- ‘Kate Moss was photographed for a Donna Karan campaign by Mert and Marcus and will feature Donna’s Spring "Nueva York"-themed collection..
- ‘After years of absence, Prada will again attend the Pitti Uomo men’s wear exhibition. But don’t expect to see the entire Prada men’s collection on the runway. In true Prada style, the fashion house will present only a new sneaker with its staple red band, designed in different materials, at Pitti Uomo, which runs Jan. 9 to 12.’ WWD
- Art Basel Miami Beach takes place December 6 - 9, 2007. As the sister event of Switzerland’s Art Basel, the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past 38 years, Art Basel Miami Beach combines an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design. Too cool
- ‘Helmut Lang plans to open his first solo exhibition next month at Brooklyn’s trendy Journal Gallery. Lang’s installation is said to include a multifaceted mirrored object and photos of colorful ornaments against a backdrop of black-and-white porn.’ reports WWD
- ‘Hedi Slimane lifted the curtain on his solo exhibition at the Almine Rech Gallery in Paris. Titled “Perfect Stranger,” the show includes photos of young rock fans, a source of inspiration for Slimane since his Dior Homme days’ reports WWD galeriealminerech.com
- Top Shop will open Topshop stores in Paris and Milan and may soon enter India South Africa, Australia and Brazil. Thank the lord.
- Miuccia Prada, who has put celebrities at the center of Miu Miu advertising, has made a casting coup for next spring’s campaign: Kirsten Dunst. The actress finished the shoot last week in Los Angeles with photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. WWD.
- Stella McCartney scooped the designer of the year award at the annual British Fashion Awards in London. Other winners cluded Anya Hindmarch for designer brand; Christopher Bailey of Burberry for men’s wear designer;and Dame Vivienne Westwood for outstanding achievement in fashion design. WWD.
- Tom Ford is now planning to make his Hollywood debut a priority. According to rumours on the LA fashion circuit, WWD reports, the designer is preparing to direct the big screen adaptation of A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, which depicts a day in the life of a gay man in Los Angeles.
- Philip Treacy, one of the fashion industry’s favourite milliners, is once again turning his hand to interior design. Two years ago Treacy was enlisted by Monogram Hotel Group to produce eccentric interiors for the g hotel in Galway (pictured) and they were so pleased with the results that he has now been given free reign to turn Bow Street Magistrates’ Court in Covent Garden into a luxury 90-room hotel.reports WWD
- Megaproducer and performer Pharrell Williams and his business partner, Japanese fashion designer Nigo have opened 2,000-square-foot store in New York. The two who collaborate on the design of the two apparel and sneaker labels sold out of all 100 pairs of a limited edition light blue ice Cream sneakers within minutes.WWD
- In London checkout "The Painting of Modern Life," at Southbank’s Hayward Gallery Oct.4–Dec. 30; hayward gallery.org.uk. The exhibition considers photographic images as a stimulus for Modern and contemporary painting through the work of more than 20 artists, from Warhol to Hockney to Richter.
- Then head to the exhibition of Louise Bourgeois, at Tate ModernOct. 10–Jan. 20 tate.org.uk. Surrealist, Expressionist, and conceptual artist Bourgeois is still going strong in her nineties.
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