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Fashion News Roundup: Attack of the Prada Chandeliers, Giuseppe Zanotti for Vionnet, and Holly Fulton Gets the Recognition She Deserves
Givenchy Takes Couture Off the Runway, Plans Private Appointments Instead
Weird Trend from Men’s Fashion Week: Jeggings

Fashion News Roundup: Attack of the Prada Chandeliers, Giuseppe Zanotti for Vionnet, and Holly Fulton Gets the Recognition She Deserves

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 08:00 AM PDT

“Those Crazy Prada Chandelier[s]!”: We still want a pair. Think ADR does hand-me-downs? {Garance}

Well-Heeled: Renegade CEO Matteo Marzotto has brought on Giuseppe Zanotti to design Vionnet’s shoe collection. {WWD, subscription required}

Elle’s Reality: The Times explores how the magazine has benefited from its role on The City. Read the whole thing to catch the inadvertent–but hilarious–dig at Olivia Palermo. {NY Times}

We Heart Holly Fulton: And so does Scotland, apparently. The art deco inspired clothes-maker won Scottish Young Designer of the Year at the country’s fashion awards last night. {Vogue UK}

In Weird Collaboration News: Missoni designs some water bottles for San Pellegrino. Kind of odd, yes, but at least they’re both Italian. {Nylon}

Givenchy Takes Couture Off the Runway, Plans Private Appointments Instead

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:00 AM PDT

In an exclusive interview, Ricardo Tisci told Miles Socha over at WWD (subscription required) that starting this July, Givenchy will no longer show a couture collection on the runway.

What gives? Well, a lot of actual couture clients don’t attend the runway shows for security reasons, which means it is truly–more than another other presentation–frivolous. Couture shows are for clients and press–very few buyers attend since you can’t actually buy anything for a store. The team at Givenchy believes private appoints will make the whole thing even more exclusive.

Of course, one would assume that it would also help the house to reduce costs. However, Tisci and Pierre-Yves Roussel, CEO of LVMH’s fashion division (which Givenchy is a part of), said that it’s not about saving money. Tisci claims the presentation, which will include live models, mannequins, as well as a look book featuring Lara Stone and shot by Willy Vanderperre, will cost the firm 35% more than a runway show.

Whether or not that’s actually true remains unknown. While producing a fancy look book is sure to cost the house a fortune, the actual presentation costs should be significantly lower.

Givenchy is one of 15 official members of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, the Paris organization that decides who actually produces haute couture. (Other members include Jean Paul Gaultier and Anne Valerie Hash.)

The runway isn’t the only thing Tisci plans on subtracting from the presentation. This season, he’s refraining from using black. Won’t Anna be pleased.

Weird Trend from Men’s Fashion Week: Jeggings

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:16 AM PDT

The runways for RTW Spring 2011 in Milan this past week have been littered with man-jeggings. (Neologism = meggings?) And T’s The Moment blog just confirmed it with a tweet: “Jeggings- new term coined for all the jean and trouser-like leggings and super slim, tight pants being shown here this season.”

The jegging is a risky and conflicted clothing item for most ladies. On the one hand, when done right, they’re just like skinny jeans only more comfortable (hooray for elastic waist bands!). On the other hand, they can be epically ugly and tricky to pull off.

And now, terrifyingly, men are following suit. Lauren even noticed man-jeggings at Top Shop back in January.

We’re hoping this isn’t a trend that trickles down. But we’ve seen enough too-tight skinny jean-ed ass-cracks along Bedford Ave. to know that hipsters aren’t parting with their beloved trousers anytime soon. So we’re looking at you, Williamsburg, when we say: Please, treat this trend responsibly.

Click through, at your own risk, to see man-jeggings on the runway.