The actress Claire Danes has been confirmed as Gucci’s new face for their fine jewellery line. Gucci creative director Frida Giannini said : “Claire Danes is a modern icon. For me she is one of the most interesting young actresses on the international scene.”
With her late father’s striking pale blue eyes and her mother’s distinctive bone structure, Frances Bean Cobain is quite a beauty. Now it appears designer Karl Lagerfeld has also recognised her appeal. He wants Frances Bean Cobain to star in the next Chanel ad campaign. The 15-year-old daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love doesn’t look like a typical model, but she’s already appeared in several “upmarket” …
Tim Walker’s first retrospective at the Design Museum in London is opening next week on May 9.
Seen in respected fashion magazines such as the British and Italian editions of Vogue or Vanity Fair to name a few, Tim Walker’s work is viewed as one of the most imaginative being produced today.
The show will explore the design and planning process that goes into producing the sets and scenery in his photographs. Visitors will be able to gain access to an array of images, sketches, source materials rarely seen. The exhibition space will be transformed into a larger than life photography studio where a giant sized camera and oversized picture frames will place the viewer in the world of the fashion photo-shoot.
To coincide with the show ‘Pictures by Tim Walker’, a book published by teNeues will be available to the public.
From May 9 2008 to September 7 2008
DESIGN MUSEUM, Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD
www.designmuseum.com
www.teneues.com
Japanese chain, Uniqlo has just unveiled the actress/model/etc as the face of their UT (Uniqlo T-shirt) Project, featuring creations by artists, designers, musicians and photographers. To date, there are over 1000 different designs that exist and new ones are added each season. For the next installment, that will hit stores in April, Uniqlo is resurrecting the art of Keith Harring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The brand is reproducing their art under a licensing agreement with the artists’ estates.
According to WWD, Uniqlo chose Chloë Sevigny to appear in the women’s campaign for UT Project, and Tadanobu Asano, a young Japanese film star, for the men’s.
Julia Belmacz of jewellery label Belmacz has continued her assault on the beauty world and launched the Oyster Pearl Powder.
Modern femininity is mixed with luxurious beauty in this lightly-scented dusty translucent powder containing pure crushed pearl. This matte powder can be flawlessly applied using the attached puff.
Available in Pinctada (light), Haliotis (medium) and Unio (tan).
Liz Hurley has admitted that she fears swimsuit shoots, at the same time that photos from her new diffusion bikini range for Mango have been released. The model/actress revealed to The Sunday Times Style magazine that she is looking forward to the day that she doesn’t have to do pose in a bikini again.
“Shooting bikinis is now my life, which, as you can imagine, is unmitigated hell,” she said.
We hear that Clare Danes has been appointed as Gucci’s new face… She will take over Drew Barrymore as the Fine Jewellery muse…
Photographers Inez and Vinood Matadin are confirmed for the forthcoming campaign… source: Fashion Week Daily
Collette Dinnigan has collaborated with Target Australia to launch a range of intimate apparel named ‘Wild Hearts’. The collection combines Collette’s uniquely delicate design sensibility with her signature attention to detail to create a collection of beautifully designed lingerie that fits every woman’s needs.
Collette Dinnigan has dedicated her life to designing exquisite garments for women and has dressed some of Hollywood’s most glamourous and talented such as Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Naomi Watts, Kate Bosworth and Halle Berry.
“The collection features some of my signature lace, embroidery and silk printed fabrics which have been intricately designed to make women feel they can experience the exclusiveness of one of my garments”, says Collette Dinnigan.
The range will be available in selected Target stores nationally from April 17.
Raquel.Z is wearing? the Balenciaga’s spring, pre-fall or fall 2008 collection.
Nike has applied the best of British style to the design of one of its icons, the Nike Dunk, to create a limited edition, transcultural sneaker, which will be released this April at select retail accounts.
Set in a famous Tudor building in the heart of the West End, Nike designers were inspired by the signature fabrics at the Liberty department store during a visit in the summer of 2006.
The Nike Design team selected two classic Liberty prints, Wilshire and Pepper, to create two limited editions of the Nike Dunk. Liberty fabrics are characterized by tender palettes, all over floral prints, and detailed movement, which is the perfect juxtaposition with the clean design lines of the Nike Dunk.
The limited edition sneakers feature a gum rubber midsole and a heavyweight Liberty fabric for the upper which was chosen for its durability. British designers working within Nike’s global design team were consulted during the creation of the shoes to ensure the final look was quintessentially British.
Limited edition of 185 pairs each in Europe
