7 posts tagged "Leelee Sobieski"
Who Doesn’t Love A Two-For-One Deal?
With Valentine’s Day approaching, we’ve been reflecting on our favorite fashion couples. Because when it comes to dressing, a pair of style aces is always better than one. Naturally, power duos like Brangelina or Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom made the cut; those genetic jackpot winners could make even burlap sacks look good. Still, you won’t find most of our matchups in the pages of Us Weekly. Model sweethearts Sheila Marquez and Christian Brylle look like they share a single closet. And we love Leelee Sobieski in a suit of her husband Adam Kimmel’s design. But André Saraiva and Annabelle Dexter-Jones take our top honors for their coordinating varsity jackets and jeans.
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The Key To A Good Celebrity Shoot?
Don’t Make It Feel Like A Trip To The Dentist
Poolside with Diddy? Check. Naked with Chloë Sevigny? Check. On stage with Joss Stone? Check. During his 20-year career as a celebrity photographer for the likes of GQ, W, and Vogue, Michael Thompson has gained access to some of the most legendary names in Hollywood and the music industry, from Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts to Sting and Britney Spears. The proof’s in his new book, Portraits.
Pride of place—the cover—goes to the star Thompson remembered most fondly out of all the celebrities he’s worked with: Diddy. “He arrived on set at a giant mansion in Malibu, with the whole entourage and it was just a crazy day,” Thompson told Style.com at Bar Basque last night, where he celebrated the book with friends, including Leelee Sobieski and Adam Kimmel (above, with Thompson), Glenn O’Brien, Marcus Wainwright, David Neville, and Gucci Westman. “He always comes to the set with an idea in mind and this time, it was sort of Great Gatsby, done in a P. Diddy way.”
That’s the Diddy way. The Thompson way? “I try to create a relaxed atmosphere during hair and makeup, so it doesn’t feel like going to the dentist to get photos done,” the photographer revealed. “I wanted them to lose themselves in the process.” There’s one in particular he’s hoping will undergo that process soon: Robert De Niro. “If he would open himself up to a great still session, it would be wonderful,” Thompson said with a smile.
At Castel In Paris, Toasting Kristin Scott Thomas And Looking Forward To Le Baron In NYC
As Kristin Scott Thomas, sipping Cristal, stood in intense conversation with Phoebe Philo in the upstairs room at Castel in Paris last night, it was hard to imagine the actress dressed as a pineapple. That guise, among others, was one of many Thomas donned for a spread in the latest issue of French fashion mag Double, which Philo, along with Haider Ackermann, Leelee Sobieski, and Adam Kimmel, was at Castel to fête.
“I got the idea [for the costume] ages ago, when my daughter asked me to make her a pineapple costume for a party,” Thomas explained. “I didn’t know the first thing about how to do that, but the idea stuck in my mind.” That idea, or, more generally, Thomas’ love of disguise, was what led to the Double shoot: At Lanvin jewelry designer Elie Top’s birthday-cum-costume-party last year, the actress’ Amy Winehouse getup was so convincing that Double‘s Fabrice Paineau convinced Thomas to try out various dream roles in the magazine. The resulting spread, shot by Max Farago, imagines Thomas as Johnny Hallyday, avec moustache, a tight-lipped BCBG, and a hooker, along with a reprise of her Winehouse role.
As for parties in New York to look forward to, Vincent Darré—who co-hosted the bash with Thomas and styled the shoot—is currently putting the finishing touches Le Baron’s soon-to-open Big Apple outpost. “It’s in Chinatown and we designed it like a bordello from The Shanghai Gesture,” Darré said. Sounds suitably kinky.
A Night Off From Fashion At The New Bortolami Gallery
Man cannot live on fashion alone. And especially as the end of fashion fortnight (who ever said it’s just a week?) approaches, a little art starts to look very good. No surprise, then, to see the style types at the opening of the new Bortolami gallery last night. Artist (and fashion-friendly DJ) Nate Lowman; Adam Kimmel and his new bride, Leelee Sobieski; and The Webster’s Frederic Dechnik and Laure Heriard Dubreuil (pictured, with Lowman) all stopped by.
“This is a really fun space to work with,” Stefania Bortolami said of her new space on West 20th Street, one that’s roughly three times the size of her old one. To celebrate her new real estate, the inaugural show is a retrospective of past Bartolami exhibitions, including some of the hottest names in the business—Jack Pierson, Cecily Brown, Hanna Liden, and Gardar Eide Einarsson among them. Einarsson was in town from his home in Tokyo, joined by his gorgeous model-turned-PR-maven wife, Maryline. He’ll be working out of a Dumbo studio for six weeks. “I don’t really work too much in Tokyo because I don’t have a studio there,” he explained. “Basically I’m an intern for Maryline’s PR company; I just sit around and stuff envelopes all day!” Just another hardworking fashion publicist in New York, in other words—albeit one with a few works in permanent collections ’round the globe.
Fêtes For Fashion’s Must-See TV
As if there weren’t enough fashion swirling around this week, two new TV shows about the biz threw kickoff parties last night: HBO’s How to Make It in America and the Sundance Channel’s Web-based documentary miniseries Catwalk Countdown. The latter invited its featured designers to take a break from last-minute preparations at the Standard’s new poolside lounge and, er, wet bar on the 18th floor, where Erin Fetherston was haunted by visions of the impending blizzard. “We need to get models in the door,” she fretted. “And we need those boots! Last I heard, they were in Kentucky.” The countdown had begun.
Vena Cava’s Sophie Buhai revealed to us that she and Lisa Mayock have small roles in a fashion-oriented zombie movie (written and directed by photographer Elizabeth Lippman) that’s contending for a spot at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The designer pair didn’t have a whole lot of time to talk about it, though. “We’re leaving after this to go have a pricing meeting—back to being a garmento,” Buhai said.
That busy mixture of work and fun is the subject of How to Make It in America, an ensemble drama about young creative types in New York. The cast (which includes Lake Bell and Bryan Greenberg) joined some big-time suits and HBO players Adrian Grenier and Chloë Sevigny (pictured with Greenberg, above) for a Cinema Society screening and after-party at the Bowery Hotel. Did current Angeleno Ian Edelman’s new series pass the New York authenticity test? “Ian knows his stuff,” native Upper West Sider Leelee Sobieski decided. The series—whose major plotline at this point revolves around two friends trying to launch a denim line—comes courtesy of the producers of Entourage, and Grenier half-jokingly declared himself a wee bit jealous. “They better watch their back!”
Plus, check out our Q&A with How to Make It creator and writer Ian Edelman here.