16 posts tagged "Moschino"
Rodarte Wins The Cooper-Hewitt Award, Missoni Wins The Gold, And More…
Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte have been awarded the 2010 Cooper-Hewitt award for fashion design, besting fellow nominees Behnaz Sarafpour and Proenza Schouler. [WWD]
Bidders for the house of Ferré, step right up: Potential buyers are invited to begin due diligence on the company, which has been in bankruptcy administration since 2009. [WSJ]
At 89, Missoni founder and patriarch Ottavio Missoni (left) won three gold medals at Rome’s Campionati Italiani di Atletica Leggera, an annual track and field competition. How’s your gym routine looking right about now? [WWD]
Moschino is collaborating with…Kartell? Strange but true: The Italian label is partnering with the interiors firm (famous for releasing Philippe Starck’s “Mademoiselle” chairs) on a line of brightly colored plastic ballet flats for Spring ’11. [Vogue U.K.]
One of the stranger fashion credits you’ll read today: Darth Vader wears Band of Outsiders. [Behance via Refinery29]
Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Even The Deconstructed Disco Ball
Decades‘ Cameron Silver knows a thing or two about wealthy women in fabulous dresses. The vintage couturier was in the thick of them last night at the tenth anniversary bash of Dallas’ designer mecca Forty Five Ten. He reports from the front lines, below.
The traditional tenth anniversary gift is tin or aluminum. For the tenth anniversary of their Dallas store Forty Five Ten, Brian Bolke and Shelly Musselman (pictured) kept to the glittery spirit, if not the letter, of the law. Bolke and Musselman hosted the gala in a gold lamé tux jacket from Dsquared², and a mirrored Margiela gown, respectively. Musselman said what we were all thinking: “In our heart of hearts, don’t we all really want to be a deconstructed disco ball at the end of day?” Well, maybe what some of us were thinking. She paused and added oracularly: “It sees everything.” As for Bolke, he let his Moschino tee do the talking: “Shop.”
But shop they did, of high-end European labels and exclusive tenth anniversary items by attendees Doo-Ri Chung, Narciso Rodriguez, and Koi Suwannagate. (Carry a designer for a decade or so and you’re bound to rack up a few favors.) DJ Lucy Wrubel’s silver Moschino mini, embossed with the phrase “Fashion Must Go On,” certainly inspired the hundreds of loyal clients to drop their Centurion cards, at least when they weren’t juggling flutes of Dom Pérignon or pork hors d’oeuvres three ways (taco, tempura, and slider—this may be fashion, but it’s still Texas).
At 10 p.m., Raven Kauffman (in vintage Mila Schön), Suzanne Wilson (in DVF), and I headed to Kenny Goss and George Michael’s Highland Park home for more Champagne and a viewing of their amazing British art collection, including works by Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, and an amazing Angus Fairhurst gorilla displayed by the pool. The party continued, and close to midnight, the last guest arrived: the pizza boy. The famished crowd went wild. McQueen-clad Houston social Becca Cason Thrash confessed, “It’s Domino’s, and it’s divine!”
Moschino, Sitting Pretty
Moschino is all about diversifying these days, which helps explain its new Maison Moschino hotel in Milan and the luggage Rosella Jardini debuted on the Cheap & Chic runway. Now you can bring the brand home, too: The customized Philippe Starck “Mademoiselle” chairs by Kartell that decorate several of the hotel’s rooms are now available by special order. The label may be branching out, but it’s staying true to its design signatures; the Kartell chair is covered in the same bows Jardini liberally applies to her ready-to-wear. Fair warning to those who’d spruce up their own maisons: Like all special orders, this one’s more Chic than Cheap.
Welcome To The Hotel Moschino, Your Ball-Gown Bed Awaits
Mid-priced hotels have never been Milan’s strong point. So to be served one, styled by Moschino, was a treat, especially as the house promised more of the surreal, fairy-tale chic that’s always characterized its collections. They didn’t disappoint. On a tour of the premises with Pixie Lott, the English songstress booked to perform the launch party, we found a bedspread of velvet rose petals, a tree-branch four-poster bed, and theme rooms like “Sleeping in a Ballgown” (the bed is attached to a trompe l’oeil dress) and “Half Room,” where everything inside has been halved. (The room, it goes without saying, rents for full, not half, price.)
At the party, Lott took to the stage for an acoustic medley, one that was mostly lost on the Italian audience, who used the time to chat on their mobiles, scope the scene, and strike poses. They responded better to the DJ set by actress/director Asia Argento and sang along to Joan Jett, the Beastie Boys, and Wham. We asked Argento about her recent-vintage playlist. “Sadly, I can only relate to music of the past,” she said. “The contemporary sound is too fast, too packaged. The world is suffering from the malaise of a materialistic convolution from which there is no return….” Translation, near as we can come to it: She Loves Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Martin’s Move, Tom’s Tea Party, Santa’s Session, and More…
The writing’s been on the wall for some time, but Suzy Menkes says it out loud today: Martin Margiela has left the building—er, Maison. His design team will take over and he will not be replaced. [NYT]
Speaking of houses, YSL’s is on the market. Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s duplex on Paris’ Rue de Babylone is expected to bring in over €20 million. At the relevant exchange rates, that’s more than $30 million, or about 15,000 YSL frocks. [WWD]
The entire fashion world is buzzing about Tim Burton’s forthcoming Alice in Wonderland, and Tom Binns is no exception: The jeweler has been commissioned to make a limited-edition collection inspired by the film’s characters, like the Mad Hatter, the White Queen, and the Red Queen. Does this mean the Disney Store is about to become a legitimate shopping destination? [The Moment]
Moschino knows that holiday-season stress can be enough to send anybody to the shrink, but…Santa?! [FabSugar]