Posts for December 13th 2012

Holiday

A Real Firecracker: Georgia May Jagger Sparkles For Holiday 2012

It's been one heck of a year for Georgia May Jagger.
Georgia May Jagger in Material Girl Holiday 2012 Campaign

It's been one heck of a year for Georgia May Jagger. She held her own amidst a pack of supermodels — including Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell — at the Olympics' closing ceremony, she fronted Vivienne Westwood's gorgeous new jewelry campaign, and she took the world by storm for Hudson Jeans' smoldering Cabaret launch. Fitting then that the gap-toothed Brit would finish 2012 with a bang: surrounded by sparklers and confetti in the just-released Material Girl holiday campaign.

Prabal Gurung

Prabal Gurung Pre-Fall 2013

Prabal Gurung's latest offering might be the most inventive blending of art and commerce we've seen from the Pre-Fall 2013 collections so far.
Prabal Gurung Pre-Fall 2013 | Pictures

Prabal Gurung's latest offering might be the most inventive blending of art and commerce we've seen from the Pre-Fall 2013 collections so far.

The designer managed to distill references as disparate as his homeland of Nepal and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, parts of which were filmed in Mexico, into a collection that preserved the visual appeal of his last outing without mimicking all of its embellishment. A metallic tweed in bright neon blue, green, and pink was combined with black fabric for a lightweight coat and a shift dress, and floral prints and patterns dominated where solid blocks of color or black and white did not.

There were a few dresses that Gurung couldn't help decorating, though, most notably a black dress with panels of white and purple fabric that got covered in a lattice of blue and green blooms. That dress, like so many others in this collection, struck the hard-to-get balance between a dream and something you can actually buy and wear.

Photos courtesy of Prabal Gurung.

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Eva Herzigova's Upcoming Addition, Maiyet's New Project, and Saint Laurent's Couture Jewels

These stories and more in our daily news roundup.



These stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Eva Herzigova is expecting her third child with partner Gregorio Marsiaj. [Fashion Etc]

  • Vermeil, Saint Laurent's line of couture jewelry, is now available for preorder. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Apparently, the first step to scoring a bargain is dressing for the hunt. [On the Runway]

  • The Museum at FIT will host "Shoe Obsession," an exhibition regarding fashion's fascination with footwear. The show will bow in February next year. [WWD]

  • And at another museum across the pond, Roksanda Ilincic will discuss the connection between Pre-Raphaelite art and fashion. [Vogue UK]

  • Actor Stephen Dorff will be the face of Emporio Armani's next fragrance for men in 2013. [Page Six]

  • Topping Jason Wu's holiday list: the perfect Sunday brunch companion. Jason, can we try out? [Teen Vogue]

  • The Douglas Hannant gold silk tuxedo Beyoncé wore in the Love on Top music video will be auctioned off for charity this weekend. [Telegraph]

  • Out of Africa: Maiyet tapped director Cary Fukunaga to create Sleepwalking in the Rift, a short film to showcase the brand's Resort 2013 collection. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Proenza Schouler

    Proenza Schouler Pre-Fall 2013

    For Proenza Schouler's Pre-Fall 2013 offering, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez applied a mix of inventive patterns and imagery to the shapes they've had success with in the past.
    Proenza Schouler Pre-Fall 2013 | Pictures

    For Proenza Schouler's Pre-Fall 2013 offering, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez applied a mix of inventive patterns and imagery to the shapes they've had success with in the past.

    The blue and orange hues from photographs the designing duo took on a trip to Fiji ended up on a number of pieces, most notably a coat with an asymmetrical neckline. A painterly logo print got cut up for trousers cut on the bias and a belted shift with a carwash hem.

    That these pieces are simpler in shape and implication than their runway counterparts — as most precollections are — may have to do with McCollough and Hernandez's new roles as retailers who want to sell product. But it could also very well be a sign that after a decade in the business, these two young men are growing up.

    Diane Von Furstenberg

    Diane von Furstenberg Pre-Fall 2013

    Look to any part of Diane von Furstenberg's story and you're bound to see some variation of the line "I always wanted to live a man's life in a woman's body."
    Diane von Furstenberg Pre-Fall 2013 | Pictures

    Look to any part of Diane von Furstenberg's story and you're bound to see some variation of the line "I always wanted to live a man's life in a woman's body." Is it any wonder then that for Pre-Fall 2013, the designer took traditional menswear tropes and adapted them for the female form?

    Von Furstenberg said she was thinking about Mick Jagger, and specifically about how he dressed when he was with Marianne Faithfull in the late '60s. You can see that in the prints here, all borrowed from men's neckties, and the energy behind some of the suiting. The bold graphic pop of a black and white skirt paired with a matching, asymmetrical cardigan jacket is decidedly masculine, even if the shape isn't.

    This is the first collection from von Furstenberg since creative director Yvan Mispelaere left the brand in September, and the richness of his color mixing is noticeably absent. The palette sticks mostly to black, white, cobalt, and yellow, and there are a few pieces in appealingly dark shades of red — but even those tend to be monochromatic. Still, they're sure to come in handy for the transition to Fall, and so are the quietly colorblocked coats on offer.

    Photos courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg.

    Marc Jacobs

    Meet Ruby Jean Wilson, the New Face of Marc Jacobs (Update: The Spring 2013 Ads Are Here!)

    Ruby Jean Wilson, the 18-year-old model who opened and closed Marc Jacobs's Spring 2013 show, stars in the collection's ad campaign — and a first look just made its way online.
    Ruby Jean Wilson Modeling Pictures

    Ruby Jean Wilson, the 18-year-old model who opened and closed Marc Jacobs's Spring 2013 show, stars in the collection's ad campaign — and a first look just made its way online. Juergen Teller shot the ads, in which Wilson preserved the Edie Sedgwick look she adopted for the show.

    Jacobs's campaign is among the first of what will undoubtedly be many campaigns for the Scottish-born beauty, who started modeling in 2009 and made her runway debut in Lacoste's Spring 2011 show. Since then she's appeared in editorials for Teen Vogue, Dazed & Confused, Oyster, and Wonderland, among others. Wilson also starred in the Fall 2012 campaign for the Australian brand Jac + Jack.

    A first look at Wilson's Marc Jacobs campaign — and some of her past work — here in the gallery.