January 2009
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London Fashion Week: May Fair To Be Official Fashion Week Hotel
“The May Fair hotel (www.themayfairhotel.co.uk), London’s legendary A-list playground, is proud to announce that it will serve as the official hotel of London Fashion Week (LFW), for six seasons over three years. This season will bring even more glitz and excitement to The May Fair, while catering to the fashion industry’s top designers, models and [...]
WSJ Article: Japanese Fashion Week Event Promotes Young Talent
“With three weeks to go to New York’s fashion week, the Japanese government backed its first runway show outside Japan – in the Big Apple. “Ten emerging designers from Japan presented a total of 47 looks from their Spring 2009 collections, in a show that organizers said was intended to promote the Japanese textile and [...]
Pinault Not the Father
From today’s Page Six: You can take the name of Francois-Henri Pinault off the list of suspects who may have fathered the baby of French Justice Minister Rachida Dati. Pinault’s lawyer informs us: “This is a despicable lie . . . Mr. Pinault has met Rachida Dati only once, at a business lunch in a [...]
InStyle: Michelle Obama Wears Ivory Gown by Jason Wu to Inaugural Balls
“Michelle Obama dazzled on the dance floor Tuesday night at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington, wearing an elegant, one-shouldered ivory gown created for her by 26-year-old designer, Jason Wu. “The one-of-a-kind silk chiffon confection was embellished with organza rosettes, Swarovski crystal rhinestones and silver embroidery. “The first lady accessorized with diamond chandelier earrings, a [...]
Which Fashion Designer Will Michelle Obama Wear to the Inauguration?
“Jewel colours or winter white? Perfectly simple or a theatrical flourish that show-cases the ingenuity of American design? Designer, with impeccable ethnic-minority credentials (that would be someone with Mayflower ancestors, then), or all-American waspy gods such as Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren (both of whom are, inevitably, Jewish – see how complicated this ethnic thing [...]