Posts for March 16th 2012

Chanel

Watch — Carine Roitfeld, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Alice Dellal Pose For Chanel's New Book

>> Chanel's classic black jacket is the focus of a new book by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld — and they enlisted over 100 models, celebrities, and fashion people to help with the project.


>> Chanel's classic black jacket is the focus of a new book by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld — and they enlisted over 100 models, celebrities, and fashion people to help with the project.

Lagerfeld shot everyone from Roitfeld to Sarah Jessica Parker to Alice Dellal for the tome, titled The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited. The book presents Chanel's tweed bracelet-length jacket as a piece that "belongs to every era," and perhaps that's true — it looks just as chic when Roitfeld uses the jacket to dress up as Coco Chanel as it does when Parker wears it as a headdress.

Take a look at the making of the book below and mark your calendars — it'll be in bookstores and online this Fall.

Red Carpet

Is Tom Ford Using Celebrities to Debut His Fall 2012 Collection?

>> As is his custom, Tom Ford has been keeping his Fall 2012 womenswear collection under wraps — but pieces of it have popped up on some very notable red carpets.
Tom Ford Fall 2012 Red Carpet Pictures

>> As is his custom, Tom Ford has been keeping his Fall 2012 womenswear collection under wraps — but pieces of it have popped up on some very notable red carpets. Is Ford using A-list actresses to take his collection public?

Case in point: Jennifer Lawrence wore a long-sleeved black shift to a Hunger Games photo call in Paris on Thursday, and Gwyneth Paltrow wore a dramatic white gown and cape from the collection on the red carpet at the Oscars. We're noticing a pattern here. Who will be next — and more importantly, what will she wear? Take a look at what Ford has revealed from his line so far — more looks will be added if (and when) they become available.

St Patrick's Day

In Honor of St. Patrick's Day, A Toast to Daphne Guinness

Many will be raising a glass (or two) of Guinness this weekend for St. Patrick's Day, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to toast our own favorite Guinness — the Irish-born beer heir herself, Daphne Guinness.
Daphne Guinness

Many will be raising a glass (or two) of Guinness this weekend for St. Patrick's Day, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to toast our own favorite Guinness — the Irish-born beer heir herself, Daphne Guinness. And so we salute her of the massive, vertiginous, often heel-less heels, the streaked bleach/black coif, and the daring ensembles; a chronicle of our favorite Daphne looks, collaborations with her close friend Steven Klein, and even her runway appearances — in the slideshow.

Prada

Prada's Spring 2012 Fantasy Lookbook Is Here

>> Take a surreal journey through '50s and '60s nostalgia with Prada's just-released Spring 2012 fantasy lookbook.
Prada Fantasy Lookbook Spring 2012

>> Take a surreal journey through '50s and '60s nostalgia with Prada's just-released Spring 2012 fantasy lookbook.

Photographer Phil Meech's backstage photos from the Spring 2012 runway show — starring models Lindsey Wixson, Anais Pouliot, Ruby Aldridge, Kasia Struss, Ginta Lapina, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Fei Fei Sun, and Daphne Groeneveld — provide the perfect foil to Jeroen Koolhaas's and Lok Jansen's handmade collages and cheeky vintage photographs.

It's all right here in the slideshow.

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld Calls Himself "Annoying, Impossible, and Hard to Please"

>> Every time Karl Lagerfeld opens his mouth, he says something newsworthy — and now that he has his own website, he'll be that much more quotable that much faster.

>> Every time Karl Lagerfeld opens his mouth, he says something newsworthy — and now that he has his own website, he'll be that much more quotable that much faster.

The new site, Karl.com, was created mostly to sell the masstige line he designed for Net-a-Porter, and it will also host his higher-end Karl Lagerfeld Paris collection when it debuts this fall. The best non-shopping part of the site is the "World of Karl," where you can find out things like where he gets his glasses or what project he's working on next. But the most fun posts are the ones that simply quote Lagerfeld directly. A sampling of his musings, below:

On scheduling: "If someone gives me a to-do list, I say, "Thank you, this is nice." One needs things to throw in the wastebasket."

On his temper: "I know how annoying, impossible and hard to please I can be. I wouldn't recommend myself as a guest to anyone."

On where his inspiration comes from: "The best things I've done in my life, I saw them in my sleep. This is why I have a sketch book in my bed."

On cleanliness: "If you put things away in a too tidy way, then you will only find what you are looking for. You will never be surprised, nor delighted by fortuitous discoveries."