Selasa, 03 Juni 2008
Judging the Judges: Roberto Cavalli at Cannes 2008
Season Four judge Roberto Cavalli's creations were all over the red carpet at Cannes recently. Yes, of course, we have opinions, but we'll preface them by saying that we were never big fans of Cavalli, who, when he's not wallowing in Dullsville, occasionally takes side trips into Tacky Town.
Actress Lucy Liu arrives at the Kung Fu Panda Premiere.
Lorenzo likes it. Tom thinks it's dull. Whatever visual interest is provided by the flower embellishments is canceled out by the dreary cigarette-smoke color palette.
Remember, we're talking red carpet dresses here. Which means that "just pretty" ain't gonna cover it. There has to be an eye-catching quality to the dress, otherwise it's failed its primary purpose.
Singer Mary J. Blige attends the party organized by Roberto Cavalli.
Apparently, she just came in from the pool.
Actress Michelle Yeoh arrives at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 benefit.
Too precious by a factor of about a thousand. And those ridiculous shoes aren't helping - not to mention they don't go with the dress.
Model Petra Nemcova attends the party organized by Roberto Cavalli.
Yawn.
Actress Aishwarya Rai attends the Vicky Cristina Barcelona premiere.
Stunning color and, let's face it, stunning woman. Aside from that it's fairly dull and poorly fitted. Bit of a titscrepancy there in the first picture.
Actress Aishwarya Rai arrive at the Blindness premiere.
Did her handlers roll her up in a ball and stuff her in a bag in the back of a limo?
Actress Elsa Pataky (and actor Adrien Brody) attend the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull premiere.
You know, we're really starting to hate that "titstrap" effect we're seeing more and more of. Yes, we get it. Your girls are so huge that a mere bra is not enough. You must have giant STRAPS running underneath them, over which your voluminous cups are spilling out. Why not just wear a hand-lettered sign that says "THESE ARE MY TITS"?
Model Eva Herzigova attends the Chopard Trophy Award Party.
Sort of blandly retro but we're suckers for anyone who can pull off a Carole Lombard look effectively.
Eva Herzigova attends the party organized by Roberto Cavalli.
Also sort of blandly retro, or maybe just plain bland. Betcha Grace Kelly could've worked the shit out of it, though.
Actress Sharon Stone arrives at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 benefit.
Completely batshit insane and doesn't give a flying fuck who knows it. Yeah, the dress is a hideosity, but who'd have the nerve to tell her? You go, Jungle Girl.
[Photos: WireImage/Celebutopia]
Actress Lucy Liu arrives at the Kung Fu Panda Premiere.
Lorenzo likes it. Tom thinks it's dull. Whatever visual interest is provided by the flower embellishments is canceled out by the dreary cigarette-smoke color palette.
Remember, we're talking red carpet dresses here. Which means that "just pretty" ain't gonna cover it. There has to be an eye-catching quality to the dress, otherwise it's failed its primary purpose.
Singer Mary J. Blige attends the party organized by Roberto Cavalli.
Apparently, she just came in from the pool.
Actress Michelle Yeoh arrives at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 benefit.
Too precious by a factor of about a thousand. And those ridiculous shoes aren't helping - not to mention they don't go with the dress.
Model Petra Nemcova attends the party organized by Roberto Cavalli.
Yawn.
Actress Aishwarya Rai attends the Vicky Cristina Barcelona premiere.
Stunning color and, let's face it, stunning woman. Aside from that it's fairly dull and poorly fitted. Bit of a titscrepancy there in the first picture.
Actress Aishwarya Rai arrive at the Blindness premiere.
Did her handlers roll her up in a ball and stuff her in a bag in the back of a limo?
Actress Elsa Pataky (and actor Adrien Brody) attend the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull premiere.
You know, we're really starting to hate that "titstrap" effect we're seeing more and more of. Yes, we get it. Your girls are so huge that a mere bra is not enough. You must have giant STRAPS running underneath them, over which your voluminous cups are spilling out. Why not just wear a hand-lettered sign that says "THESE ARE MY TITS"?
Model Eva Herzigova attends the Chopard Trophy Award Party.
Sort of blandly retro but we're suckers for anyone who can pull off a Carole Lombard look effectively.
Eva Herzigova attends the party organized by Roberto Cavalli.
Also sort of blandly retro, or maybe just plain bland. Betcha Grace Kelly could've worked the shit out of it, though.
Actress Sharon Stone arrives at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 benefit.
Completely batshit insane and doesn't give a flying fuck who knows it. Yeah, the dress is a hideosity, but who'd have the nerve to tell her? You go, Jungle Girl.
[Photos: WireImage/Celebutopia]
Senin, 02 Juni 2008
Don't Piss Off a Fashionista, Darlings.
Why? Because then they run to the New York Times to bitch about you.
RUH-ROH:
"This week for the New York premiere of “Sex and the City,” Sarah Jessica Parker wore a strapless Nina Ricci gown designed by Olivier Theyskens. It was one of 40 outfits that Parker planned for the movie’s premieres in London and Berlin, and the press junkets. She looked glamorous and happy in the dress and was asked several times by reporters on the red carpet if it was the sort of dress that Carrie Bradshaw would have worn. New Yorkers have no trouble seeing SJP as Carrie, and given the TV show’s name-dropping familiarity with the fashion world, what she wore to the opening was bound to get attention. It had to be stand-out.
Parker was surprised, then, to learn the morning after the premiere that the silver pleated Ricci dress had already been worn on a red-carpet—by Lauren (Davis) Santo Domingo at the Met ball, on May 5..."
Lauren Santo Domingo and Olivier Theyskens attend the Nina Ricci After Party For Met Ball on May 5, 2008.
"What bothered Parker was that she felt she had been deceived by both Grauso and Theyskens, who met her in the studio and assured her that the dress had never been worn except for magazine shoots.
"In the big picture, this is not important, but there is a relationship between the entertainment industry and fashion," Parker said on Thursday evening, adding. "We’ve watched sales dwindle and we’ve watched people be less inclined to spend money on clothes." To Parker, these are reasons for companies to take particular care with their relationships. "Look, my affection for the dress hasn’t changed," she said, "but what they did was so short-sighted. It’s just unethical and disappointing that they would allow the dress to be worn again."
Parker says she remarked to Theyskens during the fitting that she was surprised the dress hadn’t been worn before. He assured her it hadn’t.
"He didn’t say, ‘Well, actually I just escorted Lauren down the red carpet at the Met.’ " said Parker, adding, "I just wish it had been handled differently and they had been straight about it."
Ouch. Go read the fabulous Cathy Horyn's take on the whole thing.
Look, we get it. In a world where there are a million more important things than this, stuff like who wore what dress when seems pretty silly. On the other hand, there's something of a social and even a business contract involved in setups like these and SJP does have a right to be pissed. This is the movie of her career and Carrie is the role she'll be remembered for into her dotage. The NYC premiere was a BFD and all fashion eyes were on her. Starlets go into these arrangements on the strict understanding that they will be wearing something that hasn't been worn at an event before. It's up to the fashion houses and stylists to make sure of this. People let her down.
We turned to the fabulously glamorous Malan Breton, who has some experience dressing the famous for carpets red or otherwise. This is what he had to say:
"Darlings one thing I have learned is never lie to a client, even if you think it will lead to good publicity. I have dressed many girls and always asked if the piece has been worn before. No one wants to be in the same dress for a major event. Sarah looked so beautiful that night I was there and even in the dark lights of the Carlisle for the after-after party that dress shimmered so beautifully. Sadly she was misled. She is such a nice person, I cannot imagine she could believe anyone to be dishonest to her. Especially on a night that is one of the most important in her life.
One word of advice, always be honest with your clients!!! It will come back to bite you in the ass if you are not."
Yes, Meticulous Malan said "bite you in the ass." We think that demonstrates the gravity of the situation sufficiently.
[Photos: WireImage]
RUH-ROH:
"This week for the New York premiere of “Sex and the City,” Sarah Jessica Parker wore a strapless Nina Ricci gown designed by Olivier Theyskens. It was one of 40 outfits that Parker planned for the movie’s premieres in London and Berlin, and the press junkets. She looked glamorous and happy in the dress and was asked several times by reporters on the red carpet if it was the sort of dress that Carrie Bradshaw would have worn. New Yorkers have no trouble seeing SJP as Carrie, and given the TV show’s name-dropping familiarity with the fashion world, what she wore to the opening was bound to get attention. It had to be stand-out.
Parker was surprised, then, to learn the morning after the premiere that the silver pleated Ricci dress had already been worn on a red-carpet—by Lauren (Davis) Santo Domingo at the Met ball, on May 5..."
Lauren Santo Domingo and Olivier Theyskens attend the Nina Ricci After Party For Met Ball on May 5, 2008.
"What bothered Parker was that she felt she had been deceived by both Grauso and Theyskens, who met her in the studio and assured her that the dress had never been worn except for magazine shoots.
"In the big picture, this is not important, but there is a relationship between the entertainment industry and fashion," Parker said on Thursday evening, adding. "We’ve watched sales dwindle and we’ve watched people be less inclined to spend money on clothes." To Parker, these are reasons for companies to take particular care with their relationships. "Look, my affection for the dress hasn’t changed," she said, "but what they did was so short-sighted. It’s just unethical and disappointing that they would allow the dress to be worn again."
Parker says she remarked to Theyskens during the fitting that she was surprised the dress hadn’t been worn before. He assured her it hadn’t.
"He didn’t say, ‘Well, actually I just escorted Lauren down the red carpet at the Met.’ " said Parker, adding, "I just wish it had been handled differently and they had been straight about it."
Ouch. Go read the fabulous Cathy Horyn's take on the whole thing.
Look, we get it. In a world where there are a million more important things than this, stuff like who wore what dress when seems pretty silly. On the other hand, there's something of a social and even a business contract involved in setups like these and SJP does have a right to be pissed. This is the movie of her career and Carrie is the role she'll be remembered for into her dotage. The NYC premiere was a BFD and all fashion eyes were on her. Starlets go into these arrangements on the strict understanding that they will be wearing something that hasn't been worn at an event before. It's up to the fashion houses and stylists to make sure of this. People let her down.
We turned to the fabulously glamorous Malan Breton, who has some experience dressing the famous for carpets red or otherwise. This is what he had to say:
"Darlings one thing I have learned is never lie to a client, even if you think it will lead to good publicity. I have dressed many girls and always asked if the piece has been worn before. No one wants to be in the same dress for a major event. Sarah looked so beautiful that night I was there and even in the dark lights of the Carlisle for the after-after party that dress shimmered so beautifully. Sadly she was misled. She is such a nice person, I cannot imagine she could believe anyone to be dishonest to her. Especially on a night that is one of the most important in her life.
One word of advice, always be honest with your clients!!! It will come back to bite you in the ass if you are not."
Yes, Meticulous Malan said "bite you in the ass." We think that demonstrates the gravity of the situation sufficiently.
[Photos: WireImage]
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