Kanye West débuts collection at Paris Fashion Week
Kanye West has shown at Paris Fashion Week, with a hot-ticket spring–summer 2012 show at the library of the Lycée Henri IV. As expected with a celebrity designer, other celebrities were invited: Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Jared Leto, among others. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld also […]
London Fashion Week spring–summer 2012: celebrity-watching on day three
Day three was a day of celebrity-watching at London Fashion Week. Anna Wintour showed up at Nicole Farhi (who is interviewed below) and at Unique. Naomi Campbell, Ellie Goulding, Kelis, and Nicola Roberts also attended the latter. Goulding and Erin O’Connor appeared at Marios Schwab. Kate Moss, Eliza Doolittle, Olivia Palermo, and Kristen Stewart turned […]
Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker was one of the celebrities highlighting New York’s Fashion’s Night Out on Thursday evening—fittingly at the Manolo Blahnik store on West 54th Street. Parker launched a collection that she helped create alongside the designer. She wasn’t alone in the proceedings: Vanessa Hudgens (left) was at […]
CNN speaks with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour: the transcript
Our colleagues at CNN International have provided us with a transcript of their interview with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, which we’ve detailed below for reader interest. You can see the entire interview online. Felicia Taylor is the interviewer. The answers aren’t too far off what we would have said, say, six to eight years […]
Alexander McQueen honoured with Met exhibition
The late Lee Alexander McQueen will be recognized with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, designer Stella McCartney, and UK First Lady and British Fashion Council ambassador Samantha Cameron were present to promote the Met’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, opening on May 4. The exhibition will feature […]
Kate Bosworth, Mario Testino and other celebrities arrive at Burberry
Burberry Prorsum’s autumn–winter 2011–12 spectacle at Hyde Park saw celebrities such as Kate Bosworth and Rachel Bilson attend, while ITN gets a quotation from model Douglas Booth on the Britishness of the label. Photographer Mario Testino, meanwhile, gives a brief comment about HRH Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton, saying that they are […]
Sam Cam, Burberry Prorsum and Pringle of Scotland lift moods at London Fashion Week’s busiest day
The busiest day at London Fashion Week saw David Koma, Holly Fulton, Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, Pringle of Scotland, Michael van der Ham, Todd Lynn, Paul Smith and Burberry Prorsum. The wife of the PM, Samantha Cameron, as ambassador for the British Fashion Council, was in the audience at David Koma and Holly Fulton. […]
Other angles on Unique and Matthew Williamson at London Fashion Week
ITN has its take on the Topshop Unique show—hinting that the Cruella de Vil inspiration was a dig at Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Not really a conclusion we were drawn to make ourselves. Matthew Williamson is known for his celebrity friends, and Yasmin Le Bon, Twiggy and Poppy Delevigne reveal some personal secrets about […]
Lucire’s view: The September Issue
Above Stills from The September Issue. Vogue editor Anna Wintour is likened to the Pope in R. J. Cutler’s documentary The September Issue. With a divine omnipotence, a single-arched eyebrow reduces flamboyant designers to stuttering school boys. A flick of her bony, bangled wrist condemns a $50,000 photo shoot to the scrap heap. Her […]
