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Gisele Bündchen on her relationship with photographer Mario Testino: "If someone else asked me to do some of the things Mario does, I would say, no way. But Mario, with that clever way of his, is like, 'Ah, Gisele ... ' and the next thing I know, we’re doing some picture with my butt sticking out. What can I do? It’s hard to say no to him." [Times UK]
EVENTS
• Head to Bloomingdale's for the launch of The End, the new book by photographer Rodney Smith. Shop the new Theory Men's Collection and receive an autographed Rodney Smith poster with a Theory purchase of $200 or more. 1000 Third Ave., at 59th St., men's mid-level (212-705-2000); 6 p.m.
• Thistle & Clover is hosting a trunk show for handbag designer Aki Kano. Meet Kano and shop her collection of leather goods and bags. Hors d'oeuvre will be served. 221 DeKalb Ave., nr. Clermont Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn (718-855-5577); 4–8.
SALES
STARTING TOMORROW
• Jewelry and python and leather handbags are up to 60 percent off at the Ted Rossi sample sale. Through 10/2. 15 E. 30th St., nr. Fifth Ave., Ste. 300 (212-683-1726); W–F (10–7).
• W Hotel the Store is having a sample sale, offering up to 75 percent off jewelry, accessories, handbags, shoes, beauty products, gifts, and more. The LaRok Nile dress is $70 (originally $278), the Wink Mia jumper is $38 (originally $152), Gorjana Poppy stack rings are $35 (originally $70), and the Madison Marcus Lunar Bow dress is $72 (originally $285). Through 10/3. 265 W. 37th St., nr. Eighth Ave., Ste. 703; W–F (10–7), S (10–4).
ENDING TOMORROW
• Show a boarding pass or plane ticket at any Olive & Bette's boutique and receive $20 off your purchase of $75 or more. Various hours and locations.
Fendi, spring 2010.Photo: Imaxtree
The best thing about Cathy Horyn's trip to Italy may have been the Tuscan red she picked up for her train ride from Milan to Paris. According to her latest blog post, the Milan shows gave her a lot to drink off. First, the shows were crammed into four extra-hectic days so as not to interfere with Yom Kippur. Another pox on her week was Fendi:
If you told me that Karl Lagerfeld had anything to do with the boudoir show at Fendi, I would have denied it to your face. It was as if someone had dropped an old pair of pantyhose over Milan.
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Photo: Melissa Hom
Dear Fieldbinder, the cozy boutique on Smith Street, is white-walled and tidy, but stocked with eclectic, trend-driven pieces that are always wearable and comfortable. When Lara Fieldbinder opened her doors in 2005, she had no fashion experience, just a love of clothes, art, and good design. Her artistic background (she worked at the Guggenheim for years) shows amid the quirky and cool mid-century modern furniture and nicely arranged pieces that adorn the shop. In addition to her own line, Fieldbinder, which she began designing last fall, the store stocks pieces by Fremont and Corey Lynn Calter, and accessories by Delman and Rachel Navsik. We sat down with Lara Fieldbinder to discuss her recent love of Julia Roberts's nineties look circa a Sesame Street appearance.
Clockwise from left: High-Neck Cardigan by Pendleton Meets Opening Ceremony, Pleated Lombard Ruffle Cardigan by J.Crew, Leather-Inset Sweater by Silence and Noise, Avon Sweater by Cheap Monday, and Sequin Cardigan by Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent.Photo: AJ Wilhelm
Feel that cool and crisp air? Fall is upon us, and while chilly days make us tempted to whip out the Snuggie, it’s not exactly appropriate for everyday wear outside of the house. Instead, why not check out our latest Shop-A-Matic, featuring 120 sweaters to keep you warm and looking pulled-together, from office-friendly cardigans to weekend-worthy slouchy knits. This season, designers are offering up color and patterns: Fair Isle and Nordic looks are making a comeback, while plaid, argyle, and striped options dress up cardigans and V-necks. Layer one on when the temperature dips just enough that a coat is too heavy and a tee is too light. Click ahead to see our favorite picks, and see the entire selection here.
Photo: Courtesy of Bravo
On last night's episode of The Rachel Zoe Project, stress finally gets the best of Her Zoeness. A doctor explains that her crippling bout of nausea was in fact a symptom of vertigo. “I don’t have time for this — I don’t have time for vertigo,” Zoe responds. Vertigo is a consequence of something, the doctor explains. “Great. Great. And now I’m being punished by my body,” Zoe continues. The perfectly primped doctor (hey there, national television audience) tells her to relax, de-stress, and not work so hard. Ironically, the robe time at home will only make her life more stressful because from the comfort of her bed she manages to brew up a megadrama between Brad and Taylor over who gets to go to Paris Fashion Week. It was a great lesson in how not to handle a situation.
What we learned about fashion:
• Rachel Zoe’s occupation is not styling, it’s stressing. This becomes clear when the doctor tells her she has vertigo and must try to de-stress if she wants to get better. Zoe says, “It’s like telling a singer not to sing.” Right — picking out outfits for people and massive anxiety attacks are one and the same.
• Taylor has the best blazers. We had to grab a fan when we saw the embellished black Viktor & Rolf number she wore when Rachel called to tell her and Brad about the vertigo.
• Styling at Camp Zoe is always insane, Brad explains, because celebrities always need outfits. Otherwise, they’ll go naked?
From left, Fendi, Versus, and Pucci.Photo: Imaxtree
Check out our newest runway slideshows from Milan Fashion Week. Highlights include see-through clothes at Fendi; tiny dresses and odd cutouts at Pucci; safety pins in Christopher Kane's first Versus collection for Versace; and a panty parade at Dolce & Gabbana. Don't forget to soak up the hot pants and tiny bathing suits in full screen!
• Karl Lagerfeld shot Baptiste Giabiconi nearly nude (surprise!) for a spread in Italian Elle alongside Iekeliene Stange. The two models are made up to look like mannequins. [Refinery 29]
• Naomi Campbell is supposed to open and close the Chapurin show in Paris. [FWD]
• Coco Rocha is on the cover of next month's Korean Vogue, shot by Tony Kim. [Design Scene]
• Ally Hilfiger: "I was doing art, but now I'm focusing on fashion. It's what I know best. And I'm just trying to learn in order to have my own business and clothing line some day." [StyleList]
• Kristin Cavallari makes $90,000 per episode of The Hills. Audrina Patridge makes $100,000 per episode, and before leaving, Lauren Conrad made $125,000 an episode. [Daily Beast via Just Jared]
• Whitney Port is reportedly staying at the Cooper Square Hotel and Bowery Hotel this week because she found a mouse in her apartment. [TMZ]
Photo: Getty Images
Almost two years ago, Marc Jacobs told us he wanted his own reality show. Something about "all aspects of my life. All the drama, the intrigue, the sex, the romance, the work. I’m a shameless human being.” Today, the Daily News reports Jacobs is rumored to have signed on to participate in a reality show that gay network Logo reportedly has in the works and is like a gay version of The Real Housewives, created by the team who makes Real Housewives. Gawker recently reported that the show is called Kept. An open casting call will take place in New York in a few weeks, according to the News, to find other "high-powered (openly gay) playboys" to star. Jacobs had told us he worried about a TV crew making his office "crazy," and certainly doesn't need extra publicity. The fashion press fawns over him plenty as it is. But still, if this happens — and it is a mighty big if — Bravo might not be the best television network ever in the world anymore.
Marc Jacobs signs on to join openly gay men in new 'Real Housewives'-inspired reality show, 'Kept' [NYDN]
Related: The Surreal Marc Has Designs on TV [NYM]
Photo: Courtesy of Giles & Brother
Like a simple diamond stud, hoop earrings are eternally chic. Philip Crangi's diffusion line, Giles & Brother, is now making a pair of brass hoops that give this classic look some added edge. The two-and-a-quarter-inch earrings are done in a brass finish with detail spikes along the outside and the company's logo on the inside front. The subtle studs toughen up a simple loop, while the matte metal looks elegantly antique and a bit old-world. The open circles close with a comfortable post and are light enough to wear all day without weighing down lobes. Bondage and spikes are everywhere this season, but if the look makes you nervous, Giles & Brother's sleek earrings are the perfect way to subtly rock the trend.
Giles & Brother by Philip Crangi Large Spike Hoops, $88 at Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Ave., at 57th St.; 212-753-7300 or at Shopbop.com.
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Chantal from left: With Michelle Obama earlier this month in New York; with Paris Hilton in Beverly Hills in April; awaiting Pope Benedict's arrival to Cameroon in March; and strutting the red carpet solo in L.A. in April.Photo: Getty Images
The Huffington Post has picked up on a new fashion character who has been haunting us — in a good way — since last week. She is the 39-year-old First Lady of Cameroon, Chantal Biya, and she is like the Lady Gaga Knowles of first ladies — Lady Gowles, if you will. The Huffington Post reports:
In the past, she's mentioned Dior and Chanel as a few of her favorite European labels, while the traditional African outfits she dons are custom-made, designed, and sewn by tailors ... In Cameroon her wardrobe has made her so popular she routinely launches trends and has a hairstyle, the Chantal Biya, named after hair.
She is so diva-fierce we can hardly stand it. She proudly towers above her husband, thanks to her magnificent mane and platform heels. She wore a giant cross-emblazoned, pink-and-white lace origami hat to meet the pope. And she makes Michelle Obama, a considerable fashion risk-taker by Washington standards, look so understated. Chantal's photo op with with Paris Hilton surely has to be the best bit of publicity that socialite has ever gotten. Seeing how happy she looks holding Paris's hand almost makes us feel like Paris should make us that happy, too! Almost.
Photo: Getty Images
The spring 2010 Dolce & Gabbana show in Milan yesterday closed with a finale of models clad in only panties storming the runway. But does that make the bottoms appropriate to wear, paired only with panty hose, when watching the show from the front row, as Daisy Lowe did?
What say you: Give the look a chance, or get this girl some pants?
Photo: iStockphoto
Unless you are a celebrity or MTV has decided that you're dull yet seemingly poreless enough to star in a reality show, interning at fashion companies and magazines here in the U.S. tends to be highly unglamorous. You have to carry garment bags around, hide from your superiors in a windowless fashion closet, organize shoes, and get coffee, all while keeping up with Twilight. You may, in this country, have to do all of this for no pay or school credit. However, things might be worse in the U.K., where employers of interns might actually be cheaper than they are here.
“That studio had no heating and sometimes no light in the middle of winter, with us piling on jackets, hats and gloves and straining our eyes while stitching toiles by candlelight,” Anna Heinrup recalled.
She was not describing the working conditions of Dickensian London, but her last job as an unpaid design intern for an up-and-coming London designer.
Nanette Lepore.Photo: Getty Images
On Friday afternoon, a group of fashion advocates, including designer Nanette Lepore and Representative Diane Watson (Democrat of California), gathered in the representative's Washington offices to discuss the state of the fashion industry and demonstrate their support for the creation of a Fashion Caucus in Congress. Sipping cocktails and wobbling a bit in their heels (D.C.’s penchant for smooth marble floors doesn’t do well with the stacked platform), the audience listened to the panel of designers, politicians, economists, and lobbyists who were invited by the Greater Washington Fashion Chamber of Commerce to discuss the need for more government involvement in the industry. Among the items on their agenda: the protection of intellectual-property rights for designers, the creation of enterprise zones across the country to promote local talent, and the need to ensure that New York City’s garment district doesn’t become a denizen of more condos and tourist traps. “This caucus isn’t about the image of fashion, it’s about the business of fashion,” said Christine Brooks-Cropper, GWFCC president, as she introduced the group.
Chanel Iman at Bottega Veneta.Photo: Imaxtree
MAKEUP
• Chanel Iman had her eyebrows bleached for the Bottega Veneta show. "When my brows were bleached, I felt like I was on another planet. I just didn't feel like myself. Once they dyed them back, I instantly felt stronger and more confident," the model said. [Daily Beauty Reporter/Allure]
• Makeup artist Tom Pecheaux described his look for the Marni show as "a Renaissance painting, full of rosy colors," and used plum stain on the lips and taupe shadow for the eyes. [WWD]
• British television personality Gok Wan is grateful that Jean Paul Gaultier developed a men's line of beauty products, because in women's makeup he looked "like a ladyboy." [Times UK]
HAIR
• After just recently going from brunette to blonde, Jessica Alba has changed her hair again: She's now a redhead. [StyleList]
• Drugstore.com sells a "Ho Wig" for $20 in its Halloween section. It's just fluffy, long black hair. [BellaSugar]
NAILS
• Models wore fake, thick plastic toenails at the Prada runway show last week, per Miuccia Prada's request. [Daily Beauty Reporter/Allure]
Photo: Reuters
On August 12, Michelle Obama wore a simple red belted sheath dress to a White House function. Turns out that dress is by Oscar de la Renta's son Moises de la Renta, who has a young clothing line of his own called MDLR. This is a spicy revelation, because while Oscar de la Renta has been a perennial favorite of past First Ladies, Michelle Obama has noticeably kept him out of her closet. Oscar criticized Michelle a few months ago for wearing a smattering of European labels among her mostly American wardrobe. And before she publicly branched out into foreign designers, Oscar criticized the sartorial "message" her fondness for J.Crew sent, lamenting, "I think it’s wrong to go in one direction only." Well, now that direction includes his son! If she was going to wear a De La Renta piece after all the drama ...
Mrs. O Wears de la Renta [Mrs. O]
Related: Oscar de la Renta Slams Michelle Obama’s Fashion Choices
The Michelle Obama Look Book
Photo: Hedi Slimane
It was only a matter of time before Hedi Slimane got his lens on Robert Pattinson. His moody style couldn't be more perfect for shooting the world's sexiest vampire with possibly the world's most controversial girlfriend. Though we enjoy a good R-Patz spread, this does little to aid our campaign for mermaids to oust vampires as fashion's favorite fantasy figurehead. What's more, Pattinson doesn't know what to do with himself aside from be a vampire. He tells the magazine:
“Annoyingly, there are so few parts I feel I can add anything to, or that I want to do.” But he knows what he doesn’t need. “I don’t want to be an actor for the sake of it. I don’t find any particular pleasure in being an attention-seeker.”
From left, Gianfranco Ferré, Versace, and Jil Sander.Photo: Imaxtree
Milan Fashion Week just wrapped, but before the fabulous people move on to Paris, you have time to get caught up on our new runway slideshows from Italy. Do yourself a favor and at least look at Jil Sander in full screen.
Michelle Obama emerged twice over the weekend, wearing outfits. First she stepped out on Friday afternoon to walk First Canine Bo Obama in skinny blue pants, sneakers, and a khaki jacket. On Sunday she wore a feathered black dress by Jason Wu for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner in D.C. See the full looks in the Michelle Obama Look Book.
Hind Sahli (DNA Models).Photo: Courtesy of DNA Models
From the sea of new faces that flood New York Fashion Week, only a handful make it onto those exclusive runways. Our favorite face to break this season was 18-year-old Hind Sahli. The stunning Moroccan model got her start just last year when she signed with the first modeling agency in North Africa. Then, in May, the eagle-eyed scouts over at DNA Models signed the beauty with runway-perfect proportions. When the spring show castings hit, Hind was booked for the BCBG Max Azria show, cast by the much-revered Russell Marsh. Days later, she closed Vera Wang's collection, and popped up on a bunch of other runways: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Hervé Léger, Lacoste, and Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti. Sadly, Hind skipped London Fashion Week and she might show up on one of Milan's runways in the coming days, but her agency confirms she will definitely be in Paris next week. We'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Model Profile: Hind Sahli
Plus: Browse over 530 of modeling's hottest in our ever-growing Model Manual.
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