Jezebel: Herve Leger

Hervé Leger Says Today's Models Are "Too Skinny, Too Sad"

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:05:00 EDT

Hervé Leger says today's models suck because they are too thin. "If I had to go back to catwalk presentations I would be in a panic," he admitted. "Already the models I find are too skinny, too sad. And I knew the age of the super top models, Linda Evangelista and Cindy Crawford, who were always lively and smiling. Today you go between several défilés and you will see the exact same type of girl — it just doesn't inspire me." Leger lost control of his eponymous label in 1999 (it is now designed by Max Azria, who seems not to share Leger's low opinion of skinny 14-year-olds). Leger founded a new line (weirdly we only have heard of it in the context of an ANTM challenge) called Hervé L. Leroux in 2000. [Vogue UK] More »

Hervé Leger Intends To Shrink-Wrap You, As Always

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:35:00 EST

I was not invited to Hervé Leger by Max Azria — I was not invited to any of Max Azria's three Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week shows, which take place at Lincoln Center's largest fashion week venue twice annually, perhaps because last season when I was invited, I asked Max Azria why it is that he books almost exclusively white models. But there are other ways of getting into shows, and so it was that yesterday afternoon I had the privilege of observing next season's bandage dresses from the eighth row. More »

Fashion Week Diversity By The Numbers

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:47:51 EDT

In September of 2007, it was reported that of all the 101 shows that took place during New York fashion week, one third employed zero models of color. Since then, we've tried to track diversity on the runway every season. More »

Fashion Week's Former Head Honcho Is Not Happy

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:07:00 EDT

Possible reasons Fern Mallis looked so dang heartbroken at the Hervé Leger show: 1. The lights were hurting her eyes. 2. Max Azria strangled her puppy with a yard of industrial-strength elastic. 3. She was looking for black models. More »

Herve Leger's Dresses Will Crush Your Ribs, Beautifully.

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:50:00 EDT

Prabal Gurung might be so over "body-con" dressing, but what else would one expect from Hervé Leger by Max Azria? More »

Delusional Max Azria Believes He's The King Of Diversity In Fashion

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Max Azria's shows tend to have a few defining features: a flirty aesthetic, a neutral palette of fabrics, and — for the past umpteen seasons — an almost all-white cast of models. Yesterday, I asked him why that is. More »

Lauren Conrad Prefers To Constrict Herself In Tightly Wrapped Frocks

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:57:00 EDT

[Hollywood, July 26. Image via Flynet.]

J.Lo Struggles To Make Perfumes Perfect; Twilight Star Shills Makeup

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:30:00 EDT

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Jennifer Lopez's 15 perfumes have sold more than $1 billion at retail. She's launching a 16th, Love and Glamour, this fall. "I drive [fragrance company Coty] a little bit crazy," she says. "Because it's always not signature enough." [WWD]

Post Critic Sees 85%-White Fashion Week As Example Of Progress

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:30:00 EST

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"The fashion industry sent a commendably eclectic array of models down the New York runways this month. The women were more diverse in ethnicity, age and size," writes Robin Givhan. She must have watched a different season than we did. More »

Fewer Models Of Color Work New York's Fashion Runways

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST

After tracking diversity on the runways for several seasons, we took off last September because we thought the fashion industry was finally coming to its senses. Models of color were getting booked! How disappointing, then, to tally this season's numbers. More »

Bandage Dresses At Leger Party Need First Aid

Sadie Stein — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT

The Herve Leger by Max Azria Collection Launch party held at West Hollywood's Live! (excitement, theirs) brought out Hilary Duff, Taraji P. Henson, the entire cast of One Tree Hill, and, yes, bandage dresses. More »

Fashion Week: Living The Nightmare In 6-Inch Platform Heels

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:00:00 EST

Falling on the runway is my biggest fear. The bruises to ego and ankles. The flashbulbs. The awkwardly extended hands from the front row. The sick sensation of single-handedly bringing everything to a stop. More »

Helen Mirren Is Pro-Sleeves, Possibly A Designer

Sadie Stein — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:30:00 EST

A celeb designer we could actually get behind: Helen Mirren! If given a line for Marks & Spencer, she says she'd call it, "DWS: Dresses With Sleeves." [Telegraph]
Meanwhile, addressing the crucial shortage of celebrity fragrances, Patrick Dempsey launches "Unscripted," replete with "lavender top notes, fig mid notes, and patchouli finish." Quoth the Can't Buy Me Love star, “Sometimes people are scared off by patchouli, but I think most people secretly like it!” Think again, mister. [Fashion Week Daily]
Brit presenter Alexa Chung: "I stopped modelling because it was just so stifling. It is very hard, when something is your passion, to be controlled and told how to do it and what to wear." Um, exactly which part was she "passionate" about? [Telegraph]
Vogue editor-at-XXL Andre Leon Talley is sporting a rhinestone-bedazzled "Obama" hat, overcoat. President-elect backs away slowly. [WSJ]

Fashion Show: Herve Leger

Sadie Stein — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:40:00 EDT

It only takes a look at the pics from the VMAs last night to appreciate how hard the Leger bandage dress has hit — and how many bodies can wear it and look amazing. Max Azria for Herve Leger played with the bandage to mostly good effect and amazingly managed to keep us from getting bored. However, boredom would have been preferable to bandage swimwear.Just sayin'. (Click the photo at left for a gallery; then click any picture to start the show.) More »

Patrick Dempsey Welcomes Donatella Versace Into His Family

Jennifer — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:30:00 EST

Now the face of Versace menswear, Patrick Dempsey has started referring to Donatella Versace as his "Italian mother." [Fashion Week Daily]

This Fall, We'll All Be Flappers On Acid In French Boarding Schools

Jennifer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:30:00 EST

New York Fashion Week kicked off on Friday at the tents in Bryant Park, and in the ensuing three days, plenty of big-name designers have given us their vision of what women can look forward to, sartorially that is, once winter passes, summer swelters, and the chill sets in again. Designers as disparate as Diane von Furstenberg and Baby Phat played with the idea of the modern flapper: Dropped hems, deco styling, thoroughly modern (Millie), all of it. But if heading for a night out at your local speakeasy is not your thing, fret not: Fashion-minded females can always play prim and proper (and somewhat naughty) by embodying the French school girl chic shown at DKNY and Tracy Reese. After the jump, and using ten representative images from each show, Dodai and I weigh in on The Good, The Bad & The Ugly from these shows (and others) following Fashion Week's first, incredibly exhausting, weekend. More »

Egomaniac Movie Mogul & Marchesa Designer Say "I Do"

Jennifer — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:30:00 EST

Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein and Marchesa co-designer Georgina Chapman got hitched on Saturday night at Weinstein's home in Westport, CT. The bride wore Marchesa, the groom Tom Ford, the Gypsy Kings gave a private concert and even Vogue's Anna Wintour attended. Also there: Model Natalia Vodianova, celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, Renée Zellweger, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz (all of whom, sadly, need no further introduction). [WWD, 1st item]