Donatella Versace took her dog along for the ride, as she made her way to appear on the Today show yesterday. We are lost for words.
The designer is in N.Y to promote the Versace Menswear launch at Barneys which also took place yesterday.
“It’s very difficult to explain en anglais, but for me, chic is really a question of attitude. And because of that, chic is an expression of the individual. She might be sensuous or mysterious, boyish or feminine. It’s the way you walk, the way you speak and the way you play with your body and what it can do.” - Designer, Sonia Rykiel on being chic
Call me crazy, but I periodically like to go onto the net-a-porter/Barneys/shopbop etc designer lists and click on unfamiliar names. I am forever getting emails declaiming the latest DVF, Louboutin, Balenciaga etc must-have, so I like to have minor excursions into the territory of a new name. I just noticed a new addition to the Net-A-Porter website called Alldressedup.
Designer Henry Holland took time out from designing clothes to stamp his signature on a special Easter Egg for the chocolate heaven that is, Thorntons.
Holland decorated the 1kg milk chocolate egg with his motto “Passion Factionis” (passion for fashion) along with the Holland family coat-of-arms making it the most sought after “Fashion Easter Egg”.
The customised egg will be auctioned on eBay next week with all proceeds going to the children’s charity Barnardo’s.
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I am a longtime fan of Marc Jacobs, and I usually don’t make any effort to hide it. If the man ever needed a kidney transplant, I’d probably offer him one of mine. However I have become just a little bit bitter toward him lately, and it has nothing to do with delayed runway shows or bribing officials. It has to do with shoes.
We all know that high heels can be really painful to wear, but we suck it up because they look fabulous. Louboutins? Love ‘em. Choos? Yes, please! Then, Mr. Marc Jacobs had to come along and re-interpret the high heel as … well, I’m not exactly sure what he was thinking, but it clearly wasn’t about comfort.
It’s easy to criticize the fashion industry. Promoting eating disorders aside, the clothes are well beyond the price range of most people and it can be fairly pretentious (read an article in Vogue objectively). A lot of people don’t get just what is so appealing about watching a bunch of women with the curvature of a coat rack strut down a runway in impossibly high heels. To anyone with thoughts along those lines, I offer you this photograph from Alexander McQueen’s Fall 2008 collection.
It seems as though Christopher Kane can do no wrong, his AW08 collection has received rave reviews from some of the harshest critics…see here and here. Check out Suzy Menkes interviewing, our favourite Scot in the video above!
How would your friends describe you?
Honest ,Gentle, positive, optimistic, passionate & a visionary (although it’s hard to see myself that way!!)
What can we expect from your Autumn/Winter 08 collection?
A futuristic wardrobe inspired by armour which combines geometrical forms with soft lines, matte and warm fabrics of luxurious textures in contract with shiny technologically engineered ones. The collection is named “Queens at War”
What can we expect from your Autumn/Winter 08 collection?
In my Fall/Winter 2008 collection titled, “Bride of the Black Moon,” I return to a black palette and with the use of luxurious textiles such as leather and lace.
Any last minute nerves?
It is always a very exciting time, and of course, a few nerves come along with that.
Admittedly we’re not really Victoria Beckham fans, but….we REALLY want this Marc Jacobs T-shirt! $35 available at a Marc Jacobs boutique near you, early next week.
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