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Thursday, 31 October 2013
Audi Fashion Award 2013
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
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Monday, 28 October 2013
Google Celebrates Edith Head
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EDITH HEAD, one of Hollywood's most legendary costume designers, is being celebrated today by Google - which has created a doodle on what would have been Head's 116thbirthday, on its home page. The search engine has launched an image of the designer standing in front of six of her creations.
Head won eight Oscars for her costumes - the most Academy Awards ever won by a woman. She created the wardrobe for celebrated films, such asFunny Face, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Carrie, All About Eve and To Catch A Thief - and dressed some of cinema's most glamorous stars, from Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren.
Head - who was brn in California in 1897 - started her career as a French teacher, before being hired as costume sketch artist for Paramount Pictures - borrowing a friend's sketches to help land her the job. She worked at Paramount for 43 years until she joined Universal in 1967. She died of bone marrow disease, aged 83, on October 24, 1981.
It is thought that Head was the inspiration for the part of superhero costume designer Edna Mode in 2004 children's film The Incredibles - although this was never confirmed by its director, Brad Bird.
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Friday, 25 October 2013
Lena Dunham, Lily Collins, David Beckham honor CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund
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Lena Dunham, Lily Collins, Diane Kruger, Lea Michele, Jessica Pare, Victoria and David Beckham, and many more descended on the Chateau Marmont on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate up-and-coming fashion talent, the 10 designer finalists of the 2013 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund.
Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour hosted the runway show and tea, which brought together a who's who of Hollywood and American fashion, including Reed Krakoff, J.Crew's Jenna Lyons and Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing, all judges in this year's competition.
In its 10th year, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition culminates in a $300,000 prize, and $100,000 prizes each for two runners-up. The winner will be announced Nov. 11.
For years, Los Angeles was mostly ignored by the New York-based fashion industry, dogged with a reputation for being more a manufacturing town for down-market denim and T-shirts, than a center for design creativity.
But that has changed over the last decade with the rise of more artisanally focused Los Angeles luxury labels, and the importance of the celebrity-fashion connection. The local community has been embraced by Vogue magazine in particular, with a story in the September issue declaring Los Angeles the coolest city on the planet.
Last year's Vogue/Fashion Fund winner was Greg Chait of the L.A.-based luxe boho cashmere brand Elder Statesman, and Jennifer Meyer, the L.A.-based jewelry designer who is married to Tobey Maguire, was a runner-up.
Also representing L.A., Rodarte's Kate and Laura Mulleavy (also alumni of the fund), Chrome Hearts' Laurie Stark, jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth, A.L.C designer Andrea Lieberman, shoe designer George Esquivel, stylist-turned-designer Rachel Zoe, Juicy Couture founders Pamela Skaist Levy and Gela Nash Taylor, Toms founder Blake Mycoskie, Gregory Parkinson and Jenni Kayne were in the seats watching this year's class work their magic on the runway.
Among those vying for this year's Fashion Fund prize is L.A.-based advertising creative-turned-fashion designer JC Obando, who showed his jewel-toned peasant blouses, hand-pleated skirts and flowing gowns.
Another local, accessories designer Jason Jones, showed duffels, messenger bags and purses crafted of brightly colored American bison from his label Parabellum.
"L.A. is definitely having a fashion moment," said Mark Holgate, fashion news director at Vogue. I asked him what he thinks unites the designers working here. "They have a pioneering spirit, because there is not a lot of support in L.A., and not as much of a sense of community. What unites them is dedication, ambition and drive," he said. "There's also a level of emotion and care, from A.L.C.'s Andrea Lieberman exploring what it means to have a made-in-L.A. contemporary label headquartered downtown, to Greg Chait and the extended family of people he has knitting his things for Elder Statesman."
Also in the running for this year's prize, New York-based Misha Nonoo showed her painterly separates on the runway; Veronica Beard designers Veronica Miele and Veronica Swanson showed scuba-inspired sportswear.
Marc Alary, formerly Marc Jacobs' jewelry designer, presented his charming, animal-inspired pieces, while Todd Snyder showed men's suiting in mixed checks.
It's going to be a difficult decision for the judges; there is a lot of talent in the group.
This year, thecorner.com has set up an online boutique where you can shop pieces from the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists.
And if you want more insight into the competition, "The Fashion Fund," a new six-part series, starts airing Jan. 22 on the Ovation arts channel.
Thursday, 24 October 2013
David Beckham's Global Facebook Forum
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DAVID BECKHAM is collaborating with Facebook to take part in a global digital book signing and Q&A to launch his new photography book, David Beckham.
From a London location on Wednesday October 30, Beckham will be providing fans at events inHyderabad, New York and Sao Paulo with a digital signature using the latest technology. The global initiative will also be broadcast live on his Facebook page to his millions of fans around the world.
"I always like innovative and original ideas," said Beckham. "What has been created is ambitious but it should be a fantastic event. I love the interaction with my fans, but not only will I be able to do this in London, I will be able to sign for them in locations across the world."
In addition to the signings, Facebook will set up a digital stadium - a forum where users can submit questions for Beckham to answer - which will be hosted by sports presenter Jake Humphrey.
"This heralds a completely new way to launch books," said Facebook's Glenn Miller. "Facebook is where people go to connect about the things that matter most to them and this global event is a great example of how we can engage with public figures in a meaningful and authentic way."
See excerpt images from the book here.
Visit the digital stadium here next Wednesday at 3pm to take part.
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Multicultural fashion trio uses religion as catalyst for peace
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A Lebanese, Tajik and an Israeli walk into a studio. Sounds like the making of a bad joke, but in fact, this is the daily routine of the dynamic fashion trio threeASFOUR. Since 1998 Gabriel Asfour, Angela Donhauser, and Adi Gil have been pushing cultural and sartorial norms with avant-garde apparel, proving that two’s company and three’s a multicultural fashion crowd. Yet this season threeASFOUR is taking things a step further fusing religion, geometry, tradition and technology in a collection redefining the way we think of clothing.
With the end of traditional New York fashion week last month, a high profile audience featuring Fern Mallis, Kate Spade, Marisa Tomei, Waris Ahluwalla and Sean Lennon, seemed happy to get away from Lincoln center, the aggressive photographers and the Maybelline stands. But at the threeASFOUR runway presentation, attendees strolled through a Chagall exhibit before reaching an intimate room where models worked the runway in tradition-infused futuristic frocks.
For spring 2014, designers Asfour, Donhauser and
Gil, took inspiration from a subject well known to those who call the
Middle East home: religion. Rather than just one source of inspiration,
this creative trio fused sacred geometry and traditional mosaic
formations from churches, synagogues, and mosques across the globe into
patterns on dresses, tops, pants and bathing suits using the next big
thing in fashion: 3D printers.
Art imitates life for this collaboration as the geometric synergy and design harmony in the collection, reflect their own cohesive vision in everything from textiles to technology. “Naturally we’re from different places” Gil said with a thick Israeli accent. “Gabriel from Lebanon even has roots in Palestine. We’re from all over and we united to make our dreams come alive together. We chose Jewish, Muslim, and Christian tiles as we realized they’re so similar and they work so well in unison.” Just like the three bold designers themselves.
“ThreeASFOUR is outside the fashion system, more of an art world phenomenon. I don’t see them as being part of the general fashion scene“ sputtered a Vogue editor, the quirky Lynn Yaeger, who herself is beyond any system. “I love the collection, what they do—it’s brilliant!”
Nonetheless, there is one fashion trend which the unconventional threeASFOUR is giving into: the museum. Though lights were dimmed and attendees departed with their Ahava filled goodie bags, the show was just the start of a five month multimedia exhibit integrating looks from their Spring 2014 collection, with video projections and creative architecture. The threeASFOUR exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan is following in the footsteps of other fashion installations such as “Punk” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Hippie Chic" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and "Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s," at The Victoria and Albert Museum.
On view as of September 15, threeASFOUR’s “MER KA BA” exhibition—which hails its name from the Hebrew for chariot and the school of early Jewish mysticism surrounding it, in addition to mystical practices across several antique civilizations—is, by design an ethereal sanctuary inviting contemplation. In the center of the exhibition room stands a three pointed temple, casting a reflection onto the smooth mirror tiles layered across the floor, creating an illusion of a complete six pointed Star of David. Entering the Davidic sculpture, one steps into a strikingly lit temple of mirrors and take in the 3D laser projections of five platonic solids, which look a lot like a Passover-meets-Star-Trek design. Lining the floor, reflective slates make up a “flower-of-life,” inducing your own face to float away in a psychedelic pattern.
It’s refreshing to see religion, often at the root of many conflicts, finally serving as a catalyst for peace. Fusing Muslim, Jewish and Christian symbols in one intricate pattern, threeASFOUR “inspires people to live their dream, while promoting unity and collaboration” as Gil put it. It seems political leaders can learn a thing or two from fashion week, particularly amidst new “peace talks.”
Yet despite the profound message imbued in the sartorial, threeASFOUR is careful to focus more on the powerful experience than the clothing, acknowledging that fashion does not conquer all. “We won’t settle for just making clothing that will be the hottest thing this month and rejected the next” Gil explained, expressing her aversion towards one season hit wonders.
Is threeASFOUR getting their message across? Waris
Ahluwalia, the eminent jewelry designer—who also happens to be a Sikh
with the turban and beard to prove it— surely thought so at the
September runway show. “It’s all the same thing whether it’s visually or
principally. At the core, we’re all the same so it’s nice for these
designers to bring that together and show it to the world,”Ahluwalia
explained with a warm smile. "Whatever religion you practice, principles
are generally the same, with a lot of fluff around it. One guy wears a
yarmulke, one guy wears a turban, another wears beads—these are
essentially just great fashion accessories!”Art imitates life for this collaboration as the geometric synergy and design harmony in the collection, reflect their own cohesive vision in everything from textiles to technology. “Naturally we’re from different places” Gil said with a thick Israeli accent. “Gabriel from Lebanon even has roots in Palestine. We’re from all over and we united to make our dreams come alive together. We chose Jewish, Muslim, and Christian tiles as we realized they’re so similar and they work so well in unison.” Just like the three bold designers themselves.
“ThreeASFOUR is outside the fashion system, more of an art world phenomenon. I don’t see them as being part of the general fashion scene“ sputtered a Vogue editor, the quirky Lynn Yaeger, who herself is beyond any system. “I love the collection, what they do—it’s brilliant!”
Nonetheless, there is one fashion trend which the unconventional threeASFOUR is giving into: the museum. Though lights were dimmed and attendees departed with their Ahava filled goodie bags, the show was just the start of a five month multimedia exhibit integrating looks from their Spring 2014 collection, with video projections and creative architecture. The threeASFOUR exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan is following in the footsteps of other fashion installations such as “Punk” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Hippie Chic" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and "Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s," at The Victoria and Albert Museum.
On view as of September 15, threeASFOUR’s “MER KA BA” exhibition—which hails its name from the Hebrew for chariot and the school of early Jewish mysticism surrounding it, in addition to mystical practices across several antique civilizations—is, by design an ethereal sanctuary inviting contemplation. In the center of the exhibition room stands a three pointed temple, casting a reflection onto the smooth mirror tiles layered across the floor, creating an illusion of a complete six pointed Star of David. Entering the Davidic sculpture, one steps into a strikingly lit temple of mirrors and take in the 3D laser projections of five platonic solids, which look a lot like a Passover-meets-Star-Trek design. Lining the floor, reflective slates make up a “flower-of-life,” inducing your own face to float away in a psychedelic pattern.
It’s refreshing to see religion, often at the root of many conflicts, finally serving as a catalyst for peace. Fusing Muslim, Jewish and Christian symbols in one intricate pattern, threeASFOUR “inspires people to live their dream, while promoting unity and collaboration” as Gil put it. It seems political leaders can learn a thing or two from fashion week, particularly amidst new “peace talks.”
Yet despite the profound message imbued in the sartorial, threeASFOUR is careful to focus more on the powerful experience than the clothing, acknowledging that fashion does not conquer all. “We won’t settle for just making clothing that will be the hottest thing this month and rejected the next” Gil explained, expressing her aversion towards one season hit wonders.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Apple expected to unveil new iPads today
Apple Inc. is expected to unveil a fifth-generation iPad and
second-generation iPad Mini at its fall product event to be held Tuesday
afternoon at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Reports predict Apple will introduce a thinner, lighter iPad inspired by the iPad mini, with a faster chip inside and an improved camera.
The new iPad mini is also expected to have a faster processor and will be outfitted with a retina display.
Apple hopes the new devices will be the shot that revivies sales. During the last quarter, sales of iPads declined to 14.6 million units from 19.4 million units the previous quarter and 17 million for the same quarter last year.
In part, the drop was because Apple has taken longer than usual to introduce new tablets. And sales of tablets overall showed declines last quarter.
Besides new tablets, Apple will also likely refresh its line of MacBook Pro Retina laptops. The company is expected to introduce new versions that will use Intel's new Haswell chips, which are designed for efficiency. That means this year's version of the MacBook Pro Retina should have better battery life than before.
Another product Apple has already unveiled but not yet released is the redesigned Mac Pro. The company introduced the sleek heavy-duty computer this summer, and it will likely announce its release date as well as price on Tuesday.
Apple is also expected to give a release date and price for its Mavericks OS X, the latest version of its computer operating system. Reports say Apple could release Mavericks OS X as early as Tuesday or as late as Friday. It will likely cost around $19 to download, which is the same price as last year's Mountain Lion OS X.
Apple shares were up $6.61, or 1.2 percent, in premarket trading Tuesday after climbing 2.45 percent to $521.36 in trading Monday.
Reports predict Apple will introduce a thinner, lighter iPad inspired by the iPad mini, with a faster chip inside and an improved camera.
The new iPad mini is also expected to have a faster processor and will be outfitted with a retina display.
Apple hopes the new devices will be the shot that revivies sales. During the last quarter, sales of iPads declined to 14.6 million units from 19.4 million units the previous quarter and 17 million for the same quarter last year.
In part, the drop was because Apple has taken longer than usual to introduce new tablets. And sales of tablets overall showed declines last quarter.
Besides new tablets, Apple will also likely refresh its line of MacBook Pro Retina laptops. The company is expected to introduce new versions that will use Intel's new Haswell chips, which are designed for efficiency. That means this year's version of the MacBook Pro Retina should have better battery life than before.
Another product Apple has already unveiled but not yet released is the redesigned Mac Pro. The company introduced the sleek heavy-duty computer this summer, and it will likely announce its release date as well as price on Tuesday.
Apple is also expected to give a release date and price for its Mavericks OS X, the latest version of its computer operating system. Reports say Apple could release Mavericks OS X as early as Tuesday or as late as Friday. It will likely cost around $19 to download, which is the same price as last year's Mountain Lion OS X.
Apple shares were up $6.61, or 1.2 percent, in premarket trading Tuesday after climbing 2.45 percent to $521.36 in trading Monday.
Monday, 21 October 2013
How Alaïa and Valentino Inspired The Kardashians’ Lipsy Collection
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LOOK closer at the Kardashians' new fashion collection for Lipsy
and you'll see references from the likes of Valentino, Azzedine
Alaïa and Isabel Marant, or so says the family's best known member,
Kim
Kardashian. The campaign, which stars the three sisters, was
photographed by Terry Richardson.
"Valentino and Isabel Marant aren't really our style, but their influence is reflected in the collection," Kardashian told us over the phone from LA. "That idea of casual comfort that people love inspired the fabrics - there's a lot of stretch. You know an Alaïa dress will hold and suck you in? I wanted to make pieces like that, pieces to make you feel really good about yourself."
Whether you love or loathe the Kardashians, the family - who found fame on their reality television show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians - have established a mighty empire with an estimated net worth of $80 million, thanks to various magazine deals, their show, legal wins, personal appearances, fragrances and a fashion line, Kardashian Kollection, which launched in 2011. The sisters - who have worked together on their Lipsy range, which launches on October 24 in stores and online - are no strangers to public scrutiny.
"For me, having people criticise what I wore and looked like when I was pregnant - that was hard," admitted Kim Kardashian. "It made me feel insecure, so I have tried to avoid the limelight more. Once you start focusing on the other stuff, the fragrances and our fashion line, you stop worrying about the rest."
Nonetheless, both the public and the media are fascinated by the Kardashians. Their relationships, lawsuits, wardrobe choices, arguments are endlessly written about in the press - whether true or not.
"The biggest misconception about my family and me is that we're lazy," said Kim. "I work hard; the show is a full-time job. Sometimes I don't think people realise that - we work 7am until 7pm on the programme. People think, 'Well, what do they do?' We do so much, we work on the show, on fragrances, on our fashion line - there's a lot. Also, people have this idea that my mum [Kris Jenner] controls us all and will her book her kids to do anything if it makes money. I am in my thirties - my mum can't tell me what to do."
Perhaps the biggest development in the Kardashians' recent history was the birth of Kim's first child with rapper Kanye West, named North West. Despite being little more than four months old, the baby is already accruing an impressive designer wardrobe - with mother Kim having recently posted pictures of the tot's luxury ensembles on her Instagram page. Think mini Alexander Wang, Celine and Lanvin.
"I was just blown away by the generosity of the designers for sending me those pieces," said Kim. "Not all of the brands even make clothes for babies. This is the fun part right? Dressing her up and making her look nice. She's much more stylish than I was when I was little, absolutely."
"Valentino and Isabel Marant aren't really our style, but their influence is reflected in the collection," Kardashian told us over the phone from LA. "That idea of casual comfort that people love inspired the fabrics - there's a lot of stretch. You know an Alaïa dress will hold and suck you in? I wanted to make pieces like that, pieces to make you feel really good about yourself."
Whether you love or loathe the Kardashians, the family - who found fame on their reality television show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians - have established a mighty empire with an estimated net worth of $80 million, thanks to various magazine deals, their show, legal wins, personal appearances, fragrances and a fashion line, Kardashian Kollection, which launched in 2011. The sisters - who have worked together on their Lipsy range, which launches on October 24 in stores and online - are no strangers to public scrutiny.
"For me, having people criticise what I wore and looked like when I was pregnant - that was hard," admitted Kim Kardashian. "It made me feel insecure, so I have tried to avoid the limelight more. Once you start focusing on the other stuff, the fragrances and our fashion line, you stop worrying about the rest."
Nonetheless, both the public and the media are fascinated by the Kardashians. Their relationships, lawsuits, wardrobe choices, arguments are endlessly written about in the press - whether true or not.
"The biggest misconception about my family and me is that we're lazy," said Kim. "I work hard; the show is a full-time job. Sometimes I don't think people realise that - we work 7am until 7pm on the programme. People think, 'Well, what do they do?' We do so much, we work on the show, on fragrances, on our fashion line - there's a lot. Also, people have this idea that my mum [Kris Jenner] controls us all and will her book her kids to do anything if it makes money. I am in my thirties - my mum can't tell me what to do."
Perhaps the biggest development in the Kardashians' recent history was the birth of Kim's first child with rapper Kanye West, named North West. Despite being little more than four months old, the baby is already accruing an impressive designer wardrobe - with mother Kim having recently posted pictures of the tot's luxury ensembles on her Instagram page. Think mini Alexander Wang, Celine and Lanvin.
"I was just blown away by the generosity of the designers for sending me those pieces," said Kim. "Not all of the brands even make clothes for babies. This is the fun part right? Dressing her up and making her look nice. She's much more stylish than I was when I was little, absolutely."
Saturday, 19 October 2013
Miley Cyrus’s Star Fashion Role
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Cyrus is a friend of the duo, and appeared nude in Jacobs's Protect The Skin You're In T-shirt campaign, which raises funds and awareness for skin cancer research. Jacobs and Duffy are also said to have invited Aretha Franklin as their guest.
WWD reports that Cyrus is one of many high-profile names to present at the ceremony, which takes place at Cipriani Wall in New York on October 22. Other presenters include Kate Upton, Diane von Furstenberg, Alexa Chung and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Friday, 18 October 2013
Virginia Bates Closes Her Shop
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VIRGINIA BATES has closed her eponymous vintage emporium,
Virginia, after 42 years.
Since taking it on for an initial two-week-rent in 1971, following a chance encounter with a friend outside the empty premises in Clarendon Cross square, Virginia became renowned in the fashion world for the best vintage in the business: "I was an out-of-work actress and in between jobs on A Clockwork Orange and Demons Of The Mind," Bates told us.
From embroidered flapper dresses and full-length dropped-waist gowns, to fringed scarves, silk chemises and illustrious accessories, you name it, Virginia had it. Of course it wasn't long before the likes of Madonna and John Galliano came knocking for inspiration (Bates introduced the two in the shop in the late Eighties).
But, while no longer in Holland Park, Virginia is very much still thriving - Bates has moved the magic to her West London home. "After 42 years I think it is time to spread my wings," she said. "The treasures have moved with me and are settling in nicely."
So what can we expect of the new salon? "There will be more of a party atmosphere along with the shopping experience," said Bates. "Tea and croquet on the lawn with Daniel the tortoise; a magician pulling a chiffon dress out of a top hat; and my friend Rodney reading his poems."
And how will Bates remember her days on the shop floor? "With a smile," she says. As will we.
Since taking it on for an initial two-week-rent in 1971, following a chance encounter with a friend outside the empty premises in Clarendon Cross square, Virginia became renowned in the fashion world for the best vintage in the business: "I was an out-of-work actress and in between jobs on A Clockwork Orange and Demons Of The Mind," Bates told us.
From embroidered flapper dresses and full-length dropped-waist gowns, to fringed scarves, silk chemises and illustrious accessories, you name it, Virginia had it. Of course it wasn't long before the likes of Madonna and John Galliano came knocking for inspiration (Bates introduced the two in the shop in the late Eighties).
But, while no longer in Holland Park, Virginia is very much still thriving - Bates has moved the magic to her West London home. "After 42 years I think it is time to spread my wings," she said. "The treasures have moved with me and are settling in nicely."
So what can we expect of the new salon? "There will be more of a party atmosphere along with the shopping experience," said Bates. "Tea and croquet on the lawn with Daniel the tortoise; a magician pulling a chiffon dress out of a top hat; and my friend Rodney reading his poems."
And how will Bates remember her days on the shop floor? "With a smile," she says. As will we.
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Yasmin Le Bon: How Modelling Has Changed
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BON believes that there have been serious changes in the
modelling industry since the heyday of the supers in the Nineties -
specifically on the designers' choice of new faces to open the
shows.
"I think that it is wrong that young girls are now opening shows," she said. "It's hyped up as a discovery of the next big thing, but actually the designers are penny-pinching. It's the world's stage and, especially with live streaming, it's global. These young girls don't get paid very much, and they don't have the experience or the confidence to demand to be treated any differently by the industry. It's so different from Christy Turlington or Jerry Hall opening a show with so much experience behind them."
Le Bon was speaking at a student talk at Condé Nast College yesterday, at which she charmed her audience with her self-deprecating humour and a bevy of anecdotes collected over 30 years in the modelling industry. The modelling gene has definitely been passed on to Le Bon's daughter, Amber, who herself has a successful career in the industry. Le Bon said that she let her daughter make her own decisions about modelling when she turned 18.
"She is a level-headed girl. She's a very good photographer and so she gets a lot out of her work," said Le Bon, before adding, "I'm slightly conflicted that a girl so young is earning so much for so little time, but she's from a different time. She didn't have those first few months struggling like I did."
Le Bon commended Vogue's Health Initiative, the pact that was signed last year between 19 international editors of Vogue to encourage healthier attitudes towards body image. She stated, "When a model is criticised for being too big for sample clothes, something is wrong. We were slim [when I first started my career], but there was a little bit more on us, and we were older. This kind of practice doesn't make for good business."
On the contribution of social media to the modelling industry, Le Bon remarked: "We became personalities. People knew us a little bit more than they did before." Asked about the celebrity of young models today, Le Bon said, "Sometimes I think it can be asking too much. But I do think it's a good thing that they are exercising their skills a little bit more [through social media]. I welcome a return to models flexing their muscles, even if they're very little ones."
We couldn't leave without asking Le Bon why she chose to go blonde: "Last year I shaved half of it off, and waiting for it to grow back was boring. I saw Blade Runner for the 1,000th time and I wanted to be Pris."
"I think that it is wrong that young girls are now opening shows," she said. "It's hyped up as a discovery of the next big thing, but actually the designers are penny-pinching. It's the world's stage and, especially with live streaming, it's global. These young girls don't get paid very much, and they don't have the experience or the confidence to demand to be treated any differently by the industry. It's so different from Christy Turlington or Jerry Hall opening a show with so much experience behind them."
Le Bon was speaking at a student talk at Condé Nast College yesterday, at which she charmed her audience with her self-deprecating humour and a bevy of anecdotes collected over 30 years in the modelling industry. The modelling gene has definitely been passed on to Le Bon's daughter, Amber, who herself has a successful career in the industry. Le Bon said that she let her daughter make her own decisions about modelling when she turned 18.
"She is a level-headed girl. She's a very good photographer and so she gets a lot out of her work," said Le Bon, before adding, "I'm slightly conflicted that a girl so young is earning so much for so little time, but she's from a different time. She didn't have those first few months struggling like I did."
Le Bon commended Vogue's Health Initiative, the pact that was signed last year between 19 international editors of Vogue to encourage healthier attitudes towards body image. She stated, "When a model is criticised for being too big for sample clothes, something is wrong. We were slim [when I first started my career], but there was a little bit more on us, and we were older. This kind of practice doesn't make for good business."
On the contribution of social media to the modelling industry, Le Bon remarked: "We became personalities. People knew us a little bit more than they did before." Asked about the celebrity of young models today, Le Bon said, "Sometimes I think it can be asking too much. But I do think it's a good thing that they are exercising their skills a little bit more [through social media]. I welcome a return to models flexing their muscles, even if they're very little ones."
We couldn't leave without asking Le Bon why she chose to go blonde: "Last year I shaved half of it off, and waiting for it to grow back was boring. I saw Blade Runner for the 1,000th time and I wanted to be Pris."
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Go Bespoke With Anya Hindmarch
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ANYA
HINDMARCH unveiled her newly refurbished 118 Bond Street top
floor yesterday, where customers will be able to take her designs
into their own hands. The new "Bespoke" floor will offer everything
from her famous BeABags to stationery folders, table planners and
handbags - on which you'll be able to personalise every colour,
clasp and handle.
In typically deliciously eccentric Anya style, the room is packed with antique birdhouses, desks, pictures and furniture that could inspire the interior decorator in anyone. But that, she says, is all down to Ilse Crawford who designed it.
"She's wonderful, I actually have quite a girl crush on her," Anya, who also asked all her friends to sign the wall in the store, told us. "She makes spaces liveable. It's so warm and welcoming in here, which is just what we wanted."
In typically deliciously eccentric Anya style, the room is packed with antique birdhouses, desks, pictures and furniture that could inspire the interior decorator in anyone. But that, she says, is all down to Ilse Crawford who designed it.
"She's wonderful, I actually have quite a girl crush on her," Anya, who also asked all her friends to sign the wall in the store, told us. "She makes spaces liveable. It's so warm and welcoming in here, which is just what we wanted."
Monday, 14 October 2013
This year, in fashion, it's hip to be square…
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Now we can all be fashion editors as Instagram changes the game for the world's trendsetters
Russian models in red and black for the TsUM department store in Moscow,
as posted by Canadian fashion blogger Tommy Ton. Photograph: @tommyton
Last month, on a bright morning in Chinatown, New York, Vogue
photographer Michael O'Neal stood in the middle of the street with his
phone outstretched. He needed to reframe the shot so he could see the
detail on his model's Calvin Klein pumps. And then, with the
sharp-fingered care of an artist, he pressed his screen and hashtagged
it on Instagram. September's #VogueInstaFashion series, using only an iPhone, was the first high fashion shoot on the photo-sharing app
and the latest commercial nod to Instagram's place in the industry. As a
tool, a gallery, a community and a muse. And as the most important
thing to happen to fashion this year.
This season I followed London fashion week through 612-pixel squares. From the 205 bus, I studied the Christopher Kane show, his slippery gowns and spray-painted dresses detailed on the Instagram stream of style blogger Susie Bubble. Two hundred miles away from Paris, in bed with a book, I admired the splashy colours of Celine's spring/summer collection through the front-row feed of Vogue fashion editor Francesca Burns, seconds after the m odels had passed her.
There is emotional sincerity in a photo taken fast. With Instagram I choose my editors. I choose the people on the ground with eyes I admire and it's this, their cut – their single photo of one key look that will sum up a collection for their followers.
In the two months after launching in October 2010 (two years before Facebook bought it for $1bn), Instagram had amassed a million registered users. Today, it has more 150 times that, a proportion of whom (including Isabel Marant, with 58,000 followers, and Cara Delevingne, with more than 2.5 million) make up the fashion elite. Maureen Mullen of L2, the digital thinktank, reports that Instagram registers 25 times higher engagement than any other social platform. She explains how fashion dominates the app. Oscar de la Renta debuted his new campaign advertorial to his PR's 229,000 Instagram followers, weeks before it ran in Vogue or Elle's September issues, but, despite not having an account, it's Chanel which wins in hashtag mentions. Its Paris show was "a playground for the Instagram generation", with bloggers lining up to take selfies beside a huge Chanel robot and quilted sumo wrestler. Much of Instagram's success in this fast-moving visual industry, explains Mullen, is because it is "mobile-native". It lives in our pocket.
This year, style blogger Susie Lau started noticing images from her Instagram pinned up as inspiration on designers' mood boards. She wasn't surprised. She started Style Bubble in 2006 to publish her fashion photos, but since Instagram launched, her followers no longer have to visit her blog to see the pictures. The photos come to them. "For an industry that has a very short attention span and undergoes changes every day," she says, "it's perfect for capturing people's attention for a split second."
Derek Blasberg launches a stationery line with Alexa Chung. Photograph: @derekblasberg
"Instagram is a barometer of opinion. It's a visual diary. It's escapism," agrees Francesca Burns, whose Instagram feed
is a ribbon of patterns and hilarity, along with images of her
favourite pieces by young British designers, or, say, a puppy in a hat.
"It connects you to the industry, to your friends, to strangers ... I
love it."
When we speak, Burns is in Paris between shows, uploading catwalk pictures every two hours into the swell of the 55 million photos Instagram exhibits every day. She is not alone – rather than sketching the looks, the front row is taking photos. Instagram, for the first time this year, is so ubiquitous that it's become the fifth fashion city. Which means that those posting pictures are still learning.
"Everyone gets annoyed when you have to crane your neck past someone taking a phone photo in front of you," Burns says, " but we all do it. I think we are all adjusting and learning." Fashion editors are now the photographers, as well as reporters. As well as (in the case of Harper's Bazaar's Derek Blasberg) celebrities, pouting alongside supermodels in high glamour situations. "Technology is evolving so fast," adds Burns, "we're all just figuring it out as we go along."
Victoria Beckham poses in ‘dressing gown and Manolo’s in Vegas’. Photograph: @victoriabeckham
Inside our phones we are curating moodboards for the
way we'd like to live. An archive of images that are funny, odd,
interesting or inspiring. Are we all becoming fashion editors? Stylists
of our own micro-magazines? Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom agrees
that social media has democratised fashion. "It's no longer one person
picking exactly what goes on what page," he points out. "All of us can
participate." On Instagram, he says, "Up-and-coming designers are
finding a platform to get their looks out into the world. We never
really set out to create a platform for commerce, but in some ways
Instagram is becoming that platform for folks in fashion."
Last month Systrom was given a front-row seat at his first fashion show, Burberry, one of the top 10 fashion brands on Instagram with more than a million followers. There's a picture of him sitting next to Alexa Chung while Cara Delevingne struts past in dusky, bubblegum pink. While Chung and Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman are looking to the right, Systrom is gazing off to the left. He's watching the people Instagramming the show. "There was a big tripod with a tiny iPhone on the top," he said later at the National Portrait Gallery, where blown-up Instagram pictures were hanging like old masters. "I walked over and there was a celebrity sitting next to the camera. I took out my phone. They thought I was coming over to take a picture of them but I took a picture of that iPhone. It was one of the most interesting things I'd ever seen… Social media and our devices are changing fashion."
And it's changing fashion not just in ways that are instantly quantifiable – in follower numbers or clicks – but in ways that are ambiguous and sly. See, for example, Cara Delevingne's bubblegum-pink suit. Kay Barron, fashion features director at Net-a-Porter, says she looked up at the Burberry catwalk and was struck by the familiarity of the colours. "When I saw all the faded pastels, and Burberry's spring/summer 14 palette," she recalls, "I was reminded of Instagram."
Pink is the colour of the season. Simone Rocha's runway was a stream of pink dresses, coats and brogues. Mulberry, Miu Miu, Celine, Jonathan Saunders – all their autumn collections were soaked in the same rosy, milkshake tones. These are tones reminiscent of the filters Instagram has become famous for, filters that saturate your photos with nostalgia for a pre-digital age, when the light was more flattering and everything appeared Vaseline-smudged. This season the Instagram palette has spilled on to the catwalk, drenching everything in a Californian summer. Instagram is training our eyes.
This is how we see fashion now – on palm-sized screens, double-clicking with thumbs. We see the details on couture gowns the second they're presented, the shoe of the season before the season even starts. Fashion today is designed to be seen on screen – colours that will pop, make you pause. Accessories that look unusual and kitsch enough to be regrammed across phones, cities, countries. Instagram has refocused our gaze. And tinted it rose.
1. Cara DelevingneThis season I followed London fashion week through 612-pixel squares. From the 205 bus, I studied the Christopher Kane show, his slippery gowns and spray-painted dresses detailed on the Instagram stream of style blogger Susie Bubble. Two hundred miles away from Paris, in bed with a book, I admired the splashy colours of Celine's spring/summer collection through the front-row feed of Vogue fashion editor Francesca Burns, seconds after the m odels had passed her.
There is emotional sincerity in a photo taken fast. With Instagram I choose my editors. I choose the people on the ground with eyes I admire and it's this, their cut – their single photo of one key look that will sum up a collection for their followers.
In the two months after launching in October 2010 (two years before Facebook bought it for $1bn), Instagram had amassed a million registered users. Today, it has more 150 times that, a proportion of whom (including Isabel Marant, with 58,000 followers, and Cara Delevingne, with more than 2.5 million) make up the fashion elite. Maureen Mullen of L2, the digital thinktank, reports that Instagram registers 25 times higher engagement than any other social platform. She explains how fashion dominates the app. Oscar de la Renta debuted his new campaign advertorial to his PR's 229,000 Instagram followers, weeks before it ran in Vogue or Elle's September issues, but, despite not having an account, it's Chanel which wins in hashtag mentions. Its Paris show was "a playground for the Instagram generation", with bloggers lining up to take selfies beside a huge Chanel robot and quilted sumo wrestler. Much of Instagram's success in this fast-moving visual industry, explains Mullen, is because it is "mobile-native". It lives in our pocket.
This year, style blogger Susie Lau started noticing images from her Instagram pinned up as inspiration on designers' mood boards. She wasn't surprised. She started Style Bubble in 2006 to publish her fashion photos, but since Instagram launched, her followers no longer have to visit her blog to see the pictures. The photos come to them. "For an industry that has a very short attention span and undergoes changes every day," she says, "it's perfect for capturing people's attention for a split second."
Derek Blasberg launches a stationery line with Alexa Chung. Photograph: @derekblasberg
"Instagram is a barometer of opinion. It's a visual diary. It's escapism," agrees Francesca Burns, whose Instagram feed
is a ribbon of patterns and hilarity, along with images of her
favourite pieces by young British designers, or, say, a puppy in a hat.
"It connects you to the industry, to your friends, to strangers ... I
love it."When we speak, Burns is in Paris between shows, uploading catwalk pictures every two hours into the swell of the 55 million photos Instagram exhibits every day. She is not alone – rather than sketching the looks, the front row is taking photos. Instagram, for the first time this year, is so ubiquitous that it's become the fifth fashion city. Which means that those posting pictures are still learning.
"Everyone gets annoyed when you have to crane your neck past someone taking a phone photo in front of you," Burns says, " but we all do it. I think we are all adjusting and learning." Fashion editors are now the photographers, as well as reporters. As well as (in the case of Harper's Bazaar's Derek Blasberg) celebrities, pouting alongside supermodels in high glamour situations. "Technology is evolving so fast," adds Burns, "we're all just figuring it out as we go along."
Victoria Beckham poses in ‘dressing gown and Manolo’s in Vegas’. Photograph: @victoriabeckham
Inside our phones we are curating moodboards for the
way we'd like to live. An archive of images that are funny, odd,
interesting or inspiring. Are we all becoming fashion editors? Stylists
of our own micro-magazines? Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom agrees
that social media has democratised fashion. "It's no longer one person
picking exactly what goes on what page," he points out. "All of us can
participate." On Instagram, he says, "Up-and-coming designers are
finding a platform to get their looks out into the world. We never
really set out to create a platform for commerce, but in some ways
Instagram is becoming that platform for folks in fashion."Last month Systrom was given a front-row seat at his first fashion show, Burberry, one of the top 10 fashion brands on Instagram with more than a million followers. There's a picture of him sitting next to Alexa Chung while Cara Delevingne struts past in dusky, bubblegum pink. While Chung and Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman are looking to the right, Systrom is gazing off to the left. He's watching the people Instagramming the show. "There was a big tripod with a tiny iPhone on the top," he said later at the National Portrait Gallery, where blown-up Instagram pictures were hanging like old masters. "I walked over and there was a celebrity sitting next to the camera. I took out my phone. They thought I was coming over to take a picture of them but I took a picture of that iPhone. It was one of the most interesting things I'd ever seen… Social media and our devices are changing fashion."
And it's changing fashion not just in ways that are instantly quantifiable – in follower numbers or clicks – but in ways that are ambiguous and sly. See, for example, Cara Delevingne's bubblegum-pink suit. Kay Barron, fashion features director at Net-a-Porter, says she looked up at the Burberry catwalk and was struck by the familiarity of the colours. "When I saw all the faded pastels, and Burberry's spring/summer 14 palette," she recalls, "I was reminded of Instagram."
Pink is the colour of the season. Simone Rocha's runway was a stream of pink dresses, coats and brogues. Mulberry, Miu Miu, Celine, Jonathan Saunders – all their autumn collections were soaked in the same rosy, milkshake tones. These are tones reminiscent of the filters Instagram has become famous for, filters that saturate your photos with nostalgia for a pre-digital age, when the light was more flattering and everything appeared Vaseline-smudged. This season the Instagram palette has spilled on to the catwalk, drenching everything in a Californian summer. Instagram is training our eyes.
This is how we see fashion now – on palm-sized screens, double-clicking with thumbs. We see the details on couture gowns the second they're presented, the shoe of the season before the season even starts. Fashion today is designed to be seen on screen – colours that will pop, make you pause. Accessories that look unusual and kitsch enough to be regrammed across phones, cities, countries. Instagram has refocused our gaze. And tinted it rose.
caradelevingne#
The 21-year-old English model has more than 2.5 million followers on Instagram.
2. Alexa Chung
chungalexa#
Chung, on the cover of this month's Vogue, has month 500,000 followers.
3. Rita Ora
ritaora#
British singer-songwriter's Instagram page has almost 1.5 million followers.
4. Susie Lau, right,
susiebubble#
The writer and blogger showcases her favourite designer outfits.
5. Naomi Campbell
iamnaomicampbell#
Naomi Campbell shows off her latest adventures and fashion shoots to her 240,000 followers.
6. Jourdan Dunn
officialjdunn#
The model's Instagram page has more than 280,000 followers.
7. Burberry Prorsum
burberry#
Burberry's page has just passed a million followers.
8. Henry Holland
henryholland#
The women's fashion designer has 80,000 followers.
9. Julien MacDonald
julienmacdonald#
The Welsh fashion designer has almost 6,000 followers.
10. Paul Smith
paulsmithdesign#
The designer's page has 75,000-plus followers.
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Paula Reed Exits Harvey Nichols
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HARVEY NICHOLS's fashion director, Paula Reed, is leaving. She joined the luxury department store in the newly created role in September last year.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the team at Harvey
Nichols and now look forward to new and exciting opportunities,"
Reed said.
Details of a successor have not yet been disclosed and it is also not known what Reed plans to do next. Her exit is not the only senior-level management change within the business to make recent fashion headlines - the store's long-term CEO, Joseph Wan, is reportedly retiring at the end of the year, with former Burberry chief financial officer Stacey Cartwright mooted to fill the position. Harvey Nichols maintain that no appointment has been made yet.
"I am saddened about Paula's departure and I wish her well for the future," said Harvey Nichols Group CEO Joseph Wan.
Details of a successor have not yet been disclosed and it is also not known what Reed plans to do next. Her exit is not the only senior-level management change within the business to make recent fashion headlines - the store's long-term CEO, Joseph Wan, is reportedly retiring at the end of the year, with former Burberry chief financial officer Stacey Cartwright mooted to fill the position. Harvey Nichols maintain that no appointment has been made yet.
"I am saddened about Paula's departure and I wish her well for the future," said Harvey Nichols Group CEO Joseph Wan.
Friday, 11 October 2013
Victoria Beckham’s Profits Soar
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VICTORIA
BECKHAM's fashion label made a profit of £1.5 million in 2012,
with a turnover of £15 million - doubling figures in 2011. The
boost is said to be thanks to the launch of Beckham's lower-priced
line, Victoria,
Victoria Beckham, which was introduced in 2011.
Documents from Companies House showed that Beckham made a loss of £1.6 million in 2011, although last years' revenues soared comparatively. Victoria, Victoria Beckham offers dresses that start at £495, compared to dresses around the £1,300 mark in her mainline.
In March, the designer launched her first e-commerce site as part of her expansion plan. Rumour has it that she is also in talks to open her debut standalone store on Dover Street in London's Mayfair, although this has not been confirmed as yet.
Documents from Companies House showed that Beckham made a loss of £1.6 million in 2011, although last years' revenues soared comparatively. Victoria, Victoria Beckham offers dresses that start at £495, compared to dresses around the £1,300 mark in her mainline.
In March, the designer launched her first e-commerce site as part of her expansion plan. Rumour has it that she is also in talks to open her debut standalone store on Dover Street in London's Mayfair, although this has not been confirmed as yet.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Scottish Fashion Awards 2013: Who Won What
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CHRISTOPHER
KANE won the Scottish Designer of the Year accolade for the
second consecutive year at the Scottish
Fashion Awards last night. The ceremony took place in London
for the first time, at Dover House, and once again celebrated the
cream of the Scottish fashion scene.
Other names to take home awards were Chanel, who scooped
International Designer of the Year for its use of Scottish textiles
in its
Métiers D'Art Paris-Edinburgh collection, while Mary
Charteris won Scottish Model of the Year.
"The Scottish Fashion Awards are now a globally recognised event, which acknowledges the finest fashion design, creative and textile talents we have in Scotland and indeed working around the world," said awards chairman Dr Tessa Hartmann. "It's incredible to think how much the event has grown in just eight years and we're very proud to celebrate the achievements of all the nominees in this magnificent building - Dover House."
International Designer of the Year (For Best Use of Scottish Fabric): Chanel
Scottish Model of the Year: Mary Charteris
Scottish Fashion Icon: Emeli Sandé
Creative Excellence Award: Pam Hogg
Scottish Innovator of the Year: Louise Gray
Scottish Young Designer of the Year: Jennifer Morris
Scottish Textile Designer of the Year: Alice Palmer
Scottish Retailer of the Year: Schuh
Scottish Communicator of the Year: Penny Martin
Scottish Accessory Designer of the Year: Finlay & Co
Scottish Graduate of the Year: Lauren Smith
Scottish Ambassador of the Year: Harris Tweed Hebrides
Hall of Fame: Dr Brian Duffy
"The Scottish Fashion Awards are now a globally recognised event, which acknowledges the finest fashion design, creative and textile talents we have in Scotland and indeed working around the world," said awards chairman Dr Tessa Hartmann. "It's incredible to think how much the event has grown in just eight years and we're very proud to celebrate the achievements of all the nominees in this magnificent building - Dover House."
See the full winners list below:
Scottish Designer of the Year: Christopher KaneInternational Designer of the Year (For Best Use of Scottish Fabric): Chanel
Scottish Model of the Year: Mary Charteris
Scottish Fashion Icon: Emeli Sandé
Creative Excellence Award: Pam Hogg
Scottish Innovator of the Year: Louise Gray
Scottish Young Designer of the Year: Jennifer Morris
Scottish Textile Designer of the Year: Alice Palmer
Scottish Retailer of the Year: Schuh
Scottish Communicator of the Year: Penny Martin
Scottish Accessory Designer of the Year: Finlay & Co
Scottish Graduate of the Year: Lauren Smith
Scottish Ambassador of the Year: Harris Tweed Hebrides
Hall of Fame: Dr Brian Duffy
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Meet The World's Best Paid Male Model
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SEAN O'PRY has been named the highest-paid male model by Forbes, after pulling in $1.4 million (£940,000) in the last year. But despite this being a substantial sum, it pales in comparison to the world's highest-paid female model's earnings. Gisele Bundchen earned $42 million (£26 million) in the same 12-month period that was assessed.
O'Pry - now 24-years-old - was discovered on Myspace when he was 17 and is best known for his campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Versace, H&M, Hugo Boss and Salvatore Ferragamo, as well as his lucrative fragrance campaigns for Jil Sander and Viktor & Rolf. He is followed in the list by David Gandy, who earned $1.4 million (£876,000); Simon Nessman - who came in at $1.1 million (£690,000); Arthur Kulkov - who brought home $905,000 (£570,000); and Noah Mills who amassed $740,000 (£465,000).
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Los Angeles Fashion Blogs' Accessory Of The Week: Leather Accents
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This week, the trend to follow is leather. Leather is popping up
everywhere, and not just in your favorite jacket. Leather looks are big
this week in clutches, wristbands, watches, headbands, shoes, belts, and
as an accent on other pieces of clothing. Though the fabric may
traditionally be associated with black, leather looks are coming in
bright new colors with studs and patterns that are making leather a
must-have accessory for fall.
Designer Herve Leger used leather in a big way during Fashion Week, as seen on big leather belts that take on a harness or corsettedlook. Leger styled the belts with the lines singature bandage dresses like this one, seen in the Spring 2014 line.
The designer also highlighted leather clutches seen paired with the belted and leather strappy heels that were found throughout the line. The leather not only pops against the bandage dress, but showcases are more edgy look for the line, that uses leather as both an accessory and an outfit in this spring's line.
Fashion blog Rue La La shows readers different ways to wear leather, more specifically, the leather jacket.
The blog portrayed three types of leather jackets, instructing how to wear them, allowing readers to play with leather this season in new ways.
Geometric patterns, bright clolors and structured leather jackets are becoming an accessory in themselves, with Rue La La pairing the look with minimal accessories.
Los Angeles-based fashion blog Cupcakes & Cashmere
shows a zippered, black leather jacket with a beige dress. But, as
seen this week, where there's some leather, there's usually more near
by.
The beige dress was accessorized with an oversized leather tote and short leather biker boots that featured buckled embelishments.
The dress balances out the tough look of the leather, with the accessories standing alone as both feminine and edgy pieces that can be styled either way.
Los Angeles street fashion blog, Street Geist,
shows black leather lace-up boots, paired with a crop top and shorts
for a streetwear look that has been seen all summer and into this fall
all over Los Angeles.
Leather, like many of the must-have fall accessories, can both dress up and dress down your outfit. But whichever way you decide to style your leather, you're sure to be on trend with this must-have fall accessory.
Reach Staff Reporter Mona Khalifeh here.
Designer Herve Leger used leather in a big way during Fashion Week, as seen on big leather belts that take on a harness or corsettedlook. Leger styled the belts with the lines singature bandage dresses like this one, seen in the Spring 2014 line.
The designer also highlighted leather clutches seen paired with the belted and leather strappy heels that were found throughout the line. The leather not only pops against the bandage dress, but showcases are more edgy look for the line, that uses leather as both an accessory and an outfit in this spring's line.
Leather, 3 Ways (Rue La La)
The blog portrayed three types of leather jackets, instructing how to wear them, allowing readers to play with leather this season in new ways.
Geometric patterns, bright clolors and structured leather jackets are becoming an accessory in themselves, with Rue La La pairing the look with minimal accessories.
(Cupcakes & Cashmere)
The beige dress was accessorized with an oversized leather tote and short leather biker boots that featured buckled embelishments.
The dress balances out the tough look of the leather, with the accessories standing alone as both feminine and edgy pieces that can be styled either way.
Leather Lace-up Boots (Street Geist)
Leather, like many of the must-have fall accessories, can both dress up and dress down your outfit. But whichever way you decide to style your leather, you're sure to be on trend with this must-have fall accessory.
Reach Staff Reporter Mona Khalifeh here.
Monday, 7 October 2013
The Olsens Add To Fashion Empire
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THE Olsen twins have bought a minority stake in e-commerce company Beachmint.com. The business has six different strands: StyleMint - which the sisters helped found and have designed for - JewelMint, ShoeMint, IntiMint, BeautyMint and HomeMint.
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen will also now serve as co-chairs of the BeachMint advisory board and will adopt creative and consultative roles. They will advise on the key business, merchandise and design areas, in a bid to focus on the company's lucrative fashion divisions.
"In our expanded roles as co-chairs of the advisory board, Ashley and I will work closely with BeachMint's management team in this strategic phase of growth to establish the Mint brands as the leading online destination for all things fashion," Mary-Kate Olsen told WWD.
The 27-year-old twins already have an impressive fashion empire - they own three brands, The Row, Elizabeth and James, and Olsenboye. In 2012, they beat Marc Jacobs for the CFDA's prestigious Womenswear Designer of the Year award.
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