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New York
Goodbye New York, hello London! Marc Jacobs will move his Marc by Marc Jacobs runway show from New York to London this February. The A-list celebrity jammed event has always been one of the essential highlights of New York Fashion Week.
The move, which is designed to draw attention to Jacobs's secondary line, will coincide with the opening of the new Marc by Marc Jacobs boutique in London.
At this point the London show is being talked about as a one off deal and the collection is expected to return to New York.
<<Marc Jacobs' last minute details backstage for his Spring/Summer 2007 Collection during New York Fashion Week.
Photo: Stardustfashion.com
The New York Fashion Industry has decided to take a proactive approach to the current model weight debate amid increasing calls for government regulation to police the industry.
None other than Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour is leading the effort and has hosted a symposium on the issue of ultra thin catwalk models. It is too common today for a 21 year-old to have the same body type as a 12 year old.
The fashion industry is also being singled out for promoting unrealistic and life threatening weight expectations especially to teenage girls who are especially venerable. One agency head was quoted as saying.... "We would much rather come up with a way of self-policing ourselves than have regulations rammed down our throats."
Los Angeles
It was a bit of Hollywood meets Bollywood when designer Naeem Khan made his big screen debut in the grand finale of Dream Girls starring Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Fox and Eddie Murphy.
The Dreamettes, an all girl Motor City singing group based on the Supremes, appear in body hugging and very sexy pewter and gold chevron striped sequin halter gowns.
The Indian born Khan was totally in his element. He learned to love lavish cocktail dresses while designing for the elite of his home country who have an appreciation of exquisite fabric and flawless styling. India has always produced some of the finest cloth and gowns in the world.
<<Naeem Khan Spring/Summer 2007 Collection during New YorkFashion Week.
Photo: Edward James
It is something British Royals just don't do. Zara Phillips, Princess Anne's daughter and granddaughter of Queen Elizebeth II, broke with Royal tradition and appeared in ad for Land Rover wearing a mud splattered Roberto Cavalli gown.
The 25 year-old is 11 th in line to the British throne but receives no public money and must support herself. There are many who applaud her initiative and self-reliance. Phillips is an accomplished equestrian and has always been seen as something of a Royal rebel.
London
The Little Black Dress that Audrey Hepburn made famous in the opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany's seems to have been cut from the same righteous cloth as Mother Teresa's habit.
It recently was sold in London by Christie's Auction House for almost $900,000 dollars with the proceeds going to help the poor of Calcutta. An anonymous telephone bidder paid more than double the expected price. The dress was originally donated by designer Hubert de Givenchy.
London
It looks like Kate Moss and Pete Doherty are not getting married so fast. Just a month ago the couple was reported to have put all their problems behind them but now it seems it is back to the same old thing.
The Babyshambles singer can not seem to give up drugs and women. Moss is said to be reluctant to take the plunge because she is not sure she can trust Doherty.
A confident of Moss's was quoted in Grazia magazine as saying, "Everyone has just been waiting for the point at which she would snap with Pete. She's been fixated on the fant asy of their rock 'n' roll romance, and for the past few months they've been living in this little bubble, oblivious to everyone else. But once again she's found that drugs mean more to Pete than she does."
It looks like the Moss/ Doherty on again off again saga will continue well into the New Year.
Los Angeles
An assistant editor at Allure magazine was fired for selling products on eBay that were sent to the publication for editorial purposes.
A now disgraced Molly Friedman went as far as to call cosmetic companies and ask them to supply products that were not yet available in stores.
