Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize Finalists On America’s Next Top Model, Giorgio Armani Plays Costume Designer, David Lynch’s “Carte Blanche,” And More…
The clothes by this year’s Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize finalists will be modeled on America’s Next Top Model. The winner, announced on the show in Spring 2012, will be awarded $40,000 and the opportunity to show their collection during Paris Fashion Week. [Vogue U.K.]
Chanel and Assouline have teamed up to make a tweed slipcase ($2,500) for a three-book set on Chanel perfume, jewelry, and fashion. The limited-edition books, (only 30 total are available), are on sale at Assouline and Neiman Marcus. [WWD]
Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden, a play costumed by Giorgio Armani, opens tonight in London. Thandie Newton will grace the stage in a “black shift dress with shoelace neck detail” by the Italian designer. [Telegraph]
David Lynch, who designed the Paris nightspot Club Silencio, is in charge of the club’s “Carte Blanche” program this month. Four times a year, a designer programs the event, and for his turn (October 21- 27), he has lined up musical acts The Kills and Lykke Li, and he’s debuting his own album. [WWD]
