Amber Le Bon Raids Model Mom's Closet; Sienna To Vogue?
- Yasmin and Amber Le Bon: They share a nose, and a familiar mother/daughter wardrobe dynamic. Only Yasmin, being a supermodel, can parry Amber’s incursions by going nuclear with, “Maybe I’ll donate to the V&A…” [Telegraph]
- This interview with André Leon Talley and Matt Tyrnauer, the director of Valentino: The Last Emperor, is absolutely wonderful. Tyrnauer explained again just how upset Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti were when they first saw a rough cut of the documentary, an anger that only softened at the Venice Film Festival: “the audience gave a very long standing ovation, which Valentino received like Mussolini. There’s something about Italians and balconies.” The director also says that the reason Valentino has a butler dial Giammetti’s number in the movie is because the designer doesn’t know how to call long distance. “He lives a life that hasn’t existed for 50 years. Valentino never changed.” Talley interjected, “Karl Lagerfeld knows how to dial.” [The Cut]
- American Apparel is letting you, the person who will have to look at it, pick the next ad to adorn its Harlem store. Exercise your consumer rights and vote for ass or titties, now! [Racked]
- Bravo‘s idea of a replacement for Project Runway? Something involving third-rate celebrities being mentored by industry figures as they compete to start their own fashion lines. Whatever happened to that supposed show with Fern Mallis and Isaac Mizrahi? Don’t these people realize that the thing that made Project Runway fun was that its subjects’ famewhore quotient was generally matched by their actual design abilities? And watching someone absorbed in a task they enjoy and have mastered is fun? Celebrities. Starting clothing lines. This is so much worse than when Jeffrey won. [Reuters]
- At least you can still catch Isaac Mizrahi on the radio: his new show for Martha Stewart‘s radio network debuts this Thursday evening. You can call in, and ask him questions about fashion, and he’ll tell you to forget about it and just spend more money on your hair. [Fashionista]
- Meanwhile, Liz Claiborne has decided to limit distribution of its Isaac Mizrahi-designed line…to one store per mall. That slight measure of exclusivity might be enough to make the brand more desirable to consumers, and less vulnerable to markdowns. [WWD]
- Whitney Port will no longer pretend to work at Diane von Furstenberg for the purposes of her reality show. Instead, she will pretend to work at People’s Revolution, with Kelly Cutrone. [The Cut]
- Talbot‘s sales dropped 23% in the fourth quarter, and the company lost a total of $366.5 million. [WSJ]
- Standard & Poor’s downgraded Barneys‘ debt obligations yesterday. It’s no surprise that a department store wouldn’t be doing so great just now. [WWD]
- Word is, the July cover of American Vogue will feature Sienna Miller. Anna Wintour recently went to the premiere of Miller’s new flick, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and rumors have been swirling since. That would be Miller’s second cover in as many years, which means that Keira Knightley and Gwyneth must both be busy that weekend. [Racked]
- If you feel moved to vote on the best-looking model on the current Vogue cover, you can now do so. (Unfortunately, there’s no option for “They all look like plasticine dolls! Who retouched this?”) [FabSugar]
- Re-designed versions of the plain white T by such talents as Philip Lim, Richard Chai, and Henry Holland are coming to Topman this May. Because nobody has ever “re-designed” T-shirts before! [FTape]
0 Comments