Andreas Rentz

Georgia May Jagger was guest of honour at Reserved’s German launch at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. Jagger, who also serves as the new label’s face for autumn–winter 2014–15 and walked the catwalk on the night, was among numerous celebrities, including Franziska Knuppe, Daniel Brühl, Jasmin Gerat, Elyas M’Barek, Eva Padberg, Anna-Maria Mühe, Anna Julia Kapfelsperger and Anastasia Zampounidis. Reserved’s ‘Let’s Fashion’ party at Alte Münze Berlin was anything but reserved, with its 1,200 guests.
   DJs Beck To Beck, Terranova, Oskar Melzer, Adam Port and Rampa, and Niki Pauls performed, as well as indie band Oh Land.
   The launch, which showed the autumn–winter 2014–15 line, rather than the spring–summer 2015 one, marks the expansion of LPP SA’s brand into the German market. Reserved already has 500 stores in eastern and central Europe, and this month it will open its online store for German customers. Real-world shops will appear in the autumn at Recklinghausen, Stuttgart, Bremen and Hannover, with further stores planned in every main centre, as well as London and Paris, and in Croatia and Qatar.
   Polish-based LPP’s other brands are Cropp, Mohito, House and Sinsay. The company has revenues of over €1,000 million.

Andreas Rentz

Franziska Krug

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin’s spring–summer 2015 collections saw celebrity front rows at two of the first shows: Marc Cain and Laurèl.
   Marc Cain presented a collection at the Erika Hess Ice Stadium with a circus theme, and drew in an international crowd, including former WAG and model Sylvie Meis, Hilary Swank, Marcia Cross (who had made the journey especially for the Marc Cain show), Motsi Mabuse, Franziska Knuppe, and Nina Eichinger.
   His collection showed a return to pastel tones, with stripes, polka dots, flowers and animal prints.
   Marc Cain founder and chairman Helmut Schlotterer says that the label manages to reinvent itself every season and looks forward to strong sales.
   Laurèl, meanwhile, started its show with airline announcements for ‘Laurèl Airways flight LL 1978 to Berlin’ and ‘On behalf of the Laurèl crew, we wish you a very pleasant flight to our Bohemian Summer Islands. Thank you for choosing Laurèl Airways. Bon voyage!’
   The “dream destination” theme wasn’t a case of Caribbean brightness. Laurèl showed plant prints, frills and flowing pants as its take on a summer holiday: yellow, green and blue were the main colours here with only a few in fiery red and black. ‘Bohemian’ was accurate, but the spring–summer 2015 wearer could also be described as independent and confident.
   Guests included model Bar Refaeli and her brother Dor, tattooist Scott Campbell, Nikolai Kinski with Ina Paule Klink, Franziska Knuppe, Wolke Hegenbarth, Heino and Marie Jeanette Ferch, Barbara Becker and Noah Becker, Jana Pallaske, Vicky Krieps, Pegah Ferydoni, Dominic Raacke with Alexandra Rohleder, Fritzi Haberlandt, Jette Joop, Viktoria Lauterbach, Judith Milberg, Giovanni Zarella, Mirja DuMont, Minu Barati-Fischer, Mariella Ahrens with her daughter Isabella, Martin Krug and Julia Trainer, Jennifer Ulrich, Maria Ehrich, Aino Laberenz and director Bora Dagtekin.

Marc Cain

Laurèl

Top Jessica Stam and Thomas Keown, founder of Many Hopes. Above Actress AnnaLynne McCord (90210, Dallas).

Many Hopes, the charity dedicated to building homes and schools for children in Kenya—and creating sustainable local businesses to make themselves unnecessary in the long term—had its gala on Tuesday.
   Celebrities at the Discover Many Hopes NYC Annual Gala at Canoe Studios on West 26th Street included Jessica Stam, Jeremy Penn, AnnaLynne McCord, Krysta Rodriguez, Jon Batiste, DJ Zeke Thomas, and Alice Callahan Thompson and her husband W. Kyser Thompson.
   The celebrities are said to be big supporters of Many Hopes, and the amount raised exceeded the target, netting $400,877 for the charity.
   Actress Alice Callahan Thompson, who along with her husband chaired one of the auctions, noted, ‘We believe the problem of street children in coastal Kenya is also the solution. I have been involved with this unique organization that rescues and empowers children and teens in Mtwapa, Kenya since 2011.
   ‘My husband and I have travelled to Kenya twice to visit and serve our kiddos and look forward to returning this December. We have witnessed that no one cares more about fighting for justice than those who have suffered injustice. Our oldest girl Brendah is in her second term in law school in Nairobi, as she resolved seven years ago when Many Hopes fought for her rights, that she, too, would fight for the rights of others.’
   Batiste and Thomas provided the music for the evening. Penn had donated a painting of French actress Brigitte Bardot for the silent auction.

Top Jeremy and Jessica Penn. Above Alice Callahan Thompson (Gossip Girl, One Life to Live).

Hugo Burnand

Tim Griffiths

The Cartier Queen’s Cup Final was held on Sunday, marking the jeweller’s 30th year of sponsorship. Team Zacara beat Team Talandracas 10–7 in the match on June 15 on the Queen’s Ground at Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park.
   The Grenadier Guards performed before the match, parading in the shape of the figure 30 to mark the anniversary.
   HM Queen Elizabeth II and HM Queen Noor of Jordan were in attendance. HM Queen Elizabeth II presented the trophy to Zacara’s Lyndon Lea, the well known financier. Cartier executive chairman Arnaud M. Bamberger and managing director Laurent Feniou played host, and guests included the Marquess and Marchioness of Milford Haven, Sharlely Kerssenberg and Boris Becker, Stefanie Powers, Bianca Jagger, Michelle Dockery, Rupert Finch and Lady Natasha Finch, Kristin Davis, Jilly Cooper, OBE, Christopher Biggins, Astrid Muñoz, Frances O’Connor, Galen Weston and the Hon Hilary Weston, Eduardo Novillo Astrada, Lady Beresford and Caroline Beresford, best friends Greta Bellamacina, Amber Atherton and Poppy Jamie, Giorgio Veroni, Emily Tarrant, Garth Bearman, Urs Schwarzenbach, and Hugo Bamberger.
   At the reception, Cartier served its own brand of champagne with lunch by Mosimann’s, which consisted of Dorset crab and poached lobster, pickled cucumber, heritage tomato and radish salad, with a dill dressing for the starter. For the main, guests enjoyed fillet of Angus beef accompanied by warm summer vegetables and Jersey royals with herb vinaigrette and horseradish cream. Vanilla panna cotta with English strawberries and honeycomb alongside coffee and petits fours were served for dessert. John Carter supplied the floral arrangements, with red dahlia, red antirrhinum, deep pink peonies, artichokes, red rose plants and red gladioli.
   The two teams had begun the tournament in a field of 15, commencing May 20.

Tim Griffiths

Hugo Burnand

Tim Griffiths

Hugo Burnand

Tim Griffiths

Hugo Burnand

Tim Griffiths

Hugo Burnand

Tullio M. Puglia


Valerio Pennicino

The 60th Taormina Film Fest has started in the picturesque Sicilian town, with Maserati as a sponsor, and Claudia Cardinale, Margareth Madè and Raoul Bova among the red-carpet arrivals that we’ve spotted.
   Cardinale arrived for the screening of Manoel de Oliveira’s Gebo et l’ombre, in which she stars. Other actors at the festival on day one include Bo Derek, Melanie Griffith, Eva Longoria, Carmen Maura, Paz Vega, Ben Stiller, and Matt Dillon.
   Dragon Trainer 2, the opening film of the festival, had its première at the Greek Theatre, with director and screenwriter Dean de Blois present.
   And as this is Italy, the screening was followed by a broadcast of the Italy v. England match at the World Cup, live from Brazil.
   Maserati, celebrating its centenary this year, is ferrying VIPs in its smaller Ghibli III and flagship Quattroporte VI saloons at the event.
   The festival runs from June 14 to 21.

Pascal Le Segretain

Above Li Yuchun at the closing ceremony to the Festival de Cannes on day 11.

As the Festival de Cannes closes, it’s time to look at the closing ceremony and the best moments.
   Below are videos from the last few days of the 67th Cannes Film Festival, with Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis, Timothy Spall, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Xavier Dolan, and Alice Rohrwacher walking the carpet for the closing ceremony.
   Spall is interviewed on his win as best actor for Mr Turner, as is Kristen Stewart, on challenging herself as an actor and working on Clouds of Sils Maria.
   Turkish film Kis uykusu (Winter Sleep), directed by Nurl Bilge Ceylan, took the Palme d’Or. It is only the second time a Turkish director has won the award—The Way (1982) was the first.
   Rohrwacher’s Le meraviglie (The Wonders) won the Grand Prix, the second prize at the Festival.
   Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher) and Julianne Moore (Maps to the Stars) also won awards.
   But before the closing ceremony video, we revisit the AmFAR Gala at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in greater detail, featuring interviews with Sharon Stone, Justin Bieber, John Travolta, Milla Jovovich, Jessica Chastain and Kylie Minogue.
   Stone, one of the chairs of the event, commented, ‘We have a great turnout and we have spectacular people who have been here since the beginning, who have come back again and again, who bring their friends again and again because they know and believe that we are going to get there and these people have all been touched by this.’
   Bieber said, ‘I’m just here to have some fun and be around some amazing people and [converse] and be here for a great cause.’ Travolta noted, ‘Tonight is a big night because the word out on the street is that they are getting very close to a cure for AIDS and maybe tonight will make the difference. Wouldn’t that be something?’
   Jovovich said, ‘It is a super fun night and we have to mix business and pleasure but the fact is we have raised over $120 million since the inception of AmFAR. I know quite a few people that I love dearly that wouldn’t be alive today without the efforts that AmFAR has made to really find the cure for HIV–Aids and every year that we come here and raise money is another huge step forward so I am just so proud.’
   Chastain told of her motives of being there: ‘For me, the most important thing is that we raise money so we are going to entertain the people with deep pockets and get them to bid, drink some champagne, share and we will get people to open their wallets. I’m all for it.’
   Finally, from Minogue: ‘It is such an important event and the turnout is amazing. There is a lot of fabulosity for a very important cause so I like to be able to be here.’
   The L’Oréal Paris ambassadors—Eva Longoria, Jane Fonda, Lara Stone, Barbara Palvin, Julianne Moore, Blake Lively, Laetitia Casta, Aishwarya Rai, Araya A. Hargate, Gong Li, Freida Pinto, Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly, Grazi Massaferi, Taís Araújo, Zoe Saldana, Bianca Balti, Inès de la Fressange, Leïla Bekhti, Li Yuchun and others—appear in a summary video, showing the beauty trends, the Makeup Genius app (where you can apply make-up virtually to see what it would look like on your face), and the best of their red-carpet appearances.
   Our final video shows off the best fashion from the event. Instead of jumping the gun with our summary after the first five days, as some other media did, we’ve waited till the end to bring you a more comprehensive video. Elie Saab, Chanel (as worn by Carole Bouquet on the jury), Christian Dior (worn by Marion Cotillard, the brand’s muse), Versace (for Jessica Chastain, Hilary Swank and Uma Thurman) and Louis Vuitton by Nicolas Ghesquière were the major labels that lit up the red carpet.
   Among the best dressed: there was Nicole Kidman on day one in Armani Privé; Cate Blanchett in Givenchy; Blake Lively in her black-and-white Gucci, Léa Seydoux in a custom Prada, and Sharon Stone in Pucci.

Full report from AmFAR Gala

A Fistful of Dollars closing ceremony

Timothy Spall interview

Kristen Stewart on Clouds of Sils Maria

Inside Cannes with L’Oréal Paris

Best dressed at the Festival de Cannes

Olivier Borde

Dominique Jacovides/Bestimage

Pascal Le Segretain

It’s day ten and the penultimate day of the Festival de Cannes.
   Clouds of Sils Maria, the new film with Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Johnny Flynn and Hanns Zischler, directed by Olivier Assayas, had positive reviews and was regarded as a strong conclusion to the films in competition at Cannes.
   Binoche plays an ageing star, Maria, with Stewart as her PA, and Moretz a young actress who has been cast in a remake of the film that brought Maria her original fame. In the remake, Maria is asked to play the older lover.
   Assayas comfortably directs the film focusing on the dynamics between the three principal actors, and especially between Binoche and Stewart.
   Among our videos are star Chloë Grace Moretz, on making fun of Hollywood and subverting the genre, and the red-carpet première for the film, which features Stewart, Binoche, Moretz, Assayas, and Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Amy Willerton and Bianca Balti at the Palais des Festivals.
   Ken Loach, who had his Jimmy’s Hall première on day nine, is interviewed below on his work, while Tarantino, in Cannes celebrating 20 years since Pulp Fiction brought him to prominence when he won the Palme d’Or and the 50th anniversary of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western genre, talks about writing his forthcoming film.
   In addition to Sils Maria and Pulp Fiction, the cameras caught Canadian singer Kiesza (with two Montblanc full pavé bracelets in white–red gold and diamonds and a full pavé ring), Araya A. Hargate, Cláudia Vieira and Li Yuchun (李宇春).

Clouds of Sils Maria (Sils Maria) press conference

Ken Loach on Jimmy’s Hall

Quentin Tarantino

Clouds of Sils Maria (Sils Maria) red carpet

L’Oréal Paris

Ian Gavan

Venturelli

Pascal Le Segretain

Venturelli

Pascal Le Segretain

Ian Gavan

Venturelli

Ian Gavan

Venturelli

Olivier Borde

Above Rosie Huntington-Whiteley with her de Grisogono earrings at the AmFAR Gala last night.

De Grisogono has been a bit more exclusive this year with its annual Cannes Film Festival party at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, though it has given a brief insight into its jewellery with the first video below (with English and French versions). Each year, it creates special-edition items for the Festival, releasing a version of the Instrumento.N.Uno watch in 2014 to tie in with The Expendables 3 film (its actors wear the watch). Cara Delevingne, Antonio Banderas, Paris Hilton and Riley Keough comment.
   Beauty also gets a look-in. We’ve featured some of the behind-the-scenes stories from the Hôtel Martinez where L’Oréal Paris has its base, but Dessange and Dior also make an effort to relocate to the Croisette each year to service their clients. Their private showrooms allow celebrities to get coiffed and made up: Dessange, which has partnered with the Festival de Cannes for over three decades, shows its four stand-out styles for the season: faux wavy bob, static extensions, twisted ponytail or sleek minimalism. Dior, meanwhile, cossets its clients in a pop-up salon.
   Dessange’s hairstylist Stéphane Bodin, notes, ‘A team of 20 hairstylists are at the actresses’ disposal for the duration of the festival, from very early in the morning, at around 7.30 or 8 o’clock, especially when they have photo calls and press conferences for the competing films. As a general rule, when you are put in charge of an actress, it is for the entire day because there is the red carpet in the evening and also lots of meetings that build up, schedules change every hour or thirty minutes according to all the whims of everybody here.
   ‘In Cannes, anything goes, even quite original hair styles; if you can’t do it here, then you can’t do anywhere but I find that the main trend is a return to the beautiful, simple and natural.’
   Violette, Dior’s international make-up designer, says, ‘The Dior suite is like a hidden beauty paradise because you feel very much sheltered from the outside world. Cannes is full of people, non-stop flashes and endless pressure and so you arrive in this cosy nest where you are pampered, beautified and comforted so that you can get your nails done as well as your make-up. Sometimes we also have hairstylists who come to perfect the stars’ hair so a woman can have a full beauty service.
The women that we look after want to be glamorous. Cannes is the place where femininity is celebrated and every pleasure is permitted so if you want to paint your lips in an extremely strong, and intense shade of red then you can. That’s what the festival is all about.’
   Fashion labels, too, make an effort to get exposure, knowing how the wealthy and the celebrities descend upon Cannes for 10 days. Elie Saab and Smalto are among the two who set up there.
   Emilie Legendre of Elie Saab says, ‘The Cannes Film Festival has to be prepared well in advance, meaning that dress fittings often begin two or three months beforehand so that the final selections are announced … It is our job to work on setting up the showroom and the suite as we entirely redecorate, and then, of course, we have fittings on-site when we finalize everything, which we generally call the final fitting before stepping onto the red carpet.
   ‘When we come down, we bring someone from the studio in Paris as at the fitting every dress has to be readjusted.
   ‘The day after the event, there are lots of requests from the clients who call up asking for news about their dresses, and essentially it is the visibility that comes with this social network immediacy and the live broadcasting of information that ensures that minutes after setting foot on the red carpet, the entire world already knows how many actresses wore Elie Saab.’
   Youn Chong Bak of Smalto says, ‘We devised a range of three different tuxedos that are available to the actors. We have done a bow-tie box because as everybody knows, you cannot walk on the red carpet without wearing a bow tie and, this year, we accentuated this gold side in recognition of the Palme d’Or. We also created a case with a golden eyelet or with golden detail.
We really tried to highlight this tailored-made aspect, particularly the silhouette created by Monsieur Smalto with small, elongated shoulders, well fitted but a structure that emphasizes virility and therefore the gentleman himself.’
   Our final video with Christophe Robin, sees the “colourist to the stars” give an exclusive interview, with the help of French legend Catherine Deneuve. (Deneuve’s endorsement of Robin can be seen on his website.)

De Grisogono jewellery
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Beauty at Cannes: Dessange and Dior
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Couture at Cannes: Elie Saab and Smalto
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Christophe Robin
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