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By Lara Tobin | April 8th, 2010 | 1:04 pm
Proenza Schouler designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough showed up on the Martha Stewart Show recently to recreate the tie-dye effects that were featured in the spring collection. Seems like Martha took the reins and ended up giving the boys a lesson. [Coco Perez]
Proenza released a limited edition tie-dye racerback tank exclusively on their website, proenzaschouler.com to coincide with the appearance. [Coutorture] Read more »
By Lara Tobin | April 7th, 2010 | 12:40 pm
Coco Rocha shares a video she made in honour of her engagement. Warning: A song from Sister Act is involved. [Grazia]
Rocha also spills on her blog that Karl Lagerfeld lent Rocha some of his own accessories to polish off her look for Uncle Karl’s Coca-Cola Light ad campaign. “I remember at one point in the shoot Karl didn’t think I had on the right accessories so he stopped the shoot and headed home to bring me a pair of his own gloves and then took off his tie pin and rings for me to wear!!” [The Cut] Read more »
By Lara Tobin | April 6th, 2010 | 12:25 pm
Burberry Prorsum has shrunk down pieces from the Spring 2010 collection. The brand has re-created their pastel trenches and knotted miniskirts for girls, available online and at NY’s 57th Street store. [Coutorture]
Recession-hit Rock & Republic–the denim brand that collaborated with and subsequently led Victoria Beckham to her design breakout line–has filed for bankruptcy protection and has hired on help to reorganize the business. [Vogue UK]
By Lara Tobin | April 5th, 2010 | 1:45 pm
Photo via WWD
You finally have your chance to share a drink with the Kaiser: Karl Lagerfeld has designed a limited-edition bottle for Coca-Cola Light (Europe’s equivalent to our Diet Coke) complete with his own high-collar silhouette. [Styleite]
Yet another -ista term is making the rounds: kitchenista. The New York Post talks to a group of fashion lovers who are dealing with Manhattan’s cramped closet conditions by filling fridges and ovens full of shoes and clothes. One asked her superintendent to turn of the gas in her over so she didn’t accidentally bake her wardrobe. [NYP]
Vogue‘s most visible caftan wearer, André Leon Talley, told the Globe & Mail that he would never make it to Toronto Fashion Week:
“I’m too busy. I just would never be able to. My schedule just can’t permit it.”
But then Jeremy Laing, Erdem and Mark Fast show in New York and London to get the audience they need.
Well, then that’s what they have to do.
Well. That’s that then. [Globe & Mail]
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By Lara Tobin | April 1st, 2010 | 1:35 pm
Addison Gill walks in last night's Joe Fresh Style show. Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
Everyone’s hungry at Toronto Fashion Week. Models are apparently circulating with a petition to get some well-earned backstage grub. (They’re usually in back-to-back shows with no time for the trek to not-very-nearby eats.) Jeanne Beker tweeted last night: “3 models just came up to me and asked me to sign a petition requesting that the FDCC provide food backstage for models!” Catwalker Addison Gill also took to Twitter to implore us to sign on. [@Jeanne_Beker, @AddisonGill] Update: More on this a Modelresource.ca.
Addison Gill was also giving Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette modelling tips before her turns in the Heart Truth and Attitude shows. [@AddisonGill]
It’s a done deal: Swiss luxury group Richemont, the world’s largest jewelry maker, has bought out the remaining 67% of Net-a- Porter for $343 million. Founder Natalie Massenet will remain executive chairman. [Business Week via Racked] Read more »
By Lara Tobin | March 31st, 2010 | 12:41 pm
ERDEM Fall 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter
Montreal’s Erdem Moralioglu beat out stiff competition from Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab and Nicholas Kirkwood to will the inaugural British Fashion Council/Vogue Fashion Fund award. The award comes with a £200,000 (about CAD$310,000) prize. [Vogue UK]
Fashion industry VIPs like Maggie Rizer and PPR chairman François-Henri Pinault are teaming up to launch “A Bid to Save the Earth”, a green auction at Christie’s to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Donations that will be bid on include a private fitting and custom suits by Stella McCartney and Harry Winston watches. [Racked]
Danielle Steel reportedly owns more than 6,000 pairs of Louboutins. Of course she does. [Coutorture] Read more »
By Lara Tobin | March 30th, 2010 | 12:11 pm
Allegations made by models of Terry Richardson‘s inappropriate behaviour haven’t seemed to effect his career or his reputation, as the photographer was back to work, shooting model Doutzen Kroes for Vogue in Miami yesterday. [Vogue UK]
FDCC prez Robin Kay spoke out at yesterday’s Holt Renfrew‘s media breakfast, which showcased work from five Canadian designers who don’t show at LG Fashion Week. (Watch for our coverage of the event later today.) Holts brought in Vogue writer Mark Holgate, who will not be attending the main event at the Allstream Centre [UPDATE: Mark Holgate attended the IZMA show on Sunday night with Holt Renfrew's communications director, Moira Wright.] Kay told the Toronto Star: “Holt Renfrew is a sponsor – with their largesse they should have made a point of bringing that gentleman to the site to see that we are a fashion week and to see designers he may not have heard of. That’s a sponsor’s duty and responsibility.” For Holts’ part, their fashion VP Barbara Atkin said: ““[Bringing these designers to fashion week] is something we’ve talked about and we are in discussions about.” [Toronto Star, via Toronto Life]
With J.Crew scouting locations and Victoria’s Secret‘s plans to open four north-of-the-49th stores, Canada has become the ‘it’ place for retailers looking to open international stores–because we’re nearby and not that exotic, apparently. Says the Wall Street Journal: “Canadians tend to be slower, steadier shoppers than Americans, with a preference for higher-quality goods and more interest in outdoor looks.” Gotta love the stereotypes, eh. [The Cut]
By Lara Tobin | March 29th, 2010 | 12:16 pm
Photo by Mario Testino via fashionindie.com
Claudia Schiffer, Sienna Miller and Kylie Minogue helped to raise awareness by stripping down to a sheet bearing a target logo, for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. [Fashion Indie]
Andy Warhol was the accidental inspiration behind a limited-edition Salvatore Ferragamo shoe. Here’s how it happened: Warhol often wore Ferragamos–the only men’s style that the shoe designer ever personally created–in his studio, leading to the shoe to be streaked with paint. After the painter died, Ferragamo’s family bought a pair of the paint-speckled shoes at auction. The company has created replicas, which will go on sale in the next few days. [WWD] Read more »
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