Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are the indie rock stars of the furniture world ( so says W magazine) and the LA museum of Contemporary Art is having an exhibition of their work with Vitra, Habitat, Magis and Cappellini.
Lord McAlpine has opened a bed and breakfast in Puglia Italy in an old convent called Santa Maria di Constantinpoli ( they don’t have website sorry but see June W).
Terence Conran is opening a Cuban restaurant in London called Floridita.
Sculptor Andy Goldworthy has an exhibition on the roof of the Met In New York.
Prada is launching its fragrance with boxes featuring the same woven-fabric Prada labels that are sewn into the designer’s ready-to-wear collections. The scent, is described as a “very addictive, sensual, ambery scent,” has topnotes of Italian bergamot, bitter orange, Sicilian mandarin and mimosa absolute; middle notes of rose absolute, schimus molle absolute, Indonesian patchouli and patchouli absolute, and a drydown of labdanum resinoide, tonka bean absolute, vanilla absolute, Indian sandalwood and Siamese benzoin resinoide.” (Yes but what does it smell like?) wwd
Katharine Hepburn’s Louis Vuitton wardrobe trunk sold for $14,000 at Sotheby’s.
Christie’s in Rome will auction “Souvenirs of a Life With the Dukes of Windsor”.
The Emporio Aramani campaign, shot in Paris by Vincent Peters will reunite the three actors who starred in Bernardo Bertolucci’s movie “The Dreamers”.
Australian author Anna Funder’s book ‘Stasiland’ won Britain’s richest award for non-fiction the Samuel Johnson Prize, worth £30,000 ($78,600).
Allegra Beck will soon inherit full control of the 50 percent stake in Versace that was bequeathed by uncle, Gianni Versace.
HINDUS in Uttar Pradesh have been burning Union Jacks and Italian flags in protest at Roberto Cavalli ‘s use of Hindu religious imagery on his latest swimwear line. “Cavalli is free to have an image of Queen Elizabeth on his bikinis, if he so desires,” says the Sena’s state unit chief, Uk Vogue.
Miramax Television’s “Project Runway,” is the latest reality show and will explore the behind-the-seams life of 12 aspiring designers who will be invited to New York to live and work together in a loft and compete in various challenges for five weeks. Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Constance White are the first judges on board, and the finalists will show their collections at New York Fashion Week. One winner also will get a Gilles Bensimon spread in Elle.WWD
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