Alexander Wang can’t stop winning. The 2008 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner
scooped up this year’s Swiss Textiles Award, beating out five other
finalists including Thakoon and Ohne Titel. We guess sexy American sportswear translates everywhere.
[WWD]
Daphne Guinness gets the shoes. The pint-size muse showed up in Alexander McQueen’s fang feet at last night’s party for François Nars, [...]

Camilla Belle certainly caught our eye when she showed up at the L.A. premiere of 2012 in a ruffled and crystallized Alexander McQueen dress (look 26 from Spring 2010) accessorized with Cartier jewels. Minus the alien makeup and the insanely high platform shoes, the effect is much softer, dare we say sweet. What do you [...]

All indications to the contrary, El Museo del Barrio’s Friday night Día de los Muertos gala—the first at the museum’s newly renovated galleries—wasn’t a costume party. Looks like Christian Cota missed that memo. The designer turned up in full Day of the Dead makeup and skull necklaces that could have passed runway muster for Alexander [...]

 
Gucci (or is it Gookie?) spokesmodel James Franco takes his job very seriously. Filming the brand’s fragrance commercial reduced him to tears. Watch the clip. [Funny or Die, WWD]
More recession blues: Versace announced plans to cut 350 jobs by the middle of next year. [WWD]
When modeling loses its appeal for Heidi Mount, she’s got [...]

The ASVOFF (A Shaded View on Fashion Film) festival awards ceremony, the final event to cap off four weeks of collections, played to a packed house last night at the Centre Pompidou. Founder Diane Pernet awarded the first ASVOFF/Samsung prize of €3,000 ($4,417) to filmmaker Georgie Greville for her spoof on model castings, entitled I [...]

I heard that dreaded kitten heels appeared earlier today at Louis Vuitton. But last night at Alexander McQueen, it was still cobbling to the extreme: sculptural shoes with ten-inch heels. The more hooflike ones reminded me slightly of Balenciaga’s intense platform from several seasons ago. I had actually tried those on, and they were quite [...]

But he still will. The famously private Alexander McQueen jumped headfirst into social media on September 1 with this maiden tweet: “STRESSED! Microwave head meltdown! Sparks flying out of my brain! Preparing for the show—Lee McQueen.” Yes, it was really him. While McQueen’s Twitter @McQueenWorld has some of the publicist-driven tweets like other major fashion [...]

“Really, what I’m aiming for is world domination!” Ever modest, Alexander McQueen prepares for greatness with his video runway show, to be streamed live from Paris on October 6. From the sound of it, watching the video from home may be even better than watching it in person. Whaddya say now, ticket holders? [WWD]This mini [...]

Over the past 25 years, London fashion week has had some standout moments: Alexander McQueen’s “‘bumster’ trousers,” a plus-size Sophie Dahl rocking the runway, and a topless Naomi Campbell wearing a Philip Treacy hat. All these and more are included in this nostalgia-inducing timeline. [Guardian]
She’s already denying this, but Courtney Love apparently went a little [...]

Maia Norman, long-term girlfriend of Damien Hirst (he calls her his “missus”) and mom of their three children, describes herself as a “live wire.” That explains the whippet-thin, sinewy frame and the glowing skin that sets the diminutive surfer/motocross freak apart from the crowd. It also explains why she opted out of retiring and just [...]