We here at the Fash Pack love a good mystery. So when we saw these images of Demi Moore and Anja Rubik both sporting the Balmain mini dress. and learnt of the furore accompanying these photos, we had to share it with you. So let's go back to last month, the Balmain S/S 10 catwalk show in Paris. Amongst the sea of sharp shoulders and other such structured designs, Anja Rubik strutted down the runway dressed in a draped gold mini dress, with jutting hips and collar bones to match.
Cover star: Demi Moore
Magazine: W
Issue: December 2009
Photographer: Mert & Marcus
Kylie; Shakria
Kylie Minogue teamed her Balmain dress with these Burberry open toe shoes for a charity event in May; while Shakira was bang on trend in these over the knee boots for the MTV VMAs.
Who wore it best?
Giuseppe Zanotti recently graced the 8th floor of Saks Fifth Avenue to meet his legions of fans, be photographed by them and also to autograph the soles of their Zanotti heels. Having started out as a DJ, Zanotti acted as consultant to a number of well known fashion houses before setting up his eponymous line in 1993.
The shoe designer has gone from strength to strength and now has a celebrity following including the likes of Beyonce, Gisele, Kylie, Kate Hudson, Blake Lively and Victoria Beckham, to name but a few. In an interview with StyleList at the Saks event, the shoemaker was questioned on a range of topics ranging from his beginnings, Alexander McQueen hoof-like heels, and celebrity designers and high street collaborations and we thought it would only be fair to let you have a read of the highlights.
Jean Paul Gaultier SS10; Dolce & Gabbana SS10
Fashion and beauty go hand in hand, so it comes as no surprise that we're eager to know what we'll be wearing on our face next season, let alone our bodies. Besides the usual summer beauty trend- beach hair and tanned limbs- we've got the run down of all the newest looks to emerge from the SS10 runways. The only question is, which one will you be wearing come spring time?
Earlier this week, a panel consisting of Ashley Olsen, Robin Givhan and Isaac Mizrahi, met to discuss, amongst other things, the effect the recession has had on the fashion industry. The expert panel was invited by Cindi Leive, Glamour magazine's editor-in-chief, to sit as guests at the 92nd Street talk 'The Future of Fashion', and were asked their views on a range of topics including celebrity designers, Michelle Obama and designers breaking the model mould on the runway.
With so many international designer brands showing their Spring/Summer 2010 offerings at the various fashion weeks this season, we would be hard pressed to decide who to award the title of 'hottest international designer brand'. Luckiliy, we didn't have to as The Senken newspaper has just published its findings of its seasonal survey of Japanese retailers. Alexander Wang, who only launched his first full womens collection in 2007 and is currently working on his first menswear range, pipped Givenchy to the top spot having secured twice as many votes as the luxury Parisienne label. In third place was Balmain, followed by Undercover. Prada scooped 5th place ahead of Dries Van Noten, whilst 3.1 Phillip Lim, Comme des Garcons and Yves Saint Laurent came 7th, 8th and 9th respectively.
