The video for Lady Gaga’s “Telephone,” featuring Beyoncé is out. In it, Gaga wears a gigantic black and white striped jacket and a bedazzled G-string bikini–in prison. Beyoncé’s outfits include a yellow latex dress with matching cowboy hat (and eyeshadow!). There’s more, obviously.
Model-turned-filmmaker Rie Rasmussen has beef with Terry Richardson and his approach to photography: “He takes girls who are young, manipulates them to take their clothes off and takes pictures of them they will be ashamed of.” Rasumssen ran into Richardson at a party and told him the same thing, in so many words; ”I told him what you do is completely degrading to women. I hope you know you only [bleep] girls because you have a camera, lots of fashion contacts and get your pictures in Vogue.” [The Cut]
Steve Madden is apparently going to create the shoes for Madonna’s Material Girl collection for Macy’s. [WWD]
After abruptly shutting down shops at the beginning of the year, Yohji Yamamo has announced that the company will have a men’s fashion show in Tokyo on April 1. The collection itself is still in the works. [Daily Front Row] Read the rest of this entry »
PHILIP SPARKS Fall 2010. Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
Menswear designer Philip Sparks rang the opening bell, figuratively speaking, for two weeks of presentations leading up to Toronto’s LG Fashion Week, which starts March 28. As is the case with so many off-schedule presentations, it was as much cocktail party as fashion show with guests nibbling on cheese and drinking Hendricks gin cocktails before and after the compact, 12-look show.
Sparks took his inspiration from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and models posed in place for 20 minutes amid ropes, trunks and other sea-faring props. To be sure, a nautical theme isn’t going to knock anyone out with its newness, but that’s not really Philip Sparks’ bag. He’s got a vintage outlook on clothes–as with his ’50s Canadiana-inspired spring collection–though his collections are nevertheless built for modern men. There were checked cotton dress shirts, black brushed-canvas jeans, double-knit henleys and cardigans, as well as some nice tweed pieces–a blazer, waistcoat and trousers–with perfectly piped pockets. The real star of the show was Sparks’ outwear, which offered options for customers who want a twist on standard-issue urban staples. Swap a peacoat for Sparks’ melton cape coat or a motorcycle jacket for the black suede Skipper. Also of note were a pair of beautifully detailed cargo shirts done in black and navy cashmere and a sharp, squarish black leather bag with heavy-duty hardware that will have you reconsidering the backpack as a viable option for a work bag.
Spring’s new crop of scents includes a tuberose infusion from Prada, a grassy chypre inspired by New York’s High Line park, a pomegranate Splash from Marc Jacobs and more collectible Harajuku Lovers. See all of the season’s top scents in our Spring Fragrance report. Plus, our favourites by the decade, hall of famers and our beauty director’s life-long relationship with perfume. (She has 57 favourites!)
I’m a sucker for the classics (my lifelong quest for the ultimate white shirt will surely attest to that), so strands of gleaming pearls are right up my alley. But I’m not ready to look like my grandmother just yet. These oversize beads ($18, at Sears) riff on the country club staple but manage to maintain young and modern–perfect peeking out from a crisp collar.
Whether you like yours with an extra spicy rim on the glass or easy on the Tabasco, we’ve found the Toronto spots that make a Bloody Caesar worth getting out of bed for on Sunday.
1. School (70 Fraser Avenue, 416-588-0005, sbcto.com) This hopping joint always does the trick for a Saturday or Sunday brunch fest. We usually start with a healthy smoothie and then move into the Caesars. Very counter-intuitive but somehow makes us feel like we’re keeping our health in check. Read the rest of this entry »
Floral prints reigned on the spring runways on ruffled minis, bold bloomers and flirty frocks, but Erdem’s watercolour sunglasses for Cutler & Gross are our favourite incarnation of the seasonal flower power. We’ve shopped around and found 7 pairs of floral sunnies you’re going to love.
A few designers flipped the French government the bird during Paris Fashion Week: In the midst of a heated ongoing debate in the country regarding banning burkas, designers Marithé and François Girbaud and Jean Charles de Castelbajac incorporated interpretations of burkas into their shows. [Independent UK via The Cut]
Amy Winehouse is set to design for Fred Perry. Apparently she’s always been a huge fan, but…seriously Amy Winehouse is designing a collection for Fred Perry? Anyway, it hits stores in October. [Vogue UK]
Chanel had a 265-tonne man-made glacier shipped from Sweden, but you can’t import water into France, so they had to ship it back after the show. [The Cut] Read the rest of this entry »
We love Hanneli’s outfit here–it’s light and pretty and perfect for early spring. But why we chose this photo is that it illustrates a trend we’ve been seeing on the streets of Paris that we’re not too sure about–pants so big and long that they cover your feet. On one hand we understand that super wide-legged pants can look awkward, especially in heels, but is the answer to deny you have feet at all? What say you?
See the full look after the jump and weigh in in the comments.
We’ve had a nice dose of spring in Toronto this week and while it’s not shorts and sandals weather yet (it’s really not, people), I feel like I can start putting together my spring wardrobe without fear of snowy reprisals. I wear real bows never, but I somehow like the trompe l’oeil version on this little chemise from Anthropologie ($58, anthropologie.com). I’ll tuck this under a tux jacket now, but bare arms when the real warm weather hits.
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