Christmas may be round the corner and though the festivities of the season are preoccupying the minds of most, we are a little more excited about the fact that the Oscars are only round the corner - cue fabulous and not-so-fabulous dresses and the general mania that sweeps Hollywood for that weekend. Outfits and hysteria aside, what's really got us excited at the moment is the fact that the Valentino film has been shortlisted for an Oscar.
Vivienne Westwood weighs in on Luella [Fashionista]
Hillary Clinton appears in Vogue [HuffPo]
Marc Jacobs pits New York against Paris [Telegraph]
Lily Cole is dangerous on ice skates [Daily Mail]
The Kardashians' designs hit bebe [Stylewatch]
All the recent speculation around the budget reductions to be made at Vogue, including the limiting of the amount of travelling done by staff, paying freelancers and star photographers less coupled with rumours that Anna Wintour was struggling to cope with the draconian measures the top dogs at Conde Nast had requested that she implement, would have been enough to push most people near-enough, over the edge.
Not Wintour though. Despite a write up in the Post yesterday by Jerry Oppenheimer, author of Front Row- Wintour's biography, which suggested that the powerful editor feared she would lose her eyesight since her father lost his at a 'relatively young age', others who know Wintour have hit back in her defence and made it clear that the situation is like water off a duck's back, where Wintour is concerned.
Model: Cate Blanchett
Magazine: Vogue US
Issue: December '09
Photographer: Annie Leibovitz
Diane Kruger, Eva Mendes and Lily Collins were just a few of the fashion beauties that came out on Friday to celebrate the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists. The afternoon consisted of tea and a fashion show held by Frederic Fekkai, with flashes of Dior, Prada and D&G dresses, the party couldn't have been prettier. The finalists were given a lot of support, with Eva Mendes admitting that she found the 'designers so inspiring', and Tracee Ellis Ross admitting that 'it's like we're looking at the future of fashion'. After studying the crowd, stylist Jeanne Yang admitted 'This is the best looking party I have ever been to', and we couldn't agree more. Anyone else simply love Diane Kruger's velvet playsuit? We're certainly lusting after it.
In September, Anna Wintour came up with a global initiative, Fashion's Night Out, to stimulate spending, which in turn would go towards easing the difficulties caused by the global economic downturn. Kicking off on the first night of New York Fashion Week, fashion savvy shoppers were treated to free drinks and canapes as well as appearances from a mixed bag of celebrities. Here in the UK, stores such as Burberry, Matches, DKNY and Browns amongst others, played host to the likes of Lily Allen, Marios Schwab, Jonathan Saunders, Richard Nicoll, Pixie Geldof and Daisy Lowe to name but a few.
Due to the success of the inaugural event, Mayor Bloomberg and Vogue will be bringing Fashion's Night Out back again next year from the 9th September 2010, onwards. Anna Wintour confirmed that, "We were absolutely bowled over by the response to Fashion's Night Out. It was only fifteen minutes after the event began and we were getting reports about lines around the block at stores throughout the city...It was wonderful to see people embrace this initiative, and we are thrilled that they wish it to return." We are thrilled too and have already started planning how we will be able to attend the celebrations in multiple cities next year. We've already begun the countdown- only 311 days to go!
I am personally in love with Cheryl Cole. Whatever you do to her, whatever angle you look at her from, she is just perfect. I think she is the most beautiful girl in the world!
”The designer reveals her love for the 'X Factor' judge to Vogue.com
Anna Wintour comes to Marea, orders chicken, with avocado salad, neither on menu. What's the point?
”Former New York Times food critic Frank Bruni vents on Twitter
