Posts for June 4th 2012

CFDA Jun 04, 2012

Fashion Fetes Its Best at the 2012 CFDA Awards

Designers, models, and celebrities alike filed into New York's Lincoln Center for the 2012 CFDA Awards Monday night.

by Justin Fenner

Designers, models, and celebrities alike filed into New York's Lincoln Center for the 2012 CFDA Awards Monday night.

Whether they were nominees, honored guests, or just friends of those in the industry, the attendees dressed up in some of the best American fashion available. Case in point: Garance Doré wore a green Derek Lam dress, while Jason Wu tweeted that he would debut pieces of his Resort 2013 collection at the event.

If there's any night to put on fashion's finest, then this was it. In the gallery, see all the looks from the red carpet, and check back as the evening progresses to find out who took home the coveted awards.

Winners:

Womenswear Designer of the Year: The Row

Menswear Designer of the Year: Billy Reid

Accessories Designer of the Year: Reed Krakoff

Swarovski Award For Emerging Talent in Womenswear Design: Joseph Altuzarra

Swarovski Award For Emerging Talent in Menswear Design: Phillip Lim

Swarovski Award For Emerging Talent in Accessory Design: Tabitha Simmons

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Donna Karan Stephan Weiss Book, Calvin Klein Ex Out of Rehab

Link Time Jun 04, 2012

Donna Karan's Book, Henry Holland's Superga Collab, and Gisele Bundchen's Beachy Shoot

Those stories and more here in our daily news roundup.

by Justin Fenner

Those stories and more here in our daily news roundup.

Donna Karan will memorialize her late husband, Stephan Weiss, with a book titled Stephan Weiss: Connecting the Dots, Portrait of a Man. The Assouline title will be on shelves this Fall and will focus on his artwork and how he supported Karan's career. "Behind every great woman is a greater man, and Stephan was mine," Karan said. [WWD]
Henry Holland has teamed up with Superga on a line of shoes decorated in his signature prints, leopard, and pastel colors. "Superga is a really great brand with great technical knowledge, manufacturing and distribution, so this project really makes sense for me," he said. [Dazed Digital]
Gisele Bundchen, who covered Vogue Paris's June 2012 issue, is featured in a beachy editorial lensed by Inez Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Emmanuelle Alt styled the spread, titled Perfect Girl. [Design Scene]
Calvin Klein's ex-boyfriend Nick Gruber has completed his stay in rehab and wrote on Facebook that he's a changed man. "I am a different person. I don't want to go back to my old self," he wrote. "No more partying. Time to be a grown adult." [The Huffington Post]

Gaultier Adds Menswear to Fall 2012 Couture Presentation

Jean Paul Gaultier Jun 04, 2012

Jean Paul Gaultier to Present Menswear and Women's Couture Together

Jean Paul Gaultier's July couture show will include something many of the other Paris shows won't have: male models.

by Justin Fenner

Jean Paul Gaultier's July couture show will include something many of the other Paris shows won't have: male models.

Gaultier is skipping the Fall 2012 men's shows scheduled for the end of June and will instead present his menswear collection alongside his women's Fall 2012 couture line on July 4. The mixed show will take the form of an all-day presentation in the designer's showroom on Rue Saint-Martin in Paris. A spokeswoman for the house said a final format for the presentation had not been decided.

This isn't the first time Gaultier has put menswear and women's couture together. There were a few men's looks included with his Fall 2011 couture collection, and he put men on the runway when he launched his couture line in 1997.

Sophie Theallet Collaboration With The Limited

the limited Jun 04, 2012

Sophie Theallet Signs on to Collaborate With The Limited

Sophie Theallet has teamed up with The Limited, and will offer a Holiday capsule collection at most of the retail chain's stores come November.

by Justin Fenner

Sophie Theallet has teamed up with The Limited, and will offer a Holiday capsule collection at most of the retail chain's stores come November.

In her position as the brand's exclusive guest designer, Theallet said she wanted to bring "the luxurious nonchalance of my aesthetic to an affordable price point." And while details on what the products will look like — or how much they will cost — weren't clear when the collaboration was announced on Monday, Theallet is committed to placing an emphasis on quality. "I like that challenge . . . to make the best product possible," she said.

The designer's contract with The Limited is slated to extend beyond the Holiday collection. The retail chain's CEO Linda Heasley said Theallet "has exquisite taste, and is genuine and approachable, which we love."

Theallet has collaborated with mass-market brands before. She worked with The Gap after winning the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award in 2009, and last year created a line of shoes and handbags for Nine West.

Giorgio Armani Responds to Foundation Rumors

Giorgio Armani Jun 04, 2012

More Details Emerge About the Future of Armani

An Italian newswire report suggesting that Giorgio Armani will form a foundation to run his fashion empire after he dies set the press ablaze with speculation that the future of the fashion label has been set in stone.

by Justin Fenner

An Italian newswire report suggesting that Giorgio Armani will form a foundation to run his fashion empire after he dies set the press ablaze with speculation that the future of the fashion label has been set in stone.

However, an Armani spokeswoman said today that the report, published by Ansa last week, was incorrect. Instead, the spokeswoman said, Armani, 77, would consider selling his company to a large fashion conglomerate only if he's presented with a good enough offer. And, while he is also considering leaving the brand to a foundation, Armani told WWD last week that it is "only one of the possibilities."

Armani's succession plan has been in focus lately because of a recent WSJ. Magazine profile that explores what will happen to the company after the designer is gone. In the profile, Armani admitted that he hasn't settled on a plan, saying, "As long as I'm here, I'm the boss."

Photo: Giorgio Armani takes a bow after presenting the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall 2011 collection in Paris.

CFDA Jun 04, 2012

Who to Expect at Tonight's CFDA Awards

A host of models, celebrities, and designers will come together to celebrate 50 years of American fashion at this evening's CFDA Awards.

by Justin Fenner

A host of models, celebrities, and designers will come together to celebrate 50 years of American fashion at this evening's CFDA Awards.

Industry veterans Tommy Hilfiger and Rei Kawakubo — who are each being honored with awards — will join nominees Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, Phillip Lim, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Meanwhile, Jason Wu, John Varvatos, Olivier Theyskens, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Donna Karan, Derek Lam, Eddie Borgo, Erin Fetherston, Francisco Costa, Giles Mendel, Gregory Parkinson, Jenna Lyons, Johan Lindeberg, Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai of Vena Cava, Oscar de la Renta, Peter Som, Prabal Gurung, and Zac Posen — who are not nominated — will be among those on hand to show their support.

Models, including Arizona Muse, Candice Swanepoel, Coco Rocha, Constance Jablonski, Crystal Renn, Dree Hemingway, Elettra Wiedemann-Jones, Erin Wasson, Hilary Rhoda, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Jessica Stam, Joan Smalls, Karen Elson, Linda Evangelista, Liu Wen, and Ruby Aldridge are also expect to attend the awards.

Other notable guests will include Carine Roitfeld, Harley Viera Newton, Lauren Santo Domingo, Jessica Chastain, Simon Doonan, Jessica Paré, Dakota Fanning, Zoe Saldana, Gretchen Mol, Kate Bosworth, Solange Knowles, Devon Aoki, Zosia Mamet, Kate Upton, Simon Doonan, Lauren Hutton, and Shaun White, who is rumored to be dating model Bar Refaeli.

The Awards will take place at New York's Lincoln Center starting at 6 p.m. It will also be broadcast online for the first time ever on Tuesday, June 5 at 12 p.m. EST. See a complete list of the evening's nominees and honorees here.

Photo: From left, Robert Geller, Eddie Borgo, and Prabal Gurung after winning at the CFDA Awards in 2011.

Best Dressed at the MTV Movie Awards 2012

Best Dressed Jun 04, 2012

The 7 Chicest Moments From the 2012 MTV Movie Awards

Jessica Biel, Shailene Woodley, and Charlize Theron were among those who brought major fashion cred to last night's MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

by Christina Perez

Jessica Biel, Shailene Woodley, and Charlize Theron were among those who brought major fashion cred to last night's MTV Movie Awards red carpet. Biel — who sported the same sleek coif she debuted at last month's Met Gala — stunned in a white minidress from Spring 2012 Chanel, while Woodley looked ultrachic in a crisp black pantsuit from Stella McCartney's Fall 2012 evening collection. Theron, too, was the picture of modern glamour; the actress opted for clean-lined, bright red Fall 2012 Lanvin. "I think you have to try and not be trendy and just be comfortable," she explained. "I'm really fortunate to work with really talented people in the industry. At the end of the day, I have to put it on and feel like me."

See our very favorite looks of the night — including Emma Stone's black and white Martin Grant — here, in the slideshow.

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Burberry Resort 2013

Wearable, well-tailored clothing in rich colors made up the bulk of Christopher Bailey's Resort 2013 collection for Burberry.

by Justin Fenner

Wearable, well-tailored clothing in rich colors made up the bulk of Christopher Bailey's Resort 2013 collection for Burberry. "We played with textures and prints and wove trench references, sartorial detailing and these little hints of corsetry throughout the evening dresses, suiting and our iconic outerwear," Christopher Bailey, Burberry's chief creative officer explained. To that end, women's trousers feature paper-bag waists and pleating, and the shapes and variations on the house's functional knitwear have an updated spin. The same can be said of the men's selection, which features lightweight suits, seersucker pants, and cotton poplin shirts. But it's the color palette of the collection — which ranges from metallic gold and dusty rose for ladies to royal blue and rich olive for the boys — that give the collection a luxurious depth and feel.

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