Yea, Nay, Or Eh? Madonna Suits Up
Alexandra Richards (pictured) strips down for the latest French Playboy. That’s usually the sort of thing that dads object to, but in her case, we imagine dad’s done way worse. [NY Post via Daily Front Row]Alexandra Richards Goes Bare, Tim Hamilton Goes Private, Miu Miu Goes Tuscan, And More…
Tim Hamilton canceled his eponymous menswear show in Paris, opting to show the new collection by private appointment instead. “It’s about the clothing at the end of the day, not the spectacle,” the designer said. [WWD]
Miu Miu opens its newest shop in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, the Tuscan town where the rich and famous (like Giorgio Armani and Andrea Bocelli) keep villas. Funny, we always thought of Bocelli as more Prada than Miu Miu, but it is hard to resist those kitty collars. [Racked]
And, so you can decide for yourself: Pieces from James Franco’s art opening. [On Location Vacations]
Yea, Nay, Or Eh? Madonna Suits Up
Alexandra Richards (pictured) strips down for the latest French Playboy. That’s usually the sort of thing that dads object to, but in her case, we imagine dad’s done way worse. [NY Post via Daily Front Row]Alexandra Richards Goes Bare, Tim Hamilton Goes Private, Miu Miu Goes Tuscan, And More…
Tim Hamilton canceled his eponymous menswear show in Paris, opting to show the new collection by private appointment instead. “It’s about the clothing at the end of the day, not the spectacle,” the designer said. [WWD]
Miu Miu opens its newest shop in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, the Tuscan town where the rich and famous (like Giorgio Armani and Andrea Bocelli) keep villas. Funny, we always thought of Bocelli as more Prada than Miu Miu, but it is hard to resist those kitty collars. [Racked]
And, so you can decide for yourself: Pieces from James Franco’s art opening. [On Location Vacations]
La Roux Unplugged At Viktor & Rolf Monsieur
“It works really well in the space,” Jackson continued, describing the slowed-down, acoustic versions of songs from her self-titled debut album. “It’s a lot more Viktor & Rolf. It wouldn’t really be right to do the songs as they are on the record in a space like this. I think the way we’re doing it now a lot more suits the V&R brand and the way they are.”
Speaking of the way they are—that’s just the way Jackson dressed. The flame-haired singer wore a custom-tailored suit from the Monsieur collection, combed her trademark quiff into a style resembling Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren’s own, and donned a pair of their signature glasses (which also appeared, by the way, intarsia-ed on a model’s sweater). The a.m. appearance marked Jackson’s first time at Paris fashion week, but the menswear-favoring singer (she doesn’t wear women’s clothing) said as much as she’d like to, she couldn’t stay for any other men’s shows—she jetted off to Glastonbury, where she’s performing, immediately after her set. But she, Horsting, and Snoeren may all meet again. “There might be a way to involve Viktor & Rolf in [the next music video],” she said.
Check out La Roux’s performance, and the entire Monsieur presentation, below.
Plus, check out our own video with La Roux here.
A line of eco-friendly parkas, created in collaboration with Moncler—just the latest from rapper/producer/Louis Vuitton model/industrial designer/entrepreneur Pharrell Williams. To celebrate his latest project, Williams was in Paris yesterday, hosting a cocktail party at Colette, then an intimate dinner upstairs at Lapérouse for friends like Lupe Fiasco, Lou Doillon, Ludivine Sagnier, Jefferson Hack, Olivier Zahm, Eugenie Niarchos, and Tatiana Santo Domingo.A Bullet-Proof Vest For The Eco-Warrior
“They spotted my chair at Art Basel”—an, ahem, slightly risqué take on interior design—”and were excited about it,” Williams explained about the Moncler project. “So we started talking. I told them about our company, Bionic Yarn, which makes fabric out of recycled plastic bottles, and everything went from there. I just want to make good stuff—it’s a really good technology and if I can uphold goodwill wherever possible, I’ll do it.”
Five styles make up the Moncler collab, printed with images culled from artist Keita Sugiura’s Dark Forest series. There are the usual puffers and bubble jackets, but the one that blew out the door at Colette the fastest was a matte, bulletproof vest style. (Pharrell is wearing it, above, with Moncler chairman Remo Ruffini.) “I’m not about endorsing violence, no matter what kind of records I’ve produced,” Williams clarified. “That one is about being a warrior for the environment.”
La Roux Unplugged At Viktor & Rolf Monsieur
“It works really well in the space,” Jackson continued, describing the slowed-down, acoustic versions of songs from her self-titled debut album. “It’s a lot more Viktor & Rolf. It wouldn’t really be right to do the songs as they are on the record in a space like this. I think the way we’re doing it now a lot more suits the V&R brand and the way they are.”
Speaking of the way they are—that’s just the way Jackson dressed. The flame-haired singer wore a custom-tailored suit from the Monsieur collection, combed her trademark quiff into a style resembling Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren’s own, and donned a pair of their signature glasses (which also appeared, by the way, intarsia-ed on a model’s sweater). The a.m. appearance marked Jackson’s first time at Paris fashion week, but the menswear-favoring singer (she doesn’t wear women’s clothing) said as much as she’d like to, she couldn’t stay for any other men’s shows—she jetted off to Glastonbury, where she’s performing, immediately after her set. But she, Horsting, and Snoeren may all meet again. “There might be a way to involve Viktor & Rolf in [the next music video],” she said.
Check out La Roux’s performance, and the entire Monsieur presentation, below.
Plus, check out our own video with La Roux here.
A line of eco-friendly parkas, created in collaboration with Moncler—just the latest from rapper/producer/Louis Vuitton model/industrial designer/entrepreneur Pharrell Williams. To celebrate his latest project, Williams was in Paris yesterday, hosting a cocktail party at Colette, then an intimate dinner upstairs at Lapérouse for friends like Lupe Fiasco, Lou Doillon, Ludivine Sagnier, Jefferson Hack, Olivier Zahm, Eugenie Niarchos, and Tatiana Santo Domingo.A Bullet-Proof Vest For The Eco-Warrior
“They spotted my chair at Art Basel”—an, ahem, slightly risqué take on interior design—”and were excited about it,” Williams explained about the Moncler project. “So we started talking. I told them about our company, Bionic Yarn, which makes fabric out of recycled plastic bottles, and everything went from there. I just want to make good stuff—it’s a really good technology and if I can uphold goodwill wherever possible, I’ll do it.”
Five styles make up the Moncler collab, printed with images culled from artist Keita Sugiura’s Dark Forest series. There are the usual puffers and bubble jackets, but the one that blew out the door at Colette the fastest was a matte, bulletproof vest style. (Pharrell is wearing it, above, with Moncler chairman Remo Ruffini.) “I’m not about endorsing violence, no matter what kind of records I’ve produced,” Williams clarified. “That one is about being a warrior for the environment.”
Despite the rage for beachy tie-dyes that Proenza Schouler and co. inspired in women worldwide, men have been a little more hesitant to pick up the trend. But watching the Dries Van Noten show in Paris yesterday, we wondered if the Belgian bellwether wasn’t offering his own alternative. Van Noten showed ink-spattered tops and bleach-stained jeans that picked up the look of the tie-dye but infused it with a rougher, slightly more masculine edge. (In look, at least: As Tim Blanks reports, the blotches were hand-painted by couturiers in Lake Como.) Is the trend catching? Gaultier, too, showed paint spatter, on pants and knits that called to mind one of the roughest and most masculine of modern painters: Jackson Pollock.Is Splatter Paint The Tie-Dye Of Menswear?
There’s plenty of hand-wringing every season about the impossibly young, impossibly pretty male models that stalk the runways, looking pigeon-chested and years away from their first beard-hair. Those guys aren’t going anywhere, but it was a refreshing to see a little scruff (and more!) at Yohji Yamamoto (left), Junya Watanabe (center), and Jean Paul Gaultier (right) in Paris.He’s In By A Hair
