Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tom Ford and Olivier Theyskens to show

Fashion news: Tom Ford and Olivier Theyskens to show at NYFW, Heidi Klum for New Balance, and Lagerfeld cancels Lagerfeld show



Photography by Peter Stigter

It’s Christmas in September: Tom Ford and Olivier Theyskens will preview their womenswear collections–Theyskens is designing a line for Theory–during New York Fashion Week.
Karl Lagerfeld won’t show his Lagerfeld line in Paris. He’s working on a new “masstige” label that will sell online.
One hundred designers, including Alexander Wang, Narciso Rodriguez and Jeremy Laing, shared their Spring 2011 inspirations using one image and one word.
While Valentino has stepped down from his eponymous label you can still get a taste of the last emperor at the newly opened Valentino Garavani Archives in Paris. The archives include sketches, photographs and a rotating selection of dresses.
Model and Project Runway host Heidi Klum will be launching her own clothing line with New Balance. The sportswear line will be available on Amazon.com.
Lane Crawford is celebrating its 160th anniversary with a collaborative project. 160 fashion personalities including Anna Dello Russo, Simon Doonan and Kate Lanphear will customize a classic Burberry trenchcoat which will be auctioned off for charity.
Is Max Azria the new LVMH? The Tunisian designer and  a private investor have purchased Karstadt, a German chain of department stores.
Karl Lagerfeld has sketched a number of the 2010 World Cup’s standout players–and himself–for the football-fashion magazine SEPP.
Bookmarc, Marc Jacobs‘s bookstore, is now open. [Racked]
Natalia Vodianova has been cast as the leading lady in the movie Belle de Signeur alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. The movie will hit theatres in 2012.
The many hats of Victoria Beckham: the former Spice Girl has added ‘director’ to her resumé launched her first fashion film. Called Dresses the film gives an intimate look into her Fall/Winter 2010 collection.

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