The FiFi Report 262

  • Louis Vuitton’s Fall 2009 campaign with Madonna has been leaked …The retoucher might deserve more recognition than the photographer. Have a look at their work here.
  • OH Rachel Zoe please stop copying me.
  • Bally stays with Christy Turlington for Fall 2009 Ad Campaign. See it here.
  • Heath Ledger is on the cover of Vanity Fair read about it here.
  • The Missonis have pioneered technical development of their knitwear product over the past 50 years and now Ottavio and Rosita Missoni are being celebrated in a new London-based exhibition; Workshop Missoni: Daring to be Different. Read it in UK Vogue.
  • The Wellie Brigade… check out the best looks from Glastonbury.
  • Fashion Spotlight: Hermes… The fashion critic Suzy Menke interviews Veronique Nichanian, one of few women in the fashion industry who design clothes for men. Watch it here.
  • We love stylist Tabitha Simmons: now she is a shoe designer. Read about her here.
  • Brüno is on the cover of Attitude magazine. See him here.
  • Beyoncé’s launching a Sasha Fierce Clothing Line. Check it out here.
  • Juergen Teller: Fashion’s provocative photographer reveals all. He got Charlotte Rampling to cuddle up, Victoria Beckham to climb into a carrier bag and Kate Moss to play guitar. How does he do it? Susannah Frankel meets Juergen Teller, the snapper the stars trust. Read the interview here.
  • See another trailer of The September Issue. If you missed it at The Film Festival…
    (It was fabulous). It’s coming to Australia in September.
  • Karl Lagerfeld asked Model Sasha Pivovarova to illustrate on a book based on Russian fairy tales in February and now she has worked on the Chanel Paris-Moscou fashion show in Moscow: “My drawings were inspired by the joy of seeing fairytale characters coming to life in one of the main theatres of Moscow, the city where I was born.”
  • Check out Lilly Allen on a shot for Chanel.
  • Check Michael Jackson’s style.
  • Check out the Vionnet Cruise 2010 collection; “I looked at magazines, books, newspaper clips and anything I could find,” said the newly minted creative director Rodolfo Paglialunga (who spent 13 years as an assistant to Miuccia Prada.) His first spring collection will be unveiled in Paris during fashion week.
  • Donatella Versace is a guest blogger for The Moment.
  • Christy Turlington is Yves Saint Laurent’s Fall 2009 Campaign Supermodel. See it here.
  • Gwen Stefani is on the cover of US Elle.
  • Love the new fall/winter Chloe ad campaign. See it here.

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