The FiFi Report 191

  • Check out what’s hot for 2008 according to Vogue UK www.vogue.co.uk
  • Yoox.com will launch a sequel to their Tribute to Chanel vintage sale, which, when it launched two weeks ago, sold out in just 24 hours. http://www.yoox.com..50 pieces will be available this time, many showing off house signatures: Quilted bags, pearls of every measure, camellia-strewn belts and necklaces, and tweeds are all in the mix. Former style editor of the New York Times Holly Brubach helped to curate the selection and has included some collectibles from her personal archive. Insiders tell us that the best pieces are "a red bustier dress and the bags." Prices start at $200. Style.com.
  • ‘It was the hottest gossip at the British Fashion Awards on Tuesday night and now the rumour mill is in full throttle as we all wonder who will take up the hallowed position at the front of British fashion buying. One of the biggest positions in London - indeed world - fashion is vacant again – Aussie girl Yasmin Sewell has announced that she’s leaving Browns to set up her own fashion and retail consultancy business’. Reports Vogue Uk.
  • ‘The uber stylist Katie Grand is relinquishing her status as creative director of Mulberry - two months before she was due to start the job’ reports Vogue UK.
  • There’ll be no repeat performance of the angry scenes surrounding Marc Jacobs late-running spring/summer 2008 show next season; to ease the tension, the designer has relinquished his traditional 9pm slot on the Monday evening of New York Fashion Week for a more flexible 7pm on Friday’…reports Vogue Uk.
  • "Leave it to Marc Jacobs to convince a Spice Girl to go unplugged. For his hotly anticipated signature campaign for spring, Victoria Beckham put herself in front of the often harsh and unforgiving lens of Jacobs’ regular lensman, Juergen Teller."She was a great sport. She agreed to do something rough and tough and quite raw," Jacobs said Thursday. "It wasn’t days and days of hair and makeup." Confirming details about their collaboration, first reported in WWD on Oct. 17, Jacobs said the campaign depicts Beckham amid giant Marc Jacobs gift boxes and shopping bags, a sly allusion to how celebrities today are packaged and marketed like products. In fact, Jacobs’ favorite images depict Beckham popping out of a box — or her head buried in a bag, with only her legs sticking out. The designer is also quite fond of one in which she is posed next to a car, a VB logo visible on the hubcaps’…reports WWD.
  • ‘Talk about a room with a view! The compact, one-room Hotel Everland, a mobile installation created by Swiss artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, sits on top of the Palais de Tokyo museum, offering unparalleled views of the Eiffel Tower and the Paris skyline. The petite suite is available for one-night-only stays, offering the usual amenities one expects in a luxury hotel, including room service and a king-size bed — plus a record player and "stylish" records’. www.everland.ch …reports WWD.
  • ‘Forget traditional Christmas decorations — the city of Milan is taking the artsy and eco-friendly route for the holidays. There are 101 stylized trees made of recyclable polyethylene that will light up Milan’s main streets. 12 trees by female designers, including Anna Molinari, Gaia Trussardi, Lavinia Biagiotti and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada will be auctioned by Christie’s on Tuesday and then showcased at Superstudio.’ WWD.
  • " Could Stella McCartney be looking to open her first boutique in Paris? Sources said the designer is eying the arcades of the Palais Royal, one of Paris’ most elegant — and hottest — retail addresses. Ralph Lauren is also heading there with one of his brand. Sweden’s Acne Jeans said it would also open its first Paris flagship there alongside the likes of Marc Jacobs and Rick Owen’…WWD.
  • "Nina Ricci on the radio? Ricci designer Olivier Theyskens will be the subject of a 75-minute documentary set to air on France Culture in spring. The segment is being produced by Pamela Golbin, curator in chief at the Museum of Fashion and Textiles in Paris, who is also doing a fashion talk with Theyskens next month.’ WWD.