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David Lauren, Lauren Bush To Wed This Weekend

>> Over the upcoming Labor Day weekend, David Lauren and Lauren Bush — who recently celebrated their engagement party in the Hamptons — will marry at his father Ralph Lauren's 17,000-acre Colorado ranch.

>> Over the upcoming Labor Day weekend, David Lauren and Lauren Bush — who recently celebrated their engagement party in the Hamptons will marry at his father Ralph Lauren's 17,000-acre Colorado ranch. The bride is expected to wear a Ralph Lauren wedding dress (David's sister Dylan Lauren wore a bridal gown designed by their father for her own wedding in June).

200 guests are expected for the festivities, which will include a picnic and softball game on Saturday, a rehearsal dinner Saturday night in Telluride, and the wedding ceremony Sunday, followed by a rodeo on Monday. A source told the New York Post, “The dress code for the wedding is black tie with a Western twist, which fits in with the romantic surroundings and both families’ American roots.”

Bush's grandparents, George H.W. and former First Lady Barbara Bush — currently at Walker’s Point in Maine — will not attend, a rep confirmed, while a spokesman for her uncle, George W. Bush, would not comment on if he and wife Laura will attend.

Bush is expected to take her soon-to-be husband's name; she recently told Harper's Bazaar: “I think it will be Lauren Bush-Lauren. I am sort of old-fashioned in that way"

Ralph Lauren

Lauren Bush on What Name She'll Take Upon Marrying David Lauren

>> Since becoming engaged to David Lauren last December, many have wondered what name Lauren Bush would take after marriage; the humor of potentially being Lauren Lauren is not lost on her: "Out of all the people I could've met and fallen in love with, it's just ironic that David would end up with someone named Lauren.

>> Since becoming engaged to David Lauren last December, many have wondered what name Lauren Bush would take after marriage; the humor of potentially being Lauren Lauren is not lost on her: "Out of all the people I could've met and fallen in love with, it's just ironic that David would end up with someone named Lauren. I think it will be Lauren Bush-Lauren. That's not final, but I think it's nice to have the same name as your husband. I am sort of old-fashioned in that way." Bush's wedding dress is unsurprisingly to be designed by Ralph Lauren, and as for the size of the ceremony: "Small, we know small. We're just kind of figuring out all the other details." [Harper's Bazaar]

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A Look at Givenchy's Spring 2011 Campaign Featuring an Albino Model; David Lauren and Lauren Bush Are Engaged

Riccardo Tisci is following up his Fall 2010 campaign featuring the transsexual model Lea T.

  • Riccardo Tisci is following up his Fall 2010 campaign featuring the transsexual model Lea T. with a Spring 2011 ad campaign featuring albino model Stephen Thompson, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott in black and white alongside Mariacarla Boscono, Daphne Groeneveld and Iris Strubegger; the idea came from a Robert Mapplethorpe photo of an alabaster Roman bust juxtaposed against leopard print fabric [WWD]
  • 39-year-old David Lauren and 26-year-old Lauren Bush, who met at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala six years ago, got engaged Friday at the museum; she Tweeted today: "Thanks for everyone's warm wishes about our engagement! I am so happy, and really enjoying every minute of it! I am truly a lucky lady!" [NY Post, @LaurenBushTweet]
  • Conde Nast looks to be in shopping mode: its parent company just raised $500 million for mergers and acquisitions [All Things Digital]
  • Karolina Kurkova posted a teaser photo of her and androgynous model Andrej Pejic on the set of Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring 2011 ad campaign [Frockwriter]
  • Before The Sartorialist's Scott Schuman stops someone to ask to take their picture, he says, "I pretty much know where I'm going to stand, where I'm going to place them in relationship to the light, where in the street . . . so as soon as they say, 'Okay,' I'm pretty much ready to go." He continues: "I'm not much of a people person, I don't push to find out that much more [about his subjects]. I want to shoot them the way that I see them; as opposed to really creating a true essence of who they are, it's my idea of who they are." [NY Times]
  • Christian Louboutin, on how extremes have changed in his twenty years in the business: "When I started, I remember people saying, ‘Oh my God, I can’t walk in that!’ It was like, three inches — they look like kitten heels now. The low cleavage I was doing was considered too sexy, but now what I call a low cleavage is much lower. It’s really very much a mental shift. I remember doing very pointy lasts. People would say, ‘I like the shoe, but it’s too pointy.’ And then the year after, it’s fine." [Style File]
  • Marc Jacobs may bring his legendary holiday costume party — which hasn't happened since 2007 — back next year [The Cut]
  • Anna Dello Russo is evasive on how she affords her two apartments and thousands' worth of designer clothing; her only response: "Of course, I am journalist! Then I have discount, I am privileged!" [Guardian UK]
  • Peep Zac Posen's Pre-Fall 2011 lookbook, featuring "Zac-ettes" — his words (“They’re all women who have been significant for me this year”) — Hilary Rhoda, Crystal Renn, Anna Cleveland, and Leigh Lezark [Vogue]
  • Reiss is planning on reissuing the dress Kate Middleton wore in her engagement photos as part of their Spring 2011 collection [The Cut]
  • Former WWD Eye editor Emily Holt has been named fashion news editor at Vogue; she started last Monday [DFR]
  • Leighton Meester is rumored to be the new face of Missoni [InTouch]
  • Christian Lacroix is art directing and selecting the 150 Middle Eastern pieces to be featured in the Musee du Quai Branly's "The Orient of Women" exhibition, opening Feb. 8 [WWD]

 

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Gap and Lauren Bush Team Up to FEED Students

Lauren Bush has been creating philanthropic FEED totes for some time now, but she recently teamed up with Gap for new bags and a new cause: improving the quality of food served at schools in the US.

Lauren Bush has been creating philanthropic FEED totes for some time now, but she recently teamed up with Gap for new bags and a new cause: improving the quality of food served at schools in the US. The three totes — the denim style seen here on Lauren — will go on sale, from $29 to $39, at Gap locations starting mid-September. For those who can't wait, the bags are already being sold at the Marina District store in San Francisco, the 1969 Robertson Blvd. store in Los Angeles, and in New York at the White Space concept store on 680 Fifth Ave. For every bag that you purchase, Gap will donate $5 to the worthy cause.


Photo by Drew Altizer

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Tickets to Vanity Fair Oscar Party and Custom Stella McCartney on the Block at Earth Day Green Auction

Christie's is partnering with fashion industry leaders for an inaugural green auction, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this April 22.


Christie's is partnering with fashion industry leaders for an inaugural green auction, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this April 22. PPR chairman François-Henri Pinault, Anna Zegna, Vivienne Westwood, Lauren Bush, Maggie Rizer, and Julie Gilhart make up the event's honorary committee and have been calling on the fashion industry to support "A Bid to Save the Earth."

The auction block will include a private lunch with Vera Wang; Giorgio Armani evening dresses and two tickets to Vanity Fair’s Oscar party; his and her bespoke suits from Stella McCartney, and private fitting with the designer; Girard-Perregaux watches; Valextra luggage; Harry Winston jewelry; and David LaChapelle photography (above). Oceana, Conservation International, the Central Park Conservancy, and the National Resources Defense Council will benefit.

Source: David LaChapelle

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On Our Radar: Lauren Bush, AKA Lauren Pierce

Lauren Bush is no stranger to designing — she's the creator of the famous burlap Feed bags — but now she has added clothing to her repertoire.

Lauren Bush is no stranger to designing — she's the creator of the famous burlap Feed bags — but now she has added clothing to her repertoire. Lauren Pierce — Pierce being her middle name — is an environmentally friendly ready-to-wear line that uses handcrafted fabrics from artisans around the world. A portion of its proceeds aid causes that affect women around the world. "The mission is about the fabrics and the cause. I didn’t want it to be about my personality," Bush said.

The Spring line, seen above, incorporates fabrics that have been hand-dyed by women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Neat. Ten percent of proceeds will go to Women for Women International, a non-profit that helps women in conflict and post-conflict environments.

To see more from the Lauren Pierce philanthropic Spring line, read more

Mary-Kate Olsen

Chace and Mary-Kate Are Curious About Benjamin Button

While the stars of the movie didn't make it, some big names hit the red carpet at a NY screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last night.

While the stars of the movie didn't make it, some big names hit the red carpet at a NY screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last night. The movie scored all the big Golden Globe nominations walking away with five total. Mary-Kate Olsen's role in The Wackness wasn't quite recognized by the HFPA but she was happy to come out and see the unusual looking film. Ciara pulled off a daring dress while Chace Crawford stepped it up but skipped the tie. At least he didn't have Taylor Momsen with him as a date since we agree the age difference is a bit much. While the movie doesn't hit theaters until Christmas day, audiences are already pretty curious about seeing it.

To see more from the premiere including Danny Masterson, Ciara, Moby, Lauren Bush and others just read more

Mary-Kate Olsen

All the Boys Love Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway and Mary-Kate Olsen put on their best party dresses for the Annual Winter Dance at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC last night.

Anne Hathaway and Mary-Kate Olsen put on their best party dresses for the Annual Winter Dance at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC last night. Anne dressed for the theme in her Winter white number while Mary-Kate was just trying to keep warm. Ms. Hathaway arrived on the arm of Raffaello Follieri of course, but she also welcomed Roberto Cavalli as a second date, saying, "It's nice to have two men fawning over you." Anne certainly isn't shy about bragging about all the male attention she's been getting these days, but it's starting to rub us the wrong way.

More pics of the party including Josh Lucas, Arden Wohl, and Barbara Bush, so just read more