the list of Hurricane Sandy victims. [NY Post]

  • Penélope Cruz has been tapped as the new face of Loewe. [Elle UK]

  • Michael Kors has pledged $1 million for Sandy relief through the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. [WWD]

  • In honor of the holidays, Christian Dior will be decorating the windows of Printemps Haussmann with bespoke dolls wearing exact replicas of iconic Dior designs. [Vogue UK]

  • Dree Hemingway makes her debut on the big screen with Starlet, in theaters nationwide today. See the trailer below. [Modelinia]

  • H&M

    Margiela With H&M's Wordless Worldwide March

    Is wearing Maison Martin Margiela's collaboration with H&M a political statement?
    Margiela For H&M Silent March | Pictures and Video

    Is wearing Maison Martin Margiela's collaboration with H&M a political statement? Over the weekend, scores of people across the world took to the streets as though it was. Demonstrators in eight countries participating in the "Silent Manifesto" wore white aprons bearing the collaboration's logo and carried signs emblazoned with its launch date, Nov. 15.

    San Francisco was the only city in the United States lucky enough to host one of these marches, but there were similar demonstrations in Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Germany, Austria, Romania, Canada, Italy, and Mexico.

    Take a look at the marchers in Paris in the video below, plus images of the demonstrations in San Francisco and London here in the gallery.

    Photos courtesy of H&M

    Holiday

    Fashion's Biggest Names Get Animated For Barneys' Electric Holiday

    Barneys won't debut anything from its holiday retail project until Wednesday, but stills from the coordinating film reveal a host of fashion people turned into cartoon characters.
    Fashion Cartoons From Barneys & Disney Electric Holiday

    Barneys won't debut anything from its holiday retail project until Wednesday, but stills from the coordinating film reveal a host of fashion people turned into cartoon characters.

    In addition to the list of boldface names already included in Electric Holiday, the Disney animated film will feature animated versions of Linda Evangelista, Cathy Horyn, Daphne Guinness, Naomi Campbell, Franca Sozzani, Anna Dello Russo (at left), and Nicolas Ghesquière, among others. All of them participate in some way in Minnie Mouse's ultimate daydream: to walk down the runway during Paris Fashion Week.

    The short film follows Minnie Mouse doing just that. After falling in love with a Lanvin dress she sees in a store window, Minnie Mouse slips into a reverie about wearing the dress in the City of Light. During her daydream, she stops to pose for Juergen Teller and Mario Sorrenti and rubs elbows with Carine Roitfeld.

    A sneak peek at the film below, and a look at stills of all the fashion people here in the gallery.

    Photos courtesy of Barneys.

    Louis Vuitton

    Invitation to Travel: Arizona Muse's Full Louis Vuitton Campaign Revealed

    The short film and ad images for Louis Vuitton's new travel-themed campaign have finally made their way online.
    Arizona Muse's Louis Vuitton Art of Travel Campaign

    The short film and ad images for Louis Vuitton's new travel-themed campaign have finally made their way online. Arizona Muse stars in the Inez and Vinoodh-shot images, which carry Vuitton's Art of Travel concept to print, digital, and film.

    In the film — titled L'invitation au Voyage, or Invitation to Travel — Muse is seen walking through the Louvre with a golden key and Vuitton's Speedy Monogram Empreinte bag. After passing by the Mona Lisa and halls filled with priceless Italian art, Muse finds a vintage Vuitton trunk and unlocks it to reveal an envelope. When she realizes there's a man following her through the museum, she runs through its courtyard and jumps into a hot air balloon, taking whatever secrets the envelope contains along with her.

    A look at Muse's short film below, and images from the campaign here in the gallery.

    Fall 2012

    The Fall 2012 Trend Report

    New shapes, new hues, and a whole new mood: the new season is now.
    Fashion Trends From the Fall 2012 Runways

    New shapes, new hues, and a whole new mood: the new season is now. From oversized overcoats to tapestry prints to the most recent incarnation of military — and more pants than you can shake a leg at — here are the most definitive trends of Fall 2012.

    Karl Lagerfeld

    Commander in Chef? Lagerfeld's Obama Sketch

    Karl Lagerfeld has dubbed President Barack Obama "The Biggest Chef in the World" in a political cartoon he drew for last Thursday's edition of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.



    Karl Lagerfeld has dubbed President Barack Obama "The Biggest Chef in the World" in a political cartoon he drew for last Thursday's edition of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "The subject was inspiring," Lagerfeld said of Obama's reelection.

    The cartoon, which Lagerfeld colored with Shu Uemura makeup, per his custom, depicts the president wearing chef's whites and holding a cake shaped like the White House. The caption reads, "The Biggest Chef in the World: 10 x 5 Stars."

    Lagerfeld told WWD that he woke up early the morning after the election to see the results and draw the cartoon. "I couldn't do it before; I'm superstitious," he said.

    The polymath designer has said that he "will never vote," but he hasn't been shy about commenting on politics in the past. In March, he drew a series of cartoons for Elle France in the month leading up to the French presidential elections.

    Photo via Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.