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Oscar De La Renta The Style, Inspiration and Life of Oscar de La Renta

Oscar de la Renta’s work and life in Assouline Publishing’s vision

October 21, 2014 by The CoF

Remembering the gentleman of fashion that passed away Monday night at the age of 82 years. He was battling cancer since 2006. Oscar de la Renta fashion adventure began in Spain, chez Cristóbal Balenciaga ,after working in Paris at Lanvin finally moving in the 1960s to the United States launching his eponymous ready to wear line and becoming quickly a leading figure on the international fashion scene. After five succesful decades he continues to produce fascinating collections and projects all results of his enduring creative vision. De la […]

Categories: Book, Culture, Designers, Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Oscar de la Renta

T Magazine : Vogue by the Numbers

August 28, 2014 by The CoF

An article original from T Magazine by Jeff Oloizia The glossy has spawned an industry of imitators, two documentaries, a major Hollywood film and, perhaps most enduringly, a modern dance craze. It’s also gone through some serious changes over the course of its 121 years in print. (See the 10 most groundbreaking covers in the history of Vogue here.) In recent years, the fashion bible has traded willowy models for celebrities of all kinds, a trend that reached its apex in April […]

Categories: Fashion, Magazines • Tags: Anna Wintour, T magazine, Vogue

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Red Carpet at CFDA Awards 2014

June 3, 2014 by The CoF

Rihanna. Covered only with rhinestones and wrapped in a pink fur stole. Daring the outfit of the star at the CFDA Awards, the American fashion awards that have crowned her the Fashion Icon of the year. Here are all the stars and the winners of the evening. Because there wasn’t only Riri. From head-to-toes dressed in Adam Selman, Rihanna received the prize which elects her the Fashion Icon of the year. Not bad, and in any case consistent, the choice to present herself half naked to collect the prize […]

Categories: Celebrities, Fashion, Models, People • Tags: Anja Rubik, Anna Wintour, CFDA, CFDA Awards, diane von furstenberg, Joseph Altuzarra, Karlie Kloss, Raf Simons, Tom Ford

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Red Carpet at MET Ball 2014

May 6, 2014 by The CoF

A few hours ago, one of the largest art museum in the world Met reopened its doors to welcome guests of the Costume Institute Ball. The previous night, celebrities from all over the world, fashion designers at their arms with their muses and just rich people , who weren’t stingy to pay 25 thousand dollars for a ticket of, to be, even if just for a moment, near Sarah Jessica Parker , Victoria Beckham or Tom Ford , gathered at the newly inaugurated Anna Wintour Costume Center for the […]

Categories: Celebrities, Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Costume Institute, Dita von Teese, Johnny Depp, MET, Sarah Jessica Parker, Victoria Beckham

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Charles James : Beyond Fashion at MET

May 5, 2014 by The CoF

Tonight, May 5, one of the most attended fashion event of the year will be celebrated at the Costume Institute ball at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art . From 8 May, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York is home to the most anticipated show of the year, “Charles James: Beyond Fashion”. The occasion will also inaugurates the Anna Wintour Costume Center. With a Gala Benefit. Filled with celebrity. The exhibition “Charles James – Beyond Fashion” is a […]

Categories: Art, Culture • Tags: Anna Wintour, Charles James, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Best Of Front Row at New York Fashion Week Fall 2014

February 14, 2014 by The CoF

The biggest names in fashion and the celebs who have had access at New York Fashion Week Fall 2014 At the event have landed the biggest stars and personalities from the world of fashion. The Iron Lady of the fashion world,the director of American Vogue, Anna Wintour couldn’t miss the shows of her favorite designers . Or the former editor of Vogue Paris, Carine Roitfeld, accompanied by her daughter Julia Restoin Roitfeld. Among the stars, Kelly Rowland, seen at the parade of […]

Categories: Celebrities, Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, Fall 2014, front row, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Marc Jacobs, New York Fashion Week

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The front row at the Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014 shows

January 21, 2014 by The CoF

The biggest names in fashion and the celebs who have had access to the exclusive Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014 week Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week spring/summer 2014 started last Sunday. The Haute Couture Fashion Week can be considerate the most sophisticated among the various fashion weeks not only for the precious pieces presented on the catwalk but also thanks to the crowd it draws from haute couture buyers to the biggest stars and personalities from the world. At Atlelier Versace […]

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Anna Wintour, Carla Bruni, Franca Sozzani, Haute couture, Kate Bosworth, Lady Gaga, Paris, spring/summer 2014

Oscar de la Renta’s work and life in Assouline Publishing’s vision

January 20, 2014 by The CoF

Oscar de la Renta fashion adventure began in Spain, chez Cristóbal Balenciaga ,after working in Paris at Lanvin finally moving in the 1960s to the United States launching his eponymous ready to wear line and becoming quickly a leading figure on the international fashion scene. After five succesful decades he continues to produce fascinating collections and projects all results of his enduring creative vision. De la Renta once declared “I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big […]

Categories: Book, Culture, Designers • Tags: Anna Wintour, Assouline Publishing, Oscar de la Renta

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Designer Tom Ford and actress Julianne Moore attend CFDA and Vogue 2013 Fashion Fund Finalists Celebration at Spring Studios on November 11, 2013 in New York City.

Guests at CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists Celebration 2013

November 12, 2013 by The CoF

Last night at the New York School of Art Spring Studios in Tribeca, the ceremony for winners of CFDA VOGUE Fashion Fund awards. Top honor and recognition (and a cash award of $ 300,000 ) went to duo, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne from Public School a menswear label.“We’ve been having such a great year, we were happy just to be here with you,” said the designers. Second place was shared by jewelry designer Marc Alary and Juan Carlos Obando , their reward […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, CFDA, CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, diane von furstenberg, Julianne Moore, Tom Ford, Vogue

Hilary Swank, Michael Kors and Anna Wintour

Red Carpet at God’s Love We Deliver 2013 Golden Heart Awards Celebration

October 17, 2013 by The CoF

Famous personalities , including Anna Wintour ,Bette Midler,Sigourney Weaver, Karlie Kloss , Anja Rubik , Michael Kors , and many others have gathered to support the charitable mission God’s Love We Deliver that honors the most active philanthropists from the world of fashion, film and show business. For the first time the non-profit organization introduced a new award named after the American designer Michael Kors, who has over twenty years of making large donations to the fund.Michael Kors Award for […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Aerin lauder, Anna Wintour, God's Love We Deliver, Hillary Clinton, Michael Kors, New York City, October 2013, Red carpet

Front row at Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2014 collection

October 2, 2013 by The CoF

Paris Fashion Week is coming to an end and this morning guests invited at the Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2014 collection already knew (after the news that MJ exits was officially confirmed this morning )that they would see the latest collection of designer Marc Jacobs for the legendary fashion house. Guests appeared at Le Carre du Louvre, discussing the big news. The farewell show of Jacobs, who worked for the company 16 years, was perceived with admiration by the public and media […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Emmanuelle Alt, front row, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, Marc Jacobs, Paris Fashion Week, Sofia Coppola, spring/summer 2014

Front Row at Chanel Spring/Summer 2014 collection

October 1, 2013 by The CoF

A few hours ago Paris Fashion Week ended with one of the most important and high-profile shows the one of Chanel who presented its spring/summer 2014 collection next. One of the halls of the exhibition center Grand Palais was turned into an art galerry by the creative director of the brand ,Karl Lagerfeld,with dozens of art objects by contemporary artists inspired by the aesthetics of the legendary house Chanel. In the first row of fashion show that featured Cara Delevingne […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Chanel, front row, Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld, Lou Doillon, Paris Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014

Front row at Saint Laurent spring/summer 2014 collection

October 1, 2013 by The CoF

The final fashion show yesterday as part of Paris Fashion Week was the display of the Saint Laurent spring/summer 2014 collection by his creative director Hedi Slimane. By ten o’clock at Grand Palais near the Champs-Elysées, guests began to arrive. Salma Hayek with her husband Francois Henri Pinault, Dasha Zhukova, Lenny Kravitz, Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, and many others have taken the front rows. Related articles Front Row at Gucci spring/summer 2014 collection (thecitizensoffashion.com) Front Row at Nina Ricci Spring/Summer 2014 collection […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, François-Henri Pinault, Hedi Slimane, Lenny Kravitz, Paris Fashion Week, Saint Laurent, Salma Hayek, spring/summer 2014

Fashion titans celebrated Franca Sozzani for her 25 years at Vogue Italia

September 30, 2013 by The CoF

No fashion event saw such a fashionable crowd for a long time and it will stay like this for long from now on. This year, a quarter century has passed since the arrival of Franca Sozzani in the team of VOGUE Italia like its editor-in-chief. On this occasion, Jonathan Newhouse, head of Condé Nast International,last night arranged a surprise party attended by friends and colleagues of Sozzani, at Kaspia Caviar, one of the most exclusive restaurants in Paris at the Place de […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Condé Nast Publications, Conde Nast, Editor-in-chief, Events, Franca Sozzani, Jonathan Newhouse, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, Valentino Garavani, Vogue, Vogue Italia

W Magazine Celebrates Craig McDean’s Book during Paris Fashion Week

September 30, 2013 by The CoF

Last Friday W’s magazine editor Stefano Tonchi and photographer Craig McDean invited friends and colleagues to celebrate the release of a new book . Such a number of fashion insiders is difficult to see even on the most high-profile events : designers , models ,chief editors of major publications, as well as movie stars have gathered in 1728 restaurant located in the Hôtel Mazin La Fayette, to congratulate the photographer for the book. “The book is [about] the time when […]

Categories: Book, Fashion, People • Tags: Amber Valletta, Anna Wintour, Craig McDean, Events, Guinevere Van Seenus, Kate Moss, Models, Paris, Stefano Tonchi

Front Row at Nina Ricci Spring/Summer 2014 collection

September 27, 2013 by The CoF

The second day of Paris Fashion Week was marked by yet another demonstration that we could not pass by. Creative director of Nina Ricci ,Peter Copping presented yesterday his vision of the future spring/summer season. However, creating a spring-summer collection of the brand, the designer Peter Copping was inspired by the romantic era : “I thought of the XVIII century, when men were romantics and were not shy about it,” – said the designer. There is no doubt that a synonym of […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, front row, Nina Ricci, Olivia Palermo, Paris, Paris Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014

Guests at Balengiaga Spring/Summer 2014 collection

September 26, 2013 by The CoF

Today, as part of Paris Fashion Week ,one of the most anticipated fashion show: Balenciaga by Alexander Wang introduced the spring/summer 2014 collection. Despite the early time ,9 am local time , guests gather at the Paris Observatory to see what Mr.Wang prepared for next summer. Salma Hayek with her husband Francois Henri Pinault(chief executive officer of Kering, the group that owns Balenciaga), Anna Dello Russo,Anna Wintour, Andre Leon Talley, Emmanuelle Alt, and many other guests . After the show, […]

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Alexander Wang, andre leon talley, Anna Dello Russo, Anna Wintour, Balenciaga, Emmanuelle Alt, front row, Paris, Paris Fashion Week, Salma Hayek, spring/summer 2014

Front Row at Marni spring/summer 2014 collection

September 23, 2013 by The CoF

On Sunday morning, the Italian fashion house Marni presented the collection spring/summer 2014 as part of the Milan Fashion Week. Creative director of the brand,Consuelo Castiglioni held for the first time the show in the so-called Spazio Marni at the new address Viale Umbria 42. In the front row as usual gathered chief editors of leading international fashion magazines – Anna Wintour, Franca Sozzani, as well as models, bloggers and many more. Related articles Front Row at Gucci spring/summer 2014 […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Anna Wintour, front row, Marni, Milan Fashion Week, miroslava duma, spring/summer 2014, Ulyana Sergeenko

Front Row at Gucci spring/summer 2014 collection

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

On the first day of the Milan fashion week,Frida Giannini the creative director of Gucci presented the spring/summer 2014 collection . In the front row of fashion shows could be seen Blake Lively ( face of the Gucci Première fragrance) , Anna Wintour ,Anna Dello Russo, and the owner of Kering (previously PPR group ), Francois Henri Pinault. Many of the guests appeared on the show in the clothing brand, for example, actress Blake Lively chose a dress, sandals, clutches […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Anna Wintour, Blake Lively, Fashion week, Frida Giannini, Gucci, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014

The Global Fund and The Green Carpet Challenge in London

September 17, 2013 by The CoF

After the Burberry’s show, many of the guests gathered at the event held by the organization The Global Fund and The Green Carpet Challenge at the London residence of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House , located in Hyde Park . The evening was hosted by the Earl and Countess of Mornington with Anna Wintour , the founder of The Green Carpet Challenge, Livia Firth and founder of Net-a-Porter and Chairman of the British Fashion Council Natalie Massenet presented the first collection of ethical products. […]

Categories: Fashion, News, People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Apsley House, Christopher Kane, Livia Firth, LONDON, Natalie Massenet, Roland Mouret, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Victoria Beckham

Front row at Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2014

September 17, 2013 by The CoF

Yesterday, 16 September, London Fashion Week held one of the most anticipated shows: Burberry Prorsum. At the Royal Borough of Kensington Park in the heart of the British capital , the creative director of Burberry, Christopher Bailey presented the spring/summer 2014 collection called “English Rose ” . The fashion show was embodied perfectly the spirit of the British brand : light music , a lot of coats ,Cara Delevingne on the podium and a rain of rose petals at the […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Arizona Muse, Burberry, burberry prorsum, Christopher Bailey, LONDON, London Fashion Week, sienna miller, spring/summer 2014

The Novak Djokovic Foundation Charity Dinner in New York

September 11, 2013 by The CoF

The day after the finals of the U.S. Open Tennis , the chairman of the fund Novak Djokovic Foundation Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic held his annual fundraising dinner in New York. A charity evening and a live auction aimed at maintaining pre-school programs in Serbia,the homeland of Novak Djokovic. Previous events , arranged last year in New York and in July this year in London helped to raise a total of more than 3.2 million dollars for children from […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Charity, Donna Karan, Naomi Campbell, New York, Novak Djokovic, Novak Djokovic Foundation, Serbia, U.S. Open

Front row at Alexander Wang and Altuzarra Spring/Summer 2014 Collections

September 9, 2013 by The CoF

Fashion Week in New York City it is always a Star Show too. Sometimes the attention from the fashion show is moved to the celebrities in front row. Well this year is no exception. This weekend at the exhibition center of Pier 15 ,the Alexander Wang‘s fashion show gathered a pretty big number of famous faces : Courtney Love, Kerry Washington, the new daddy Kanye West, Terry Richardson and many others. At the show of the designer Joseph Altuzarra in the front […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Alexander Wang, Anna Wintour, front row, Joseph Altuzarra, Kanye West, New York City, New York Fashion Week, Rachel Zoe, spring/summer 2014, Terry Richardson

Alicia Keys, Anna Wintour and Maria Sharapova

Front Row At Jason Wu Spring/Summer 2014 Collection

September 7, 2013 by The CoF

The exhibition center at 82 Mercer last night was a demonstration of the fact that Jason Wu is one of the hottest designers now. To see the new collection of the American designer, the front row was a show itself : Anna Wintour gathered, Kate Lanfer, Maria Sharapova and many others. ” Wu called the collection “a dialogue between construction and ease,” and the conversation produced one of his most persuasive shows in a while. In recent seasons, the designer […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Alicia Keys, Anna Wintour, Emily Mortimer, front row, Jason Wu, Maria Sharapova, New York Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014

Charles James, America’s premier couturier at Met 2014

September 4, 2013 by The CoF

Charles James, America’s premier couturier who was known for his scientific and mathematical approach to fashion, will be the centerpiece of the Costume Institute spring exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition, “Charles James: Beyond Fashion,” shows hundreds of his pieces and runs from May 8 to August 10. Beyond fashion, the name of the exhibition was born from an idea of James himself, who used it as provisional title of his autobiography. The designer felt that his […]

Categories: Fashion, News, People • Tags: 5 may 2014, Anna Wintour, Beyond Fashion, Bradley Cooper, Charles James, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art

From Chaos To Couture At Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute

May 7, 2013 by The CoF

Curator: Andrew Bolton of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Co-chairs: Anna Wintour, Lauren Santo Domingo, Riccardo Tisci, Rooney Mara, Beyoncé Knowles Head Treatments: Guido Palau Exhibition Logo creative direction by Peter Saville Films and creative consulting by Nick Knight, edited by Ruth Hogben Music by John Gosling, programmed by Raymond Watts Photos by Betty Sze for Models.com source : http://models.com/mdx/costume-institute-chaos-to-couture/

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, BEYONCÉ KNOWLES, From Chaos to Couture, John Gosling, Lauren Santo Domingo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nick Knight, Riccardo Tisci, Rooney Mara

Vogue Italia Talents Corner

February 26, 2013 by The CoF

The event that combines fashion scouting with shopping A.Wintour, F.Marchetti, F.Sozzani Lana Del Rey jessica stam Silvia Venturini Fendi Roberto Cavalli Alberta Ferretti Margherita Missoni Giuseppe Zanotti Delfina Delettrez Fendi Suzy Menkes Stefano Tonchi G.Trussardi and F.Sozzani Dana Lorenz Kzeniya Oudenot Jackie Lee Kirsty Ward Vincenzo Somarrelli Francio Ferrari and Licia Florio Edgardo Osorio Heaven Tanuduredja Anna Dello Russo

Categories: Fashion • Tags: alberta ferretti, Anna Wintour, Franca Sozzani, Milan Fashion Week, Roberto Cavalli, Suzy Menkes, Vogue Italia

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Famous People At New York Fashion Week Fall 2013

February 12, 2013 by The CoF

See which models, bloggers and actresses braved the icy chill to attend New York Fashion Week’s biggest shows. Hollywood actress Uma Thurman lit up the front row at Donna Karan. Drew Barrymore greeted photographers at the Rag & Bone show with a toothy grin rarely seen FROW-side. David Beckham sat next to editor of US Vogue Anna Wintour at Victoria Beckham’s autumn/winter ’13 show. Noon by Noor saw style maven Olivia Palermo arrive at the show in heavy fur layers. Model-come-TV show host Heidi Klum took a bow […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Coco Rocha, Jessica Stam, New York Fashion Week, Olivia Palermo, Project Runway, Victoria Beckham, Vogue

PUNK: Chaos To Couture Exhibition At The MET

February 12, 2013 by The CoF

“There has been no other counterculture with as much influence on fashion,” said Andrew Bolton, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute on this rainy Monday morning. Standing in front of a frozen image of the Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten, he was referring to the movement inspiring this year’s show, “Punk: Chaos to Couture” (May 9–August 11). Surrounding him were iconic and groundbreaking looks from the likes ofVivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren (their “Tits” and “Two Naked Cowboys” tees, shocking when released in the mid-seventies). […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Malcolm McLaren, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Riccardo Tisci, Sex Pistols, Trafalgar Square, Vivienne Westwood, Zandra Rhodes

Dolce & Gabbana’s Second Couture Collection : Alta Moda

January 31, 2013 by The CoF

The top-heavy presence of innumerable headset-wearing security guards was an unexpected add-on to proceedings at last week’s Dolce & Gabbana’s “Alta Moda” show in Milan. But the surprise didn’t last for long. For the 80-strong audience included Arabian princesses (one in a strikingly short ostrich feather dress), African heiresses, Italian contessas, Russian oligarchs’ wives and Chinese millionairesses. Along with Monica Bellucci and five Vogue editors (including Alexandra Shulman from London and Anna Wintour from New York), they had flown in from the […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Alexandra Shulman, Alta Moda, Anna Wintour, Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, Monica Bellucci, New York

Anna Wintour’s Boyfriend

January 19, 2013 by The CoF

We got a brief look into the life of Vogue magazine’s Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour in the film The September Issue, but other than a previous marriage and divorce, we didn’t get too many details about her love life. According to Fashionista, this fashion tastemaker has been canoodling with the same boo, telecommunications pioneer and Texas millionaire, Shelby Bryan since 1999.While we don’t see much about their relationship in Page Six or any other gossip sites that give insight into our other favorite celebrity couples, the pair has been spotted out and about […]

Categories: Contact, News • Tags: Anna Wintour, Barack Obama, Editor-in-chief, Fashion, Jann Wenner, September Issue, Shelby Bryan, Vogue, White House

Oscar de la Renta Opens Studio to John Galliano

January 18, 2013 by The CoF

Oscar de la Renta may be paving the way for John Galliano to reenter the fashion world. In a stunning development, de la Renta has invited the disgraced Galliano to spend some time with him in his New York design studio over the next three weeks, WWD has learned. “John and I have known each other for many years and I am a great admirer of his talent,” de la Renta said. “He has worked long and hard on his […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Anti-Defamation League, Antisemitism, Galliano, John, John Galliano, Oscar de la Renta, Renta

Karl Lagerfeld at WWD CEO Summit

January 9, 2013 by The CoF

Karl Lagerfeld / Photo By John Aquino The Paris spring haute couture may be less than two weeks away, but Karl Lagerfeld didn’t let that stop him from flying to New York for the WWD CEO Summit. After all, as he put it with a nod to his penchant for the private aviation sector, “There are traveling conditions and traveling conditions, so it’s not that difficult.” Nor, it seemed, was it for him to attract a glossy entourage for the occasion, […]

Categories: Beauty, Design, Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, Carrie Donovan, Chanel, Fashion, Karl Lagerfeld, New York Times, Sarah Jessica Parker

Anna Wintour Ambassador?

December 5, 2012 by The CoF

By Erik Maza,with contributions from Samantha Conti, Evan Clark, Lisa Lookwood Wondering what Anna Wintour wants has become a cottage industry of its own. Does she want to be a diplomat? A theatrical impresario? A grand dame? Have a broader corporate editorial role? Well, that last one may have some truth to it. Every couple of months, someone, typically on deadline, throws out a new scenario. How about Anna to go on for Regis? And then in a matter of minutes […]

Categories: People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Barack Obama, Lifestyle, LONDON, Louis Susman, Matthew Barzun, People, Vogue, White House

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Little Black Jacket:Chanel’s Classic Revisited

November 24, 2012 by The CoF

To coincide with the release of his book, Little Black Jacket: Chanel‘s Classic Revisited, Karl Lagerfeld is putting the pages of the book on display. In late March, the exhibit opened in Tokyo. Then for eight days the exhibit was housed at New York’s Swiss Institute. Its next destination is Taipei, China, and after that, even more cities, which have not yet been announced. The book features 113 images of industry tastemakers from Coco Chanel herself, Anna Wintour, Yoko Ono, Daphne […]

Categories: Book, People • Tags: Alice Dellal, Anna Wintour, Chanel, Daphne Guinness, Karl Lagerfeld, Lifestyle, Mariacarla Boscono, Olivier Theyskens, People, Yoko Ono

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Grace:A Memoir By Grace Coddington

November 24, 2012 by The CoF

“If Wintour is the Pope . . . , Coddington is Michelangelo, trying to paint a fresh version of the Sistine Chapel twelve times a year,” Time magazine said in 2009, after Vogue’s creative director rather unexpectedly was launched into the public consciousness by the hit documentary The September Issue. Grace Coddington has been a force in fashion for 50 years, as a model and a creative director. Julie Kavanagh, her assistant in the 1970s and a friend ever since, captures her style, then […]

Categories: People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Calvin Klein, Coddington, Grace, Grace Coddington, Lifestyle, Norman Parkinson, People, September Issue, Vogue

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Citizens Of Fashion:Uma Wang

November 22, 2012 by The CoF

She’s a designer; actually, without a doubt she is one of the most successful Chinese designers. She studied at the China Textile University of Shanghai and at London’s Central Saint Martins. Before launching her eponymous line Uma Wang, she worked as an assistant for a Chinese brand. Besides designing the shapes, she also creates the threads and fabrics on her own. “As a child, in northern China, I would spend hours watching my father prepare medicines by using different ingredients, almost like […]

Categories: People • Tags: Anna Wintour, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, China, Fashion, LONDON, Milan, New York, People, Shanghai, style, Taoism