Marc Jacobs latest: Enters underage models debate by hiring two 14 year-olds to walk in his fall/winter 2012 show, which is against industry guidelines.
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Ondira Hardin and Thairina Garcia: two 14-year-old models who walked in the Marc Jacobs autumn/winter 2012 show. Photo: Vladimir Potop
Pre-New York Fashion Week, chairman of the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America), Diane von Furstenberg, released an exhaustive list of guidelines aimed at keeping models fit. Supplying healthy meals on fittings, professional help for those struggling with eating disorders and checking IDs to ensure models are over 16 pre-shows were just some of the items on the modelling check list. But it seems this last one has already been forgotten. Less than two weeks after the list was released, top designer Marc Jacobs has sent two underage models down his autumn/winter 2012 catwalk on Monday, February 13. Brazilian model Thairina Garcia and star of the winter 2011 Prada campaign, Ondira Hardin, both took to the catwalk despite the fact that they are both, reportedly, 14 years-old. Far from being apologetic, Jacobs has defended his choice of models, insisting that the CFDA’s Health Initiative cannot influence his shows: “I do the show the way I think it should be and not the way somebody tells me it should be,” he told the New York Read more…
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A Fashionista’s Day Is Never Done !
GETTING around in New York City for Mercedes Benz fashion week traffic can be hard no matter the time of year, but add a herd of stiletto-stepping fashion show attendees to the city’s bustle, and you have Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Show Week. Set your fashion calendar, below is a guide to navigating these hectic days and where to catch the live-streaming shows on your iPad in case you get stuck in the back seat of a cab when you should be in the front row at Lincoln Center instead of the old Bryant Park location. Noteworthy: French Fashion Designer, Christian Dior has a long history of Haute Couture in Paris. No different next month at Paris Fashion Week where the newest French fashion designs will be shown for Autumn 2012. Paris fashion, bar none, has long time made the french famous for Haute Couture. Long time rival, the House of CHANEL Haute Couture, heralded by Karl Lagerfeld always promises to be a spectacle for ALL to see. Taken place next month as well is New York Fashion Week, this country’s Couture Collection by Read more…
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Menswear Autumn 2012 Runway Show
Models presents a creation by US designer Rick Owens during the Autumn-Winter 2012/2013 ready-to-wear men’s fashion collection show on January 19, 2012 in Paris. Color palette made up of black, white and a hint of turquoise is the only evidence of simplicity at Rick Owens’ show at Paris Fashion Week Menswear. French fashion at the menswear runway shows at Paris Fashion Week, featured American Designer Rick Owens. Other Americans that work in Paris like Marc Jacobs have long been a staple of Haute Couture. Companies like Louis Vuitton and Dior Homme have long featured American fashion designers. Winter 2012 Menswear Collections is no different. The major fashion houses are style hunters and indeed welcome America’s urban fashion sense. French fashion, Japanese Fashion, Milan Fashion has brought to the fashion industry, American Vogue at full tilt. [Photograph by: Alexander Klein, AFP/Getty Images] – - see More highlights
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What is going on??? The second time within two weeks the famous designer has been the victim of robbery. This time, pieces of his Louis Vuitton collection are missing. Rumors say that an armed gang attacked four employees of the label plus a security guide at the Charles De Gaulle airport, Paris. 300 00 dollar worth of fashion are missing. Travelling in Heels let you know what happens next – - more Read ©ourtesy of Travelling in Heels
The New York Fashion Week darling is to star in Disconnect, an indie drama that, in the words of IMDB, is ‘centred on a group of people searching for human connections in today’s wired world.’ Fashionista.comreports that the designer’s latest professional incarnation has just been added to the film site, though there is no official word, as yet, on the character he will play. The 48-year-old will make his acting debut alongside Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Paula Patton, Frank Grillo and Michael Nyqvist. The impressive cast – and world-famous designer – is currently filming in New York. – - Read more
Ashley Olsen as Marie Antoinette and Marc Jacobs as a cheerleader in 2007
There is one day per year when it is acceptable to trot out your fallopian tube-inspired hat and dress like Bijork on crack. Yep, it’s Halloween. Some (lazy?) people are content with donning a black wig and calling themselves Morticia, but not this lot. THIS lot go all out to strike fear into revellers across the land with bonkers Darth Vader masks, ice skates and err, camel toes. God love them. So let’s take inspiration from the wacktacular costumes profiled herein courtesy of the stars, fashion designers and supermodels who’ve werked it for Halloweens gone by. Don’t forget to let us know who deserves a trick and who a treat…MWHAHAHA! – - view more Photos
NASA space suits might not be the most promising launchpad for two young designers aiming to create clothes for a young, urban woman, but if you think about it, it is one of the most thoughtfully crafted things a person could wear. One loose seam and—pfft!—off you are, far into the Milky Way. With this in mind, Ohne Titel’s Flora Gill and Alexa Adams took the best elements of the astronaut ensemble and incorporated them into a tightly edited selection for fall.
Not all of it worked (we doubt NASA would secure shoes with duct tape) but a lot of it did, including the spiral-stitched sleeves on the sweaters and zipper detail on the tailored jackets. Gill and Adam’s colo-block knits and multitextured dresses in shades of gray will surely delight their loyal clientele, who will probably also want to get their hands on the shearling and wool hooded coat with the buckles just below the waist. Outerwear has been an important component of the collections thus far, and this strong piece fell in line with the oversize silhouette we’ve been seeing. The designers also hit on another big trend this week among both established and emerging labels: the red dress. Gill and Adams showed two—one with sharp edges and zippers; the other with a rounder, more orbital hem. These looks were by far the highlight, a colorful terrain we’d be eager for the designers to explore next season.
article by EMILY HOLT @ Vogue
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