March 31, 2009
Louis Vuitton Sprouse Vernis Rose Alma
The love for Sprouse is far from being over. On April 1st, Louis Vuitton will be continuing the tribute to Stephen Sprouse by launching the Vernis Roses collection.
Some of us, discovered the Rose designed by Stephen Sprouse on January 9th at the succession of parties celebrating the artist.
You loved it on screen behind Debbie Harry now you can have the Rose on your bag!
Debby Harry Blondie Bowery Ballroom's Performance
The collection will be available in three flashy Vernis colors: Rose Pop, Orange Sunset and Vert Tonic. The Vernis Rose Alma retail for $2,730 and the Vernis Rose Coin Purse retail for $485.
The collection will be available at Louis Vuitton stores and on www.louisvuitton.com.
March 31, 2009
Kate Moss and Topshop is a 9 year love story. The first collection launched almost a decade ago was immediately a hit.
The Spring Summer 2009 Collection will be available on March 2nd at the newly New York City Topshop store.
“I love wearing prints, particularly in summer and they’ve proved a real hit in my past collections,” Moss explained. “Whilst researching the spring range we looked at loads of old prints and most of my favourites originated from the Liberty archive.”
“Collaborating with the print studio was an amazing experience,” Moss revealed. “The team are so knowledgeable and were very open to my ideas. The capsule range features original colour combinations exclusive to my spring collection.”
The spring/summer 2009 offering will also feature Moss’ first underwear outing with bras and pants in black lace and cotton florals.
Our Ultimate favorites are this Sequins dress and Chiffon Liberty dress
See our favorite looks from the collection below:
March 31, 2009
Stella McCartney in NYC, Honored By NRDC
Stella McCartney was honored for her eco-efforts by the Natural Resources Defense Council Monday night at its annual Forces for Nature gala.
Her father, Paul, gave a gushing speech in front of a crowd that included Zhang Ziyi, Graydon and Anna Carter, Lorne Michaels, Tom and Kathy Freston, Robert F. Kennedy, Jeff Koons, Diane von Furstenberg and Ron Perelman.
When asked on what can any individual can do to support the cause, Stella said “if you own a leather bag, throw it away!”
March 31, 2009
Karl Lagerfeld in Versailles - Chanel Sponsors Le Bal Des Siecles
This a premiere in France, Versailles is hosting for the first time in more than two centuries,the most sumptuously dressed court of Europe.
Chanel sponsors the exhibition.
“Fastes de Cour & Cérémonies Royales” (“Court Pomp & Royal Ceremony”) retraces European court costumes from 1650 to 1800 and opens to the public today. The exhibition, which runs through June 28.
In his foreword to the exhibition catalogue, Karl Lagerfeld notes that even the French court, “the most brilliant and imitated in the world,” went into debt to retain universal admiration. “Nothing was too beautiful, or too expensive,” the designer points out.
You will not see any wardrobes from Queen Marie Antoinette neither from Kings Louis XIV, XV and XVI. We believe that all the wardrobe left has been maybe destroyed when the revolution took over in 1789.
The influence of the French monarchy expanded in Europe, Germany, Russia, Vienna, Denmark and Sweden were able to keep their royal attire, furniture and accoutrements.
The pieces will be displayed alongside official portraits of their original owners and drawings. It is also the first time pieces of crown jewelry have been included in an exhibition of court costume, the better to illustrate the luster of the court of Versailles. We have no information on yes or no the jewelry displayed will be the original or duplicate.
See the pictures below:
Pictures via wwd
March 31, 2009
Topshop / Topman
478 Broadway
New York, NY 10013
www.topshop.com
We are two days away from Topshop’s New York opening! its over-the-top rock ’n’ roll merchandising have arrived in SoHo.
We’ve been waiting for this for a long time. The store has been already filled up with sexy sequined dresses, feathered trophy jackets, cheeky studded platforms, skinny fits, geeky eyeglasses and barely legal studded denim short shorts.
It’s the chain’s first store in the U.S., and among the most anticipated retail openings in years.
“This is genuinely the best store we have ever built,” said Sir Philip Green, the flamboyant owner of Arcadia Group, parent company of Topshop and its men’s sibling Topman, during a preview of the site Monday morning. “We see this as a launchpad for a business in America.”
Topshop is milking the opening, staging a barrage of parties and dinners for media and socialites this week in advance of the debut, and then a high-octane ribbon cutting with Kate Moss on Thursday. Moss has been doing an exclusive collection for Topshop since 2006 and launches her spring line in tandem with the SoHo opening.
The store will also be releasing its latest collections by Kate Moss and two British design houses; Jonathan Saunders and Preen.
In addition, a Topshop van has been driving around New York handing out goody bags and gift cards worth $5 to $500.
TopShop Truck Giving Free Goodies To Penny-Pinching Pedestrians
Mirroring the Oxford Circus flagship in London, the four-level, 40,000-square-foot space, with 28,000 square feet for selling, is an eyeful of energetic, packed merchandising with about 2,000 stock keeping units, a broad price range from moderate to bridge, and dozens of mannequins and forms, either dangling from the high, 30-foot ceilings or sitting atop the alcoves. It’s a wide store with columns and escalators, huge colorful illustrations of London icons, and theatrically lit Topshop marquees. Above all, it’s the product, and not so much the architecture or decor, that does the talking.
For a business that’s built on a strategy of selling irreverent, youthful clothes, and long inspired by the hip music scene ,there’s even a DJ booth that will be playing music on busy shopping days and special events.
In another break from retail tradition, Topshop will have none of the ubiquitous markdowns seen everywhere in retailing. The company stages only four sales a year and otherwise won’t price promote, though the store will be offering students a 10 percent discount.
See all the in store pictures below:
pictures from wwd.com
March 31, 2009
The Repetto Cabaret Shoes by Karl lagerfeld have been unveiled for the first time at the Karl Lagefeld Spring Summer 2009 Show during Paris Fashion Week. These shoes are limited edition and available in black or white patent leather. One version is on heel and platform, the other is a flat, both are to be worn with a removable tutu made of perforated patent leather. The Repetto Cabaret Shoes will be available on for 300 euros April 9th at 12pm at colette,
Karl Lagerfeld Spring Summer 2009 Show - Photo: style.com
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March 30, 2009
Xmen's Storm in Bikini
If you missed the last year Met gala celebrating the superheroes, and you if you missed out on the DVF’s Wonder Woman line, here’s another chance to get in on the never-dying comic trend.
Marvel, one of the biggest names behind comic books, is pushing further into the women’s fashion market with a full-on line of clothes, bags, accessories and makeup for 2009.
The consumer products team at Marvel is thinking big when it comes to females.
“Since our core customer has always been guys, we need to be very careful when we introduce female product so that we don’t alienate our core,” said Paul Gitter, president of consumer products, North America, for Marvel Entertainment Inc. “What we have found through testing is that we haven’t alienated them, which gives us the OK to move forward with female product.”
The question is Marvel going to sell Storm’s bikini?
March 30, 2009
Creative director Simon Kneen Fall Winter 2009 Collection is about “being prepared for anything and everything in the face of adversity.”
Chunky knits, tailored military jackets, skinny leather pants and silk dresses.
In men’s, Banana is planning to cozy up to its customer. Chunky sweaters, soft scarves and plush outerwear were designed to “make people feel like they’re in a cocoon” said Kneen.
Can you tell the DVF Fall Winter 2009 inspiration in the pictured look?
See the pictures below:
March 30, 2009
Kevin Carrigan, creative director of ck Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein, showcased a tight fall lineup that focused on sculptural-yet-soft items. Easy tailored suits with rounded shoulders paired with lace-print tops. The dresses are one-shoulder.
In men’s wear, businesslike suits in a gray palette and classically outdoorsy sportswear with modern urban detailing.
See the pictures below:
March 30, 2009
When Edition by Banana Republic, a new 1,400-square-foot accessories and handbag retail concept, bows on May 15, most of the products will be priced under $100.
Banana Republic executives will be testing the theory that, especially these days, women who may think twice about spending several hundred dollars on fashion won’t hesitate to buy a less expensive necklace or handbag. The store will open at the Westfield Mall in San Francisco.
“For our customers today, affordability is paramount and being fashionable is always in style,” said Jack Calhoun, president of Banana Republic. “Edition is the perfect place for women to update their wardrobe with exquisite, limited edition and affordable accessories, especially in today’s economy.”
The store will feature limited edition women’s handbag and jewelry collections — produced in runs of 50 to 100 pieces — along with popular Banana Republic accessories, shoes, personal care, eyewear and seasonal accessories.
Products are made using materials such as Italian leather for handbags and semiprecious stones for jewelry.
The limited run accessories created for Edition won’t be sold online or at any Banana Republic stores.
