Coutorture

Daphne Guinness, Marc Jacobs, and Madonna Celebrate with Valentino

coutorture — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:51:22 -0800

Daphne Guinness, Byrdie Bell, Julie Henderson, Lauren Remington Platt, Adrien Brody, Marc Jacobs, and Lorenzo Martone gathered at The Standard hotel in New York to join Valentino in celebrating the DVD launch of the documentary film Valentino: The Last Emperor. Madonna and Jesus Luz also attended the party, but avoided cameras by sneaking out a back exit post-event with Steven Klein.

New York 11/03/09. WireImage

Georgina Chapman Launches a Collection with Garrard

PopSugar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:58 -0700

Georgina Chapman had friends and family on hand last night as she debuted her new line with British jeweler Garrard in the company's New York store. Her whimsical collection features a heavy feather motif, and famous faces like Mischa Barton, Becki Newton and Helena Christensen where there to check out the new jewels.

New York 10/27. WireImage and Getty.

After Party: Alexander Wang and Love Magazine

coutorture — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:01:33 -0700

Alexander Wang held his spring 2010 after party (co-hosted by Katie Grand and Love magazine) on the west side of Manhattan in a Mobil gas station parking lot. Hundreds waited in line to take part in the free-for-all mini market and live performances by Courtney Love and Santigold. [The Cut Twitter, Dazed Digital]

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Seen Around Town: Fashion's Night Out

coutorture — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:28:16 -0700

Fashion's Night Out brought crowds of shoppers to all five boroughs in Manhattan last evening, as retailers opened doors late night and celebrated fall fashion with designer appearances, live musical performances, trunk shows, street parties, book signings and do-it-yourself sewing circles.

Our first stop was Barney's were we visited Isabel and Ruben Toledo (the former signing copies of her new book and the later illustrating shoppers on the inside cover), chatted with Alabama Chanin's Natalie Chanin as she watched over her 5th floor sewing circle, said hello to Behnaz Sarafpour (busy sketching her fall 2009 collection for a line of shoppers) and breezed by Rogan Gregory (hand-painting Loomstate tee shirts) and Organic's John Patrick (spreading the good word on sustainable wool farming) on the Co-Op floor.

Walking out of a packed Barney's and on to Madison Avenue proved to be even more interesting, as we spotted Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos riding bikes decorated especially for Fashion's Night Out (and stocked with cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beers) on their way to visit Vena Cava's Brooklyn block party and take a turn in the dunk tank.

Only two feet in front of Shipley and Halmos on the corner of 60th street we ran into Francisco Costa standing outside of his Calvin Klein store, signing tee shirts while Jamie Burke performed inside. All this before even heading downtown...

Also of note, Rachel Roy and Estelle celebrating the opening of the Rachel Rachel Roy pop-up shop in Soho; Opening Ceremony's trunk show where Voguette were seen scooping up Alexander Wang's fall collection by the armfuls; Rag and Bone's David Neville and Marcus Wainwright toasting friends with Guinness; and the mayhem that was caused by Victoria Beckham, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen all under the same roof at Bergdorf Goodman.

The rain sprits clearly bow to Anna Wintour as the weather held off until just before 11pm when most revelers stashed away their wallets and focused on the parties at hand. Judging by the number of people out on the streets and walking into the stores, Fashion's Night Out was a great success. The city that never sleeps has rarely looked more alive (or more beautiful).

Burberry Lights Up The New York City Skyline

coutorture — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:03 -0700

Last night Burberry staked their claim on the New York City skyline by lighting up 50-f oot-long Burberry signs atop their new Madison Avenue headquarters. Thanks in part to the establishment of The Burberry Foundation and a $50,000 donation to local youth projects, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday "Burberry Day" in New York. There to celebrate were Burberry's Christopher Bailey, Lily Donaldson, Terence Koh, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and more. Check out photos from last night's rooftop fête atop The Palace Hotel in the gallery below.

Bulgari "Between Eternity And History" Opening Exhibition

coutorture — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:44:51 -0700

Last night celebrities and fashion folk gathered in Rome to celebrate the opening of Bulgari's retrospective, titled, "Between Eternity and History: 1884-2009". As part of their 125th anniversary celebration over five hundred works of jewelry, watchmaking and objets d’art were on display. Check out images from last night's even in the gallery below.

"The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion" Costume Institute Gala

coutorture — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:05:00 -0700

Photos by Mazur/Wireimage & Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images.

Fashion In 50 Seconds 04/30/09 Met Gala Rumors & More

coutorture — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:07:23 -0700

A rumor is circulating that some models will have to pay a $7,500 entrance fee to attend Monday's Met gala.

Mango has announced Jin Youn Lee the winner of its second annual design competition.

Christian Siriano's shoes for Payless will not look on shelves as they did on the runway (or the press preview).

Matthew Williamson's fete for the coming of his H&M range involved pina coladas and a performance by Grace Jones.

Read Rachel Roy's Tweets Right Here!

coutorture — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:09:04 -0700

Tonight from 6-8pm EST designer Rachel Roy will be taking over our Twitter, bringing us her thoughts on the launch of Rachel Rachel Roy and more. Tune in below or directly on Twitter!

coutorture — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:06:12 -0700

Rachel Roy Taking Over @Coutorture Tomorrow!

Fashion designer Rachel Roy is celebrating the launch of her bridge line for Macy's this week and she'll be tweeting the whole thing! Tomorrow night, at the launch celebration for the Rachel Rachel Roy line, the designer will be tweeting from our very own Twitter account! That's right! From 6-8pm Rachel Roy will be taking over @Coutorture and tweeting about the festivities and her thoughts on the new range. Feel free to ask questions or make comments by tagging your tweet with #RachelRoy. The following afternoon, on Thursday, Rachel Roy will once again be tweeting about her new line. This time the designer will tweet from her own Twitter account during a live press conference starting at 3pm. Click on the title link to follow us (and Rachel) on Twitter!