Madonna – new face for Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs
March 14, 2009
I was totally just blown away by it, and moved by her performance, by what she had to say, and her energy.”
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| MADONNA AND MARC: When Marc Jacobs found himself in a meeting on a recent Monday morning to brainstorm about Louis Vuitton’s next fashion advertising campaign, inspiration struck. “I just blurted out, ‘I think we should do Madonna,’” said the designer, Vuitton’s creative director, mentioning he’d attended a concert by the pop icon the night before in Paris. “I was totally just blown away by it, and moved by her performance, by what she had to say, and her energy.” | |
Michelle Obama by Michael Kors
March 14, 2009
The Michelle Obama fashion watch continues as the first lady returns to the classics that suit her so well as she chooses a Michael Kors racer back sheath for her White House portrait, immortalizing his design for ever.
Mrs. Obama dons a black crepe jersey racer-back gown from Kors’ spring collection. The designer had been approached by Obama’s unofficial style consultant, Ikram Goldman, to make a few pieces, but didn’t know if she was going to wear the dress until the photo was released Friday.
Christian Dior vs financial crisis
March 6, 2009
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According to Dior president and chief executive officer Sidney Toledano, the crisis will only speed up a trend the French firm already spied: a widening gulf between ultraluxury players and also-rans.
“What we have done the last two years is consolidate our position at the summit of the luxury pyramid,” Toledano said. “It was the right choice. You either choose to be at the top, or down.”
Dior was prescient in another way: In marking its 60th anniversary last year, the fashion house and its couturier, John Galliano, tuned into the house’s codes — from the famous “bar” jacket to the cane-work print — and turned up the volume on its heritage via products and advertising. In the midst of a glut of “It” bags and shoes, “we were foreseeing that the customer might be saturated with the offer, and that they would at one point return to the strong players,” Toledano said in an interview in Dior’s stately gray offices on the Avenue Montaigne. “I think the crisis will accelerate this momentum.” [Read more]
Shocking Madonna
February 20, 2009
Fresh from her divorce, Madonna has starred in a no-holds-barred photoshoot with 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz, who is now reportedly her lover.
Okay Madge, maybe it’s not time to go into a retirement home but Lourdes can read, David and the other little one can look at pictures and yeah, we get it. You are daring edgy and on and on.. but seriously no one cares!
We can look forward to Madonna doing these photo shoots at 90 if we are lucky. Jesus looks…good!
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Financial crisis vs Moscow Luxury
February 6, 2009
The financial crisis is sending a chill through Moscow’s once red-hot retail scene.
“We’ve noticed a 30 to 40 percent fall in sales,” said Irina Bytchkova, the manager of a Celine store being renovated.
Other firms say once-explosive growth has simply leveled off. “At the moment, there’s no decline in sales. We’re flat, there’s no movement up or down,” Alla Verber, vice president of prominent franchiser Mercury Distributor, said of the upscale Tsum department store, which Mercury also runs. She added: “We’re going to be less aggressive in spring-summer. We’ll decrease our orders by 20 percent.”
A Tom Ford store scheduled to open this year has been delayed, but Lisa Schiek, director of communications for the firm, said it was unconnected to the financial crisis. [Read more]
Diesel buys Viktor & Rolf
July 26, 2008
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.
July 25, 2008
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
July 20, 2008
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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”
July 19, 2008
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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.
July 18, 2008
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]
