6 posts tagged "Pucci"
David Koma Dresses Mrs. Carter
Beyoncé′s Mrs. Carter Show tour kicked off in Belgrade this week, and in addition to Pucci’s Peter Dundas, Dsquared²’s Dean and Dan Caten, and Alon Livne, Bey favorite David Koma created some saucy, custom onstage ensembles for the star and her backup dancers. “We looked at musical instruments as art objects, and the print is a French horn,” said the designer during a chat at the London Showrooms yesterday. The costumes, which were influenced by Koma’s vinyl-record-inspired Fall 2013 collection, feature gold and black printed silk jersey bodices and slick, laser-cut patent leather peplums. “She usually goes for something body conscious and different,” said Koma, who’s worked with the singer since 2009. “And she likes to look strong and sensual at the same time. I mean, come on, she’s Beyoncé!” Take a peek at Koma’s sketches (above) and inspiration board (below), exclusively on Style.com.
Here Comes The (Model) Bride: Anja Rubik And Pucci’s Peter Dundas On Creating Her Perfect Wedding Dress
Some girls have all the luck. In addition to traveling the world to stalk the catwalks and shoot the campaigns, top model Anja Rubik also enjoys enviable access to the fashion world’s best designers—including her friend, Emilio Pucci creative director Peter Dundas. When Rubik’s boyfriend, Sasha Knezevic, popped the question last year, Rubik and Dundas put their heads together to design the perfect wedding dress. The bride refuses to share details, sketches, or shots of the design before the wedding next month—bad luck, after all—but the duo checked in with Style.com about the design process, the product, and a few favorite runway (not runaway) brides.
When did you two meet?
Anja Rubik: We met many years ago when Peter was still at Cavalli.
Peter, you cast Anja frequently in your shows. What does she bring to the catwalk?
Peter Dundas: I have used Anja in shows since I designed for Ungaro. She is one of my absolute favorite models—a perfect mix of beautiful, sexy, and rock ‘n’ roll. She is also someone extremely friendly and fun to hang out with so it was natural for me to choose her whenever I had official events with a Pucci Girl.
And Anja, why did you ask Peter in particular to design your wedding gown?
AR: Peter is an excellent designer; he makes women look beautiful, sexy, and cool! He understands a woman’s body and underlines what’s best in it. I asked him to do my dress because l love his rock ‘n’ roll chic, bohemian style. He is also a great guy to hang out with, so my dress fittings are fun!
Did you have an idea of the design you wanted when you started?
AR: I asked Peter to design the dress based on a few of his previous looks that I loved, then he sketched a couple designs and we tweaked them together and added a few new ideas. We have a meeting next week to fit and choose the final lace.
PD: It’s funny, because we both had the same silhouette in mind. I have to say that it’s been surprising what a sharp eye she has. I may have to keep her as an assistant after this.
Peter, how do you think about a wedding dress differently from one destined for the red carpet?
PD: I think with a wedding dress it’s all about the bride, whereas for a classic red-carpet moment I channel her inner Pucci Girl. A wedding dress should reflect the wearer’s personality, make her the absolute best-looking she can be. Either way, in Pucci she should feel like the only girl in the world.
Do you have any favorite wedding dresses?
PD: My absolute favorite wedding dress is Bianca Jagger’s white skirtsuit—a real rock ‘n’ roll moment. I have to say, my mom looked pretty amazing, too.
The Gap Pops Up, Pucci Pops (Even Without Prints), Rankin Shoots Graduate Fashion Week, And More…
Get your CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners and runners-up—for less! Gap unveils its limited-edition designs with Monique Péan, Sophie Theallet, and Patrik Ervell at its pop-up space on 54th Street today. [WWD]
Meet Rike Feurstein, German lawyer-turned-milliner-to-the-stars. Rihanna’s a fan. [NYT]
The Wall Street Journal wonders, is Pucci Pucci without the prints? Short answer: yes. (When it looks like Peter Dundas’ Fall 2010 collection, pictured, we’ve got no complaints.) [WSJ]
The plus-sized model trendlet hits menswear. The new issue of Fantastic Man features designs on “gentlemen of quite marvelous shape,” in the words of its editors. [Jezebel via Racked]
And Dazed & Confused co-founder Rankin shoots the best new work from England’s Graduate Fashion Week, styled by Katie Shillingford. [Vogue U.K.]
Blasblog: My Fashion-Week Week Off
The inconvenient truth of fashion weeks this season? Chalk it up to whatever you will, but Mother Nature has not been on the side of style or stilettos. Snow drifts in New York, rain in London, gale-force winds in Milan—it’s enough to make you consider a night in. (Just kidding!) But knowing full well there would be no rest for the weary in Paris, I did the unthinkable—skipped Milan fashion week and headed for the recently opened Amanyara resort in Turks and Caicos instead.
On the islands, we weren’t exempt from a little inclement weather, either; when I first landed, it poured in the Turks. (At one point, I thought it was raining sideways.) But on the advice of Alexa Chung, who had a similar experience down in the Caribbean recently, I put myself in the hands of a gregarious, mustached bartender, who plied me with delicious island drinks I had the good sense not to ask what was in. But ultimately the sun came out, the beach beckoned my name, and I spent beach days relaxing and, of course, checking out the collections here on Style.com. From the comfort of my little island retreat I fell in love with Peter Dundas at Pucci, thought peekaboo knitwear at Missoni was genius, and adored the casting at Prada (Victoria’s Secret models in Italian high fashion? OK!). Blame it on my environment, I was even feeling the pirate-hooker-damsel-in-distress vibe at Cavalli. And now, rested and refreshed, I’m trading paradise for Paris, where I’m heading tomorrow, straight off the plane and to Balmain, ladies and gentlemen. I just hope my fellow editors recognize me with this tan and an accessory that may be foreign to those who have ridden the fashion train straight from New York through to Paris—a smile.
Blasblog: Miami Bound
Fluorescent bikini- and Lucite heel-clad party people of Miami, get ready: The gallerinas, collectors, and jet-setters are descending upon you in T minus 48 hours for Art Basel Miami Beach. (I’ve always been amused by the combination, but the social ecosystem seems to support it—for a few days, at least.) The fair doesn’t officially open until the 3rd, but the parties, of course, won’t wait.
Every year, hotels, clubs, and bars vie for social supremacy, and this year, two new hot spots join the mix: The new W Hotel and its ground-floor restaurant, Mr. Chow. If the invites going out are any indication, the W will be party HQ this year. Mr. Chow will host dinners for Larry Gagosian, Cartier, and LACMA; investor Aby Rosen (who counts the Gramercy Park Hotel among his other glittering properties) will host his own dinner with Peter Brant there, too, followed by an after-party at the hotel’s downstairs club, Wall, fronted by Vito Schnabel, Alexander Dellal, and Stavros Niarchos. (Lest the mood get stuffy, Rosen’s also booked the Sex Pistols—what’s left of them, at least—to play the following night.)
Yours truly, of course, takes no sides and simply goes where he’s invited. That means I’ll also be putting in time at the Webster, which is organizing dinners for Pucci’s Peter Dundas, Viktor & Rolf, and Joseph Altuzarra, and the Standard, which is hosting parties for Bruce Weber, François Nars, the Whitney Museum, and the Misshapes.