Victoria Beckham at the British Fashion Awards at The Savoy in London - 28 November 2011
David and Victoria Beckham are considering leaving Los Angeles.
The soccer star is in talks with French club Paris Saint-Germain and a number of UK teams and rather than Victoria and their four children Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, nine, Cruz, six, and four-month-old daughter Harper remaining in Los Angeles while he plays in Europe, the entire family may relocate with the couple already lining up possible schools for the boys.
A source told the Mail on Sunday: “David is on the brink of committing to either Paris Saint-Germain or a UK club. He’ll make the announcement just after the New Year.
“They are preparing to be back in Britain and have been looking at schools for the boys. David is keen on one particular school because it’s the area where he grew up and when he was a child he always wished he could have gone there.”
Although Victoria was initially reluctant to move, the hugely successful fashion designer is now “excited” about returning home.
The source added: “David has always been adamant he wants to end his career in Europe and Victoria is totally behind the move. She is using the opportunity to work on her fashion profile in Europe and the boys will be privately educated. They are all very excited.
“Victoria wants to come back to London and live between the capital and Paris but she won’t give up the place in LA. The advantage of being over here is they can spend more time with their families. But they love LA so it’s likely they’ll be back.”
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen deliberately distance themselves from celebrity brands.
The twins – who rose to fame as young children appearing in TV and film stars – have not used their faces or names to promote their fashion brand, The Row as they don’t want it to be labelled a celebrity clothing line.
Mary-Kate said: “We were aware of [the growing trend of] celebrity brands. We were trying to get away from that because we’d already done it with Wal-Mart, and we did it well. We’d been there, we’d done that.”
Ashley, 24, was also adamant about moving the focus away from her and her sister with The Row, so that the focus would solely be on the work they produce.
She added to WWD.com: “I was looking at it as I’m switching careers. I’m no longer going by my face. Who knows what I’ll do in the future, if I act again or if I don’t? My point at the moment was, I’m literally disappearing.
“I’m not going to be in front of the camera. I want to do something created with my hands and with my thoughts. It wasn’t about being a face. It was about being able to create something.”
Mary-Kate has not ruled out ever returning to acting however, saying: “Right now we don’t have the time. I was thinking about this recently. We don’t use that form of expression anymore. But it’s still ingrained in us.”
Mel C says Victoria Beckham has “broken down a lot of barriers” in the fashion world.
The singer says she’s very proud of how much her former Spice Girls bandmate has achieved with her self-titled fashion label and was impressed with how well the dresses fitted when she wore two for a recent awards ceremony.
She told You magazine: “When I was up for the Olivier Awards, I called Victoria and asked if I could borrow one of her designs. She sent these gorgeous gowns over right away. I wore two that night; one for performing, and one for the ceremony, and they made me feel amazing, really pulled me in in all the right places. Victoria has broken down a lot of barriers to get where she has in fashion, to earn respect, and she works really hard.”
Mel also revealed how she is more comfortable with her body now she is a mother to two-year-old daughter Scarlet.
She said: “It used to keep my awake at night if I’d eaten something I shouldn’t have. I used to think that if anyone found out I would be mortified. Now I’ve come to terms with my problems and conquered them, I can talk about it.
“I feel, after Scarlet, that I am completely cured of that. You never know what’s around the corner, but I feel I have a very healthy attitude towards food and exercise and beauty and I haven’t had Botox or anything. I’m not saying I won’t in the future, but having my little girl has made me really quite relaxed about my physical self because she’s just mellowed me.”
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Carrying on from last week, where we brainstormed up a gallery of the best girly gifts around this Christmas,we decided to give you our second installment – after all, Christmas shopping is a bit of a minefield, especially when you’re buying for a lady with discerning tastes. Today, it’s all about buying for that friend you have with her fingertip on the pulse of fashion. The one that never wears the same outfit twice, devours glossy magazines and refers to designers by their first names, as if they’re old friends.
So here’s an assortment of clothes, makeup and essential reading for the stern fashion-lover in your life. (I basically wrote this list for myself.) Check out the gallery above for our top buys.
Following the sad news about Alexander McQueen last week, PPR, the parent company of Gucci Group, has confirmed it will continue to trade the Alexander McQueen label, .
In the past hour the company released a statement from PPR chairman and chief executive Francois Henri-Pinault, who said: “You understand, the Alexander McQueen trademark will live on”.
However people hoping to watch Alexander’s AW10 show at Paris Fashion week will have to wait to see if it will proceed as the collection wasn’t finished before the designer’s death.
While some celebrity lines are cracking under the economic strain, others including Jessica Simpson’s, appear to be flourishing. The singer/actress is expanding her popular fashion empire to include swimwear. She has signed a licensing agreement with Red Carter LLC to produce a full range of swimming attire including separates and cover-ups in a variety of bright colours, animal and floral prints. The range will wholesale from $15.50 up to $58, and is set to launch in December 2009.
It looks like it’s all over red rover for Jennifer Lopez’s fashion label, Sweetface in America. The singer is pulling the plug on her contemporary sportswear brand after six years.
“In light of some new company strategies, we have decided to put the Sweetface line on hiatus while we prepare to reintroduce the brand in the near future with new messaging points and an entirely new fashion point of view,” the company said in a statement.
When Jen is planning to relaunch her label is as yet unknown, but it marks the latest blow in her clothing empire. In 2007, the company shut down its JLO brand and replaced it with justsweet to be distributed outside of the U.S. This line was also closed down after only a few seasons. The good news is that Sweetface Fashion Co., her parent company will continue to distribute her brands overseas.
Fans of Nicole Richie and her House of Harlow 1960 jewellry line will no doubt be happy to hear the news that she will soon be adding clothes and shoes to her label.
The former reality TV star is getting ready to unveil her second collection, and has revealed that it will be a “totally different line.”
While her last range focussed on African and Indian-inspired designs, Nicole says the next one “is focusing more on old English, equestrian and more sophisticated looks.”
As for the clothes and shoes, she adds: “I’ve been working really hard on designing and picking the right fabrics for my Spring 2010 line.”
In meantime, you can shop Nicole’s current range at Singer22.com.
Calvin Klein is in hot water yet again after a provocative billboard for its womenswear and menswear jeans line was unveiled in New York this week. The racy ad which depicts a young female semi-naked model lying across one man and kissing another has caused uproar amongst appalled Manhattanites. However CK designers are at a loss to see the problem.
“It’s my favorite campaign ever!” said CK menswear designer, Italo Zucchelli. “I hope they’re going to be, ‘Ooooh, what is that?’ And then they buy our jeans. In the best tradition of Calvin Klein.”
Everyone loves a bit of Eighties rock ‘n’ roll and that’s why we *heart* Miss Sixty. The front row was adorned with young starlets including Mischa Barton, Kristen Bell and Minka Kelly – which gave you enough of a hint at who this line is targeting. Models thumped down the runway in shoulder pads (yup, really!), magazine-print jumpsuits, tough leather jackets, and too-tight-for-words acid wash jeans. Leggings were virtually painted on the models’ legs in loud prints and for a bit of warmth they were matched with fluffy wraps and coats. But keep your eyes peeled for the shoulder pads – srsly!
Deary me things don’t appear to be improving for Peter Som. He has just announced the cancellation of his New York Fashion Week show next month, following a split from Creative Design Studios, a division of Lord & Taylor LLC.
“We have realized that our strategic interests are no longer aligned and feel that this is the best direction for our company at this time,” said Elana Posner, co-owner and CEO of Peter Som Inc.
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