The Dior show took place at Versailles, the grandest of all of France’s palaces, but designer John Galliano’s theme - from the matador outfit he wore to take his bow to the singing gypsies to the food he served his 1,000 guests - was Spanish. The paella pan, said one attendee "was the diameter of a bathtub. I could’ve laid down in it, it was that big." Style.com
Paris is buzzing about fashion illustrator Sara Singh’s new show. The artist, who recently completed the illustrations for a Sarah Jessica Parker fragrance, is showing her pinups - as well as her whimsical renderings of flies, cloud-jumping horses, and pouting prima donnas - at French Trotters, the French capital’s answer to Opening Ceremony. It’s in the boho 11th arrondissement, but worth the trip from the more couture-centric 1st. French Trotters, 30 rue de Charonne, Paris, www.frenchtrotters.fr. Reports Style.com
Drew Barrymore has become the first celebrity to front a Gucci campaign. The Hollywood starlet has been photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin in a set of sensual poses on a beach for Gucci’s fine jewellery line. WWD
Mathew Mellon has been cleared of hiring a detective agency to hack into ex-wife Tamara Mellon’s computer during their divorce. He was found not guilty of employing Active Investigation Services (AIS) to illegally snoop through private information.
In Paris for the Haute Couture? Head to the David Lynch and Christian Louboutin’s Fetish photography exhibition at the Pierre Passebon Gallery.
Or check out the Roger Vivier Fall presentation at Colette Boutique. Eric Charles-Donatien, the young creative director of Atelier Lemarié, the storied couture feather workshop, created not only the elaborately embroidered plumes on the Vivier buckle bag in the shop window, but also the hurricane like patent leather rosettes on the Rose and Roll shoe, which also boasts a fierce thorned stiletto heel. Said brand ambassador Inès de la Fressange, "It’s a good marriage for an old house like us to be in a young shop like Colette. For a brand to be featured here is like getting the Légion d’Honneur." Not that the good graces only go one way. De la Fressange’s pet project for the occasion was the creation of six Vivier buckle bags in such materials as bronze, paper, flowers, and - last but not least - chocolate. When the time comes to break down the exhibit, it’s the shop guys and gals on rue Saint-Honoré who will get to eat the goods.
Belgian-born Liz Claiborne, who made a name for herself designing all-American sportswear, and whose company made fashion headlines recently when it acquired a stake in Narciso Rodriguez’s label, has died aged 78.
Until recently in Britain, swap shopping - the ethical antidote to mortifying fashion mistakes - was an underground phenomenon confined to the back rooms of pubs. But last weekend, the swapping movement burst overground, thanks to a temporary shop set up by Visa and the recycling charity TRAID in the center of Knightsbridge. Clothes were donated by Mischa Barton, Naomi Campbell, Lily Cole, Sadie Frost, Peaches Geldof, and Christopher Bailey of Burberry, as well as the legions of well-dressed Londoners who walked in and dropped off their unwanted Balenciagas, Pradas, and YSLs. Donations were valued and assigned points, which were then loaded onto a Visa swap card that could be used to buy clothes in the shop, which will be open for another two weeks. Reports Style.com
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