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They said/We said: Kate Moss battles good and evil (like, really evil!) in a new W photo shoot
NYFW style snaps: We spy many fur coats, lots of studded leather, and is that Waris Ahluwalia?
Afternoon beauty fix: Sudden change in your skin? You may have to treat it from within
SNP’s word of the day: You-topia
Hello, kaleidoscopic prints: Mary Katrantzou is coming to Topshop!
All posts under ‘Christian Lacroix’
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Debutantes in Paris! What the young socialites will be wearing at tomorrow’s Crillon Ball
Photo by Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic
For young socialites and those of us interested in their seemingly magical lives, tomorrow is a big day in Paris: it’s le Bal des Debutantes at the Hotel de Crillon. The lavish event, unofficially known as the Crillon Ball, isn’t just about presenting eligible young ladies to society. (Er, whatever that means in the age of the Facebook, Twitter, and so on…) It’s also intended to showcase the work of haute couture and couture houses—by dressing the lucky teenage debutantes in stunning gowns. Read more »
Fashion
Fashion news: Hedi Slimane to design again, Helena Bonham Carter poses for Marc and Kate Middleton gets hacked
Photography by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images
Former Dior Homme designer, Hedi Slimane, confirms that he will be returning to fashion design. [Fashionologie]
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Fashion
Fashion news: RIP Charles Nolan, American Apparel and Gianfranco Ferre’s financial woes
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN ACH/GETTY IMAGES
By Gillian Pryor
American designer, Charles Nolan lost his battle with cancer, passing away this weekend at the age of 53. [Style]
Sleeping Beauty has just gone high fashion as Christian Lacroix illustrates Camilla Morton’s inaugural Fairytale Memoir series. [Nowness]
It’s crunch time for Dov Charney yet again. Save American Apparel! Please! [WWD]
Financially troubled house Gianfranco Ferre might just be in the clear. A Dubai-based Paris group has offered a helping hand. [WWD]
Fashion
Fashion news: Lanvin’s NY boutique, Lacroix designer considering fast fashion and how Beckham introduced the straight man to fashion
Dolce & Gabbana, Photography by Peter Stigter
While it’s easy to slam David Beckham – and anything Becks related- as excessive, Stephano Gabbana (of Dolce & Gabbana) will argue that that excess actually revolutionized men’s fashion. “Here was a soccer player who is straight, with a wife and children, and men were saying: ‘If he wore it, I can wear it too.’ Before that it felt like men’s fashion was just for gay men or strange people - men were afraid to wear something special.” [Vogue UK]
Lanvin will open its first New York boutique by the end of this week. “It’s about time,” says creative director Alber Elbaz. Great, now take that same mentality and shift it to the other side of the border… [WWD] Read more »
Fashion
Fashion news: The World Cup trophy’s luxe home, Christian Lacroix has a new gig and Victoria’s Secret for Halloween
Photography by Action Images, courtesy of Louis Vuitton
The World Cup was handed over to the victorious Spanish football team in a Louis Vuitton case. We’re glad to see that when it isn’t in the hands of sweaty European soccer players, the trophy keeps it luxe.
Take a peak at the Prada Fall 2010 campaign trailer. [YouTube]
Fashion
Fashion news: Coco Rocha is engaged (!), Lacroix to launch new products and Wintour-alikes protest in Milan
Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for IMG
Coco Rocha is engaged to her boyfriend, interior designer James Conran. Congrats you two! [Oh So Coco]
Natalia Vodianova appeared as a fairy in yesterday’s closing ceremonies, part of the Russian presentation for the Sochi 2014 games. The presentation also included performers in bouncy glowing orbs.
Christian Lacroix (the label–the man himself cut ties with the brand) is teaming up with various labels to launch four new product categories in hopes to get their profits back on track. Expect to see eyewear, stationary, wood panels and home textiles over the course of the year and into early 2011. [Vogue UK] Read more »
Fashion
Fashion news: Lacroix to be reduced to nothing, Doonan decorates the White House and skinny pants distract Texas children
Photography by Peter Stigter
Rumours are swirling as to Olivier Theyskens next step in the fashion world after leaving Nina Ricci earlier in the year. Christopher Burch is developing a lifestyle brand and is said to be in talks with Theyskens for a separate design concept. Details are hush hush at this point but Theyskens has kept busy in his spare time, penning a retrospective book on his work due out in February, when we will absolutely, 100 per cent rush out to buy it. [WWD]
A French court approved the Falic group’s restructuring plan for Christian Lacroix today. This will mean that the label’s couture, ready-to-wear and retail shops will cease operation and the brand will turn into a Pierre Cardin-like licensing operation with only 11 employees staying on. We’re all mourning the loss of the label’s runway shows and hoping that another mysterious buyer will swoop in to save Lacroix. [The Cut]
