Dior couture dazzling but erratic

Dior creative director Bill Gaytten sent out this homage to the sad clown Pierrot at the end of the first show he did in 15 years without John Galliano.

By Jeanne BekerFashion Columnist

PARIS:- Colourful mosaic appliqués, off-beat geometric headpieces, tiers of chiffon on grand ball gowns, and glittering confetti paillettes should have made for a joyful buzz inside the tent on the-grounds of the Musée Rodin. Instead, the erratic Dior haute couture collection left many fashion insiders scratching their-heads, lamenting the loss of the house’s creative director, John Galliano, and longing for just--the right knight in shining armour to be named as his replacement.

Graduate Fashion Week Announces George Gold Award

                         Eileen-Pang Liv., modelled by Amber le Bon, Photo: JOHN WRIGHT

As the biggest-prize in British Fashion Education, Graduate Fashion Week Gold Award has become one of the most anticipated and coveted on the fashion calendar. Graduate Fashion Week is delighted to announce that the panel of judges for this year’s award will be Amanda Wakeley, Patrick Grant, creative director Norton & Sons and E.Tautz, Lucy Yeomans, editor-Harpers Bazaar and Fiona Lambert, design director, George.

Date: June 5-8, 2011

Venue: Earls Court 2, London

Amanda Wakeley launched her signature label in 1990 and over the last two decades has developed an international reputation for designing stylish, supremely luxurious, womenswear and accessories. Amanda was awarded an OBE for her services to the fashion industry on 16th February 2010. She is also the winner of several awards including-three British Fashion-Awards for Glamour.

Luxury Brand Fendi launches New fashion line on Seoul floating island

Brushing off controversy over its use of fur, luxury brand Fendi launched its fall and winter fashion line-on a large man made island in Seoul to highlight its--creativity.
Models showing Fendi's new collection, including-the Italian fashion house's signature fur items, strutted down the catwalk as hundreds of celebrities, guests and journalists watched what was only Fendi's second ever show in Asia.
"We don't do shows just-to do shows. We don't do shows to repeat what we showed in Milan," said Fendi CEO Michael Burke of the Thursday event.
"If we're going to do a fashion show, it has to be something noble, innovative, creative and sometimes risky. We like-that. There's no creativity without risk."


But Fendi's journey to-the launch on the world's largest artificial "floating island," itself unveiled less than a month ago, was far from easy.

Royal College of Arts Graduate Fashion Show 2011

Cross dressing, neon rubber and fur feature at the College's annual showcase of fashion's newest design-talents.

Philipp Schueller Photo: GETTY

Impatient foot-tapping usually sounds out the summer - a season that fatigues those in the industry for its lack of sartorial fodder until the September shows. But something always momentarily-halts those bored taps in the interim: the graduate fashion collections. After Central Saint Martins kicked things off earlier this week, it was-the turn of 36 young designers at the Royal College of Art to stir the fashion-crowd.

Inspiring fashion, Inspiring location

Collections of the week Bohoboco won the most press from Fashion Week Poland, while Łukasz Jemioł showed a sophisticated range

Joanna Mroczkowska reports from the latest Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week in Poland, held in the city of Łódź

PHOTOGRAPHED BY MODA FORTE

THE FOURTH POLISH FASHION WEEK WAS held last month. Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week Poland, to give its official title, aims to show the strong presence of the fashion industry within Poland.


Although still young, Polish Fashion Week is starting to get big attention from overseas. Kenzo Takada, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Nuno Gama, Miguel Vieira, François Emeric, Patrizia Gucci and Gaspard Yurkiewich all attended. The organizers have been promoting the event not only to fashion journalists but to people interested in the industry, in art, and to celebrities.

A fashion show for the ages

Emmeline Fucik of Appleton prepares a poodle skirt she will model Sunday as vintage fashions from the 1940s through the '80s are on parade and for sale at a fundraiser for the Community Clothes Closet at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. / Ron Page/The Post-Crescent

Written by

J.E. Espino

APPLETON  It was a case of serious déjà vu and chuckles for many of the models waiting to flounce down the catwalk at Sunday's Vintage Fashion Show.
"The mini skirts, I definitely do remember that," said Mary Elson, remembering the wild patterns and bright colors she wore in the 1970s as a young woman.
Representing that decade for the event, she wore a long-sleeved, turquoise cocktail dress with silver embroidery and matching silver pumps and observed, "My mother might have worn it."

Riccardo Tisci Replaces Galliano At Dior

Reputed fashion blog Fashionista is reporting that Italian designer Riccardo Tisci is set to take over as the new designer for Christian Dior.
The former creative director for Givenchy is rumoured to replace John Galliano following his sacking over Anti-Semitic charges last month
“He’s also…openly discussing his move to Dior with certain acquaintances,” writes editor Lauren Sherman. “And while we still don’t think the official Dior announcement will happen until September, we’re pretty sure the deal is sealed.

Giambattista Valli show couture in Paris

Giambattista Valli has just been elected as guest of the French Chambre Syndicale, the organization in charge of the haute couture shows.
In what is an unusual move for the notoriously exclusive committee consisting of design houses such as Armani, Valentino and Elie Saab, a young and independent designer has been granted a spot on the official schedule for the July shows.
According to the calendar, his show will take place at the Galerie de la Madeleine where his new store and atelier are based.

The rules of the Chambre Syndicale dictate that Valli  who is famous for his sophisticated ball gowns sure to appear on this year’s red carpets at the Cannes film festival  be elected at least five times in order to gain permanent membership.

Munib Nawaz: On the attributes of women

Nawaz’s new line will celebrate attributes women that women cherish most such as strength, sensuality and elegance. PHOTO: PUBLICITY

He’s as crazy as they get in this line of business, with a wacky sense of humour and an even crazier sense of fashion presentation. But that doesn’t mean that Munib Nawaz makes outlandish clothes. Far from it. His signature look is a well tailored blazer and trousers and a well structured mutedsherwani: Clothing that defines the quintessential man.

Yet when he takes to the ramp, he will always spruce up the whole game with eccentric machinations like making models behave like Punjabi pehalwans ready for a kushti. And while he’s firmly entrenched himself with men’s wear, he’s now venturing with full force into the territory of women’s wear as well, a glimpse of which he offered at the vintage cars and fashion show held by the Pearl Continental a few days ago.

As I walk in, he’s bent over a piece of A4 paper, trying to sketch out a design locked in his head. “I’m trying to add Munib Nawazness to the designs submitted to me by my team,” he offers by way of explanation, as we chuckle over how his workers have no definition for plain embellishment-free clothing and call anything with work on it ‘pret’. “I want women to do away with gold eventually, that’s what my formal line will be about.”

Luther fundraiser to feature prom fashion show

BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.com

Luther High School girls will model prom dresses and hair styles from the '80s, '90s and current times during a fundraiser for the benefit of the Luther Community Service Center.

LUTHER -Prom dresses and hair styles from the 1980s, '90s and current times will be modeled by Luther High School senior girls Saturday, May 14, as part of a community fundraiser for the Luther Community Service Center.

Festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with a dessert party at the Luther Civic Center, 18120 Hogback Road. The event then will move to the Luther High School Auditorium, 18955 NE 178, for a silent auction, followed by the fashion show.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the Community Service Center or at the door on the evening of the event.

Designer Profiles: Raffles Fashion Design Students

Australian Fashion Week officially kicks off today, and while we're looking forward to seeing what some of our favourite Australian designers have been working on for this coming summer, we're really excited about some of the new talent getting exposure this year. One of the exhibitions showcasing the up and coming fashion innovators in Australasia is the Raffles RAFW International Showcase, a platform for students from the college's esteemed fashion program. We've got a sneak peak of the six incredible designers who will be showcasing their collections this week.

Angela Moore Fashion Show Bigger Than Ever for 2011

 

It's one of Newport's best summertime events, and organizers of the 12th Annual Angela Moore Fashion Show and Champagne Breakfast will return to the Tennis Hall of Fame with tennis stars, fashion stars, and social stars.

The fashion show is one of Tennis Week's hottest events and has perennially sold out. “After years hosting sold-out shows, we are delighted to announce this will be our biggest event ever," said Angela Moore, adding that the guest seating will double this year and a new century tent can seat another 450 people. “We are thrilled to be the kickoff event to the long awaited Andre Agassi induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame!”