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Friday, August 6, 2010
COUTURE SPRING 2010 VALENTINO
27 JANUARY PARIS
A Garden of Eden in cyberworld. That was the central conceit that Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli worked up for their third Valentino couture show. The influence of Avatar—the blue-sprayed shoulders—and the urge to make something modern out of barely there chiffon seemed the twin driving forces behind the collection. There was little continuity here with either their first heavily structured show or the second one, done almost entirely in black lace. Yet the contradiction between wispy draping and fantasy-tribal styling (a Rodarte-led thread that a couple of designers have picked up this week) was a topical enough device to make the collection seem current. Although Chiuri and Piccioli are now clearly addressing a wildly different world from the one Valentino held entranced, there were pieces that showcased the house's skill base. A couple of wrapped, draped chiffon dresses (one done in brick red in memory of Valentino tradition) and a jacket with black patches jigsawed onto a base of near-invisible flesh-colored georgette were youthful in the way this label needs to be if it's going to attract new clients.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
GIORGIO ARMANI
Giorgio Armani (born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy,[1] with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion, and a personal fortune of $5.3 billion.[2]
Innovations
Armani was the first designer to ban models with a body mass index (BMI) under 18, after model Ana Carolina Reston starved herself to death due to anorexia nervosa.
The Armani Privé spring/summer 2007 fashion show was broadcast via MSN and Cingular cellular phones.[3]
After LG teamed with Prada to introduce the LG Prada phone, Samsung joined Armani to design the Giorgio Armani phone.
Armani designed made-to-measure suits for Christian Bale's character Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight. Advertisements featuring "Giorgio Armani for Bruce Wayne" were released in 2008 with pictures of Christian Bale wearing Armani suits. However, Bale later claimed in a GQ interview that the campaign was produced without his permission.[4]
In sport
Giorgio Armani has a keen interest in sports. He is the president of the Olimpia Milano basketball team[5] and an Inter Milan fan, and twice designed suits for the England national football team.[6] He has since designed suits worn by players of the London club Chelsea since August 2007.[7] He designed the Italian flag bearers' outfits at the opening ceremony at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Armani also designed and introduced the EA7 range, a brand inspired by Ukrainian footballer Andriy Shevchenko, who at the time played for AC Milan and wore number 7 jersey.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
NAOMI CAMPBELL BRITHISH SUPERMODEL
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Name : Naomi Campbell
Born : May 22, 1970
Country : born Streatham, South London, UK
Lives : UK
Naomi Campbell Bio..
Naomi Campbell is a British supermodel, who was born on May 22, 1970 in Streatham, South London. Campbell achieved the international recognition in 80's by posing for Playboy, erotic photos (with Madonna) and being involved in music (she has got a music album released "Baby Woman" and appeared in many music videos).
Naomi was discovered in 1985, became the first black model on the cover of Time Magazine, French and British Vogue and is one of the Angels on the Victoria's Secret show next to Heidi Klum, Karolina Kurkova and Gisele Bundchen.
The famous model has written a book "Swan" and is famous for her connection with drugs and night life.
Naomi Campbell has been involved in making movies by playing a role in a variety of them: the very first was Cool as Ice (1991), Girl 6 (1996), Prisoner of Love (1999), Fat Slags (2004).
Body measurements:
Naomi Campbell height: 177 cm
Jean Paul Gaultier Biography
By Jo Craven Vogue
Jean Paul Gaultier's stripy Breton t-shirt, kilt and bleached hair may be his Gallic trademark but his style draws more from the London street scene than Parisian couture.
He has lived through Eurotrash - the Nineties sleaze-fest TV show - Madonna in his conical bra on her Blonde Ambition tour in 1990, several successful eponymous perfumes, and even created corsets for men. Possibly his finest hour, however, is in haute couture where season after season he delivers flights of fantasy. In 2003 he took on the job of creative director for Hermes - bringing a vigour and humour to that most classic of brands.
• Jean Paul Gaultier started his career in 1970 as a design assistant at Pierre Cardin, before going to Jean Patou and then setting up his own label in 1976
• In July 1999, Hermes invested $15 million in his business as part of a deal which Gaultier described as "a dream marriage"
• He designed costumes for Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, his Wife and her Lover (1989), Pedro Almodovar's Kika (1994) and Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997)
• Gaultier has been awarded the title of Chevalier, one of France's highest honours
Although technically brilliant, Gaultier has always taken great delight in parodying the fashion establishment to great success. Whether it's a collection covered in camouflage print or David Beckham in a sarong, he knows how to have the last laugh.
Jean Paul Gaultier, rue Saint Antoine, Paris 75012
Tel: +33 1 44 68 85 00
Fax: +33 1 44 68 85 10
www.jeanpaulgaultier.com
Monday, August 2, 2010
COUTURE SPRING 2010 GIVENCHY PARIS26 JANUARY 2010
BY SARAH MOWER
The buzz around Givenchy has become palpable. Five years into his tenure in the house, Riccardo Tisci is at the point where he's proved himself in ready-to-wear, and now he's hitting his stride in couture. Everyone wants to know what he's thinking, and right this moment he's thinking about the seventies, a notion that's in the air this week in Paris. In Tisci's case, it was the inspiration of the makeup artist, photographer, and art director Serge Lutens that got him going. "I was scared of couture at the beginning, and reacted by staying away from looking at the past at all," he confessed before the show. "But now I'm more confident, I started looking into the archive, and found the idea of this strong, erotic phase of Parisian women I related to."
That meant a collection that, first of all, consolidated Tisci's magic command of tailoring. Masculine-feminine tuxedo tailcoats shrugged coolly over ostrich-adorned T-shirts will be manna for women who crave a restrained yet powerful way of walking into a room. The designer followed with cocktail dresses with spiral-cut sprays of organza, jumpsuits in black lace with boleros, and a section of long evening looks that ran from creamy flamenco-influenced layers of Chantilly to more severe midnight blue columns covered with flying capes of black chiffon.
It's the element of daring that might turn out to be more publically memorable, though. A vivid glam-rock electric blue and green mosaic-embellished jumpsuit and skirt were the kind of jarring, risk-taking pieces that are guaranteed to be photographed editorially—and taken up by the new fame-seeking music-business generation that recognizes high fashion is a sure way to get noticed. That Tisci has that awareness, as well as the measured ability to appeal to sophisticates, is growing evidence of his power as an accomplished all-rounder.
Wedding Slideshow: Chelsea Clinton (And The Other Brides) Who Wore Vera Wang on Their Big Day
By: Caroline Palmer Vogue
On an incredibly temperate, almost fall-like evening Saturday night in Rhinebeck, New York, former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton married Marc Mezvinsky, and—after weeks of frenzied speculation— confirmed the one thing gossiped about the most: the dress. She, indeed, wore a strapless wedding gown with a full skirt, cinched elegantly at the waist with an elaborate beading detail, by Vera Wang—but her choice really shouldn’t surprise. The designer has long been the go-to for brides on their biggest day.
Curious, we looked back over the years and found wedding day photographs of everyone from Victoria Beckham to Sharon Stone to Yvonne Force Villareal—all wearing very different interpretions of the designer’s bridal collections over the years.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Street Chic: David LaChapelle’s American Jesus Opening
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Hana Soukupova and friends toast David LaChapelle at his exhibition opening at the Paul Kasmin Gallery
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