6 posts tagged "Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele"
416 Pages of Pucci
On Wednesday evening, at its recently christened Madison Avenue flagship, Pucci invited friends such as Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, Karla Otto, and Bibhu Mohapatra to fete the new edition of Taschen’s Emilio Pucci. The lushly illustrated tome—initially released as an oversize, limited-run epic covered in vintage fabric—has been given new life as a 416-page coffee-table book. Four different covers are available in Pucci’s signature acid-hued, kaleidoscopic prints, each of which was plucked from the archives. “We all believe that at a moment when the world is becoming bigger, it’s nice to make sure that people can understand where you come from,” offered Laudomia Pucci—Emilio’s daughter and the house’s vice president.
Style.com caught up with the book’s author (and Financial Times fashion editor), Vanessa Friedman. In between inscribing copies, she dished on what she believes makes Pucci so timeless. “It’s really about an attitude, as opposed to a particular style,” she said. “It’s not about a silhouette. It’s about a way of existing in your clothes, and a freedom that your clothes give you to move and feel good about yourself.”
Emilio Pucci is available now at Pucci boutiques, and at www.taschen.com.
Borgo Goes Glam
Designers showed lots of love for the nineties in their Spring ’13 collections, and Eddie Borgo was no exception. His Spring baubles were all about the gilded glory of the decade (think vintage Chanel chains and Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele shoots) and its epic glamazons. So it makes sense that the designer would enlist a modern-day super—Anja Rubik—to star in his Spring images. Styled by Keegan Singh and shot by Paul Maffi, the ads mark the first campaign Borgo will run in a publication (they’ll come out in the new issue of The Last Magazine this Wednesday). To further express his theme, Borgo asked Rubik to star in a sexy-meets-campy Spring film that, the designer explains, “represents the slick imagery of the time.” Set to Gary Glitter’s Rock and Roll, the short features Rubik dripping in Borgo’s no-nonsense wares, like geometric gold necklaces, hoop or link earrings, and piles of cuffs. Take a gander at the designer’s ode to the nineties in his Spring shoot (above) and film (below), both of which debut exclusively on Style.com.
On Our Radar: Barneys’ Vintage Boutique
‘Tis the season for post-holiday discounts. But while you’re shopping the sales in Midtown, or returning that sweater from Aunt Sally that didn’t quite tickle your fancy, we suggest taking a peek at Barneys’ new vintage boutique. Launched in November, the well-kept secret stocks hard-to-find items like vintage Birkin, Kelly, and Chanel bags and eighties and ninties gold jewelry from YSL (a giant Egyptian-style gold necklace was our pick), Chanel (like kitschy gold bag-shaped earrings, belts, and bracelets) and Givenchy (a pair of gold disk clip-ons was particularly appealing). Tucked away in a quiet corner on the Madison Avenue flagship’s main floor, Barneys’ treasure-trove of vintage wares is basically a nineties Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele shoot come to life (left). And there’s a healthy price range, too, starting around $250 for earrings and skyrocketing above $20k for a gently (or in some cases, never) used Hermès bag.
Barneys’ Vintage Boutique is located in their New York flagship at 660 Madison Avenue, NYC. (212) 826-8900
Eddie Borgo Spring 2013
Label: Eddie Borgo
Need to Know: New York-based jewelry designer Eddie Borgo has become synonymous with urban, rock ‘n’ roll baubles. But this season, Borgo has taken his aesthetic in another direction. While many designers are looking to nineties grunge for their Spring collections, Borgo was attracted to the era’s other extreme, pulling influences from late eighties and nineties glam jewelry. His new collection is crafted entirely out of goldplated silver—a noted departure from the blackened metals and pavé crystals with which he usually works. Borgo studied the accessorized-to-the-hilt nineties editorials created by stylist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele and reinterpreted the era’s gilded excess for his cool, downtown client. The result? Airy Paragon Link chains in endless lengths and sizes (perfect for layering), no-nonsense geometric bracelets, Grace Jones-esque chokers, and a pair of giant link ear cuffs. This season, the designer has also created a leather and silver attaché case. He explains, “I think by this time, our girl is becoming a collector. Women are really investing in jewelry. And they should have somewhere nice to keep it.”
He says: “The collection was inspired by the styling of editor Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, who’s best known for her work in Vogue and Elle in the late eighties and nineties. This was a time, of course, when status jewelry, à la Chanel, Mugler, and Versace, was so relevant. The collection is an homage to the runway and status jewelry of the time and reinvents the idea of these fabulous pieces for a new customer.”
Where to find it: Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Jeffrey New York, and other select international retailers, as well as at www.eddieborgo.com.
Inez And Vinoodh’s New Muse: LouLou
Two of fashion’s favorite image makers, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, have always been different from most photographers in their approach to models: “They’re people!” van Lamsweerde told Style.com in an interview about their recent tome, Pretty Much Everything. “It’s an exchange of inspiration, of trust. You spend a day together and definitely anyone that poses for anyone is in a very vulnerable position. It’s not nothing to let yourself be photographed,” she explained. Some of their most trusting subjects are fashion’s biggest names: Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Raquel Zimmermann, and Shalom Harlow. And though the duo generally keeps its lens focused on famous faces of that caliber these days, they have recently found inspiration in a new, unknown face—meet 19-year-old French model LouLou (no last name).
“We saw LouLou on the cover of Treats! magazine and flew her over from Paris (where she studies) to New York to meet us,” the duo, who photographed her for the upcoming Sports Issue of V Magazine, tells Style.com. “Her face resembles a young Penélope Cruz and her body is like that of Kate Moss. Our work is so much about the girl in the clothes and she provides us with so many new inspirations.”
For the editorial, they shot their latest muse (styled by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele) in a studio and then had their technician drop the images into some of their most iconic images. Before V76 hits newsstands next month, Style.com has the exclusive first look at some of the photos, here. As for LouLou, look out for her in more I&V work soon: “We are shooting her for Bulgari at the moment, and next week we will post a new series with her on our site, InezandVinoodh.com.”