Behind the Scenes Video: Baillie Walsh Directs Kate Moss for AnOther Magazine” y 11 mas |
- Behind the Scenes Video: Baillie Walsh Directs Kate Moss for AnOther Magazine
- Adventures In Copyright: Another PS1 by…The Gap?
- The Imitation Might be Better Than the Original
- Last Night’s Parties: Dossier Closes Their Fashion Week Pop-Up with Final ‘Homecoming’
- Street Style: Jeneil Also Likes Cake
- Video: threeASFOUR In The Park
- Complex Geometries S/S 2011
- Watch Oscar De La Renta S/S 2011 Right Here, Right Now.
- LaQuan Smith’s Over-the-Top Romp Through Versaille, Starring Serena Williams
- I Died at Marchesa. Literally.
- Jason Wu for Tse and Sophie Theallet: Two of the Week’s Best
- Fashion News Roundup: Christopher Bailey Tweets, A Theft At Michael Kors, and The Hunt For The World’s Sexiest Shoe
| Behind the Scenes Video: Baillie Walsh Directs Kate Moss for AnOther Magazine Posted: 17 Sep 2010 06:42 AM PDT
Walsh, maybe best known for creating that holographic film of Kate Moss shown at the end of Alexander McQueen’s Fall 2006 runway show, has re-teamed with Moss and AnOther Magazine‘s Jefferson Hack to create yet another theatrical vehicle for the model. This time around, Moss plays a mythical goddess who “shatters her self-image through an explosion of hundreds of tiny crystals.” (That’s where Swarovski comes in.) The film was shot with these fancy gadgets called “Phantom cameras,” which create a 3D, slow motion effect. Last night Hack, Walsh, and friends debuted the film at Haunch of Venison at the Royal Academy, one of my favorite art spaces in London. If you’re here in the city, go see the video–it’s on exhibit today and tomorrow, as well as on Anothermag.com. And you can watch what went on behind the scenes right here.
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| Adventures In Copyright: Another PS1 by…The Gap? Posted: 17 Sep 2010 06:00 AM PDT
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| The Imitation Might be Better Than the Original Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:00 AM PDT
First of all, the setting was lovely. Upon entering, I found myself in a subdued nighttime carnival. The lights were already down, as were several gauze screens upon which carnival footage was projected to a crackly soundtrack of French circus music. To be clear, the theme was no “imitation” of Wang’s after party. The mood was more nostalgic and dream-like than festive. I’ve never attended an Imitation of Christ show before (I was 17 when the last collection was shown), but, from what I've heard, the clothing was often lost in a spectacle of irritating distractions. I wasn't the least bit irritated and found this season’s setting appropriately entertaining and fitting for a nighttime show of simple, beautiful clothes. The show began to a more updated soundtrack, which would range from Echo & The Bunnymen to Ed Sharpe to Arcade Fire. The barefoot models seemed to frolic down the astroturf runway in a collection that was almost too pretty for words. “Pretty” is a word I’ve found myself using a lot this week, as is “minimal,” “sheer,” “white,” and “neutral.” Tara Subkoff’s return to the runway was all of these things, but I’m going to go ahead and say she did it the best. Simple lace dresses and rompers with sweetheart necklines were shown that I could see myself waking up in just as easily as I could see myself at a summer cocktail party. Many were paired with sheer robe-like jackets. There were capes in jersey cotton with lace trims and shorter capes with hoods in full black or white lace. There were long, flowy dresses, many sheer below the waist or with plunging necklines and delicate ruffles. There were even jersey trench coats and army jackets. Everything was soft and tissue-thin. The makeup was minimal and models wore there hair in simple buns with just enough flyaways. The final women’s look was a long, white jersey (wedding?) dress with a short lace veil and was followed by a group of cute boys in t-shirts who bombarded the runway smoking cigars, apparently a teaser of Imitation’s mens line, which will fully launch next season. We’re glad Tara is back and we think she went in a good direction. Her past collections, despite garnering the respect of art world cool kids, did not always do so well financially, but this line of super wearable (well, maybe not some of those capes), super affordable ($60-$250!), super pretty wears will (hopefully) poise the designer for run that lasts a bit longer than the last one. [Ed. note: I am SO excited.]           
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| Last Night’s Parties: Dossier Closes Their Fashion Week Pop-Up with Final ‘Homecoming’ Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:30 PM PDT
Everyone in the biz has been so consumed with New York Fashion Week over the last eight days that we all nearly forgot it doesn't last forever. Enter Dossier. The magazine's 'Homecoming' event series was a five-day long celebration aimed at bringing the downtown scene back together to celebrate music, literature, film, and, of course, fashion. The intimate series of live concerts, discussions, readings, film screenings, and "happenings" kicked off last Saturday when Dossier celebrated the launch of their sixth issue featuring the very Freja Beha on the cover (the issue has also got a feature on it-girl-in-the-making Elle Fanning), and they capped off the week with one final hurrah. The event was lighthearted, relatively small, and overall a well-executed reminder of the magazine's core point–that the downtown scene is alive and well and not even the hustle and bustle of fashion week can break up their tight-knit community. To see more from each event visit, the Dossier blog.
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| Street Style: Jeneil Also Likes Cake Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:00 PM PDT
Occupation: Model Agency: New York Model Management Who are your shoes by? Christian Louboutin What is your favorite dessert? Chocolate cake and ice cream Where are you headed now? I'm running to a casting!   
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| Video: threeASFOUR In The Park Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:30 PM PDT
After about twenty minutes of waiting around, the models appeared wearing garment bags. The bottoms were cut out, allowing them to walk. They carefully lined up against the installation and waited for their cue to unzip and remove their garment bags. And voila! With the nod of some girl standing next to me, the clothes were visible, the music began, and the show was well on its way. As usual, threeASFOUR took an avant-garde route. With embellished bodysuits and a plastic-looking textile draped on some of the models, the pieces seemed like something Lady Gaga might wear if she planned on relaxing on her couch all day. There was very little color variation, as almost every piece was either white, black, or gray. However, that doesn’t mean the collection lacked variety. The different textures, cuts, and draping seemed to make up for the lack of color. This show was by far the most interesting I’ve seen this week.
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| Watch Oscar De La Renta S/S 2011 Right Here, Right Now. Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:30 PM PDT
oscardelarenta on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free We’re livestreaming the Oscar de la Renta pre-show and show–tell me what you think in the comments. No doubt I’ll be offering up my opinion!
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| LaQuan Smith’s Over-the-Top Romp Through Versaille, Starring Serena Williams Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT
Yesterday, like last season, LaQuan presented his show retro-style: Guests were seated at round tables (this time in a suite at the Peninsula Hotel), and models sashayed about the room pausing at each table to strike a pose. Only this season, as evidenced by the celeb-packed room, buzz has built around this young designer. While Andre Leon Talley has supported LaQuan since the beginning, for his second show, Talley brought along Diane von Furstenberg. Sandra Bernhard and Common were there (not together), and Serena Williams closed the show (maybe she is back with Common?). LaQuan’s show was a nice break from the typical runway show. Instead of the standard issue vacant stare, his models engaged with the audience, even flirting with them, eliciting tickled shrieks from ALT himself. They actually looked like they were, gasp, having fun. Click through to see more looks from LaQuan Smith’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection.
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| I Died at Marchesa. Literally. Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:30 AM PDT
To their credit, it was actually a very long line–thirty minutes, which can create some very annoying problems for those on tight show schedules. But those who exhausted their emotional reserves complaining might've regretted it soon after. Immediately upon entrance, onlookers were confronted by a gown whose diameter measured no less than 12 feet, and which drew audible gasps from a very crowded crowd. From then on, Marchesa’s spring collection was a true tour de force, a voyage through the Orient that at times seemed to require as much energy to absorb as a real expedition does to travel. Sure, Marchesa’s always teeming with showstoppers and “princess moments,” (as Rachel Zoe would say), but this was different. It was a heart-pounding, defibrillator necessary kind of thing, even for the most nonchalant. The arresting element wasn’t that this collection was shockingly different than Marchesa’s aesthetic: the affinity for one-shouldered looks, the love of beading, the interest in volume were all there. But these things were just that much better this time around. For spring, designers Karen Craig and Georgina Chapman twisted and turned the notion of volume; in fact, they played cat's cradle with it, manipulating silhouettes with peplums, bows, and tsunamis of fabric. There was even one cocktail dress that looked oddly like a Koosh ball, and yes, it was fantastic. Even the beading was somehow more enchanting than before, like in my personal favorite, an oyster colored gown with a tangle of jewels in front. The jewels looked like armor, but they also looked cobwebs; it was every bit as magnificent as it was vulnerable. What's more, Chapman and Craig did give us something new: pants. Weirdly. I can count on one hand the number of pants Marchesa has shown in twelve seasons of circa thirty looks each, but this time, there were four pant looks: two jumpsuits, and two harem pants, all rendered in a filmy material and delicately tucked at the ankles. Somehow, Marchesa translated grandeur into a pair of pants- yes, really. That alone was worth the wait.          
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| Jason Wu for Tse and Sophie Theallet: Two of the Week’s Best Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT
Wu presented his Tse collection on Wednesday afternoon in Industria Studios–one of my favorite show spaces because of all the natural light. While I appreciate his main collection, I tend to prefer muted, darker colors for myself, which means I’m not sure if I’d actually wear it. Wu for Tse, on the other hand, was most definitely a dream wardrobe. The design used elements of his Spring 2010 collection–the pussy bow blouse, the striped shirt–but translated them into grey, black, cream, washed out navy, and washed out brick red. “This collection challenges me,” Wu told me as he showed off a cream sweater of chiffon yarn that had been loosely knitted together. “We had to make our own knitting needle because no one had used this before!” said Wu with a bit of giddiness. He’s lucky enough to have a separate team that helps him build the Tse collection. “The main collection team is on one floor and the Tse team is right below–I’m constantly running up and down the stairs.”
More perfection was to be found at Sophie Theallet, who further-refined her Alaia-born aesthetic with a dramatic presentation at the box at Lincoln Center. The room was dark, save for the spotlights on the three boxed off stages at the front of the room. The center box was painted in Theallet’s signature pinks and oranges. The show certainly had a Spanish flair, with plenty of peasant dresses and rich colors, from berry to blue. But it was the lace–an intricate, unique sheer lace–that really wowed me.
Click through for a gallery of my favorite looks from both shows.                    
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| Posted: 16 Sep 2010 10:30 AM PDT
Christopher Bailey Tweets: Creative director at Burberry, Christopher Bailey, has taken over Burberry’s twitter. Up until September 21–the day of the Burberry show–Bailey will be tweeting away about the preparations for the S/S 2011 show. Already up? A picture from his walk to work and a picture from inside the studio. {Twitter} H&M Online Store: In the UK? If so, shopping online just got a little bit more diverse. H&M finally launched their online store but only for UK customers. You can shop their woman, men, kids, and accessories line and use their styling pages to compile your own looks. {Catwalk Queen} Vote For A Sexy Shoe: Saks Fifth Avenue has paired up with Footwear News to bring you the world’s sexiest shoe of 2010. Together they have compiled a selection of ‘sexy shoes’ for customers to select the world’s sexiest shoe from. On October 14, the winning shoe will be announced at Saks in New York. {WWD}
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Name: Jeneil Williams
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