May 18, 2012, 4:09 pm
Zerlina Concept Design with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS by Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte.
Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte are taking their ethereal aesthetic to the opera tonight as their costumes for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s production of “Don Giovanni” make their stage debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The spectacle, which runs through May 26, promises to be a visual delight with none other than architect Frank Gehry behind the stage design.
This sisters created six costumes — headpieces, gowns, and wigs — for the characters Donna Elvira, Zerlina, and Donna Anna. There’s no doubt that their designs will sparkle on stage — over 130,000 Swarovski Elements were incorporated into the pieces.
“It took a while to understand the characters, their motivations and what we wanted to visualize. Frank [Gehry] told us from the beginning that it was about the music, and our job was to help that. The costumes are the kind of thing that you want to lift the music — you don’t want to compete or kill it,” Kate Mulleavy told WWD.
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May 18, 2012, 4:04 pm
Shailene Woodley, Ezra Miller and Sean Penn at Cannes.
The Cannes Film Festival’s opening ceremony dinner had quite the menu. After the premiere of Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” which is apparently delectable itself, WWD informs the jealous readers stuck elsewhere that they consumed “44 pounds of scallops, 26 pounds of truffles, and 100 pounds of smoked salmon with gallons of Champagne.”
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May 17, 2012, 9:44 pm
A faja.
Even with the popularity of “Downton Abbey” among New Yorkers, no one could have predicted a new craze for corsets.
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May 17, 2012, 7:07 pm
Zuckerberg in a hoodie.
Tomorrow morning, Mark Zuckerberg will ring the Nasdaq bell from the Facebook offices, kicking off what’s going to be a $100 billion valuation. The bigwigs in Silicon Valley are finding it hard to contain their excitement. The Los Angeles Times reports that “Luxury cars are flying off dealers’ lots.”
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May 16, 2012, 9:41 pm
Carine Roitfeld, in black.
This afternoon, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld gave birth to her first child. The boy or girl (we’re not sure which yet) makes Carine Roitfeld, ex-French Vogue editor and matriarch of one of fashion’s most jetsetting crews, a grandmother. But if you expected the influential runway front row staple to slow down as a result of the newest addition to the Roitfeld brood, well, no.
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May 15, 2012, 3:27 pm
One of the Opening Ceremony boutiques.
Opening Ceremony has always seemed like the ideal boutique for the fashionable lit type, so it’s no surprise that, for their 10th anniversary, founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon gathered up all their smart friends and made a book. To be released this September, the collection of artwork and memories will feature contributions from Spike Jonze, Ryan McGinley, Sally Singer, Terence Koh, and others.
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May 15, 2012, 3:07 pm
2012 is indeed Britain’s year with the London Olympics and the Queen’s Jubilee. With so many big events, the Royal Mail decided to commemorate British fashion with a series of 10 stamps dedicated to the past 60 years of British fashion. A Vivienne Westwood tartan dress, a royal blue Paul Smith suit, and an Alexander McQueen feathered ensemble are among the designs featured in the set.
“Britain is famous around the world for the creative vision of its fashion designers, from the glamour and sophistication of Norman Hartnell, the punk influence of Vivienne Westwood, through to the world-class designs of Alexander McQueen,” said Philip Parker, Royal Mail stamps spokesman, in a release. ”British fashion has grown to become a major national industry. It employs about a million people and contributes directly some £21 billion ($33.7 billion) to the U.K. economy. So it is an honor to be able to pay homage to some of the designers who made the industry what it is today.”
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May 14, 2012, 3:16 pm
Kim Kardashian.
In November 2010, W put Kim Kardashian, queen of reality television, on the cover of its art issue. Purists were less than pleased, and since then editor Stafano Tonchi hasn’t gone with anyone quite as controversial. Kim went back to being splashed on the front of People, and W has Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman on its cover this month.
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May 11, 2012, 9:39 pm
Carine Roitfeld.
In the year since Carine Roitfeld stepped down from the top of the masthead at French Vogue, fans — and rivals at other fashion magazines — have been speculating about how she will make her return to the editorial world. A few details were revealed last month, when WWD obtained mock-ups of spreads from a new project she would helm. In case anyone forgot who was in charge, she named the new magazine CR.
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May 11, 2012, 9:33 pm
On Monday night, graffiti artist Kidult vandalized the Marc Jacobs Mercer Street store by spray painting the word “art” across the front in hot pink lettering. Now, Marc Jacobs is getting back at Kidult by hawking Pepto-Bismol pink “Art by Art Jacobs” t-shirts for a mere $689 — $680 signed by the artist, reports the Cut, who discovered a Tweet by Marc Jacobs Intl making the announcement, complete with a photograph of the ridiculously-priced item.
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