Kardashian Sisters to Launch Fashion Brand

Today the Kardashian sisters announced their global partnership with leading international designer Bruno Schiavi and his apparel company, Jupi Corporation. Kim, Khloe and Kourtney will collaborate with Schiavi on a complete brand launch encompassing apparel, home and accessories.

The Kardashians own Dash boutiques in Calabasas, Calif., and Miami and design a collection for Bebe that retails through resort 2011. Kim also designs a costume jewelry line with Pascal Mouawad.

“Designing for Bebe was the perfect first step because it really got our feet wet,” Kim said. “Now we feel that we are ready to branch off and do our own thing with a company that is widely international.”

The initial range to include a women’s RTW collection, handbags, belts, wallets and lingerieexpected to be in-stores in 2011 in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Germany.

Barbara Bui Fall Winter 2009 Collection

March 10, 2009

Barbara Bui worked a hardcore rock ’n’ roll vibe for fall — a little Jim Morrison, a lot of Los Angeles new age glam — with everything from metallic python pants and leather jackets that had zippered breakaway hems to studded cowboy boots and bags galore. With an underground biker vibe, sans the pretentiousness associated with the genre, the overall effect was thrilling and palatable.

Jeremy Scott Fall Winter 2009 Collection

March 10, 2009

Always a Paris favourite for its light-hearted approach to fashion, Jeremy Scott’s irreverent collection was inspired by a famous Disney rodent. A white coat crafted from Mickey Mouse gloves and a poufy printed bustier dress were stand-out highlights. When the attention wasn’t solely on the collection’s pieces, they were on the front row, which saw the likes of Peaches Geldof and Cory Kennedy eyeing pieces they would love to take home that day.

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Louis Vuitton RTW Spring Summer 2009

October 5th 2008 – Cour Carree du Louvre

For its show, Louis Vuitton transforms the tranquil open court space into a two-three floor paneled structure stretching out nearly 400 yards in every direction. Rushing through cobblestone steps filled with photogs and onlookers, we quickly flashed our invitations to the PR folks at the door. Up through the dark steps and around the bleechers we went, looking for our row seating.

As opposed to the year before’s show, there were fewer celebs sitting front row. Aside from a the famous series of journalists magazine editors, we could neigh find a Lenny Kravitz or a Dita Von Teese sitting adjacent to Julia Restoin Roitfeld. Alas, we tucked our invite away and chatted up with the ladies from Vogue everywhere – Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Latin America, etc. It was like a U.N. Council meeting except with a lot more sass.

The décor was strewn with bamboo and grain, the runway being lifted to shoulder level for the front-rowers (a classic Parisian setup as opposed to the on-the-floor American runway). Overhead, we could hear Edith Piaf‘s classic melodies sweetening the air, bringing a smile to everyone’s faces. This was going to be about Paris, but the African backdrop clued us that this would not be any standard fare.

The lights dimmed and in flash the girls came out, in gorgeous silhouettes that looked as if Marc had taken every spice of texture and fabric and married it to couture for the street. Paris meets Africa meets Street Chic meets Marc Jacobs’s personal S/S ’09 collection. And while we could see pieces of MJ’s NY showing, the harmonizing of big hair, leopard print bags, tassled hobos, jungle-inspired pumps with brilliant short skirts caught the audience off guard – but in a good way.

No sooner had the show started than we started to get up to head backstage. Many folks forked either into the backstage area or ran to Lanvin’s showing. We had had enough for this Paris Fashion Week and trotted past the well-placed bamboo sticks to follow Marc into the Q&A photogs area. With a glass of champagne in one hand and a truffle-paté bouché in another, we listened carefully as a cool, collected, slick back hair-in-suit MJ describe in a clear, but detracted manner the inspiration for this collection, à la Yves St. Laurent’s Opium pieces. With interviewers declaring that this was his best collection ever, all you could see is MJ’s adorable grin, as if he heard a joke that only he knew. Every collection is the “best” he must think. But you could see that it’s not being the best that interests him – it’s the challenge of the “next” that gets him up in the morning.

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Emanuel Ungaro RTW Spring Summer 2009 by Esteban Cortazar

October 1st 2008 – Carrousel Du Louvre –

Esteban Cortazar dedicated the show to his father, Valentino Cortazar, and printed his dad’s  letters  on the carpet runway (see pictures). All the models were wearing panama hats, the collection was a sucession of cocktail dresses which Ungaro is know for “it’s a dresses house” said Esteban Cortazar when asked about why so many dresses.

Esteban has respected the “codes”of the french house using printed silk patterns and Ungaro known shapes. The Spring Summer 2009 Ungaro girl is a french jet set girl in Miami.

Anna Wintour and Nina Garcia were there to support Esteban.

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In a NY Fashion Week Minute: Spring Summer 2009

For those who may not have all the time in the world to see every single fashion show this past week, WWD has courteously provided a sweet compilation video that should bring up to stylish speed.

Alexander Wang’s After Party Sweatier Than His Runway Show

 

 

Alexander Wang’s sweat-inspired runway show Saturday evening was clearly more than just a fashion statement: later that night in a basement space in the far reaches of Chinatown, Erin Wasson and Alice Dellal hosted a perspiration-drenched dance party for the designer that drew a crowd of his beloved ODMs (that’s off-duty models) like Behati Prinsloo, Julia Stegner and Noot Sear. 

Wang began the night in a black Hooters T-shirt (“We tried to go there after the show, but they wouldn’t give us our reservation so we went to McDonald’s instead,” he said), but soon stripped down to one of his signature gray tanks and joined the hordes dancing up a storm around a mini, blue-lit runway, waiting for the much ballyhooed surprise performer. 

 

 

She was worth every bead of sweat: at 11:45 p.m., Foxy Brown took the stage in the designer’s hot pink minidress, telling the roaring crowd, “They put me in jail for a year and my cell was full of Alexander Wang,” before rapping hits like “Candy,” “What’s Your Heaven” and “Hot Spot.” 

Turns out Brown was celebrating more than her self-described “good friend” Wang’s collection: it was also her birthday. 

 

“When he asked me to perform and told me it was going to be Sept. 6, I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to give you that!’” she laughed after her half-hour set. Don’t expect to see her all over the front rows in the coming days. “I don’t whore myself out for fashion.” And though it was her first performance since her release from jail earlier this year, Brown didn’t suffer from any stage fright. 

“I’m a beast on the microphone,” she declared, as a VH1 television crew filmed her for an upcoming reality show. “I was more nervous about busting my ass in these 6-inch Yves Saint Laurent heels.”

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Hervé Léger By Max Azria Spring Summer 2009 Collection

September 7th 2008 – Bryant Park – Keeping true to its Parisian roots, Max Azria has carried the Parisian Hervé Léger fashion house over the pond and into Bryant Park with much success. With corset shaping bandage dresses wrapping silhouettes even tighter, Hervé Léger brings a sexy, almost erotic look, to NY Fashion Week.

After chatting up a storm with some of the ladies at the Bryant Park lounge, we grabbed our Balenciaga bags and headed past security check and into the runway show area. There in the Promenade, or the more intimate and 2nd most largest venue of the Bryant Park tent, the crowd looked young, hip, and famished for a different take on Spring 2009′s fashion. Plopping into our seating, we found a small Hérve Legér gift box filled with parfumerie. No sooner did I pick up my style sheet than the show commenced.

The first looks were filled with signature Hervé Léger cocktail dresses, short one piece robes with above the knee cuts. As the models snaked down the catwalk, you could catch a few pushing down the dress as it rode up their hips: a side effect of the bandage wraps’ coiled nature. Bright colours hugged the models, with eye-catching pieces shimmering in gold.

After several pieces had passed our way and the 4 evening wear pieces carouseled the catwalk, we thought the show was over. Max Azria kept the best for last: a blast of white light relit the catwalk and a quick barrage of sunglasses toting models came quickly back out wearing minimal Hervé Léger swimwear in all shapes and symmetries. Our favourite was the V-shaped black swim piece with matching arm bandages, creating a perfect avant-garde look pour la cruise.

Soon thereafter the show ended, with Max Azria taking the customary bow along with the creative designer for H.L. Before heading back stage, we caught a glimpse of Lou Doillon who was absolutely infatuated with Hervé’s revival in NY. When asked “What are you wearing today, mademoiselle?”, Lou replied in an almost peppermint sweet tone “Hervé Léger, bien sûr, of course.”

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Stars and Style: 5th Annual Fashion Rocks

The fifth annual Fashion Rocks on Friday drew one of its most stellar crowds in years. In Fashion’s corner: designers Vera Wang, Max Azria, Tommy Hilfiger and Valentino, as well as stylish stars Charlize Theron and Hilary Swank. Representing Rocks: Mariah Carey, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis and dozens more. But even among all the star power, the one performer whom everyone at Radio City Music Hall was dying to see was Justin Timberlake. Apparently, Timberlake is the sort of man who reduces women to monosyllabic speech.

“He’s hot,” gushed Elizabeth Banks.

“Justin’s the bomb,” said Blige. “And very, very cute.”

Duffy, however, was interested in Rihanna; their first run-in was the perfect storm of fashion and rocking. “We met while shopping at Barneys,” Duffy said.

Once inside, Timberlake didn’t disappoint, nor did the rest of the all-star lineup. Beyoncé crooned Etta James’ “At Last,” walking into the front row to bring James to her feet for everyone to see. Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock collaborated on “Sweet Home Alabama,” and Debbie Harry and Fergie sang “Call Me.”

 

 

Denis Leary made for an affable host, and found fashion an easy target. “Naomi Campbell has a fragrance called Mystery,” he said. “The only mystery about her is where she will hit you with a cell phone.”

Afterward, the “Gossip Girl” crew and the marquee musicians walked across the street to the Rainbow Room, where Timberlake and Kid Rock danced to Michael Jackson on the banquettes until midnight.

The following night, Alexander Wang corralled the fashion crew to a basement space in Chinatown, where Erin Wasson and Alice Dellal hosted a party for the designer that drew ODMs (that’s off-duty models) like Behati Prinsloo, Julia Stegner and Noot Sear. Wang began the night in a black Hooters T-shirt (“We tried to go there after the show, but they wouldn’t give us our reservation, so we went to McDonald’s instead,” he said), but soon stripped down to one of his signature gray tanks and joined the hordes dancing and sweating up a storm, waiting for Foxy Brown’s much anticipated set. Finally, at 11:45 p.m., she took the stage in the designer’s hot pink minidress, telling the roaring crowd, “They put me in jail, and my cell was full of Alexander Wang.”

Turns out Brown was celebrating more than Wang’s collection; it was also her birthday. “When he asked me to perform and told me it was going to be Sept. 6, I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to give you that!’” she laughed after her half-hour set. But that’s all she’s giving. Brown won’t be out for any other designer next week. “I don’t whore myself out for fashion,” said the rapper, who’s attended shows for Zac Posen, Chris Aire and Sweetface in the past.

And though this was her first performance since her release from jail earlier this year, Brown didn’t suffer from any stage fright. “I’m a beast on the microphone,” she declared, as a VH1 television crew filmed her for her upcoming reality show. “I was more nervous about busting my ass in these 6-inch Yves Saint Laurent heels!”

Courtesy: WWD

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