Anna Sui
Flounce and Frills at Anna Sui, So Why Is Everyone So Grumpy?
Fashion Week may be something that is supposed to have no rules, but the staff of Anna Sui still attempted to impose order on a lawless world after the designer's packed show Wednesday evening.
"No cameras! I can't have you shoot back here!" yelled one at the backstage entrance. The only spectators in the building whose electronic equipment cost more than their outfits pushed on through regardless, and the assistants threw up their hands. After all, Agyness Deyn and Monet Mazur had just glided through, and what do minor-league celebs matter if no one is there to photograph them? read more »
OMFG! Henri Bendel Bash Attended by Gossip Girl Cast—and Gossip Girl Herself?
Spotted—also, striped, plaid, and fringed: all said looks were spied Sunday night in a display window at the Henri Bendel flagship on Fifth Avenue. The mannequins, as much as mannequins can be, were less silently bored than articulately, deliberately insouciant: the one on the far left held in her bent left hand a petite Sony Handycam; it was noticeably turned off, and angled at five o'clock, as if the spectators gathered on the sidewalk were obvi(ously) nothing worth committing to tape. Two places to her left, a blond had conjured the year's most fraught sartorial heresy: turquoise thigh-length stockings with color-matched open-toed pumps. read more »
Fashion Roundup: New Job for Whitney Port; Anna Sui Wants to Save the Garment District; Gemma Ward Isn't Retiring
The Hills' Whitney Port will reportedly leave Kelly Cutrone's fashion PR and production company People's Revolution during the current season of The Hills; she may depart for Diane von Furstenberg as the label's in-house PR rep. And the cameras might follow. [The Cut, Fashionista]
Anna Sui has designed a T-shirt that says "Save the Garment District" with e-mails and names of New York officials on the back to raise awareness about the struggle of companies to stay in business in the neighborhood. [Vogue UK]
Patrick Robinson has brought khaki back to The Gap. [NY Times]
Gemma Ward is not retiring to pursue a full-time acting career as was read more »
Fashion Roundup: Gossip Girls at Bendel's; Ralph Lauren via Mobile; Ryan McGinley's Wrangler Ads
On Tuesday, Eric Daman, Gossip Girl's costume designer, will unveil his creations for Henri Bendel's windows. Mr. Daman is recreating each of the Gossip Girls using designs from Peter Som, Anna Sui, and Gryphon. [WWD]
Polo Ralph Lauren is venturing into m-commerce, or shopping via mobile phone. [Vogue UK]
The Obama campaign has trouble spelling Anna Wintour's name correctly. [The Cut]
Ryan McGinley has shot some intriguing ads for Wrangler Jeans that show attractive young women as either animals or rape victims--no one is quite sure which. [Radar]
Rachel Roy is expanding into green designs. [FWD]
Christian Siriano called Kate Moss a "Stumpy Stump." [The Cut]
















