vivienne westwood being hypocritical

right so you know that vivienne westwood has this little trip of "active resistance to propaganda", I was speaking to some freinds of mine who are associated to Viv at the Red Label show this A/W 09 who told me that she was freaking out and about to cancel the show becasue not enough A List celebs were coming (as if Kanye West and Lily Cole werent enough). Isnt this a bit hypocritical????

first you talk about that you dont agree with how the public is brainwashed with propaganda in the form of celebrity culture and mass media, but then you push it yourself by begging them to come to your show.
maybe this is really clever marketing or just stupidity either way so show was so so. I think she is loosing it since last A/W 08.

Frankie Morello a/w 09 Paris

God frankie, ever hear of proportions???????????????

DIOR a/w 09 paris

amazing cuts, first pic has something very yohji yammamoto about it

paris a/w 09 Walter van Beirendonck

love the shapes and colours

d1 with luke

partee reviews

Stephen Jones (23.02)
AMAZING, great hats, great venue (V&A), Oysters, champagne, more Oysters, then a lobster, more champagne, then risotto, then getting your picture taken.
Going for some fresh air in the most amazing court yard. Back in more champagne, look at some real life icons, more oysters.
That is basically it. Fantastic, simply fabulous.

LFW International Party
Oh my god, SO SO BAD. I mean really, what is wrong with the BFC these days just because you don’t get on with Mandi Lennard?? Lol. No seriously, ever since the
Party took place at The Hempel 4 seasons ago, it had gotten worse and worse. Cocktails without alcohol, sahara like temperatures, the crowd seemed to have been hand picked
From the streets of South Kensington or from an old peoples home with maybe 5 fashion related guests (a couple more maybe) even ERIN O LONG LEG CONNOR wasn’t there
And that says it all. Boo BFC booo

Mulberry
Hot, sweaty, good drinks, guys in shorts, girls in bikinis. The music was good and the crowd got better. Every one stole a fake apple and oversized plastic glitter bugs.

Giles
So, we are back at Bungalow. Very dull at the beginning, but turned out to be really fun. It was a bit like a mini rave from the 90’s with pill popping teens, models and fashionistas.
You know who I mean… Pat Mc Grath to Will Young to Nick Hoult to I don’t know who else was there. Only bad thing is the free bar ran out way to quickly and since it seemed that
Everybody had the same order of partys last night as we did, it didn’t go down to well. Giles didn’t even bother turning up because he was on a flight to Milan this morning and needed
Beauty sleep.

sorry for not posting. its fashion week darling

LFW invites

prada party tonight

party at the bond street store. door is tight, but im sure youll blag it -)
x

btw, that would make it three prada parties in one week, two in london (last week and tonight) and the party in new york the other day. credit crunch? certainly not in italy

more pics of the dazed shoot, courtesy of nichola formechetti

they look so innnocent in real life, but once the camera is out.... beware
although, ash, you are a nutter

not so hot, but still ok

quite possibly the hottest cover EVER

and it doesnt come as a surprise that it was shot by Mariano Vivanco and styled my Nicola Formichetti. Ash and Eliza (a couple in real life) are sooooooo hot right now.

KATIE GRAND’S ‘LOVE IN’ AT DOVER STREET MARKET OPENS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

Beth ditto illustrated by Henry Holland. Didnt I tell you once Katie gets to power

it will be gareth holland and agyness pugh everywhere.

new AnOther mag cover; limited edition

limited edition (pink)

ON SALE IN THE UK FEBRUARY 19
ADVANCED COPIES WITH LIMITED EDITION COVER ON SALE EXCLUSIVELY AT SELFRIDGES FROM FEBRUARY 12.

Styling by Panos Yiapinis and shot by Craig McDean

get your free Yves Saint Laurent Bag¦¦14th feb.

Yves Saint Laurent launches Creative Director Stefano Pilati's fourth Manifesto on February 14. The Manifesto, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, features Claudia Schiffer modelling the spring/summer 2009 collection. Over half a million copies of the 20-page booklet will be distributed in the streets of London, Paris, Milan, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong in a cotton tote bag designed by Stefano Pilati, together with a custom USB key uploaded with the Manifesto video and images. Designed as a democratic way to reach a wider audience, the Manifesto is in addition to the traditional print campaign. The booklets will be given out in London on February 14 from 11am at the following locations: Bond Street, Knightsbridge, High Street Kensington and Covent Garden.

my new dog/ handbag -)

le rouge

right, just thought i'd do a little club night review which isnt for once a free party  the night is called Le Rouge and is hosted by the stunners international (some current and ex models, Fionn, Wade, Nick etc) and takes place at the doors club underneath the groceries (istanbul supermarket) on city road, its quite small in there but really cosy and not hot surprisingly although it does remind you a lot of Le Regine in Paris. anyway, its great music, great people, usually models and other fashionistas. if youre in London and youre not a banker or architect, feel free to stop by, door charges may vary though for some strange reason..

LCF Masters

On wednesday i went to the LCF MA private view at the Mall galleries on surprise surprise Pall Mall. LCF has a new course called MA fashion artefact, where the outcomes were simply amazing. check out Una Burkes (beige) and Catherine Dublers (white things) work, it looks amazing in real!! if you have time check it out, next wednewsday is private view part two including photography www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/ma2009/

‘Greed’, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman

‘Greed’, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman

Dazed & Confused Exclusively Previews Francesco Vezzoli’s latest film project ‘Greed’, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman
Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli's latest project Greed, in his own words, is the "logical step" from his previous tease acts – a play that was never going to run, a trailer for a movie that was never going to be produced and election ads for candidates that were not actually running for office.
Beyond Vezzoli's initial expectations, iconic director Roman Polanski directed the 60-second film, and which he was given total creative freedom over, while actresses Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams star in the advert. The perfume bottle itself is a reinterpretation of Marcel Duchamp's Eau de Voilette, which featured an image of Duchamp dressed up as his female alter ego Rrose Selavy, shot by Man Ray. Instead, the Greed bottle features Vezzoli in female disguise, shot by Francesco Scavullo.
Vezzoli fully immersed himself into trying to answer the question of what attracts people to a perfume and how to replicate the media build-up of a perfume campaign. http://www.dazeddigital.com/Fashion/article/1769/1/Francesco_Vezzolis_Greed_Online_Premiere

b store party tonight

tonight is a private party by b store at shoreditch house, it is meant to be for 50 selected guests only so be quick if you want to sneak in

get rid of Anna Wintour, but dont take Katy Grand

as you know, anna wintour has been the editor in chief of vogue US since 1988 making her the one who dictated what to wear and what not to buy for the past 20 years.

its time for a change

there are a lot of rumours going around of her leaving or even being kicked out. fair enough she is an icon and did an amazing job with vogue turning it into, which it still is, the guide book for fashion, the bible for trends- for womens fashion that is.

the way for vogue to find new editors in chief is to select the most influential editors out there and give them a little project to proove that they are worthy of becoming the next queen of vogue (and also a salary of $2m)

you all know that Katy Grand is launching a new magazine this month called LOVE, which reportedly is Katys projects to get into vogue
OMG, imagine if she'd be the new editor, itll be gareth pugh and henry holland styled by aggy.

Please dont let it come to this!!!

As much as Vogue needs to change and reinvent itself, but not with Katy Grand!

Elle Style Awards '09

NEXT WEEK. uh so excited, last year was Fab, and this year will be even better. Got my invite through yesterday, Courtney Love is picking up an award (I adore here). It will be amazing,
Date: 9th of Feb @ Big Sky Studios. you must come and sneak in. oh and yeah, alexa chung is hosting it like last year.

Ponystep

OMG, so as you probably know, there was a Ponystep party in Paris on the last weekend of mensweek. Oh my lord it was SHIT. it was at crappy Le Regine which is quite possibly the smallest venue in the whole of Paris, well at least off Champs, anyway, so we got their huge queue on the door, people arguing and fighting, didnt have a problem getting in, but once inside it was unbarably hot, no air conditioning and the celing about 2 meters/ 6ft 3 high which explained why it was so hot. The music was, how can i put this, like a banana shoved up someones arse, taken out and eaten by a drag queen. We must have heard Britneys Womanizer about 200 times and MGMT (which i actually love) about 198 times, resulting in hating these songs. oh well, there you go.
since Ponystep will be a monthly thing now in Paris, word of advice:
DONT GO

a late Paris Fashion Week review

Some pics from Mensweek and Dior Couture, it was a great week!
Shame you werent there

WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK exhibition invite

DIOR COUTURE