Fashion news: Alexander McQueen retrospective to launch at the MET, Jason Wu does bridal and Karl Lagerfeld talks couture
Next Spring’s Costume Institute Gala will open a retrospective of the work of the late Alexander McQueen, called “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. [Vogue]
Jason Wu is expanding his label: The Manhattan-based designer will be launching a five-piece bridal capsule collection to be sold exclusively on Net-A-Porter. [Racked]
Stylist and former America’s Next Top Model judge Nolé Marin has been accused of sexual harrassment by male model Nicholas Hamman-Howe. [Jezebel]
Karl Lagerfeld, who attended the International Herald Tribune’s 10th Annual Luxury Conference yesterday, on couture: “Buying couture is no worse than collecting expensive cars. People are rich enough to buy them. Others make a living from that. I have no fake guilt about couture.” [Styleite]
Iman sat down with Simon Doonan and dished about which designer she had “homicidal feelings towards.” “Geoffrey Beene! I loved his clothes but not him. Years ago, we were about to walk the runway and he pushed me. I said, “Don’t do that!” “You work for me!” he said, and I replied, “No, you’ve hired my services, dear. I don’t work for you,” and I left.” [Huffington Post]
Avant-garde designer Gareth Pugh has been named the guest womenswear designer for the Pitti Uomo and Pitti W fashion weeks in Florence, Italy. [Telegraph]
RalphLauren.com will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a 4D spectacular at the brand’s newly built retail mansion on Madison Avenue in New York. [WWD]
Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani is not a fan of fashion reality television shows, despite the fact that her magazine is a sponsor of the current cycle of America’s Next Top Model. “TV shows about fashion are generally boring and with so many websites on the subject, unnecessary,” she wrote on her blog. “Television is great. It makes you famous in a few seconds. It’s like fashion. However both together haven’t found the way to work.” [Huffington Post]
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Next Spring's Costume Institute Gala will open a retrospective of the work of the late Alexander McQueen, called "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. [Vogue]
Jason Wu is expanding his label: The Manhattan-based designer will be launching a five-piece bridal capsule collection to be sold exclusively on Net-A-Porter. [Racked]
Stylist and former America's Next Top Model judge Nolé Marin has been accused of sexual harrassment by male model Nicholas Hamman-Howe. [Jezebel]
Karl Lagerfeld, who attended the International Herald Tribune’s 10th Annual Luxury Conference yesterday, on couture: “Buying couture is no worse than collecting expensive cars. People are rich enough to buy them. Others make a living from that. I have no fake guilt about couture.” [Styleite]
Iman sat down with Simon Doonan and dished about which designer she had "homicidal feelings towards." "Geoffrey Beene! I loved his clothes but not him. Years ago, we were about to walk the runway and he pushed me. I said, "Don't do that!" "You work for me!" he said, and I replied, "No, you've hired my services, dear. I don't work for you," and I left." [Huffington Post]
Avant-garde designer Gareth Pugh has been named the guest womenswear designer for the Pitti Uomo and Pitti W fashion weeks in Florence, Italy. [Telegraph]
RalphLauren.com will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a 4D spectacular at the brand's newly built retail mansion on Madison Avenue in New York. [WWD]
Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani is not a fan of fashion reality television shows, despite the fact that her magazine is a sponsor of the current cycle of America’s Next Top Model. "TV shows about fashion are generally boring and with so many websites on the subject, unnecessary," she wrote on her blog. "Television is great. It makes you famous in a few seconds. It's like fashion. However both together haven't found the way to work." [Huffington Post]){kind=link}