Paris Fashion week is happening and check what style.com says this about Balenciaga “Which to enthuse over first? The amazing flounced cocktail dresses, inspired by a 1958 Balenciaga original and given a fierce modernist chic by the addition of glossy crocodile cummerbunds and high gladiator sandals? The extraordinary gold-buttoned and braided naval jackets, paired with fluid, gorgeously easy sailor pants? Or the incredible glimmering, body-skimming Lesage-beaded jackets and coats?” check it out on style.com
And from WWD on Dior “ Thank-you, John. Thank-you. Thank-you. Thank-you. Thank-you. Thank-you. Who hasn’t longed for John Galliano to stage an antic-free Christian Dior collection focused solely on his fabulous clothes? An idea-a-minute man, Galliano presented the collection in four sections inspired variously by Keough, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Moss and Gisele Bündchen. But no matter the clarity of source, the core message tolled loudly from the first look out, a denim-trimmed ivory bouclé suit fluffed up with little wafts of fringe, and Ts decorated with the slogan, “Dior not war.” This made for a bit of irony as, while the designer flashed his antiwar message from the runway, outside the tent, his steadfast antifur foes protested his work” WWD
Meanwhile here are some comments about the Gucci show from WWD
“She has to evolve and move herself away from Tom’s shadow,” Anna Wintour
“There was definitely the spirit of the Gucci woman, and I think she is a Gucci woman herself. It was smart not to make too big of a transition. I think she did a good job.” Carine Roitfeld, French Vogue.
In London, Kevin Spacey is the artistic director of The Old Vic Theatre.
Larry Gagosian has opened a spectacular gallery in Soho (LondonI
Check out the new Soho Hotel by Kit Kemp also in London (who did The Pelham) http://www.sohohotel.com
‘There’s a new theory about why Chanel wants all the photographers to dress in black suits and white shirts. Sources hint that the show will reprise the climactic scene for the forthcoming commercial for No. 5 perfume, in which star Nicole Kidman confidently faces a pack of sharp-dressed paparazzi.’ wwd
Check out the fabulous Dream hotel in New York, the first interior design project by photographer David Lachapelle. http://www.dreamny.com
Visionaire 43 “Dreams” goes on sale this week, and if the pretension alone doesn’t nauseate you, the chemical smell emanating from the 4-pound tome might. Photographs and images are transformed into ethereal works of art through a high tech burning process called laser cutting. The resulting images emerge, almost ghostlike, from a seemingly blank black page.” WWD (stinky).
Culti, the Italian design company have opened a hotel in Puglia ( THE hot destination) called La Sommita go to http://www.lasommita.relaisculti.com.
Check out the “Fifty Designers/Fifty Costumes: Concept to Character,” at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in LA which details the process that all costume designers undertake, whether designing for period or fantasy. “You’ll see a trenchcoat next to an 18th-century gown and Cruella de Vil next to Austin Powers” WWD.
Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage, has been drawing crowds in San Francisco at the Curran Theatre for the pre-Broadway run of his newest one-man show, “Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance.”
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