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September 13, 2008 2:18 am
Ask the stylish buddies of Joseph Altuzarra, the young designer who refined his craft at Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, and Givenchy before launching his own collection this season, what he was celebrating on Thursday night, and you got a good answer. As his friend, lookbook model, and sort-of-muse Vanessa Traina, put it, “We’re celebrating it all: editorially, commercially, and personally. The right magazines came to see his stuff, the right stores want to buy it—which means, personally, it’s been a pretty good week for the guy.” All three of the fashion-weeking Traina sisters were at the low-key shindig at Altuzarra’s Chelsea pad (where a giant print of Nessie in one of his creations is propped over the mantel, originally just for the party, “but maybe she’ll stay there now”). “I met Vanessa when I was working at Givenchy,” said Altuzarra, who will be spending the next few days deciding which stores to offer exclusives to (not a bad choice to have to make). “She was wearing a studded Givenchy jacket that I helped work on.” Interjected Vanessa, “It was love at first sight.” Victoria Traina, meanwhile, was doing a little hopping herself. “I want to wear this one,” she said of a python-trimmed sheath dress. “And this one. And this one. Actually, I want all the dresses.”
tags: Joseph Altuzarra, Vanessa Traina, Victoria Traina
have to wait too long to see what kind of interesting duds these two are thinking up. The buds will reportedly show a few looks from their new men’s line during this week’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The preview is said to be taking place on Sept. 8 — which is Dave’s b-day, and a big, splashy party will take place after.
By jasong on 09/13/08 at 5:01 am