H&M Announces Its Newest Collaborator: Versace
The Swedish mega-retailer looks to be on a roll. After the success of its stampeded-for Lanvin for H&M collection, the company announced today that its designer collaborator for Fall 2011 is none other than Versace.According to Donatella, the collection for H&M will be “quintessentially Versace,” inspired by the archives, and including clothing, shoes, accessories, and [...]
The Meat Dress Returns, Mert And Marcus Meet Versace, Lily’s Dreaming Of A Chanel Wedding, And More…
Where’s the beef? The cuts that made up Lady Gaga’s infamous meat dress are currently cooling in a meat locker, but the frock is set to go on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and remain there until February. [Vogue.U.K.]Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, meet Versace. For the first time, Donatella Versace [...]
The Best Of Cannes: Day 1
No sooner had Chanel’s Cruise ship (er, show) rolled out of town—attendee Rachel Bilson’s already back on the party scene in New York—than the Cannes Film Festival kicked off on the Riviera. The stars (and star jurors) aligned for the opening ceremony of the fest, and the first film, Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, which [...]
Kerry, Mila, And Rosario Top White House Correspondents Dinner’s Best-Dressed List
It wasn’t the political event of the weekend (that would involve Osama bin Laden), but the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was definitely the big #2 on the Washington scene. President Obama roasted Donald Trump, SNL’s Seth Meyers roasted Obama, and Barry Diller proclaimed the evening “a ratfuck.” Success!Honorable mention to the fashion, which, thanks to [...]
The Fall Campaign Countdown Begins, An Angel Heads For The Heavens, Koop Flies The Coop, And More…
Fashionologie begins compiling the Fall ‘11 ad campaign rumors and placements. Word from the fashion forums is that Kate Moss won’t be in Vuitton (a group of younger girls, possibly including Daphne Groeneveld, left, and Fei Fei Sun, may be instead), Mert & Marcus’ ads for Versace might star Saskia de Brauw, and Ralph Lauren [...]
Donatella Versace Wants Even Your Furniture To Be Sexy
Interiors della Versace follow one basic principle—the same one, in fact, that guides the label’s ready-to-wear. “Versace is all about glamour and sexiness, and so my interior design is based on the same vision,” Donatella Versace explained to Style.com today, on the eve of presenting her new Versace Home collection at Milan’s Salone del Mobile. [...]
Flower Girls
Cold-weather temperatures don’t exactly scream for blossoming buds. So it was one of the surprises of this Fall 2011 season to find that, at many of the most directional shows, florals stole the show. From graphic, Pop versions snaking up dresses at Versace to wilder prints at Balenciaga (marking, as Nicole Phelps noted, the first [...]
MObama Flies (To) The Koop; Versace Gets Versus; Terry And Gaga, Together Again; And More…
The latest Beltway power struggle is taking shape—and this one’s got nothing to do with elected office. As has been rumored for months, Chicago boutique owner Ikram Goldman is no longer Michelle Obama’s “shopper in chief”—that duty now falls to her former assistant, Meredith Koop. [Washington Post]Versus’ fortunes have been on the rise these past [...]
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Betty Draper may favor sixties style, but January Jones is a girl of the aughts—she goes for Versace. The Mad Men star is, according to Donatella Versace, “the most glamorous American actress,” which is why she picked the Golden Globe nominee to wear Versace bags and shoes—and not much else—in the label’s Spring 2011 accessories [...]
January Heats Up; Anna Dello Russo: The Early Years; Gemma Ward At Sea; And More…
January Jones’ first campaign for Versace has leaked, and she’s no repressed housewife here. The woman best known as Mrs. Betty Draper Francis was shot by Mario Testino in nothing but a bag and a pair of shoes. “I am always on the lookout for the next Versace blonde,” Donatella Versace told WWD. “She is [...]





