Versace and Fendi Are Mashing Up
Two heads are better than one in fashion this year and three marks a trend, what with Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons teaming up, a Balenciaga and Gucci “hacking”, and now Donatella and Kim Jones getting into the action with a secret Versace and Fendi pairing, set to launch this Sunday, two days after tonight’s show. After Versace $2.1 billion sale to Michael Kors parent company, Capri Holdings, and Fendi’s artistic director acquisition of Kim Jones, a man who certainly loves a collaboration, the timing for a fashion spectacle makes perfect sense as the world opens up again. It’s said that a certain pink-haired skater from Gossip Girl acclaim is set to be the face of the mashup but there’s no comment from either camp on the anticipated collaboration.
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Glenn Martens Is the Next Designer to Make Gaultier
Speaking of a man who understands the need of strategic collaboration, Jean Paul Gaultier still on the heels of his successful couture collection with Sacai’s Chitose Abe and capsule collections with Ottolinger, Palomo Spain, and more, announced today the brand will partner with Y/Project and Diesel head, Glenn Martens on a one-off, couture collection for Spring 2022. Gaultier retired from the runway in January 2020, right before the pandemic hit Europe and the USA and has been focused on working with new and established designers to reinterpret his iconic motifs. [WWD]
Kering’s Stable is Officially Fur-free
Kering Paris has been gradually weaning itself off the fur market and announced Friday it is officially done with fur from the Fall 2022 season onward. The policy will apply to any new fashion or accessory brand Kering might acquire in the future. It has been an ongoing effort from the brand to wind down from the fur market after many of its fashion brands already halted the use of fur, starting with Gucci in 2017 and following with Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, and Alexander McQueen. Saint Laurent and Brioni were the remaining brands to occasionally use animal fur. Chairman and CEO of Kering, François-Henri Pinault said “Going entirely fur-free as a group is just the right thing to do: we do it out of conviction, for the sake of ethics and modernity.”
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Prominent Fashion Editor Richard Buckley Passes Away at 72
New York-born editor Richard Buckley started his journalism career at New York Magazine in 1979 and then at Women’s Wear Daily, Vanity Fair, Mirabella, eventually becoming editor in chief of Vogue Hommes International in 1999. Buckley was also the husband of Tom Ford, with the couple having one child, and the company said in an impassioned Instagram post, “It is with great sadness that Tom Ford announces the death of his beloved husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley. Richard passed away peacefully at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday night with Tom and their son Jack by his side. He died of natural causes after a prolonged illness.” [Vogue]
Supermodel Linda Evangelista Says CoolSculpting Left Her Physically & Emotionally Damaged
Iconic 90s supermodel Linda Evangelista has been living a rather reclusive life for the past 5 years, and now the public finally knows why. Evangelista says that after undergoing Zeltiq’s CoolSculpting procedure, she was left “brutally disfigured” and unrecognizable due to the unfortunate procedure. The Canadian supermodel reacted to a side-effect of the fat-freezing cosmetic method and was diagnosed with paradoxical adipose hyperplasia, which, according to Evangelista made “the fat cells in the treatment site grow larger rather than smaller”. The model has filed a lawsuit against Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and is looking for compensatory damages of $50 million. “PAH has not only destroyed my livelihood, but it has also sent me into a cycle of deep depression, profound sadness, and the lowest depths of self-loathing,” said Linda Evangelista. [NYT]
The Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams Brooklyn Museum Exhibit Is Here
The Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams NYC edition is here and showcasing at the Brooklyn Museum. The traveling exhibit that has been one to watch out for finally debuted in New York during NYFW and was curated by Florence Müller in collaboration with Matthew Yokobosky. The gallery is a walkthrough of the legendary designers’ inspiration with over two hundred haute couture garments, photographs, archival videos, sketches, vintage perfume elements, accessories, and works from the Museum’s collection. Not only is the show dedicated and featuring the designs of Christian Dior but also his successors, including Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and of course, Maria Grazia Chiuri. The exhibition will be held till February 20, 2022. [Brooklyn Musuem]
Models.com LFW SS22 Runway Faces Dropped This Week
LFW had many new faces to watch out for and our weekly Runway Faces #SS22 mini-series presented by River Demetri is your go-to series to find out the new and just debuted faces during #LFW and each week of the fashion season. Remember to check out our TikTok page for the #MFW edition loading!
