MOVIELAND AT PRADA: At Prada, Freida Pinto was excited about her latest film “Mowgli,” based on Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book,” but she was reluctant to provide details about it. “I can’t really say much, we want it to be a surprise,” she said of the movie, which was filmed in South Africa and England. As for Miuccia Prada, she said “we go back years,” remembering she wore a custom-made gown by the designer for the…
TAKING FLIGHT–Shoes from Allbirds, the Leonardo DiCaprio-backed sustainable brand have quickly morphed into a consumer favorite. Now via a partnership with Air New Zealand, the buzzy brand has ventured into a different kind of accessory, producing an in-flight eye mask for the first time. Dubbed ‘the Bird Mask’ the travel accessory is made out of ZQ-certified New Zealand merino wool and castor bean oil-based foam. It includes molded eye indentations which allow for natural eye movement during sleep, and…
MAKING AIRWAVES: French fashion house Chloé has just launched its first podcast series, named “Chloé Radio.” The six episodes will air until Sept. 26, the day before the Chloé spring 2019 runway show. “Chloé Radio” is recorded at the Maison de la Radio in the 16th arrondissement, where the runway show will be held for the third consecutive season. Interviewed by French journalist Augustin Trapenard, six guests chosen to embody the different generations of Chloé girls…
THEY MET IN FASHION: Two of the fashion world’s more elusive personalities — Nicolas Ghesquière and Grace Coddington — will sit down for a conversation with Alina Cho at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Oct. 22. Ghesquière, artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s women’s collections, and Grace Coddington, former creative director for Vogue, have a lot of common ground in and out of fashion. They will speak about their recent collaboration for Louis Vuitton, their…
PLAN B: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is busy building her profile online in a big way. “I’ve just launched my social media platform, a beauty-content platform online called Rose Inc.,” said the British actress and model, who was seated front row at Versace on Friday night. “It’s everything beauty: tutorials, shopping my favorite beauty products, the looks that I’m loving.” Acting remains the top priority for Luke Evans, who came in Milan just to attend the show. “I…
TALBOTS’ HIGH FIVE: Having raised $500,000 over the last five years to help fight breast cancer, Talbots is ramping up its efforts this fall with the help of five female artists. In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Talbots will present “The Art of the Scarf Collection” on Sept. 24. The collection features designs by Lulu DK, Annie Davidson, Caroline So, Gladys Perint Palmer and Hannah Davies. Each of the $80 colorful silk…
The collaboration between actress, producer and activist Jessica Biel and Gaiam, the yoga, fitness and wellness brand, was revealed Thursday night at The One Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, N.Y. The event marked the first celebrity-created line for Gaiam, a division of Sequential Brands Group Inc., since 2016, as part of a multiyear partnership with Biel. “She [Jessica] has been a true collaborator, thoughtfully codesigning the capsule collection with a keen focus on the functionality…
AL FRESCO: After Paris and London, Milan is hosting an exhibition of designs by Azzedine Alaïa that in terms of setting is among the most spectacular yet. At the opening night on Thursday, 21 looks were unveiled in the Galleria degli Arazzi of the storied Palazzo Clerici, under frescoes by 18th-century artist Giambattista Tiepolo. Guests including Silvia Venturini Fendi, Delfina Delettrez, Fausto Puglisi, Alberta Ferretti, Anna Molinari, Caroline Vreeland, Giuseppe Zanotti and Carlo Capasa joined…
POWER OF TWO: Two Hollywood power couples turned heads at the Salvatore Ferragamo show on Sunday morning: Julianne Moore dressed in red, arm-in-arm with her husband, producer and director Bart Freundlich, and Armie Hammer with his wife Elizabeth Chambers. While Moore was not giving interviews, Hammer said he finished promoting critically acclaimed “Call Me by Your Name,” and hinted at other possible collaboration with director Luca Guadagnino. “We’ve been onto other projects, but I am…
AdR IS BEYOND: Milan is the city where Anna Dello Russo’s fashion career took off back in the Eighties–and the city continues to be fascinated by the Vogue Japan fashion director and digital influencer, who on Friday evening celebrated her “AdR Book: Beyond Fashion” tome with a book-signing event. A sea of around 400 people – including family, friends, fashion students, fans and passersby – gathered outside the Coin department store waiting to have their…