At the Cannes Film Festival Christian Dior dispatched text messages to key editors to let them know Tilda Swinton was wearing two of its rings to the premiere of “Broken Flowers.” And at AmfAR’s 12th annual Cinema Against AIDS benefit co-chair French Vogue’s Carine Roitfeld brought out the fashion stars John Galliano, Vanessa Seward and Patrick Demarchelier. Wwd
Belgian movie L’Enfant directed by brothers Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne won the coveted Palme D’Or at Cannes.
Johnny Depp is set to reprise his role as journalist Hunter S. Thompson in the sequel to his 1998 hit Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas The follow-up, The Rum Diary, is based on Thompson’s very first novel, which journals his career and personal escapades in 1950s Puerto Rico. Imdb
Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of Estée Lauder and is to appear in ads for the 10th anniversary of the Pleasures fragrance.
Film producer Ismail Merchant died on Wednesday after a long illness. Merchant worked with director James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala to create gorgeous-looking literary adaptations such as Room With A View and Howard’s End. SMH.
Versace plans to open its second Palazzo Versace Resort, in Dubai, in 2008.The resort, which will cost about $700 million to build, will comprise 215 suites, a spa, restaurants and 204 luxury villas and will be located in the Arabian Bay, on the waterfront site on Dubai Creek, Dubai.. wwd
Tom Ford said he will bring an older, wiser perspective to fashion when he designs apparel for the new Tom Ford brand, which will follow plans for cosmetics, eyewear and home items.
Lagerfeld just renewed his contract, continuing a 40-year collaboration with Fendi.
Can a skirt be installation art? Prada’s traveling exhibition “Waist Down” posits that it can. Subtitled “Miuccia Prada: Art and Creativity,” the exhibition opened in Shanghai on May 17 at the historic Peace Hotel on the city’s famous waterfront Bund. “Waist Down” made its debut in Japan, and after running in Shanghai until Tuesday it will continue on to New York and a yet-to-be determined city in Europe. Prada chose the location because, “Mrs. Prada is fascinated with 1930s Shanghai, and loves the movies from that era,” wwd
Dozens of portraits by Karl Lagerfeld will be in a special Tokyo issue of the next issue of Interview magazine, ” outdoor shoots in Tokyo were timed by the mobs of people around Karl. It would quickly reach a boiling point, ‘ says editor in chief Ingrid Sischy, who spent four days in Tokyo last December with Lagerfeld, photographing scores of up-and-coming musicians, architects, artists and actors. The issue boasts double covers — diamond-toothed fashion star Nigo on one, pop princess Utada on the flip side — plus a special advertising section in the middle showcasing the cutting-edge architecture in flagships of Prada, Dior, Louis Vuitton and others. Sischy also corralled a slate of high-profile contributors including Tom Ford, who does a mini profile of architect Tadao Ando, and Yoko Ono, who interviews Takashi Murakami. ” wwd
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