Archive for May 4th, 2010
Is Couture Over?
“COUTURE has become completely irrelevant,” Oscar de la Renta, Balmain’s couture designer for nine years, said this week. “Customers are smart. They know that a $10,000 wedding dress will look as beautiful as a $1 million wedding dress. Maybe it will not be finished the same way inside, but who will know?” Executives at Givenchy, […]
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Tags: Balmain, Chanel, couture, Dior, Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino
Disney darling! Life Unexpected’s Britt Robertson will star in Meg Cabot’s book-turned-movie Avalon High. via PATA Picks: Britt Robertson to Star in New Disney Flick Avalon High: People Are Talking About: Industry Insider: teenvogue.com.
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Tags: avalon high, Britt Robertson, Disney Star, Meg Cabot
Black Violet eau de parfum from £110, by Tom Ford; Concealer No 1 £25, by Chanel; Skin Food for dry and rough skin £8.50, by Weleda; Creme blush in ‘Hyacinth? £22.48, by Becca; Dream Hair shine spritz £5.49 Concealer No 1 £25, by Chanel (020 7493 3836). This has a lovely moist texture, making it […]
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Tags: Beauty, Black violet eau de parfum, Chanel, Erin O'Connor, Tom Ford, Weleda
Sequin-embroidered jacquard lamé dress, Armani Privé, to special order, call 212-988-9191. Georges Fouquet rock crystal and diamond art deco strand necklace, circa 1925, from Siegelson, NYC, price upon request. Platinum necklace with diamonds, circa 1909, Cartier, price upon request. via Spring Couture Gowns Live Among the Wild – Discover More Spring Fashion at ELLE.com.
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Tags: Armani Privé, Cartier, fashion, Georges Fouquet, Spring couture, style
HALLE BERRY’S male model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry has confirmed that the couple are no longer together. They met on the set of a Versace campaign shoot in 2006 and have a two-year-old daughter, Nahla, together. “While I will not comment on all of the wild inaccuracies being speculated about in the media, I am sad […]
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Tags: break up, Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry, Versace campaign
New York played host to the most fashionable red carpet of the year last night as fashion and entertainment’s finest names came out to celebrate the opening of The Metropolitan Museum’s new spring exhibition, American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity. This year the event was co-chaired by Patrick Robinson, creative director of Gap (which also […]
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Tags: Anne Hathaway, Burberry, Emma Watson, Jesssica Alba, Kirsten Dunst, Metropolitan Museum NY, Patrick Robinson, red carpet, Sarah Jessica Parker, Valentino
She no longer has the influence over fashion that she once had (or allegedly had: I’m too young to remember Madonna’s peak and any influence she held during it), but her staying power is undeniable. Hence Madonna’s black and white pictorial in the May 2010 issue of Interview magazine. via Fashion Blog: Fashion & Clothing […]
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Tags: fashion, Interview Magazine, Madonna, style
Lady Gaga did not walk the carpet at the Met Gala last night. However, she performed inside wearing a sheer sparkle-encrusted body stocking, which was similar to the sparkle-encrusted body stocking she wore to the Grammys. Last night’s catsuit was also designed by Armani Privé, but The Cut’s patented Diva Sparkle Crust Analysis indicates that […]
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Tags: Armani Privé, Lady gaga, Met Gala, Prada