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A fellow Canuck has been appointed as the new creative director at McQ, the diffusion line at Alexander McQueen. Pina Ferlisi will be working under Sarah Burton, who took the design reigns of the main label after Lee left us so suddenly. It’s another sign of the Gucci Group’s commitment – and future plans for [...]
Summer is a tough time for mags – issues are thinner than the models, so they have to do something to catch our fickle attention at the stands. I thought the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Spain was a simple idea, executed well – a nice, clean cover that had me at the flippers… Actually, the [...]
Last April, I wrote about the Victoria and Albert Museum’s wedding photo archive. Today, I received a comment from Kelly Joy, who found the post and saw her own wedding photo on this blog! After just over a year of writing in this space, I have been reflecting upon what else I want to do [...]
British fashion arrived on my doorstep this morning. Literally. The first book about McQueen is now out – Alexander McQueen: Genius of a Generation. I had pre-ordered it from Amazon weeks ago and have always wanted to pick up Andrew Bolton’s account of Anglomania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion, so added that in, too. [...]
You undoubtedly heard a week or two ago that Isabella Blow’s wardrobe was to be auctioned off by Christie’s in Fall, 2010. Well, the couture collectibles have been saved from the grabbing hands and bought by one Ms. Daphne Guinness, in a private sale. She bought the whole lot! You could say the Guinness goddess [...]
The biggest story of the night for me was who did not win. Tom Ford, Prabal Gurung, Donna Karan – they were my faves this year. Here are the highlights of who did: Womenswear Designer of the Year: Marc Jacobs Menswear Designer of the Year: Marcus Wainwright and David Neville for Rag & Bone Accessory [...]
The carpet was a fashionable grey, an appropriate backdrop for luminaries of the American rag and mag trade. Prabal Gurung tweeted that his tux was from Dior Men – an elegant choice for the Swarovski Award for Womenswear nominee. Gurung is up against Joseph Altuzarra and Jason Wu for the award. Rachel Roy was on [...]
Remember when a kissing scene in Indian cinema meant a couple barely holding hands in Switzerland and then in a sweeping change of clothes (within the same song sequence, of course) they were married – never mind the in-between? In an effort to keep up with the bête of the West, the Motherland has shed her [...]
If you thought that Karl Lagerfeld deserved a medal for all that he does and has done for fashion, photography, architecture, design and culture in general, you are not alone. Our favourite uncle received the Legion of Honour at the Elysée presidential palace yesterday, along with a little private palatial garden party thrown by French [...]
The Super Friends have gone sartorial. They’ve moved their headquarters temporarily from the Hall of Justice…to Rue St. Honore. Holy Bedazzler, Batman – Colette is selling duds that will make ordinary civilians feel as if they have style super powers – or at least will give them a cocktail soiree conversation starter. The Parisian retail [...]
The Motherland has been invaded by the Spaniards. The Inditex Group’s first Zara store opened in India late last week to much hungama. It seems like a late foray, doesn’t it? Luxury brands have been setting up shop from Guragaon to Goa in the last few years, but then again, most things in the Motherland do [...]