THE UNTITLED MAGAZINE AT LA JOLLA FILM FESTIVAL Join The Untitled Magazine at the La Jolla Film Festival - July 26-28 at Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California The La Jolla Fashion Film Festival is the first international fashion film festival founded in North America, bringing together over a hundred short films. Last year's festival marked…
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WOODY ALLEN’S “TO ROME WITH LOVE” PRESENTED BY CINEMA SOCIETY
Last week, Cinema Society and Piaget presented a special preview screening of Woody Allen's latest film, To Rome with Love, at The Paris Theatre in New York City. The stars of the film, Penélope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Alessandra Mastronardi, and Greta Gerwig, came out in support of the director, whose new film covers a series…
DAPHNE GUINNESS HOLDS RECORD-BREAKING AUCTION
On June 27, Daphne Guinness auctioned off 102 pieces of her personal wardrobe at Christie's Auction House in London with proceeds going to her charity the Isabella Blow Foundation. The auction was expected to raise around £100,000 or $160,000, but, in fact, ended up raising an astounding £476,800 or $742,000. Two of the auction's items…
HEDI SLIMANE CHANGES YSL TO SAINT LAURENT PARIS
This fall, as creative director Hedi Slimanef's first Spring 2013 designs for the label arrive in stores, YSL will also undergo a name change to Saint Laurent Paris. Although the label's name is changing, the instantly recognizable YSL logo will not. Slimane will continue to use the logo as it's used now, on makeup, shoes,…
JOHN VARVATOS – MILAN S/S 2013 FASHION SHOW
JOHN VARVATOS For his Spring/Summer 2013 Men's collection, John Varvatos wanted to incorporate the idea of a youthful elegance, making sophisticated, traditional designs palatable to even today's modern man. Varvatos described his collection, saying, "I mixed a sense of dress-up with touches of my very own perfect imperfection and I added a dash of the…
LUXURY BRANDS FIGHT BACK AGAINST COUNTERFEIT GOODS
Luxury brands have become fed up with their products, specifically high-end handbags, being replicated and sold at a fraction of the price on the streets and online. Fashion brands are finally beginning to take serious legal action against the perpetrators of fake goods. France and Italy have already begun to fight back, and now there are calls…
LAGERFELD CREATES JEWELED COLLAR FOR THE EXHIBITION “BRILLIANT”
Karl Lagerfeld created one of his signature high collars for a new exhibition in London entitled Brilliant, which is being held as part of the Masterpiece London Fair in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The exhibition will take place at the Royal Hospital from June 28 until July 27 and is curated by Vogue jewelry editor…
LADY GAGA LAUNCHES NEW FRAGRANCE “FAME”
Lady Gaga just released the first image of her forthcoming fragrance Lady Gaga Fame. Fame will be available in stores worldwide this September. The ad campaign for the fragrance was directed and photographed by Steven Klein featuring the perfume bottle designed by Lady Gaga with Nick Knight. In the past, Gaga has described her perfume's…
TYRA BANKS OPENS TZONE IN LOWER EAST SIDE
Tyra Banks is currently constructing a new office in Manhattan's Lower East Side on Avenue D. When the dust has settled, this new office space will also be home to Banks's latest project, a leadership center for girls called the Tyra Banks TZONE at the Lower Eastside Girls Club. TZONE when it's finished will be…
NEW FILM ON THE LOVE LIFE OF YVES SAINT LAURENT
The relationship between Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé that spanned fifty years will once again be featured on the silver screen. Their relationship will be the focus of a new film directed by Jalil Lespert, just two years after the documentary about the couple and their art collection, L'Amour Fou directed by Pierre Thoretton, came…
KARL LAGERFELD COLLABORATES WITH SHU UEMURA
Karl Lagerfeld and Shu Uemura, the biggest names in fashion and beauty, are joining forces to create a special one-off Christmas collection. This collaboration is a no-brainer considering Lagerfeld's more than twenty years of friendship with the late Mr. Uemura, and the fact that Lagerfeld is an avid customer of the Japanese beauty brand. Lagerfeld,…
CFDA INCUBATOR OPEN HOUSE
On June 7, the second group of inductees into the CFDA Incubator class held an open house in their workspace at 209 West 38 Street for editors and buyers. The CFDA Incubator is a select group of up and coming designers selected by a committee of industry leaders. This group follows in the footsteps of…
MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT – OPENING JUNE 13
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present directed by Matthew Akers is a documentary that examines the artistic career of Marina Abramović, one of the most famous performance artists in the world whose career has spanned nearly four decades. The film centers around a retrospective exhibition of Abramović's work in 2010 at The Museum of Modern…
CHLOÉ PLANS FOR 60TH ANNIVERSARY
The Queen of England isn't the only one celebrating a diamond jubilee this year! The Parisian fashion house Chloé will also be celebrating its 60th anniversary this fall with a number of events, including a Paris exhibition and party that will coincide with their fall fashion week show on October 1. The October fashion show will mark…
VALENTINO DESIGNS FOR THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET
Valentino Garavani, although he retired from his own house of fashion in 2008, just couldn't stay away from the world of couture, agreeing to design costumes for this year's New York City Ballet Fall Gala. The Fall Gala will celebrate the legendary designer, not only by incorporating his costumes, but also with a performance of…
PORTRAIT OF A GENERATION AT THE HOLE – JUNE 7 – AUGUST 10
The Hole gallery on the Bowery in downtown Manhattan currently has on display the exhibit "Portrait of a Generation" from now until August 10, featuring the work of over 100 New York artists. The show includes artists such as Yoko Ono, Aurel Schmidt, Cass Bird, Terence Koh, Olivier Zahm, Cynthia Rowley, Dash Snow, Gordon Hull and Ryan McGinley,…
FERRAGAMO SPONSORS DA VINCI EXHIBIT AT THE LOUVRE
Salvatore Ferragamo is the sponsor of the latest exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's work at the Louvre, titled "The Saint Anne, Leonardo da Vinci's Ultimate Masterpiece." The exhibit was launched in honor of da Vinci's recently restored oil painting on wood, "The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne," created around 1510. The exhibition will be…
W MAGAZINE PARTY FOR RASHAAD NEWSOME WITH PERFORMANCES FROM A$AP MOB
On Tuesday, June 5th, W Magazine threw a party for artist Rashaad Newsome, who is featured in their June issue, at Grey Area, the hip Soho part boutique, part gallery space, with a surprise performance by A$AP MOB. Newsome presented his latest work alongside an eclectic collection of work including collages and videos featuring iconography…
CHANEL’S LITTLE BLACK JACKET EXHIBIT OPENING
[slidepress gallery='events-chanel-little-black-jacket'] On June 6th, the New York fashion crowd came out to admire and celebrate Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld's collaboration The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited. The event was packed with iconic models including 80's superstar Linda Evangelista, fashion trendsetters such as Visionaire's Stephen Gan and of course the entire Roitfeld…
YOUR SISTER’S SISTER – OPENING JUNE 15
Your Sister's Sister is the new film by director Lynn Shelton (Humpday), about inter-family squabbles, the complexity of human relationships, and living life, all done in her trademark naturalistic, humorous style. The film centers around Jack (Mark Duplass) who a year after his brother's death has still not emotionally recovered and is struggling to get his life…