The FiFi Report 277

  • Check out the new Paris Vogue and Garance Doré’s shots of Carine at the shows and here at Garance Doré.
  • While on the subject of Paris Vogue checkout the November cover with Isabeli Fontana.
  • Can’t wait for Jimmy Choo for H&M to come into stores in the US.
  • Check out the fab site for the new movie Where The Wild Things Are, apparently filmed in burnt out bush outside of Melbourne.
  • Grace Coddington chats about skinny models, “I remember when I was young, they told me that if I didn’t lose weight I’d be out of the show, so I spent a week living off of coffee.”
  • John Galliano has cast hot model du moment Karlie Kloss to star in his spring 2010 Christian Dior campaign. She’s just 17. Bless. Says WWD.
  • Karl Lagerfeld will soon have a new stamp in his passport: Argentina. The designer is shooting the next Chanel campaign on location in Buenos Aires with Claudia Schiffer, Freja Beha Erichsen and Baptiste Giabiconi. It will be Lagerfeld’s first time in the South American nation. “I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist,” he said. The multitasking designer said he would also work on a forthcoming book about architecture in Argentina. Reports WWD.
  • Louboutin Fetes Barbie at 50. WWD
  • Grazia UK talks to Tom Ford’s costume designer, Arianne Phillips “[Tom] is the most prepared director I have ever worked with. Tom is an extremely generous and gracious man, who was encouraging, agreeable and allowed me to do my job”.
  • Kristen Stewart: her Allure photo shoot.
  • The New York Times’ The Moment magazine has a British theme and lots of ‘Batty Brits’ and Samantha Morten is on the cover.
  • Rimmel London has added rock’n'roll progeny and runway royalty to its star-spangled lineup of spokeswomen. Georgia May Jagger and Coco Rocha will join the Coty Inc-owned brand’s roster, which already includes Kate Moss, Lily Cole and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. The new pair will begin appearing in 2010 advertising. Says WWD.
  • It’s the fabulous Linda Evangelista for W magazine art issue video!
  • Jean Paul Gaultier will be the third in Target (US) series of Designer Collaborations. The exclusive Jean Paul Gaultier for Target collection will debut on March 7 in more than 250 stores in the US and on Target.com. Says WWD.
  • Tom Ford finally acknowledged on the record he’s returning to the women’s arena and confirmed he and his longtime business partner and Tom Ford International chairman Domenico De Sole are on the hunt for financing. Says WWD.
  • Check out Aerin Lauder’s over the top house in US Elle Deco.
  • Conde Nast US keeps laying off new people: Now we hear Executive fashion director Candy Pratts Price and Senior features editor Laird Borrelli-Persson will leave Style.com at the end of 2009. Reports Fashion Week Daily.
  • Hillary Swank is on the cover of US Marie Claire

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