The museum has requested the hat to add to its inaugural fashion collection, which will already include Michelle Obama’s Jason Wu dress. But will Aretha give it up?
“I am considering it. It would be hard to part with my chapeau since it was such a crowning moment in history,” Franklin told People magazine. “I would like to smile every time I look back at it and remember what a great moment it was in American and African-American history. Ten cheers for President Obama.”
Josep Font may not be the household name here in America that, say, Valentino is. But when I saw the look below, I knew I had to bring his haute couture collection to you.
The small, somewhat surreal collection was a bit of a mixed bag, with creativly whimiscal designs like the first few in our gallery featuring cute frothy touches and sweet silhouettes. Then there are what can only be described as the Marie Antoinette brides. Both Marie Antoinette and brides have been done better in couture collections by better known designers far too recently to attempt this aesthetic and not nail it.
I might not have loved everything that walked down Font’s runway, I’m definitely going to be keeping an eye on him in the future.
Click the image below to start the gallery. [Images courtesy of Coutorture]
Paul & Joe SISTER, the more whimsical and quirky little sister, if you will, of the Paul & Joe fashion line has been bringing designer Sophie Albou’s love of bold patterns and unique details to life since 2006.
For Spring 2009 Albou has created a collection full of pieces designed to quickly become your favorites.
“The freshness of our collection mixed with Sophie’s universal taste makes us the best kept French secret in America,” said VP Julien Haggiag. We’ve chosen some of our favorite pieces from the spring collection to show you.
This little Le Sportsac Kevyn bag would make a great makeup bag for only $25. All Le Sportsac bags are a great fabric for carrying around spillables, so I often look to them for the perfect cosmetics carrier. And I love the black rose print.
Jean Paul Gaultier’s couture collection could have been a rehashing of one of his shows from almost twenty years ago.
But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The designer was arguably at the height of his career when Madonna wore his cone bra corset for her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, and this collection paid homage to that era, with corseted pieces and lots of wide shoulders with nipped in waists. It was an almost exclusively greyscale palette, but that added to the drama. Think curly calligraphy on swathes of chiffon and organza, textured dresses with stiff skirts, and high-waisted matador trousers with braces…
It’s beginning to be par for the course – Calvin Klein creates a commercial, it’s too hot for TV and is banned and gets more attention and buzz than it ever would have on the airwaves.
This time the commercial, above, and admittedly a little NSFW, was even banned from late night cable. But it looks like a toned down version will make it to your TV.
This is obviously good news for fans of Port and her ‘social’ (not socialite, darling) pal Olivia Palermo who are based in New York. It’s also good news for Diane von Furstenberg, where Port now works who will no doubt score more screen time thanks to MTV.
Following the rather awkward departure of Alessandra Facchinetti from Valentino only two seasons after Valentino Garavani’s retirement, new design team Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli had a lot to prove with their first couture show.
And prove it they did, sticking closely to the heritage of the label (probably aware that going against this was Facchinetti’s downfall). This wasn’t a particularly show-stopping collection, but it was safe, chic and beautiful. The trademark Valentino red was flanked by white, cream, chocolate and teal, plenty of that in satin, cut creatively or trimmed with feathers and jewels. Eschewing the shoulder-lead silhouette of other couture shows, this was more about the single-breasted coat, hitting the knee either in a swing shape or fastened at a high empire waist. Evening gowns were minimal without being boring, simple without being staid. Overall, a good debut, but we’ll be expecting more wow factor next time…
Whether you’re on the lookout for something special to wear for a significant other or just to treat yourself to this Valentine’s Day, we’ve got lingerie ranging from comfy to complex, barely there to buxom.
So it’s fitting we start out with Buxom Inc.’s one shouldered camisole, on sale for $37.50. A built-in tank bra fits sizes C-DD cups. For something a little sexier, Buxom has a great selection of chemises for fuller cup sizes as well.
Riccardo Tisci’s modern, conceptual vision for Givenchy is a million miles from what Hubert de Givenchy may have created in the fifites, but at the heart of his couture collection, there’s the same attention to detail, quality of cut and shape and love of the female form. Tisci’s trademarks were all there: grown up gothic touches on black gowns, space-age shoulders on suits and dresses, swirled seams and elegant drapes on everything else. But the collection was softer than what we saw from him in his most recent Ready to wear show. The colour palette was washed-out and pastel, punctuated only by yellow, black and a lilac-on-black floral print. Most exciting were the shorter dresses with one-shoulder capes, puffy chiffon trims and textured fabric mixes. Meanwhile, a black long-sleeved gown with a deep V and wide embellished shoulders is crying out for an Oscar night debut…
Dita Von Teese and Mischa Barton celebrate Elie Saab’s Spring 2009 Haute Couture collection with the designer. You can read about the confectionary collection at the link above. While we find Von Teese’s hair and makeup a bit harsh, her black ensemble is perfection. Mischa Barton’s short, one-sleeved gown and over-the-shoulder hairstyle looked most glamorous while seated on the runway, as you can see after the jump.
A front cover starring Jourdan Dunn was even in circulation, but has been confirmed by Handbag.com as a fake.
“The rumours are simply not true. There is no Luella magazine,” a Luella rep said. “We keep telling people that it’s not happening but they run with the story anyway. It just goes to show that people will believe anything that they read.”
If you ask Karl Lagerfeld, white is definitely the new black. His couture catwalk for Chanel was awash with a whiter shade of pale yesterday, as couturiers battle to keep this art form alive. Wool skirts atop with box jackets gave the Chanel skirt suit a new identity, while oversized origami headdresses provided the necessary OTT (Over The Top) element. Inspired by the blank page, Lagerfeld’s delicately cut designs often flashed with black in beads on bolero jackets and shiny waist belts.
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