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Link Time Jun 19, 2012

Gisele Bundchen's Model Foe, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's Film Role, and Kate Moss's Good Advice

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

by Justin Fenner

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has landed a film role. On Tuesday, her publicist confirmed the rumors that the model-turned-actress will star in Mad Max: Fury Road alongside Charlize Theron and Abbey Lee Kershaw. [Vogue UK]
Model David Gandy doesn't get along with his colleague Gisele Bundchen, recently named the world's highest-paid model. "We don't see eye to eye, we argue, and we don't enjoy working with each other," he said. [The Daily Mail]
Meanwhile, Bundchen (above) is keeping busy wearing Terry Richardson's glasses. [Terry's Diary]
Tory Burch unveiled a redesign of its blog and made an iPad and iPhone app called Tory Daily available for download Tuesday. Both releases are part of a strategy to integrate the brand's lifestyle content and ecommerce. [WWD]
The hard plastic shoes models wore during Chanel's Resort 2013 collection at Versailles weren't all that comfortable. Meghan Collison, who walked in the show, said the shoes "destroyed the back of my feet. I was bleeding afterward." [The Cut]
Speaking of uncomfortable shoes, Adidas has decided not to send a pair of its Jeremy Scott sneakers to production after Internet commenters vilified them as racist. [Styleite]
A judge threw out Louis Vuitton's lawsuit against Warner Bros. for using fake Vuitton products in the movie The Hangover Part II, calling Vuitton's case "not plausible" or "particularly compelling." [Fashionista]
W Magazine has launched a digital photography network to showcase street-style photography from contributors like Candice Lake and Craig Arend, who can upload up to 100 original images every day. A Pinterest icon will allow readers to share the images with others. [Fashionologie Inbox]
Florence Welch says Kate Moss gave her some vital advice about how to deal with paparazzi photography. "Like Kate Moss said: 'Never explain, never complain.'" [Vogue UK]
Royal Ascot has a team of purple-clad dress code assistants (read: fashion police) helping to enforce the horse race's strict style rules. The assistants will hand out free neckties, fascinators, and shawls to wayward attendees. [The Huffington Post]

Photo: Gisele Bundchen, photographed by Terry Richardson.

Celebrities and Front Row at the Chanel 2013 Resort Show

Street Style May 14, 2012

All the Chicness: Front Row at Chanel Resort 2013

Versailles's fabled gardens played host today not just to Chanel's Resort 2013 show, but also to a crowd of well-heeled, Chanel-clad guests.

by Christina Perez

Versailles's fabled gardens played host today not just to Chanel's Resort 2013 show, but also to a crowd of well-heeled, Chanel-clad guests. Tilda Swinton — ever the embodiment of androgynous cool — chatted with Haider Ackermann in a calf-length military coat cut from the house's signature nubby tweed. Alice Dellal perched front row in a demure ruffle-embroidered sheath, while Vanessa Paradis was the picture of Spring in a sparkly, printed dress, and Laura Bailey channeled a modern-day Coco in an ivory ensemble. Even Karl Lagerfeld stepped it up for the occasion: the Kaiser traded in his usual button-up for a checkered shirt-and-tie combo.

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Chanel May 14, 2012

Chanel Resort 2013

With beauty marks shaped like the famous double-C logo affixed to their cheekbones, a bevy of models strolled through the gardens at Versailles to present Chanel's Resort 2013 collection.

by Justin Fenner

With beauty marks shaped like the famous double-C logo affixed to their cheekbones, a bevy of models strolled through the gardens at Versailles to present Chanel's Resort 2013 collection.

The rococo embellishments on many of the garments Karl Lagerfeld sent down the runway made it impossible to imagine him showing the collection anywhere else. Floral embroidery accented modernized versions of what French nobles wore to the court of Louis XVI, and many of the looks were paired with pastel-colored flatforms. Derek Blasberg likened the looks to "Marie Antoinette in denim" — an apt description indeed. The monarch wouldn't have looked totally out of place in one of Lagerfeld's denim vests — trimmed as they were, of course, in gold rope.

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Chanel Apr 12, 2012

Chanel to Stage Resort 2013 Show at Versailles

>> Karl Lagerfeld has chosen the gardens at the Palace of Versailles as the stage for his next big production: the Chanel Resort 2013 collection.

by POPSUGAR Fashion News

>> Karl Lagerfeld has chosen the gardens at the Palace of Versailles as the stage for his next big production: the Chanel Resort 2013 collection.

The show will be presented on May 14, but other details are still under wraps. Past Chanel Resort shows have been presented in St. Tropez, Los Angeles, and along the French Riviera, and their locations usually speak to the theme of the collection. At Versailles — where the French royal family ruled in extravagance for 100 years before the French Revolution — the only theme that comes to mind is sheer excess.

This isn't the first time Versailles has been used for a show. In 2007, John Galliano rented out the palace for Dior's 60th anniversary couture show, and in 1973, Anne Klein, Stephen Burrows, Halston, Bill Blass, and Oscar de la Renta faced off against couturiers Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, and Emanuel Ungaro in a runway spectacle that became known as the Battle of Versailles.

Whether Chanel creates a tribute to Marie Antoinette along the Royal Pathway or shows a decadent collection dripping with diamonds by the Grand Canal, living up to past fashion shows at Versailles will be a tall order — but if anyone is up to the task, it's definitely Lagerfeld. The set for his Spring 2011 Chanel show was based on Versailles's extensive gardens, and he's shot numerous fashion editorials at the palace over the years. Click through to see some of those — along with other Versailles-set shoots — here, in the gallery.

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