Diesel buys Viktor & Rolf

Who knows if this will be a bad move for them – but right now, it can only make them bigger and help them through a difficult economy in 2009:

Renzo Rosso, the Italian industrialist behind Diesel, has acquired a majority stake in the Dutch designer firm with ambitions to build it into one of the “top reference fashion houses of the future.”

Financial terms were not disclosed, but Rosso told WWD that he plans to make major investments to bolster the duo’s ready-to-wear business, add licensed products such as eyewear and jewelry and open freestanding stores in high-visibility locations.

“It’s a new chapter to start building on the brand and to focus on creativity,” said Rolf Snoeren who, with Viktor Horsting, began staging fashion performances in Paris in the Nineties, ultimately launching a couture collection in 1998 and rtw in 2000. “We needed to team up with a strong partner to realize our dreams.” …by fashionising

Obama was inspiration for Black Vogue Italia issue.

Don’t you just get tired of this people? Black models have been around for eons and now the agencies are inspired because of Obama? Stupid is as stupid does, isn’t it?  In Paris, there are endless statues of Nubian princesses and now Obama is the inspiration for thinking black women are beautiful?

Do these people expect to be congratulated for throwing a one-issue bone to black models? [Read more]

Vanessa Paradis Replaces Kirsten Dunst In Miu Miu Ad Campaign

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Johnny Depp’s longtime girlfriend & mother to his children, Vanessa Paradis, has reportedly replaced fellow actress Kirsten Dunst as the lovely face for Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada’s sporty fashion line.

Paradis will be seen in the coming fall sporting the label’s futuristic campaign & my, will we be so much happier with this choice compared to Dunst…. by blavish

Vogue Italia: 10,000 more copies of “All black Issue”

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Quick, name what geeks and fashionistas were lining up for this weekend. The new iphone and the “All Black” Vogue Italia Issue.

Condé Nast prepped accordingly for the increased consumer curiosity surrounding the themed issue, where Steven Meisel shot the likes of Naomi Campbell, Alek Wek, Jourdan Dunn, Liya Kebede, Veronica Webb and upcoming names like Sessilee Lopez and Toccara Jones. [Read more]

Carla Bruni launches new album dressed in Dior Homme.

Apparently, Carla’s love for Dior is real. Dior is not only reserved for State functions but also her private , other life.

According to a European source, the tuxedo the French first lady wears in promotional images for her new album, which came out in France Friday, July 11, is by Dior Homme designer Kris Van Assche, complete with a butterfly detail on the lapel straight from his fall/winter runway.
There’s been a frenzy around the former model’s latest record, titled “Comme si de rien n’était” (”As if nothing had happened”), and reviews have largely been good — with a few frosty exceptions. [Read more]

Marilyn Monroe Fashion

A Marilyn Monroe inspired fashion line is in the pipeline, just 46 years after the icon’s death. The brain child of Shaw Archives, an agency who own over 400 images of Marilyn and a UK-based clothing company, Blues Clothing, want to launch a retro look line of clothes in Europe from the start of 2009. [Read more]

Fashion Council members at Graduation defile

On May 17-18th graduate students of fashion design faculty at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts demonstrated their graduation collections.
Among them were young member designers of Armenian Fashion Council Margarita Sargsyan, Ani Melikbekyan, Anoushik Mayilyan, Janna Katunyan, Anna Cherkezyan. All of them got excellency marks for their collections.
From retro inspired themes of  20’s and 60’s fashion to urban styles inspired by disco ballerina, rock and gothic culture,  ethnic styles and  tribal motives enspired by egyptian mummies and Armenian folk -  the new collections had a strong sense of fashion trends and artistic approach. 
All designers are young ladies making their first steps into fashion industry, with some of whom contracts are already signed for developing commercial lines.

Fashion Collection fw0708 by Zatik Studio

Fashion Collection fall-winter 07’08 by Zatik Studio for Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Week.

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• Fashion Collection fw0708 by Zatik Studio
• Fashion Collection fw0708 by Zatik Studio
• Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Event 2006’07
• Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Event 2006’07

Fashion Collection fw0708 by Kevork Shadoyan

Fashion Collection fall-winter 07’08 by Kevork Shadoyan for Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Week.

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• Fashion Collection fw0708 by Kevork Shadoyan
• Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Event 2006’07

Fashion Collection fw0708 by Gayane Soghomonyan

Fashion Collection fall-winter 07’08 by Gayane Soghomonyan for Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Week.

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• Fashion Collection fw0708 by Gayane Soghomonyan
• Fashion Collection fw0708 by Gayane Soghomonyan
• Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Event 2006’07
• Pret-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Event 2006’07
• Preta-a-Porter Yerevan Fashion Event 2005’06!

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