23 posts tagged "Roger Vivier"
Roger Vivier And Uniqlo Are California-Bound, Tommy’s Tips, Nicole Kidman To Take On Princess Grace Role, And More…
French brand Roger Vivier has announced plans to open its third shop in the States. The latest space, which will house the label’s footwear and accessories as well as the limited-edition Rendez-Vous line, will be in Costa Mesa (the other two U.S. stores are in New York City and Miami).[WWD]
Uniqlo is also set to head west—this morning the retailer revealed that San Francisco is the site of its newest location. The flagship shop is the brands’ first U.S. location outside of New York and is set to open in the fall of 2012. [Uniqlo]
Tommy Ton shares his favorite e-tail picks with Shop Ghost, a new curated shopping site from Oyster contributing editor Stevie Dance. He also sounds off on a few wishes for the future of street style: more eyeglasses, more designers, more older-season items, and more babies. JakAndJil hopefuls, take note. [Shop Ghost]
Nicole Kidman is rumored to have won the role of Princess Grace for the new Olivier Dahan-directed film Grace of Monaco. Negotiations for the film, which will cost a projected $30 million to produce, are reportedly still being finalized. [Vogue U.K.]
Lagerfeld Redesigning The Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo, Gwyneth Paltrow To Play Picasso’s Lover?, Domenico Dolce And Stefano Gabbana Also Score New Film Roles, And More…
Karl Lagerfeld’s latest project: redesigning sections of the Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo. WWD reports that “one of the key features of the project will be a fresco-style installation consisting of 15 etched and backlit glass panels depicting Ulysses’ journey,” which the hotel will reveal today. [WWD]
Gwyneth Paltrow has reportedly been cast as Pablo Picasso’s lover Dora Maar in 33 Dias. The late artist used Maar as a subject for many of his pieces throughout his career. [Vogue U.K.]
Earlier this week, a slew of “cool ladies” turned out to the Roger Vivier boutique in Milan to fête the photo exhibition celebrating the launch of its new Prismick accessories collection, which the brand showed in Paris earlier this month. The label commissioned portraits of various celebrities and friends, such as Servane Giol and Marta Ferri (who is featured in the latest issue of Style.com/Print), for the exhibition. [WWD]
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana will make a cameo appearance, alongside Penélope Cruz, in Woody Allen’s next film, To Rome With Love (premiering in Rome on April 13). Though the two have nonspeaking roles this time around, they have acted in films and commercials in the past. [Telegraph]
A Step In Time
“I am shoe-obsessed and had to edit down to a style per decade,” says Decades‘ Cameron Silver of his new collaboration with the Canadian brand Modern Vintage. That’s a lot to ask of a guy who curates an unparalleled collection of designer clothing and accessories, dating back to the twenties, for a living. “This was the Sophie’s Choice of shoe designing,” he adds.
He narrowed it down to four decades—the fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties—and used each era’s iconic shoes as a reference point for his four styles ($250 to $300). Silver’s favorite footwear era? “I guess the 1960′s, since there’s so much variety,” he tells Style.com in between Oscar fittings. For the Modern Vintage collection, he did an homage to sixties Pucci with his T-strap, peep-toe pump. There’s also a pointed-toe pump with a curved heel (popularized by Roger Vivier) to represent the fifties, a disco-inspired cork platform for the seventies, and a waved wedge for the eighties. Decades for Modern Vintage will be available at Gilt.com on March 1.
The Best Of Cannes: Day 2
It’s hard to top last night’s Lady Gaga beach performance, but the starlets at Cannes today are aiming to try. The film to see is Sleeping Beauty, starring young Emily Browning (who picked Valentino for its evening, in-competition debut).
Our favorite looks from the premiere? First place to Mia Wasikowska, who chose a sinuous, floor-length Roland Mouret gown in red-carpet red. She’s got the youth vote for sure. But she’s also got stiff competition from the 73-year-old Jane Fonda, who went with an unforgiving, inset-paneled gown by Peter Dundas for Emilio Pucci—and pulled it off beautifully. Inès de la Fressange, too, proved you don’t have to be a teen to strut your stuff. The Roger Vivier brand ambassador stunned in black Carven—customized for her by designer Guillaume Henry—and a killer pair of Riviera-ready Vivier flats.
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“I Still Buy Stupid Things That Maybe I Won’t Wear. One Would Be A Very, Very Sad Person Not Doing That”
President Obama and Charlie Sheen—both in town for visits of varying diplomatic necessity—were the cause of traffic jams all along Midtown, but on Madison Avenue, Inès de la Fressange was traffic’s raison d’être. The model, Roger Vivier brand ambassador, and newly minted style scribe was at Vivier’s uptown boutique to fête her new book, Parisian Chic, to a packed house of society dames and fashion types including Lynn Yaeger and Joe Zee of Elle, whose magazine co-sponsored the event.
The evening was all about France, but de la Fressange asserted her admiration for the American sartorial sensibility. “I do think the casual thing that’s done in America is fantastic. Loafers…You just have to see the queue at Abercrombie & Fitch. In very casual things American people are so good. But not only casual things!” To wit: “Just today I was in a shop, and suddenly I saw one of these old ladies that you can see on Madison—really very tall, tight pants, flat shoes, gray hair…She was walking a little bit like a cowboy, however, and I thought she was so chic!”
Cowboy casual? A little odd, but de la Fressange defended the virtue of the occasional faux pas. “I still buy stupid things that maybe I won’t wear. I mean, one would be a very, very sad person not doing that. You have to! It’s fun, you know?” And style, she was quick to note—Madison Ave. environs notwithstanding—doesn’t require piles of cash; on the contrary, it’s the great leveler. “Usually it’s not really celebrities and it’s not really wealthy people,” she said of her inspirations. “There’s a justice in style, in fashion. Don’t you think so?”