Saturday

Great To Be The Next Big Thing

It's hard to believe that Fashion Greats such as Dior, Givenchy, Chanel were ever once teenagers with a dream.  But as with all of us, we started somewhere.

Paris is the birthplace of fashion and during this Spring Summer '11 Fashion Week season the strength of that tradition is seen all around the city, with brilliant shows being staged in the Tuileries, the Grand Palais, reclaimed convents as well as on rooftops and in basements.

Pedro Laurenco, 19 Year Old Brazilian Designer. Photo courtesy Vogue Talents.

The Pedro Laurenço show took place on the Quai Malaquais in the Salle Melpomène whose ceilings are at least 10 meters high and where the convex upper arches are adorned with French National Heritage paintings.

It's always fun to be where The Next Big Thing is happening. Greening Hollywood was there twice this past week at the start of Paris Fashion Week and we weren't alone...Vogue editors, notably the team from Milan were also there. Vogue Italian Editor Franca Sozzani is on a mission to support new and young designers and she has staffed her ranks with writers and editors who are fanned out across the city en force on this same mission.

Pedro Laurenço

The vibe at this show was so Brazilian, relaxed, genial. As the famous models pulled up in their taxis and chauffeured vehicles to make it to the show's hour-delayed start-time, the crowd was full of kisses and Portuguese greetings.

Hairstylist Guido Pila - for Redken - pulled up on a chauffeured motorcycle,www.win-win.com, one of the most brilliant urban transport systems I've seen in Paris. His driver stripped him of his helmet and motorcycle jacket as he dropped him off. [*Note this is the only Eco aspect of the show I've been able to discover byprint time.]

Nineteen-year-old Pedro's father, Reinaldo, also a famous Brazilian fashion designer, greeted guests personally as they arrived.  Pedro who debuted for the first time in Paris only just earlier this year, is already pulling the stylemakers to his front row seatings and on only just the third day of the Paris Shows.

Pedro Laurenco Paris Spring Summer '11. Photo courtesy Vogue, Talents. Go to Vogue.it for complete photos of October 1st Paris Show.

For Complete Pedro Laurenco SS11 Show Photos, go to Vogue.it/Talents

His geometric cuts, his bold colors were blended with panels of nude netting - an effect that created the illusion that the haute couture designs floated along the runway accompanied by the models.

Models' makeup was "Asian influenced," according to makeup artist Mai Lee, first assistant to head makeup designer, Diane Kendal (for MAC).  Faces were nude with bright pink eyeshadow as color accent. Hair was pulled back severely and all models were blond.

Whether your parents are famous or not, you still have to have talent to make it in any business. Margarita, Missoni's daughter, was also in the front row of Pedro's show. She was seated next to Vogue New York's fashion features editor.  A young designer I was speaking with while the show was getting prepped, told me how maybe if she could get the chance to work with one of these designers, it might help her get her break in the business. In the meantime she'll be dressing the Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier shows during this Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2011.  Noting all the editors and Vogue writers in the audience of this second showing of a 19 year-old designer, it makes me believe that a teenage dream can, and does, come true.

Andrea Crews : Fashion, ART, Activism

When your world is not exclusively fashion, face it, a debut Parisian Runway Fashion Show is a daunting prospect.  Just trying to figure out what shoes to wear to something like this can be nearly paralyzing!

So showing up to Andrea Crews' show in a sketchy part of the edgy-chic Bastille district, left me completely unprepared for what to expect.

Andrea Crews, Paris Fashion Week, Spring Summer '11. Photo courtesy Hélène Giansily.

What designer Maroussia Rebecq, who leads the Andrea Crews collective, delivered was every bit her folksy, French countryside, friends-on-a-picnic atmosphere that she strived for.

The runway show itself took place in an empty basement apartment where the floor was pasted with cardboard boxes, taped with brown packing tape.  The show started when her friend, a bearded folksinger, took the stage and started strumming his acoustic guitar.

Crews uses recycled pieces of vintage clothing for some of her creations. This collection's theme was corn and bread. Fresh fruits and baskets of dried fruits were used to decorate the runway stage. Loaves of bread were used to decorate the models' hair and used as pieces of jewelry hanging from the models' necks.

Crews used open casting, so her models ranged from the size of a 12 year old boy to that of a mature and very saftig woman. If it's true that a designer is measured by her street cred, then Crews is definitely Parisian Street Legit. The audience was rastas, artists, fashionistas, international photographers... Both N.Y.
English and Parisian French could be heard throughout the crowd as we all jammed together on the floor seating to watch the denim, lace, t-shirt and corn-printed cotton presentation.

Andrea Crews Spring Summer '11 Paris Fashion Week. Photo courtesy Hélène Giansily
Andrea Crews Spring Summer '11 Paris Fashion Week. Photo Courtesy Hélène Giansily.

When I asked,  Rebecq responded that her motive for choosing bread and corn as motifs were French countryside, religious values, family and friends.

After the show, bottles of red wine were passed around and glasses filled while everyone dove into the platters of fruit and cheese.

All Andrea Crews Photos credited to: Hélène Giansily

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ROBERT REDFORD LEADS STAR LINEUP AT MIPCOM 2010



Eco-Celeb ROBERT REDFORD LEADS STAR LINEUP AT MIPCOM 2010

Paris 14 September 2010 – For its 26th edition, MIPCOM is preparing to welcome a host of international television and cinema stars.

Heading the lineup is actor, director, producer, Robert Redford who will be attending this year’s MIPCOM to celebrate the first anniversary of Sundance Channel in Europe. As the founder of Sundance Channel, Robert Redford will participate in a media question and answer session on Wednesday,October 6, during which he will discuss the Sundance Channel's international expansion plans. US-based Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC), has launched its Sundance Channel, WE tv and RUSH HD brands internationally and manages their global expansion.

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Cannes will be infected by the highly-anticipated series, The Walking Dead,brought by Fox International Channels (and Entertainment One) to MIPCOM. Executive producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, The Incredible Hulk) who also produces the guild's Produced By conference and talent, Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break) will invade the Croisette to promote the series. The Walking Dead is produced by AMC and based onRobert Kirkman’s best- selling graphic novel by the same name. The show tells the story of a group of survivors trying to persevere in a world stricken by a zombie apocalypse.

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PETA'S 30TH Anniversary Gala And Humanitarian Awards Show

(Los Angeles, CA) Hosted by actor and PETA supporter Alec Baldwin, PETA's 30th Anniversary Gala and Humanitarian Awards Show celebrated 30 years of groundbreaking work for animals and honored activists and celebrities for their dedication to PETA's animal rights campaigns around the globe. [Blog Entry from PETA]

The evening's honorees were as follows:

 

 

PETA Humanitarian Award Winners
Eli Roth
Olivia Munn
Christian Serratos
Dave Navarro
Joanna Krupa
Emily and Rose McCoy
Kellan Lutz
Charo
Lea Michele
Eva Mendes
Anjelica Huston

Nanci Alexander Award Winner
Christina Cho

Bea Arthur Activist Award Winner
Dan Neri

Also in attendance were Pamela Anderson, Wilmer Valderrama, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Kelly Osbourne, James Cromwell, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Fred Willard, Jay Hernandez, Iggy Pop, Yvonne Strahovski, Sophia Bush, Owain Yeoman, Lucy Davis, Jim Parsons, Jena Malone, and more! Check out our photo gallery.

Guests were brought to tears during a moving tribute to PETA's investigators delivered by Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix. This was followed by a powerful performance by rock star Bryan Adams, who performed his hit "Everything I Do" as scenes from PETA investigations and rescues played on giant screens.

Attendees also participated in a silent auction featuring items from artists, celebrities, and companies that have a firm commitment to PETA's values. Some of the popular items included lunch with Tim Gunn of Project Runway, a five-year supply of "PETA Peanut Butter" from Peanut Butter & Co., two VIP tickets to The Ellen DeGeneres Show, dinner with Ingrid E. Newkirk, a tattoo by celebrity tattoo artist Mario Barth, a new all-electric Nissan Leaf car, and a personal training session for two with The Biggest Loser's Bob Harper.

To get the party started, guests tapped their feet to the musical beats of Street Drum Corps, a unique punk-rock percussion band who opened and closed out the evening. To heat up the after party, guests celebrated and danced the night away to the sounds of DJ Bill Coleman and enjoyed a dynamic performance by the all-female dance crew,The Beat Freaks.

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Sunday

Eco Bags Are Big! Previews From Paris Fashion Week

Louis Vuitton, Lancel, Stella McCartney...These are some of the biggest names in the fashion industry worldwide.

Each of them have debuted IT bags this year, and those bags happen to be Eco-friendly and/or Ethically oriented.

See More Photos of Ali and Bono wearing Edun and sporting LV on LouisVuittonJourneys.com. Photo by Annie Leibovitz.

Louis Vuitton Keepall 45 "Edun"

Louis Vuitton has partnered with Edun to design the limited edition Louis Vuitton monogrammed Keepall 45. The Every Journey Began In Africa joint ad campaign which features Edun designer Ali and her husband Bono wearing Edun ethical fashions and carrying the Keepall 45 LV tote as they step out of a small plane onto the sweeping grass plains of Africa can be found at LouisVuittionJourneys.com. Photographed by Annie Liebovitz, it is one of those ad campaigns that are the stuff of legends.

Louis Vuitton limited edition Keepall 45 "Edun" bag.

Edun is the fashion brand started in 2005 by Ali Hewson, Bono's wife, that is ethical, organic, and, since last year, 49% owned by LVMH luxury brands, the parent company of Louis Vuitton.

During Paris Fashion Week, Edun and Louis Vuitton will unveil a temporary Art Exhibit, Africa Rising, an exhibition of contemporary African Art, alongwith Edun's Spring collection and a showcase for the campaign.

The Louis Vuitton Keepall 45 Edun's signature charm on the bag (also sold separately) was handcrafted in Kenya by the fair-trade jewellery label MADE. It is the French firm's first made-in-Africa product.

All proceeds from sale of the LV Keepall 45 Edun bag, as well as the photo fees earned by Bono and Ali, will be donated to Technoserve and the Cotton Initiative. Pictures of some of the 800 organic cotton farmers who make up the Cotton Initiative are on the LVJourneyssite along with Ali speaking about the underpinnings of the (organic) Cotton Initiative and how EDUN is a fashion line she created to support this.

Its presence in a Vuitton campaign gives Edun  — and its mission to eradicate poverty through sustainable enterprise in Africa — international exposure, said LV's director of communications, Antoine Arnault.

Stella McCartney's Falabella Chain Strap It Bag. Always Eco-Friendly. Always kind to animals. Always Fashion Forward. Photo courtesy Stella McCartney.

The Stella McCartney Falabella

Stella McCartney, a life-long vegetarian, has always maintained that she will not use leather, animal skins, or fur in her designs.  This is the season, once again, of leather and fur but Stella's faux-leather Falabella Bag, the season's IT bag as far as celebrities such as Rihanna, J. Lo, and Kate Hudson are concerned, has that bred-in Rocker Chic without sacrificing one gram of Eco Ethics.

Rihanna heads to the Studio with her Falabella bag by Stella McCartney. Photo courtesy Handbagdujour.

 

With winter's muted shades of camels and greys, the chain strap Stella McCartney Falabella Bag in snakeskin print goes with everything...and easily...from night to day.  McCartney has long been the leader in Eco Fashion, though she has never led with her green foot. Rather, her Fashion Forward sense has simply propelled her towards making superb calls on the world stage of  design and fashion that are aligned with her personal convictions. On her site, StellaMcCartney.com,  when you click on Green Me you will find quotes such as:

"The best thing you can do to help animals is to not eat or wear them. Let others know about the abuse that animals endure and ask them to say no to meat and leather too." - Stella McCartney

Lancel'S BB Bag, inspired and co-designed by Brigitte Bardot.  Bardot, a life-long animal rights defender, chose to use Eco-friendly and animal-friendly materials for her BB Bag by Lancel.

Lancel And Brigitte Bardot

Which brings us to LANCEL.  A revered leather goods and fashion icon brand in France and known the world over, their BB bag seduced not just the shores of St. Tropez this summer, but quickly became the must-have IT bag of fashionable, well-dressed women across the continents.

The Lancel BB bag was designed by (namesake) Brigitte Bardot who added personal touches to the bag such as the wide shoulder strap inspired by the guitar strap from when she strummed her strings on the famous Tropezienne shores between takes from the And God Created Woman film set back in the 50's.

Using a different approach, luxury leather goods company, Lancel, did not do an all-out campaign promoting the Eco-ethics of its bag. But anyone who knows anything about Brigitte Bardot would quickly realize that a bag designed by one of the most vocal animal rights activists on the planet would necessarily be leather-free.

To simulate leather/ suede the bag's rich dark chocolate incarnation is made from Alcantara,which looks every bit like suede and is soft and supple to the touch. In addition to the world of fashion, Alcantara is used in interior design features of yachts, and for interiors of the Maserati and Lamborghini.

Brigitte Bardot used her guitar strap as an inspiration for her BB Bag design. The Lancel BB Bag is Eco-Friendly and Cruelty Free.

The BB bag was designed to capture the feminine allure that Brigitte exuded as a film Goddess. The shape of the bag itself is reminiscent of a woman's hourglass figure.  No animals were harmed in the creation of the bag, it is entirely cruelty-free.  A fact that hasn't harmed the bag's wildly popular success. Indeed, on a recent jaunt along the Champs Elysées, in Lancel's flagship shop, the BB Bag in Beige is to be had only by special order!

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