Posts for July 2012

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Louis Vuitton's Gun Control, Roberto Cavalli's Cocktail, and Stella McCartney's Next Role

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.



Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Louis Vuitton is distancing itself from a venture called Machine Guns Vegas, which just launched a gun grip in the fashion house's multicolored monogram canvas. "Louis Vuitton is in no way associated with this company," the brand said in a statement. "We do not manufacture gun grips and do not condone the alteration of our creations in any way." [Fashionista]

  • Roberto Cavalli would like to teach you how to make a cocktail — using Roberto Cavalli-brand vodka, of course. [Purple]

  • Stella McCartney — both the woman and the flagship store in London — plays a role in the most recent episode of Absolutely Fabulous, which is an homage to the 2012 London Olympics. [Fashion Etc]

  • Loeffler Randall will introduce its first collection of handbags, inspired by men's briefcases, on July 26. [WhoWhatWear]

  • Sales of Katie Holmes's clothing line, Holmes & Yang, have increased in the wake of her divorce from Tom Cruise. [The Cut]

Photo: A model walked in Louis Vuitton's Fall 2012 show.

Selita Ebanks

Selita Ebanks Accused of Assault

Model Liza Irizarry says she plans to sue Selita Ebanks for assault and battery, claiming the Victoria's Secret Angel punched her in the face and broke her nose outside a Miami nightclub last year.



Model Liza Irizarry says she plans to sue Selita Ebanks for assault and battery, claiming the Victoria's Secret Angel punched her in the face and broke her nose outside a Miami nightclub last year.

Irizarry, who works for Telemundo, says she kissed Ebanks's boyfriend on the cheek in greeting when she saw him in front of the Dream club in Miami. She alleges that a drunken Ebanks did not react well to her salutation. "When she saw me, she said, 'Don't be kissing my man," Irizarry said in an interview. "That's when she hit me on the nose. I went to swing back; that's when all her friends jumped in. I felt hair-pulling and fists coming at me."

Irizarry says the nose injury required surgery days later. Her suit will seek damages covering pain, suffering, and medical costs.

Ebanks's lawyer, Paul Rothenberg, said the suit "is nine months old and completely without merit" and called Irizarry's claims "baseless."

katie grand

Love Taps Ladies of Downton For Latest Covers

The covers of Love's eighth issue will feature actors from the British drama Downton Abbey — and editor Katie Grand says Marc Jacobs is to thank for their inclusion in the issue.
Downton Abbey Actors Star on Love Magazine Issue 8 Covers

The covers of Love's eighth issue will feature actors from the British drama Downton Abbey — and editor Katie Grand says Marc Jacobs is to thank for their inclusion in the issue.

"I really wasn't interested in Downton Abbey at all," Grand said in an interview. "But around September last year Marc Jacobs kept saying I'd love it and that I had to watch it. So I tried watching the Christmas special and couldn't get into it. But then I was ill in January and started at the beginning and became addicted. I've now watched it three times over!"

Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot the covers, for which Grand styled Jessica Brown Findlay (who plays Lady Sybil Crawley), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), and Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) in ornate wigs and dramatic, pale makeup. Inside the magazine, the actresses wear clothing from Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood. Another image featuring actor Rob James-Collier (Thomas, the footman) has also been released.

Love issue eight, themed "A Costume Drama," will be available on the newsstand on July 30. A look at the covers here in the gallery.

MTV

House of Style Is Coming Back to MTV

MTV announced Tuesday that it will resurrect its cult favorite fashion program House of Style, which hasn't aired in almost a decade.



MTV announced Tuesday that it will resurrect its cult favorite fashion program House of Style, which hasn't aired in almost a decade.

Rather than broadcasting as a full half-hour TV show as it did from 1989 to 2002, new House of Style programming will be integrated across MTV's multiple media platforms. Highlights from the show's past — including a video of Naomi Campbell's acne removal methods, and another of Sofia Coppola and Spike Jonze producing a guerilla fashion show — have been organized into a video archive hosted by the fashion news blog MTV Style. The blog also plans to publish three essays inspired by the show over the next few weeks.

On August 7, MTV will release a short documentary called House of Style: Music, Models and MTV. The film includes interviews with Cindy Crawford and Rebecca Romijn — both past hosts of the show — as well as Todd Oldham, Anna Sui, Coco Rocha, and vocalist Azealia Banks.

"The idea of the new House of Style is that it runs on all of our platforms," said MTV executive Dave Sirulnick in an interview. "You'll see it on television, on the web, on our aps. Not a lot of people are looking to consume 20-minute television shows on their phones. At least not yet."

Nevertheless, Sirulnick is auditioning hosts for the show. MTV will announce who's got the job on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6.

Photo: Cindy Crawford during an episode of House of Style.

Alexander McQueen

Watch: Alexander McQueen's Psychedelic Fall 2012 Campaign Video

If David Sims's print ads for Alexander McQueen's Fall 2012 collection weren't colorful enough, his psychedelic campaign video certainly is.

If David Sims's print ads for Alexander McQueen's Fall 2012 collection weren't colorful enough, his psychedelic campaign video certainly is. The two-minute clip primarily features a repeated loop of model Suvi Koponen removing the collection's metallic visors from her face, while neon-colored clouds of light swaddle her figure. Incidentally, those visors — which are billed as representing the "beautiful future" the Fall collection evokes — will retail for $475 when they reach Alexander McQueen stores and its website this Fall. A look at the video below.

Karl Lagerfeld

Inside Karl Lagerfeld's Olympic Pop-Up at Selfridges

Karl Lagerfeld's Olympics-themed collection for his eponymous label will make its debut at Selfridges in London on Tuesday — and the department store has readied a pop-up shop filled with his designs.
Karl Lagerfeld's Olympic Pop-Up Shop at Selfridges

Karl Lagerfeld's Olympics-themed collection for his eponymous label will make its debut at Selfridges in London on Tuesday — and the department store has readied a pop-up shop filled with his designs.

The Team Karl collection, housed on Selfridges's third floor, includes sporty biker jackets, skinny jeans, and three metallic collars in gold, silver, and bronze. A white t-shirt bears a screen-printed medal featuring Lagerfeld's likeness in profile. Prices range from about £95 to £325, or about $148 to $500. Today also marks the Selfridges unveiling of Lagerfeld's new luxury menswear line, Karl Lagerfeld Paris Man.

Lagerfeld will host a party celebrating the launch of both collections at the store this evening. Selfridges has decorated the pop-up with Lagerfeld's insignia (the profile of his face dominates one section of the shop as a white neon light fixture), and its windows feature mannequins in athletic poses wearing Team Karl clothes. Get a glimpse at the space the designer will celebrate, here in the gallery.

Victoria Beckham

Behind the Scenes at Victoria Beckham's French Elle Shoot With Karl Lagerfeld

Victoria Beckham shot the cover of an upcoming issue of French Elle at the Chanel Couture salons in Paris today — and naturally, Karl Lagerfeld took the pictures himself.
Victoria Beckham Shoots French Elle With Karl Lagerfeld

Victoria Beckham shot the cover of an upcoming issue of French Elle at the Chanel Couture salons in Paris today — and naturally, Karl Lagerfeld took the pictures himself.

Beckham tweeted pictures of everything from herself sitting on the famous spiral staircase in Chanel's atelier on Rue Cambon to the racks of Couture clothing at the shoot. She even enjoyed a glass of rosé chilled with ice cubes backstage.

A behind-the-scenes look at Beckham's shoot here in the gallery.

Photo: Victoria Beckham with Karl Lagerfeld at the 2010 International Herald Tribune Heritage Luxury Conference.

Shopping

Sneak Peek: The Outnet Alaia Sale Hits This Week

Do you like luxury?
Preview The Alaia Outnet Sale July 2012

Do you like luxury? Do you like accessories? Then this sale is definitely for you. On Tuesday, July 24, The Outnet will release what can only be described as a treasure trove of goodies: shoes, bags, and belts — all Alaia, and all available at a fraction of their usual (thousand dollar plus) prices. Pale pink suede lattice-strap peep-toes are just $610, for example, while leopard-print calf-hair booties ring in at $772. A preview of those pieces and more — here, in the slideshow.

Nicole Richie

Miranda Kerr's Divorce Rumor, Karlie Kloss's September Cover, and Pierre Bergé's New Job

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.



Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Miranda Kerr's manager has denied a rumor that she and Orlando Bloom are headed for divorce. [The Sun]

  • Karlie Kloss wears a chain-mail dress from Yves Saint Laurent's Stefano Pilati era on the cover of Vogue Japan's September 2012 issue. [Design Scene]

  • Pierre Bergé, formerly Yves Saint Laurent's business partner, has just signed on to lead the steering committee of the newly formed Maison du Prêt à Porter Féminin et des Accessoires. The body will "foster dialogue between all fashion and accessories professionals." [WWD]

  • Anna Wintour is said to be hosting another fundraising dinner for President Obama's reelection campaign. Wintour will reportedly host the party with Harvey Weinstein in Greenwich, CT, on Aug. 6, and guests will have to donate $35,800 apiece to the campaign. [Page Six]

  • Rachel Roy could never find long-enough jeans to wear when she was younger, so she covered her ankles with "white scrunchy socks. I really hope there's no pictures of those anywhere," she says. [Racked]

  • Nicole Richie's upcoming collaboration with Macy's INC doesn't shy away from prints or from mixing masculine and feminine elements. [Catwalk Queen]

  • Crimes of fashion do not pay. A judge fined Linda and Courtney Allen — a mother and daughter who live in Syosset, NY — $44 million for advertising and selling fake Coach products online. [Refinery29]
Birthday

Stephanie Seymour Turns 44

She was one of the original '90s mega models, one of the first Victoria's Secret Angels, and one-half of one of the most iconic rocker-model relationships of all time — and at 44, she's still turning heads.
Stephanie Seymour Fashion Editorials and Campaign Images

She was one of the original '90s mega models, one of the first Victoria's Secret Angels, and one-half of one of the most iconic rocker-model relationships of all time — and at 44, she's still turning heads. In 2009, Stephanie Seymour — mother of four and coverer of over 300 magazines — was tapped for Valentino's Spring ad campaign, and as recently as March of this year, Seymour starred in a very awe-inducing, skin-exposing editorial for V magazine. "I don't have the perfect Barbie-doll face, but I did get famous for this body," Seymour told Playboy when she posed for the men's glossy back in 1993. And though it may be true that her body helped to make her famous, that's not all; Seymour is one of the few Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover models to have also had a crazy successful fashion career. "She combines a perfect body with a dynamite brain and a heart that's always in the right place," legendary photographer Richard Avedon has said.

In honor of our favorite St. Barts-frolicking, Brant brother-mothering, "November Rain"-starring supermodel's July 23 birthday, a look back at some of the most gorgeous Stephanie Seymour images ever. (Warning: some of these images are NSFW.)