The FiFi Report 226

Anne Hathaway in on the cover of W magazine
• Model Agyness Deyn was in London for Fashion week…
• Model Sarah Stephens was discovered at the age of 16 when she won the Girlfriend Model Search in Australia. Since then, she has been on the cover of Russian Vogue and in shows for Gucci and Lanvin. Check out the video of her prepping for New York Fashion Week USMagazine.com.
• Peter Dundas — formerly designer at Emanuel Ungaro and currently of furrier Revillon — will be taking Matthew Williamson’s place at Emilio Pucci. Wiliamson’s last collection for the house shows in Milan Sept. 25 and Dundas’s first Pucci collection will show next February for Fall 2009…reports WWD.
• Model Coco Rocha lets us in on a few of her backstage survival tips ….CocoRocha on style.com.
• ‘It’s time for Harriet Mays Powell and Amy Larocca to weigh in on the biggest trends from the spring 2009 runways. The color palate was mostly beige or “makeup colors,” as Harriet says. Amy notes, “It wasn’t New York’s most exciting Fashion Week,” but Marc Jacobs delivered a “mind-blowingly good” show. NYmag.com.
• Check out Natalia Vodianova in an ad for Guerlain’s Shalimar fragrance ..I wish my perfume did the same thing for me….NYmag.com.
• Veruschka….Avedon called her “the most beautiful woman in the world.” Hear what the über-model has to say about her favorite photographer and their unforgettable photographs. (check out last week’s FiFi Report for the book) Style.com.
• How did New York’s 200-plus Fashion shows stack up? Optimism was a buzzword, along with architecture, punk, and nudity. Check out the video highlights of the New York shows’ Style.com.
•Elle Macpherson, famously nicknamed “The Body”, was named the greatest model of all time - beating Twiggy and Cindy Crawford - in a poll commissioned by Debenhams to celebrate London Fashion week reports Vogue UK.
• On September 29th, you can go on Net-a-Porter, see the McQueen show, and be able to purchase eight looks from his Pre-Spring collection, which won’t be in stores until almost the end of this year…reports Fashionista.
• ‘You didn’t think Carried died with the movie, did you? Because if you did, you might be so glad to know she’s back - but younger. Candace Bushnell and Harper Collins have teamed up to bring you, The Carrie Diaries, a two-book deal that explores Carrie’s life as a teenager, and the series of horrible, awkward dates she went on and the cute, but slightly stupid boy from her geometry class that she pined endlessly for. The books come out in 2010’. Reports Fashionista.
• “Aussie wunderkind Josh Goot will make his London Fashion Week debut in style he opens the final day of shows. “It’s time for a change,” the Sydney-born designer, who’s also previously shown in New York, tells us of his move across the pond. “The collection has evolved and I think London could be a more relevant place to show. I hope it’s not a one-off; I would like to return in the coming seasons.” Reports Vogue UK.