
{"id":105814,"date":"2018-04-06T11:45:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=105814"},"modified":"2018-04-06T13:26:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T17:26:36","slug":"karen-elson-joins-model-alliance-kris-van-assche-to-berluti-and-more-of-the-news-you-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/karen-elson-joins-model-alliance-kris-van-assche-to-berluti-and-more-of-the-news-you-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Elson Joins Model Alliance, Kris Van Assche to Berluti and More of the News You Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?attachment_id=105954\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105954\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2018\/04\/hp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1184\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2018\/04\/hp.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2018\/04\/hp-640x379.jpg 640w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2018\/04\/hp-1280x758.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2018\/04\/hp-900x533.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Photo by Angela Capetta<\/small><\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Elson announced as new board member at The Model Alliance<\/strong><br \/>\nModel Alliance announced this week the election of Super <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/models\/Karen-Elson\">Karen Elson<\/a> to their Board of Directors. With a celebratory discussion hosted by designer Rachel Comey at her SoHo store, members of the fashion community, including <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/james-scully\">James Scully<\/a>, Becca McCharen of <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/chromat\">Chromat<\/a>, and many more joined Elson and founding director <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/models\/sara-ziff\">Sara Ziff<\/a> to discuss a robust new program to eliminate harassment or abuse in the workplace. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want the young girls coming into this business to enter an unsafe environment,&#8221; Elson declared. &#8220;I want them to fully know what&#8217;s expected of them beforehand. I want them to have protection. I want them to feel power in a very real sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoon Ahn of Ambush is the new jewelry designer at Dior Homme<\/strong><br \/>\nNewly appointed <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/dior-homme\">Dior Homme<\/a> designer <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/Kim-Jones\">Kim Jones<\/a> likes to keep it in the family and has appointed cofounder of Ambush, Yoon Ahn, as Dior Homme\u2019s new jewelry designer. Ahn, a friend and huge supporter of Jones&#8217; work, has collaborated with the designer before when he worked at Louis Vuitton and will bring her expertise in jewelry design and hypebeast aesthetic to the old school maison. <\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhL6EoAAFYV\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.5% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhL6EoAAFYV\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">First day at work our new Jewellery designer @yoon_ambush ???\u2764\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mrkimjones\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> mrkimjones<\/a> (@mrkimjones) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-05T10:51:20+00:00\">Apr 5, 2018 at 3:51am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dolce &#038; Gabbana Take New York<\/strong><br \/>\nTime for another journey! After trips to London, Tokyo, and Sicily, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/dolce-and-gabbana\">Dolce &#038; Gabbana<\/a> are bringing their over-the-top Alta Moda and Alta Sartoria collections to the city that never sleeps. This weekend presentations will include the duo\u2019s Alta Gioielleria high jewelry line, men\u2019s and women\u2019s made-to-measure offerings at the Rainbow Room and the Metropolitan Opera, respectively, as well as a closing night bash at the Top of the Standard. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/dolce-gabbana-alta-moda-new-york-what-to-expect\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VOGUE<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Berluti definitely confirms Kris Van Assche as new creative director <\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing news of Haider Ackermann\u2019s rather abrupt exit from <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/berluti\">Berluti<\/a>, guesses of <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/kris-van-assche\">Kris Van Assche<\/a> taking his place were confirmed this week. Assche just left Dior Homme March 19th after 11 years, so the new position keeps him in the LVMH fold. On his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhGLnnfnrKM\/?hl=en&#038;taken-by=kris_van_assche\">Instagram<\/a> the Belgian designer wrote, &#8220;I have always wanted to build bridges between the savoir-faire, the heritage of a house and my clear-cut contemporary vision. Antoine Arnault spoke to me of his ambitions for\u00a0@BERLUTI\u00a0and it is with great pleasure that I accept this new challenge which fits perfectly with my own will and vision.\u201d His first collection will be shown at Paris Fashion Week Men\u2019s 2019. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Marc Jacobs takes the knee, proposes in Chipotle \u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nCongratulations are in order as <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/marc-jacobs\">Marc Jacobs<\/a> proposed to boyfriend\u2013now\u2013fianc\u00e9 Char Defrancesco via flash mob as seen in a video posted on the iconic American designer\u2019s Instagram yesterday. The event took place in a New York Chipotle as a dancing flash mob acted as the lead-in to Jacobs taking the knee. \u201cCharly Defrancesco will you marry me?\u201d He wrote in the caption that accompanied the video. Defrancesco, Jacobs\u2019 partner in jet setting and who has a line of candles, has made plenty of appearances on the designer\u2019s Instagram and vice versa. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhLQeXIhIJm\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:28.749999999999996% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhLQeXIhIJm\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Marc Jacobs (@themarcjacobs)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-05T04:52:06+00:00\">Apr 4, 2018 at 9:52pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gosha gone (\u201das we\u2019ve known it\u201d)<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnounced on Instagram <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/gosha-rubchinskiy\">Gosha Rubchinskiy<\/a> ends his eponymous label, \u201cas you\u2019ve known it,\u201d the designer wrote in the post, continuing to say, \u201cWe will have no more seasonal collections. Instead, something new is coming.\u201d What exactly new means is left unsaid and up to speculation, but it will certainly be met with lots of buzz cached from the reputation of his popular streetwear that was first presented in 2008. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhJXYwlHGof\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhJXYwlHGof\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by \u0413\u041e\u0428\u0410 \u0420\u0423\u0411\u0427\u0418\u041d\u0421\u041a\u0418\u0419 (@gosharubchinskiy)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-04T11:09:46+00:00\">Apr 4, 2018 at 4:09am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Galliano also pledges no more fur at Margiela moving forward <\/strong><br \/>\nJoining the fur-free bandwagon, which has enjoyed a snowball effect in the past couple of weeks, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/john-galliano\">John Galliano<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/maison-martin-margiela\">Maison Margiela<\/a> announced moving forward its collections would no longer include fur. This adds the house to a growing list of pledges that include Gucci, Versace,  Michael Kors, Donna Karan, DKNY and more.  <\/p>\n<p><!--pp-thumb-start--><!--PictPress found no dir \/2018\/04\/105814--><!--pp-thumb-end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Angela Capetta Karen Elson announced as new board member at The Model Alliance Model Alliance announced this week the election of Super Karen Elson to their Board of Directors. 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