The FiFi Report 233

  • Watch December UK Vogue’s cover come to life with this exclusive behind-the-scenes teaser from photographer Nick Knight and Kate Moss…www.vogue.co.uk. See more at Nick Knight’s website, showstudio.com.
  • Kate Winslet is on the cover of Vanity Fair…www.vanityfair.com.
  • Angelina Jolie is on the cover of BritishHarpersBazaar.
  • Check out Estée Lauder’s new Pleasure fragrance ad with Gwyneth Paltrow lounging around in a grassy field with a guitar…www.etonline.com.
  • Alexander McQueen will design a diffusion line for USA Target based on his McQ line….yes please.
  • Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego Bruno is at it again. Dressed in a blonde wig, the flamboyant fashionista conspicuously joined an anti-gay marriage rally in LA.
  • The Resort campaigns are out. The supermodels have been replaced with newer girls. But it’s not all newbies who are getting the attention. Carmen Kass posed for Michael Kors, Karen Elson did a languidly beautiful shot for Donna Karan, and Catherine McNeil (see below) is Louis Vuitton’s new girl…Reports New York magazine. See all the new ads here.
  • Men’s Vogue is being scaled back from ten issues to two issues a year.
  • Happy 59th Birthday Anna Wintour! Check out the shots of Anna over the years at www.fashionolologie.com
  • Love this fascinating interview by Lynn Hirshberg with Stefano Pilati, the creative director of YSL…www.nytimes.com. Scroll down to watch the fabulous video. www.nytimes.com.
  • Marco Zanini has been named designer for the newly resurrected house of Rochas. His first collection will show next March in Paris for the Fall 2009 season. Zanini put in nine years at Versace before he was tapped to rejuvinate Halston in July 2007. Reports Fashionologie.
  • Listen to Bill Cunningham chat about fashion in Paris again this week … Love it! www.nytimes.com.
  • We Love model Coco Rocha (and that cute Canadian accent). Check out her trip to Gaultier in Paris..video.style.com.
  • Cindy Crawford looks fabulous in French Vogue. She is 42 and fabulous.
  • The November issue of L’Uomo Vogue will be dedicated to Africa. Half of all the advertising revenue will be donated to Africa-related charities. The idea for the Africa issue was sparked by conversations the editor Franca Sozzani had with the actor Forest Whitaker and the French author Bernard-Henri Lévy, who served as a guest editor. Read a fascinating article in the Washington Post by Robin Givhan about race and diversity in fashion www.washingtonpost.com
  • Check out sexy Helena Christensen in the (Not Safe for work!) video for Lingerie designer Agent Provacateur. (It’s sexy and loud and full of pirates)… www.agentprovocateur.com.