Bright colours and loud noises: Welcome to PFF 2012
Perth's fashion set aren't shrinking violets any more.
On September 19 the world's most isolated city will be awash with fluorescent green, neon yellow and hot pink, with a suitably loud score thanks to local indie-pop rockers San Cisco for the kick off of the 2012 Perth Fashion Festival.
"This year we are breaking with tradition, taking on new formats and events to spice it up," Festival director Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan said at Tuesday's program launch.
Celebrity hair stylist Brad Ngata produced the bright, bright coloured looks of the locks for the PFF 2012 program launch.
More than 150 designers will take part in the 14th annual event including One Fell Swoop, Morrison and Ae’lkemi.
Special guests and ambassadors will include Singaporean socialite and blogger Marie Choo, celebrity and L'Oreal Professional hairstylist Brad Ngata and Face of the Festival, Dior darling Nicole Pollard.
The highlights, which were unveiled today to fashion insiders and VIPS over a breakfast of champagne and fruit kebabs at the State Theatre Centre, will include a special trunk show by Flannel.
At "An Evening with Flannel" guests will be a served a three-course meal and French Champagne and take in the 1920s inspired showcase of the spring/summer collection Neronis styled by ex-Vogue fashion editor Meg Gray.
Boutique owner and stylist Zara Bryson will lead the charge of "Fashionably Loud" at Brookfield Place which will fuse models, music by rock stars of the future San Cisco and mode by Ellery, Belle Bijoux and Kitty Grace.
For the first time there will be shows which cater for those who are vision impaired. Some shows will also feature seeing eyes dogs on the catwalk.
Deputy Lord Mayor Janet Davidson said that past Perth Fashion Festival events had a $6 million impact within the City of Perth's retail precinct.
Perth Fashion Festival runs from September 19 through to September 25.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Chinese women are muses for fashion guru
Chinese women are muses for fashion guru
When Diane von Furstenberg was 22 years old and just starting out in the fashion business, she dreamed that one day she would sell a dress to every woman in China. As a child, she had read about the country in Tintin's "Blue Lotus" adventure book. She imagined it to be luxurious and enigmatic. In 1990, she became one of the first American fashion designers to visit, at a time when bicycles filled dirt roads.
Today, with five stores doing brisk business (and plans for four more this year) and more than 300,000 followers on China's Sina Weibo, she is becoming a household name here, a realisation of her 2010 resolution to be widely known in a country that has become more than a business destination.
"For me, it's not just 'Go there and sell,'" she says. "I have really good friends there, artists and writers and journalists. I've absorbed myself into the culture and have given it a lot of my time. I have real connections there."
Over the past four years, she has visited up to three times a year, she says. In 2011, she hosted the Red Ball, a glamorous black-tie party at a converted studio factory outside Shanghai owned by artist Zhang Huan. The fete was in celebration of the opening of Diane Von Furstenberg: Journey of a Dress, an exhibition spotlighting her career as both icon and fashion designer. The show featured newly commissioned works by Chinese artists Li Songsong, Zhang Huan, Hai Bo and Yi Zhou.
Then, in late 2011, Citic Press of China released Von Furstenberg's autobiography A Signature Life, translated into Chinese by TV personality and author Huang Hung.
"I am inspired by the whole country," Von Furstenberg says. "I identify very much with Chinese people. And if you are into textiles and silk well - people say the Chinese steal everything, but originally we stole it from them, didn't we? It's the crib of civilization."
She chose Zhang's factory as the location of her party because of its blend of gritty and modern aesthetics, she says.
When Diane von Furstenberg was 22 years old and just starting out in the fashion business, she dreamed that one day she would sell a dress to every woman in China. As a child, she had read about the country in Tintin's "Blue Lotus" adventure book. She imagined it to be luxurious and enigmatic. In 1990, she became one of the first American fashion designers to visit, at a time when bicycles filled dirt roads.
Today, with five stores doing brisk business (and plans for four more this year) and more than 300,000 followers on China's Sina Weibo, she is becoming a household name here, a realisation of her 2010 resolution to be widely known in a country that has become more than a business destination.
"For me, it's not just 'Go there and sell,'" she says. "I have really good friends there, artists and writers and journalists. I've absorbed myself into the culture and have given it a lot of my time. I have real connections there."
Over the past four years, she has visited up to three times a year, she says. In 2011, she hosted the Red Ball, a glamorous black-tie party at a converted studio factory outside Shanghai owned by artist Zhang Huan. The fete was in celebration of the opening of Diane Von Furstenberg: Journey of a Dress, an exhibition spotlighting her career as both icon and fashion designer. The show featured newly commissioned works by Chinese artists Li Songsong, Zhang Huan, Hai Bo and Yi Zhou.
Then, in late 2011, Citic Press of China released Von Furstenberg's autobiography A Signature Life, translated into Chinese by TV personality and author Huang Hung.
"I am inspired by the whole country," Von Furstenberg says. "I identify very much with Chinese people. And if you are into textiles and silk well - people say the Chinese steal everything, but originally we stole it from them, didn't we? It's the crib of civilization."
She chose Zhang's factory as the location of her party because of its blend of gritty and modern aesthetics, she says.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Jennifer Hawkins talks weddings, fashion and her new role as agony aunt
Jennifer Hawkins talks weddings, fashion and her new role as agony aunt
At 29, Jen is genuinely knocked out and impressed by the advice she is asked to give young girls who look up to her as a role model, as they search for guidance on life, career, success. Oh, and boyfriends, of course.
Sitting down with me before her hugely-acclaimed Myer spring/summer season runway show last night, Jen was confident, fresh and genuine and I found her to be in her happiest headspace yet.
Jen also said she has no plans in becoming 'Jenni Everywhere', making sure each brand 'association', from swimwear, shoes, health, TV and fashion, all have integrity and a legitimate 'fit' in her mindset.
As for those much talked about wedding plans with fiancé Jake Wall, Jen says yes, they are definitely going ahead next year. And here's a paparazzi alert: she and her man may even choose to do it overseas. (You can check out her plans on our exclusive video.)
Meanwhile, Jen's 'male' Myer equivalent, the former rugby star Kris Smith, was brimming with just as much delight. The former partner to designer and TV judge Dannii Minogue (the pair separated in April) said their son Ethan has developed quite a fashion eye.
With both parents showing a penchant for all things stylish, it's no doubt the toddler has developed wardrobe 'taste'. Kris, 34, talks happiness and reveals his best Zoolander look too on our video interview.
On with last night's show and Jen opened the sleek spectacular at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion in an exquisite Toni Maticevski red gown, proving the perfect way to unveil the tribal, African-themed spring/summerlaunch.
Kris drew some appreciative looks from the 450 VIPs and fashion types when he paced the circular runway in a, well, taut-fitting Speedo swimsuit that revealed a six, or was that an 8 pack?
The show was inspired by landscapes of the Pilansberg National Park in South Africa where the spring summer campaign was shot and being quite a long show, it featured 170 looks on 48 models. The circular show space was made up of thousands of individual rope lengths that hovered high above the crowd.
The Myer parade drew an A-list crowd of celebrities and fashion types including Lauren Phillips, Olympian Alicia Coutts (and yes, I even got to touch her gold medal!), the always divine Danielle Spencer, former Miss Universe Australia Jesinta Campbel and designers Charlie Brown, Jayson Brunsdon, Aurelio Costarella, Wayne Cooper, Toni Maticevski, Arthur Galan and Leona Edmiston.
There were Sunrise stars Melissa Doyle, David Koch, Michael Pell and Edwina Bartholomew, Westfield styling guru Donny Galella, mag mavens Jackie Frank, Edwina McCann and Amy Molloy, Myer's Bernie Brooks and Judy Coomber and the always chic wife of Aussie cricket captain, Michael Clark, Kyly Clark.
Jen wore an exquisite Aurelio Costarella gown finale of the show saying it may inspire her bridesmaid (her sister) for the upcoming nuptials.
Jen also showed her successful Cozi swimwear range, showing off her runway ready body in a pink and orange Aztec-print bikini and sweeping leopard print sheer jacket . . the jacket, just in case there were any wardrobe malfunctions as the fashion star experienced at a Miranda shopping centre show way back in 2004.
At 29, Jen is genuinely knocked out and impressed by the advice she is asked to give young girls who look up to her as a role model, as they search for guidance on life, career, success. Oh, and boyfriends, of course.
Sitting down with me before her hugely-acclaimed Myer spring/summer season runway show last night, Jen was confident, fresh and genuine and I found her to be in her happiest headspace yet.
Jen also said she has no plans in becoming 'Jenni Everywhere', making sure each brand 'association', from swimwear, shoes, health, TV and fashion, all have integrity and a legitimate 'fit' in her mindset.
As for those much talked about wedding plans with fiancé Jake Wall, Jen says yes, they are definitely going ahead next year. And here's a paparazzi alert: she and her man may even choose to do it overseas. (You can check out her plans on our exclusive video.)
Meanwhile, Jen's 'male' Myer equivalent, the former rugby star Kris Smith, was brimming with just as much delight. The former partner to designer and TV judge Dannii Minogue (the pair separated in April) said their son Ethan has developed quite a fashion eye.
With both parents showing a penchant for all things stylish, it's no doubt the toddler has developed wardrobe 'taste'. Kris, 34, talks happiness and reveals his best Zoolander look too on our video interview.
On with last night's show and Jen opened the sleek spectacular at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion in an exquisite Toni Maticevski red gown, proving the perfect way to unveil the tribal, African-themed spring/summerlaunch.
Kris drew some appreciative looks from the 450 VIPs and fashion types when he paced the circular runway in a, well, taut-fitting Speedo swimsuit that revealed a six, or was that an 8 pack?
The show was inspired by landscapes of the Pilansberg National Park in South Africa where the spring summer campaign was shot and being quite a long show, it featured 170 looks on 48 models. The circular show space was made up of thousands of individual rope lengths that hovered high above the crowd.
The Myer parade drew an A-list crowd of celebrities and fashion types including Lauren Phillips, Olympian Alicia Coutts (and yes, I even got to touch her gold medal!), the always divine Danielle Spencer, former Miss Universe Australia Jesinta Campbel and designers Charlie Brown, Jayson Brunsdon, Aurelio Costarella, Wayne Cooper, Toni Maticevski, Arthur Galan and Leona Edmiston.
There were Sunrise stars Melissa Doyle, David Koch, Michael Pell and Edwina Bartholomew, Westfield styling guru Donny Galella, mag mavens Jackie Frank, Edwina McCann and Amy Molloy, Myer's Bernie Brooks and Judy Coomber and the always chic wife of Aussie cricket captain, Michael Clark, Kyly Clark.
Jen wore an exquisite Aurelio Costarella gown finale of the show saying it may inspire her bridesmaid (her sister) for the upcoming nuptials.
Jen also showed her successful Cozi swimwear range, showing off her runway ready body in a pink and orange Aztec-print bikini and sweeping leopard print sheer jacket . . the jacket, just in case there were any wardrobe malfunctions as the fashion star experienced at a Miranda shopping centre show way back in 2004.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Fashion weeks in flux
Fashion weeks in flux
Nobody likes to talk about competition between fashion weeks in Montreal and Toronto. Only the blunt and the brave dare say it exists.
Most players do say that Canadian fashion would benefit from one strong stage on which to showcase the best design talent in this country. But few venture to say which stage that should be.
Now IMG Canada — a branch of the global talent management powerhouse for sports, fashion and entertainment — has bought Toronto’s fashion week, which early this year was renamed World MasterCard Fashion Week, with the unwieldy acronym WMCFW.
The purchase, at a price that has not been made public, leads to the question: How will this affect Montreal’s week?
Toronto will now have access to IMG’s extensive international network — talent, models, sponsors — said Joe Mimran, chair of the Fashion Design Council of Canada, which managed Toronto’s week for 13 years under Robin Kay, who has been retained as a consultant to IMG.
IMG, through its various divisions, runs fashion weeks in New York, Berlin, Moscow, Mumbai, Tokyo and Sydney, among other cities, and represents such top models as Kate Moss, Gisele Bündchen and Jessica Stam, as well as top athletes and entertainers.
“There is a real need to bring Canadian talent together — whether in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver — in one place,” said Mimran, mastermind of Joe Fresh and founder of Club Monaco. “It hasn’t been easy to accomplish,’’ he said, citing factors like government funding.
As for Montreal, observers have more questions than answers.
The IMG backing “will give a more international flair to Toronto. I’m very happy for Toronto,” designer Denis Gagnon said, adding that he isn’t sure what the effect will be for Montreal.
“It seems like globalization rules these days,” jeans mogul Salvatore Parasuco said in an email. “I hope we grow our Canadian identity globally with this.’’ He wondered, however, whether the deal is a good thing in the long term.
Jean-François Daviau, co-president of Sensation Mode, which produces Montreal Fashion Week, doesn’t know what the sale will change. MFW moves to impressive new quarters at the Arsenal contemporary art centre in Griffintown for its next edition and is naming a board of directors this fall.
“We are staying on course with our development plan. Things are going well in Montreal. We understand the reality of fashion in Canada,’’ he said, explaining that the reality includes many independent designers, retailers based in Montreal, and a structure unlike that of the U.S.
“We are focused very much on the local market with the aim of one day exporting.
“So the place for emerging talent is very important and we work hard to help them achieve a level that might one day allow them to show internationally.”
In Toronto, goals are similar: “Our goal is to promote Canadian talent, show their product and expand internationally,’’ Mimran said.
Mimran added that he hates to think of the two weeks as being in competition with each other. He noted that Canada’s fashion weeks will never be as strong as New York’s, and New York will never trump Paris. “Every week has to find its own place.”
He pointed to the gruelling schedule for international catwalk followers. “Yet it’s so important for each country to have its own expression of fashion.
“It’s part of our culture.”
In Montreal, Sensation Mode is producer of fashion week, with a mandate from Liaison Mode Montréal, an industry association. Each session of fashion week gets about $265,000 in government funding, part of the event’s budget of $1 million to $1.2 million per session. Fashion weeks are held twice a year: in September or October to showcase collections for the following spring and summer, and in February or March for the next fall’s lines.
IMG is privately held; organizers of fashion week report only to the owners and sponsors, Mimran said. He could not give a budget for the week, but noted it is high. It might cost $700,000 to build the tent at David Pecaut Square, where the event is held. There is zero government subsidy, he added.
IMG signed on as a consultant with the Fashion Design Council of Canada three years ago. As a result, the Mercedes-Benz Start Up competition reached out to young designers across Canada, with the prize being mentorship from established designers and a sponsored show at Toronto’s fashion week. Danielle Martin and Pao Lim of Montreal’s Martin Lim line won the first competition, in October, with their fall 2012 line.
“It can be great for Toronto,’’ Martin said of the IMG deal. “For designers, it would be great to have one fashion week. I would prefer it in Montreal.”
This season, the husband-wife team is not showing in Toronto, but is showing in Montreal on Sept. 4. “We can’t afford two fashion weeks,’’ Martin said.
It costs $1,500 to show in Montreal, said Gagnon. That includes makeup and hair, music and runway time. The fee structure in Toronto is based on many factors, but is adjusted so that the talent gets to show, Mimran said.
Gagnon said his numerous shows in Toronto were by invitation, with costs covered. “They don’t invite me anymore, so I don’t go,” said
Gagnon, who is showing in Montreal on Sept. 5.
Denis Desro, editor-in-chief of fashion for Elle Québec and Elle Canada, does not think the IMG deal will change much.
“Canada is a market unto itself. Do you think IMG knows more about the market than the people before?” Desro asked.
What bothers Desro and others is the timing of Montreal Fashion Week. It clashes with New York’s week and the Toronto International Film Festival.
“The major designers and buyers will choose New York,’’ Desro said. “If Montreal wants foreign buyers, it’s not a good route.”
Even major buyers here, from Simons, the Bay or Ogilvy, are obliged to be in New York, he pointed out.
Desro asked who and what we are doing the fashion week for. “Just to do fashion shows? To try to get buyers and journalists from outside? If it’s at the same time as New York, forget it. They’re cutting a good portion of the people who can support Montreal fashion.”
Daviau, of Sensation Mode, said the dates were chosen in collaboration with the “milieu” — designers, the industry and government. “We have to work with them to assure success.”
Last year, Sensation Mode met with all its partners to understand their expectations.
“We compared ourselves with other fashion weeks in the world. We tried to identify the strengths of our talent. The reality of the designers of Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver is similar,’’ Daviau said.
They came up with a strategic plan. “One conclusion — because fashion often works behind closed doors — is to open up with a broad board of directors with different expertise to give fashion week a new push.”
Daviau posed the question of why international buyers or media come to Montreal.
“It’s to try to find a hidden gem. That’s what we’re working on.’’
Montreal Fashion Week, spring 2013 edition, runs Sept. 4 to 7 at the Arsenal, 2020 William St. World MasterCard Fashion Week is set to run Oct. 22 to 26 at David Pecaut Square in Toronto.
Nobody likes to talk about competition between fashion weeks in Montreal and Toronto. Only the blunt and the brave dare say it exists.
Most players do say that Canadian fashion would benefit from one strong stage on which to showcase the best design talent in this country. But few venture to say which stage that should be.
Now IMG Canada — a branch of the global talent management powerhouse for sports, fashion and entertainment — has bought Toronto’s fashion week, which early this year was renamed World MasterCard Fashion Week, with the unwieldy acronym WMCFW.
The purchase, at a price that has not been made public, leads to the question: How will this affect Montreal’s week?
Toronto will now have access to IMG’s extensive international network — talent, models, sponsors — said Joe Mimran, chair of the Fashion Design Council of Canada, which managed Toronto’s week for 13 years under Robin Kay, who has been retained as a consultant to IMG.
IMG, through its various divisions, runs fashion weeks in New York, Berlin, Moscow, Mumbai, Tokyo and Sydney, among other cities, and represents such top models as Kate Moss, Gisele Bündchen and Jessica Stam, as well as top athletes and entertainers.
“There is a real need to bring Canadian talent together — whether in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver — in one place,” said Mimran, mastermind of Joe Fresh and founder of Club Monaco. “It hasn’t been easy to accomplish,’’ he said, citing factors like government funding.
As for Montreal, observers have more questions than answers.
The IMG backing “will give a more international flair to Toronto. I’m very happy for Toronto,” designer Denis Gagnon said, adding that he isn’t sure what the effect will be for Montreal.
“It seems like globalization rules these days,” jeans mogul Salvatore Parasuco said in an email. “I hope we grow our Canadian identity globally with this.’’ He wondered, however, whether the deal is a good thing in the long term.
Jean-François Daviau, co-president of Sensation Mode, which produces Montreal Fashion Week, doesn’t know what the sale will change. MFW moves to impressive new quarters at the Arsenal contemporary art centre in Griffintown for its next edition and is naming a board of directors this fall.
“We are staying on course with our development plan. Things are going well in Montreal. We understand the reality of fashion in Canada,’’ he said, explaining that the reality includes many independent designers, retailers based in Montreal, and a structure unlike that of the U.S.
“We are focused very much on the local market with the aim of one day exporting.
“So the place for emerging talent is very important and we work hard to help them achieve a level that might one day allow them to show internationally.”
In Toronto, goals are similar: “Our goal is to promote Canadian talent, show their product and expand internationally,’’ Mimran said.
Mimran added that he hates to think of the two weeks as being in competition with each other. He noted that Canada’s fashion weeks will never be as strong as New York’s, and New York will never trump Paris. “Every week has to find its own place.”
He pointed to the gruelling schedule for international catwalk followers. “Yet it’s so important for each country to have its own expression of fashion.
“It’s part of our culture.”
In Montreal, Sensation Mode is producer of fashion week, with a mandate from Liaison Mode Montréal, an industry association. Each session of fashion week gets about $265,000 in government funding, part of the event’s budget of $1 million to $1.2 million per session. Fashion weeks are held twice a year: in September or October to showcase collections for the following spring and summer, and in February or March for the next fall’s lines.
IMG is privately held; organizers of fashion week report only to the owners and sponsors, Mimran said. He could not give a budget for the week, but noted it is high. It might cost $700,000 to build the tent at David Pecaut Square, where the event is held. There is zero government subsidy, he added.
IMG signed on as a consultant with the Fashion Design Council of Canada three years ago. As a result, the Mercedes-Benz Start Up competition reached out to young designers across Canada, with the prize being mentorship from established designers and a sponsored show at Toronto’s fashion week. Danielle Martin and Pao Lim of Montreal’s Martin Lim line won the first competition, in October, with their fall 2012 line.
“It can be great for Toronto,’’ Martin said of the IMG deal. “For designers, it would be great to have one fashion week. I would prefer it in Montreal.”
This season, the husband-wife team is not showing in Toronto, but is showing in Montreal on Sept. 4. “We can’t afford two fashion weeks,’’ Martin said.
It costs $1,500 to show in Montreal, said Gagnon. That includes makeup and hair, music and runway time. The fee structure in Toronto is based on many factors, but is adjusted so that the talent gets to show, Mimran said.
Gagnon said his numerous shows in Toronto were by invitation, with costs covered. “They don’t invite me anymore, so I don’t go,” said
Gagnon, who is showing in Montreal on Sept. 5.
Denis Desro, editor-in-chief of fashion for Elle Québec and Elle Canada, does not think the IMG deal will change much.
“Canada is a market unto itself. Do you think IMG knows more about the market than the people before?” Desro asked.
What bothers Desro and others is the timing of Montreal Fashion Week. It clashes with New York’s week and the Toronto International Film Festival.
“The major designers and buyers will choose New York,’’ Desro said. “If Montreal wants foreign buyers, it’s not a good route.”
Even major buyers here, from Simons, the Bay or Ogilvy, are obliged to be in New York, he pointed out.
Desro asked who and what we are doing the fashion week for. “Just to do fashion shows? To try to get buyers and journalists from outside? If it’s at the same time as New York, forget it. They’re cutting a good portion of the people who can support Montreal fashion.”
Daviau, of Sensation Mode, said the dates were chosen in collaboration with the “milieu” — designers, the industry and government. “We have to work with them to assure success.”
Last year, Sensation Mode met with all its partners to understand their expectations.
“We compared ourselves with other fashion weeks in the world. We tried to identify the strengths of our talent. The reality of the designers of Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver is similar,’’ Daviau said.
They came up with a strategic plan. “One conclusion — because fashion often works behind closed doors — is to open up with a broad board of directors with different expertise to give fashion week a new push.”
Daviau posed the question of why international buyers or media come to Montreal.
“It’s to try to find a hidden gem. That’s what we’re working on.’’
Montreal Fashion Week, spring 2013 edition, runs Sept. 4 to 7 at the Arsenal, 2020 William St. World MasterCard Fashion Week is set to run Oct. 22 to 26 at David Pecaut Square in Toronto.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Fashion’s Olympic moment
Fashion’s Olympic moment
Models had their moment at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, with the likes of Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell bringing gold ballgowns, high heels and glamour on Sunday to the stadium that had been home to sneakers and sweat.
unusual moment seemed to stump even the NBC announcers, who identified Campbell and Moss and otherwise stayed silent for much of the tribute set to David Bowie’s Fashion.
For the record, the other models were Georgia May Jagger (daughter of Mick) in a gold dress created by reunited Spice Girl Victoria Beckham; Karen Elson, in a gold floral lace bustier dress by Burberry; Lily Donaldson, in a gown covered with hammered sequins and metallic thread by Vivienne Westwood; Stella Tennant in a Christopher Kane Swarovski-crystal catsuit; Lily Cole in an Erdem embroidered lace cocktail dress; David Gandy in a Paul Smith suit; and Jourdan Dunn in a jersey tube dress splashed with gold “paint” by Jonathan Saunders.
“I loved the contrast between the gold and white coupled with this refined column silhouette, which I revisit a lot,” Saunders said in a statement.
Campbell wore a gold metal embroidered dress and Moss wore gold sequins, both by Alexander McQueen. The models and designers represented the best of modern British fashion.
Could gold be the new black?
Models had their moment at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, with the likes of Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell bringing gold ballgowns, high heels and glamour on Sunday to the stadium that had been home to sneakers and sweat.
unusual moment seemed to stump even the NBC announcers, who identified Campbell and Moss and otherwise stayed silent for much of the tribute set to David Bowie’s Fashion.
For the record, the other models were Georgia May Jagger (daughter of Mick) in a gold dress created by reunited Spice Girl Victoria Beckham; Karen Elson, in a gold floral lace bustier dress by Burberry; Lily Donaldson, in a gown covered with hammered sequins and metallic thread by Vivienne Westwood; Stella Tennant in a Christopher Kane Swarovski-crystal catsuit; Lily Cole in an Erdem embroidered lace cocktail dress; David Gandy in a Paul Smith suit; and Jourdan Dunn in a jersey tube dress splashed with gold “paint” by Jonathan Saunders.
“I loved the contrast between the gold and white coupled with this refined column silhouette, which I revisit a lot,” Saunders said in a statement.
Campbell wore a gold metal embroidered dress and Moss wore gold sequins, both by Alexander McQueen. The models and designers represented the best of modern British fashion.
Could gold be the new black?
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Gold, sneakers, models? Fashion's Olympic moment
Gold, sneakers, models? Fashion's Olympic moment
Models had their moment at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, with the likes of Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell bringing gold ballgowns, high heels and glamour on Sunday to the stadium that had been home to sneakers and sweat.
The unusual moment seemed to stump even the NBC announcers, who identified Campbell and Moss and otherwise stayed silent for much of the tribute set to David Bowie's "Fashion."
For the record, the other models were Georgia May Jagger (daughter of Mick) in a gold dress created by reunited Spice Girl Victoria Beckham; Karen Elson, in a gold floral lace bustier dress by Burberry; Lily Donaldson, in a gown covered with hammered sequins and metallic thread by Vivienne Westwood; Stella Tennant in a Christopher Kane Swarovski-crystal catsuit; Lily Cole in an Erdem embroidered lace cocktail dress; David Gandy in a Paul Smith suit; and Jourdan Dunn in a jersey tube dress splashed with gold "paint" by Jonathan Saunders.
"I loved the contrast between the gold and white coupled with this refined column silhouette, which I revisit a lot," Saunders said in a statement.
Campbell wore a gold metal embroidered dress and Moss wore gold sequins, both by Alexander McQueen. The models and designers represented the best of modern British fashion.
Models had their moment at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, with the likes of Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell bringing gold ballgowns, high heels and glamour on Sunday to the stadium that had been home to sneakers and sweat.
The unusual moment seemed to stump even the NBC announcers, who identified Campbell and Moss and otherwise stayed silent for much of the tribute set to David Bowie's "Fashion."
For the record, the other models were Georgia May Jagger (daughter of Mick) in a gold dress created by reunited Spice Girl Victoria Beckham; Karen Elson, in a gold floral lace bustier dress by Burberry; Lily Donaldson, in a gown covered with hammered sequins and metallic thread by Vivienne Westwood; Stella Tennant in a Christopher Kane Swarovski-crystal catsuit; Lily Cole in an Erdem embroidered lace cocktail dress; David Gandy in a Paul Smith suit; and Jourdan Dunn in a jersey tube dress splashed with gold "paint" by Jonathan Saunders.
"I loved the contrast between the gold and white coupled with this refined column silhouette, which I revisit a lot," Saunders said in a statement.
Campbell wore a gold metal embroidered dress and Moss wore gold sequins, both by Alexander McQueen. The models and designers represented the best of modern British fashion.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Noted fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta dies of heart attack
Noted fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta dies of heart attack
Noted fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta died on Sunday (August 12) following heart attack while doing a shoot at Alibaug, family sources said.
Mr Dasgupta, who was in his early 50's, pursued a variety of photography projects and was considered a major photography talent in the country.
He was doing a shoot for a company at Alibaug, about 150 km from Mumbai, when he suffered a heart attack.
His work was exhibited internationally, both in solo and group shows, and published in Indian, French, English, Italian and American magazines. He had also authored five books and was among those rare Indian photographers who did not hesitate in showcasing nude portraits.
Mr Dasgupta had worked with famous models like Lakshmi Menon and Lara Dutta. Lakshmi Menon was his muse before he entered into a relationship with the model.
"It's shocking news for all of us. He seemed to be fit and healthy. He was an inspiration to young photographers. He was fearless. He had the courage to do different things," said Editor at Better Photography magazine, K Madhavan Pillai.
Fashion photographer Atul Kasbekar said: "It is sad to hear about his demise. I got to know that he passed away in Alibaug this evening. He was doing a shoot for a company over there. He was a brilliant photographer and shot some really iconic images."
Actress Lara Dutta wrote on twitter,"I hear from twitter that Prabuddha Dasgupta has passed away. He shot me for the Femina cover right after I won Miss India. It was every woman's dream to be shot by Prabuddho! No one captured a woman like him. May his soul rest in peace."
"One of the finest photographers and a dear friend, Prabhuda, passed away. RIP. This has been a dark week," actor Farhan Akhtar said.
Noted fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta died on Sunday (August 12) following heart attack while doing a shoot at Alibaug, family sources said.
Mr Dasgupta, who was in his early 50's, pursued a variety of photography projects and was considered a major photography talent in the country.
He was doing a shoot for a company at Alibaug, about 150 km from Mumbai, when he suffered a heart attack.
His work was exhibited internationally, both in solo and group shows, and published in Indian, French, English, Italian and American magazines. He had also authored five books and was among those rare Indian photographers who did not hesitate in showcasing nude portraits.
Mr Dasgupta had worked with famous models like Lakshmi Menon and Lara Dutta. Lakshmi Menon was his muse before he entered into a relationship with the model.
"It's shocking news for all of us. He seemed to be fit and healthy. He was an inspiration to young photographers. He was fearless. He had the courage to do different things," said Editor at Better Photography magazine, K Madhavan Pillai.
Fashion photographer Atul Kasbekar said: "It is sad to hear about his demise. I got to know that he passed away in Alibaug this evening. He was doing a shoot for a company over there. He was a brilliant photographer and shot some really iconic images."
Actress Lara Dutta wrote on twitter,"I hear from twitter that Prabuddha Dasgupta has passed away. He shot me for the Femina cover right after I won Miss India. It was every woman's dream to be shot by Prabuddho! No one captured a woman like him. May his soul rest in peace."
"One of the finest photographers and a dear friend, Prabhuda, passed away. RIP. This has been a dark week," actor Farhan Akhtar said.
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