Claudia Schiffer's Personal Chanel Boutique; Theyskens To Start Namesake Line

By TatianaTheAnonymousModel  |  March 16, 2009 | 4:20pm
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  • That’s it. Olivier Theyskens is out, fired, goneburgers, signing off, stick-a-fork-in-it done at Nina Ricci. The Belgian has left the building. Peter Copping, senior designer at Louis Vuitton, is in. [WWD]
  • Fashion designer Anand Jon’s family has appealed to President Obama to intervene in the designer’s ongoing rape case. Jon, who once dressed celebrities like Paris Hilton and had a guest appearance on America’s Next Top Model, was indicted by a grand jury on 59 counts of rape and sexual assault against victims, mainly models, as young as 14. Prosecutors built their case around representative charges they felt were the “strongest”; last November, Jon was convicted of 16 counts of rape and sexual assault. Jon’s lawyers have filed a retrial on the grounds of prosecutorial and juror misconduct, and his sister says she’ll go on a hunger strike if he’s not freed. [Times of India]
  • Laurence Dacade, the shoemaker who brought Olivier Theyskens’ mesmerizing Nina Ricci heels to life, says, “You should put these on when you walk into the boss’ office to ask for a raise. He wouldn’t be able to say no.” [WWD]
  • The creative director of recently-revived London label Ossie Clark has left the company. [Elle UK]
  • Grand dame of English fashion Vivienne Westwood took her gardener, Andy Hulme, as a muse for her latest menswear collection. [Independent]
  • Carine Roitfeld says she hasn’t been offered Anna Wintour‘s job, but if she were she wouldn’t dismiss it out of hand. Still, she has reservations about creative control and the size of the editorial team: “I’m very happy at French Vogue to be able to do everything — almost everything — I want in the magazine,” Roitfeld said. “It would be too political at American Vogue for me. And I’m not sure I’m talking enough good English to work there.” So, Carine fans of the 50 states, dream on — or just watch CNN International’s doc about the editor when it airs this week. [CNN]
  • Robin Givhan has an appreciation of fashion’s capacity to choose diverse It girls, from Beth Ditto to Michelle Obama. [WaPo]
  • Claudia Schiffer says she has so many closets of Chanel “it’s like a Chanel boutique.” She cleared out her wardrobe, which she’s saving for her daughter Clementine, into a helicopter hanger on her property in England. [Daily Mail]
  • The first images of Matthew Williamson‘s hotly anticipated H&M line is out. Let there be tie-dyed sequined tunics! [Racked]
  • Storm, meet teacup: Pierre Bergé, Yves Saint Laurent‘s effective widower, has withdrawn several Warhol portraits of the designer from an upcoming exhibition of the artist’s work in Paris. Saint Laurent’s likeness was to be hung in a section of the show called “Glamour,” which included — horrors — other designers like Giorgio Armani. Bergé thought his former life partner should be in the “Artists” section. [NY Times]
  • Meanwhile, Valentino is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Style. It’s yet another promotional tie-in for his new documentary, titled Valentino: The Last Emperor. [WWD]
  • And let it be said that there’s another reason, besides the market crash, that Valentino’s glad he retired when he did. The fact that the collections now are all So! 80s! “I hate the eighties,” he says. “I did it, and I hate it. When I go to see my dresses of the eighties, I vomit.” [NY Mag]
  • Forever 21 is opening its first store in Japan next month in Tokyo’s Harajuku district, but the retail chain plans to have an additional 49 outlets there in the next few years. [WWD]
  • The CEO of the privately-held luxury goods brand Salvatore Ferragamo is worried about the economic outlook, though he won’t divulge any numbers. The company is slowing its retail expansion for 2009, and believes concentrating on Asia might work. [FT]
  • The world’s biggest eyewear company, Luxottica, has posted 59.9% declines in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008. [The Street]
  • Sitting comparatively pretty is Christian Siriano. The new designer saw his orders double this season, and he also added ten new stockists. [The Cut]
  • And in other news from the wake of Project Runway, Jay McCarroll on the documentary 11 Minutes. “I let them [co-directors Michael and Rob Tate] be filmmakers,” says the designer. “I stepped back and prayed that they wouldn’t show my naked body.” McCarroll also has noticed that models these days are very thin. (And that Marilyn Monroe was not.) I have actually never heard anyone put it quite like that before! What a wonderful insight. [CBS]