The 2014 edition of the British Fashion Awards 2014 delivered its verdict Monday night in London at the London Coliseum, bringing together an audience of international stars.
The award for the best women designer was given to Erdem Moralioglu whose is Canadian. She has a Turkish father and a British mother. One of his most famous clients is Kate Middleton.
Erdem won last year’s prize for “the best designer outfits for the red carpet,” presented this year to Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen shoe. Continue reading
The Italian lingerie brand La Perla has unveiled its new, revamped Parisian space on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The 2,500-ft2 space covers two floors, with an area specifically set aside for men’s underwear. This year, the brand unveiled its very first men’s loungewear collection on the catwalks of Pitti Uomo in Florence.
Kering chairmain and chief executive officer, Francois Pinault, has been elected at the board and at the executive committee of the French Fashion Federation (the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode). Mr Pinault was selected in his capacity as to be the president of St Laurent.
Johnny Coca has been newly appointed the new creative director of Mulberry. He will be responsible for all of Mulberry’s collections, including ready-to-wear.
By photographying her naked body, Kim Kardashian does not look for the buzz but for the recognition of her own ego in reinventing the Pin-up of the 1950’s. By reproducing and copying old ideas to be published in fashion magazines, she makes a fool of the fashion world.
This Week Canal-luxe has reached the largest Fashion audience for the last 5 years. End of October 2014, we had 12.9 million total viewers and the spectrum is between 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The American model, who is part of the clan Kardashian, famed for her no reality, will star in a new campaign for a beauty brand. That was shot on the back of a motorbike for the print images. It includes a two minute film which explore’s Kendall’s relationship with the brand and her joy at becoming “a part of this family.”
Today, we met Bernard Arnault at the new Trade show “Mes Créateurs Joailliers” in Paris downtown. After having lunched at “Le Coste” place St-Germain des Près, with his family he decided to have a glance at the fine Jewellery exhibition held at the Palais de l’Industrie.
“Mirror and Secrets” could have been called the new book of the fashion historian, Jéromine Savignon, who tells the story of the process behind the designer’s couture collections.
In 2003, Monica Botkier introduced the Trigger Bag, which became incredibly popular on both the strength of its rock-n-roll-luxury design and its accessible, mid-three-figures price tag. Over the next decade, the contemporary market exploded, and Botkier’s bags were carried by everyone from Rihanna to Angelina Jolie. For Fall 2014, the brand is debuting a newly expanded line, which looks to the future while playing on Botkier’s well-loved classics.
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier at the Grand Palais in Paris. From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk is a phenomenon that has wowed over a million visitors on its international tour. In its tenth stop here in Paris, after Montréal, Dallas, San Francisco, Madrid, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Brooklyn, London and Australia, the show is a high point in Jean Paul Gaultier’s career.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is almost here: Alexander Wang’s H&M collaboration is this close to being released (the 61-piece collection officially hits stores on Nov. 6), and in in his typical, teasing fashion, the designer has now released an interactive video, showing his stylish clothes in action.
Victoria’s Secret revealed this year’s Fantasy Bra. We can wonder who will wear it on the company’s Facebook page on Wednesday.