The FiFi Report 229

  • Nicole is on the cover of US Elle, Drew on the cover of US Harper’s Bazaar and what?! Models are on the cover of the latest UK Vogue…
  • “The collective feeling after the Louis Vuitton show was already one of jubilation, but trust Marc Jacobs to know how to keep the party going. Post-show, the designer handed out pairs of the patent tasseled platforms that had just walked down the catwalk to his favorite editors ensuring that the LV name remained on everyone’s lips. Sure enough, by the time Lanvin started later that afternoon, Fran Burns from i-D and Victoria Young from Pop were already showing off their new kicks” (we want them ! see below) reports Style.com
  • ‘Paris’ king of runway productions, Alexandre de Betak, said he was “so lucky” to have “Happy Birthday” sung to him by none other than Kylie Minogue at his party at the tail end of Paris Fashion Week. “Kylie’s sexy ‘Happy Birthday’ gave me the kick of energy for the next 10 years,” said de Betak.  reports WWD.
  • "There was a scramble for front-row seats at Yves Saint Laurent . First, Claudia Schiffer snuck in at lights-down, followed by Catherine Deneuve just as the music began, and later Emily Mortimer, who had to stand at the back. “We were so busy scoffing Champagne backstage we didn’t realize,” Mortimer confessed. The actress has wrapped a Martin Scorsese movie this summer, plus “City Island” alongside Andy Garcia. Mortimer’s actor husband, Alessandro Nivola, has just begun playing Boy Capel to Audrey Tatou’s Gabrielle Chanel in the upcoming film “Coco Avant Chanel.” “[Capel] hung around with French aristocratic girls and spoke really good French, so it’s a bit of a challenge,” he said.” Reports WWD. 
  • ‘Actor and director Guillaume Canet said he’s starting to shoot his next movie, “Last Night,” a love story, alongside Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes, in New York.
  • At the Karl Lagerfeld show in Paris model Angela Lindvall peeked through the bag to mimic Kaiser Karl …
  • Check out model cover girl Jessica Stam’s appartment in US Elle Deco magazine www.pointclickhome.com
  • If you can speak French - and even if you can’t - head to French Vogue to watch Carine Roitfeld chat about the latest shows www.vogue.fr
  • We love the style of Anna dello Russo www.style.com
  • "The woman for summer according to Italy is a very relaxed and very feminine woman," says Vogue Russia’s editor-in-chief, Aliona Doletskaya. www.vogue.co.uk
  • Check out those outrageous platforms in French Vogue (below).