Lara Stone and David Walliams were married yesterday in London. The bride wore a corseted ivory dress, designed by Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci, for the ceremony at Claridge's.
Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles is working on a new reality show.
Aquascutum has named Joanna Sykes as design director for its women’s, men’s, and accessories collections.
Christopher Bailey has designed a limited-edition, military-inspired shearling parka for Colette.
>> Rodarte's Laura and Kate Mulleavy Appearing on The Martha Stewart Show Next Week —Martha Stewart had a host of fashion figures on her show last month, and she's not stopping: next Thursday, May 20, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte will be featured as part of "The Siblings Show." According to the release, "Kate and Laura will be showcasing five of their couture creations and explaining the unique process of bringing their distant memories of Pasadena, California to life through their eccentric pieces."
>> "We were losers," Rodarte's Kate Mulleavy proclaimed to the audience who came to hear her and sister Laura get peppered with questions at FIT in New York Tuesday night. Kate was speaking of the time before she and Laura were designers, and instead were college graduates, sitting at home watching six films a day. Laura eventually picked up a waitressing gig, but as for Kate, she did, in her own words, "nothing." Later, Kate added of their current state: "Technically, we shouldn't even be up here. In a weird way, it's like we had a stream of circumstances where I look at now and think, 'This is so crazy that this happened to us.' But we're probably the least likely people that it should have happened to."
Kirsten Dunst opted for an intricate, one-shoulder gown Rodarte for tonight's event. The all-white look is complimented with pearl and lace detailing, and a pair of pointed white booties. Otherwise, accessories are simple — a pair of Van Cleef & Arpels diamond studs complete the look. How do you think she did?
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Playing into this year's American Woman theme for the Costume Institute Gala is Gap's Patrick Robinson. The VP of global design has teamed up with some kickass CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners — like Alexander Wang and Rodarte — to dress some of our Fab faves for the illustrious Met Gala coming up next Monday. Want to see who's wearing what? Here's the scoop.
>> The First Wave of Costume Institute Gala Intel —Gap may be sponsoring this year's Costume Institute Gala on May 3, but Patrick Robinson won't be dressing co-chair Oprah Winfrey — Oscar de la Renta is doing those honors. Instead, Robinson is focusing on other initiatives — Gap is working with past collaborators Thakoon, Rodarte, and Alexander Wang, plus Sophie Theallet, to "dress the evening's brightest stars," reports Vogue. "Expect to see guests like Natalie Portman, Jessica Alba, and M.I.A taking in the 'American Woman' exhibition in tulle-trellised and crystal-adorned creations, which will be auctioned afterward at Gap's White Space concept store to benefit the museum." Gap is also launching three shirts in May — the Heiress (and hourglass shape), the ruffled Flapper, and the draped Screen Siren — to coincide with the American Woman theme. [Fashionista, WWD, The Cut, @jimshi809, @jimshi809]
Rodarte's Kate and Laura Mulleavy costumed actors for the film Bastard — a Tribeca Film Festival competition short directed by Kirsten Dunst.
Ann-Sofie Back will show her fall 2010 collection and her diffusion line, Back, at Shanghai Fashion Week.
Short films from Love magazine, Fashionair, and Steven Meisel for Prada make the cut for best fashion videos of the season.
The Wall Street Journal argues the value in high-priced designer sweatpants.
“It’s always our responsibility [as designers] to be challenging — to challenge our customers and to innovate our trade. Otherwise, this one has a line and J. Lo has a line — everybody can have a line and call themselves a designer. But I think that’s kind of demoralizing for our trade.”—Francisco Costa on celebrity designers during a talk at the Cooper-Hewitt museum.
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>> Another Fashion Film Planned from Rodarte; Gia Coppola Shoots Video for Zac Posen for Target —Fashion films continue to proliferate — Business of Fashion just put together a list of their top ten for the season — and already, two more are queued up. Last night at the Los Angeles screening for "Aanteni," the short film featuring Guinevere van Seenus that Rodarte did in collaboration with close friend Todd Cole, Cole revealed that he plans to shoot another short for the label next month, featuring the Fall 2010 Rodarte collection. “I never really understand what we do until I see how others interpret our work,” said Kate Mulleavy. “I trust Todd because we see things in the same way, but he takes it to the next level.” Also in attendance was Gia Coppola, who said she just shot a video for Zac Posen's Target collection, to hit the Internet later this month. [WWD]
>> For two consecutive seasons, Pierre-Yves Roussel, CEO of LVMH's fashion division, has been front row at Rodarte's show. But according to Fashion Week Daily, LVMH may have lost out on being the first to employ Laura and Kate Mulleavy.
The sisters are reportedly in contract negotiations with French furrier Revillon, which Peter Dundas last designed for; the company opted not to show during the most recent Paris Fashion Week due to lack of a designer. The Mulleavys' first collection for Revillon will apparently be shown in July alongside Paris couture. "It's still a huge secret," The Daily's source said. "But the higher-ups at Revillon started pitching it to retailers during Paris Fashion Week."
Brian Phillips, Rodarte's spokesman, denies the reports. "Rodarte is not designing for Revillon."
Inspired by four actresses from Maggie Cheung's films ("Hero," "In the Mood for Love," "Clean," and "Heroic Trio") Rodarte's Laura and Kate Mulleavy created the four handmade dresses seen in this Wing Shya-directed video to benefit UNICEF at auction. And, it pays to watch . . . for every click of the short film on YouTube from now until March 31, the retailer Joyce will donate HK$1 to the charity.
The Rodarte sisters also recently announced they have designed ballet costumes for Darren Aronofsky's film, "Black Swan," a thriller starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as competing ballerinas. The movie includes dances from "Swan Lake," for which the Mulleavys designed the stage costumes.
