Posts Tagged ‘Karl Lagerfeld’
Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on March 25th, 2009
Ever since their inception into the pop charts Franz Ferdinand have been pretty fashion savvy, but now they’re stepping things up a notch as they’ve enlisted Danish designer Christian Westphal to come up with costumes for their upcoming tour. Promoting their latest album ‘Tonight’ their tour takes them across Europe and then to the US including an appearance at Californian festival Coachella.
The Franz are obviously keeping their fingers in as many fashion pies as possible, the Scottish quartet have also been snapped by Karl Lagerfeld for German magazine Stern, as well as featuring in the latest John Varvatos ad campaign.
[Source: WWD]
Tags: christian westphal, coachella, costumes, franz ferdinand, Karl Lagerfeld, tour
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Clothing, Designer Spotlight, News
By Will Reid on February 16th, 2009
Fashion extraordinaire and all-round legend Karl Lagerfeld recently told the press that “an H&M dress and a Chanel dress can look the same in a small photo, but not in real life” and explained that he isn’t ready to take the Chanel label online. However, Opening Ceremony (the great albeit not couture label) have just opened their website and online shop.
The online store will offer a mixture of the label’s own collection as well as other brilliant labels. After all, this is a label favoured by many a hipster and frequently sees collaborations with the likes of Chloë Sevigny.
Prepare to max out the credit card.
Tags: brandish, Chanel, chloe sevigny, couture, H&M, haute-couture, internet, Karl Lagerfeld, online, Opening Ceremony, shiny media, shop, site, willl reid
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Clothing, Designer Spotlight, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on November 26th, 2008
It’s that time of year when men and women of every age are all forgetting about work and turning their thoughts to something much more important-
Christmas presents. I’m not talking about gifts for the slightly odd uncle or some flowers for that 80-year old neighbour who suddenly said ‘hello’ yesterday even though you heard she had died two months ago (just me?) I mean a
Chanel Menswear tweed coat.
The great Karl Lagerfeld is no idiot when it comes to the gift-giving season and for the eighth issue of Fantastic Man, he has asked Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist) to shoot the latest collection of elusive Chanel menswear for an article written by Charlie Porter. Wow.
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See after the jump for all the pictures from the editorial!
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Tags: brad koenig, brandish, Chanel, christmas, Clothing, Collection, Designer Spotlight, editorial, fantastic man, fantastic man 8, fashion, gift, Karl Lagerfeld, menswear, model, presents, sartorialist, scott schuman, the sartorialist, will reid
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Heroes and Celebrities
By Jonathan Smith on October 14th, 2008
French reference book and national institution, Le Petit Larousse has chosen to feature our favourite, Kaiser Karl Lagerfeld as their cover image. The annual book containing a dictionary of commonly used words and an encyclopaedia of proper nouns (all in French obvs.) has in the past chosen cartoon legend Moebius aka Jean Giraud and fashion great Christian Lacroix to rest upon the cover, so it is no stretch to find Lagerfeld’s unforgettable visage on the dictionary.
I love the fact that the French do stuff like this, I also love the fact that the English don’t. Could you imagine looking at the Collins English Dictionary and have Alexander McQueen looking back at you? Thought not.
[Source: La MJC]
Tags: alexander mcqueen, christian lacroix, dictionary, Karl Lagerfeld, le petit larousse, moebius, reference
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Clothing, Heroes and Celebrities
By Jonathan Smith on October 1st, 2008
Major fashion retailer H&M has got together with Japanese fashion ninjas Comme des Garçons to bring you the latest in affordable fashion. H&M is not new to collaborating with the big wigs of fashion, their ’04 colab with Kaiser Karl Lagerfeld springs immediately to mind, so the new line of clothes has been eagerly awaited for months now and has sprung many an internet debate mostly focusing on the cost of the pieces which are to be expected to be on the pricey side for the rock bottom retailer H&M.
Personally I fear that the prices and the clothes themselves may fall into a no man’s land between the thrifty ubiquity of H&M’s standard line and the high level exclusivity of Comme des Garçon’s, both end’s of the scale cancelling each other out landing the line in a chasm of mediocrity… though, *pause for effect* only time will tell…
Jump through for my menswear highlights of the collection available at select stores worldwide from the 13th of November.
[Source: Nitrolicious]
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Tags: A/W 2008, colaboration, Comme Des Garcons, H&M, Karl Lagerfeld, Nitrolicious
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Accessories, Designer Spotlight, News
By Will Reid on September 22nd, 2008
Jordan Askill, a designer whose work for Dior Homme and Ksubi has cemented him as a name to keep an eye on, has launched a jewellery collection at Dover Street Market (DSM.) Dover Street Market is a fashion emporium founded by Rei Kawakubo and her husband and it has become known for its artistic installations, exclusive lines and designer collaborations. In previous years, we’ve seen a hotel room designed by Alber Elbaz of Lanvin and a Tiki-hut check-out.
Akill’s jewellery line is made up of edgy, androgynous pieces that could be worn by either guys or girls and Vogue reports that “the debut jewellery offering features bird, boy and rose motifs as fragile and rare entities – the flora, fauna and humanity of life – set in a claw to denote them as “precious memories to capture“. Lovely.
(Source: Vogue UK)
Tags: Accessories, art, bracelet, brandish, Comme Des Garcons, design, Designer Spotlight, dior, Dior Homme, dior homme sport, dover street market, dsm, Entertainment, fashion, Hedi Slimane, Jewellery, Karl Lagerfeld, necklace, News, rei kawakubo
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Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on September 10th, 2008
Now this looks like my kind of party!
I feel like a horrible, disgusting sorry excuse for a fashion follower. Why am I bound by such emotional wounds? Why do I feel so sick-minded and wrong?
Answer: I want an invitation to Fake Karl’s closet. Yes, it’s true! I, Will Reid, couldn’t think of anything this week that could be desired more than a day of hanging upside down with Anna and Karl sipping our “respective drinks.”
And don’t even tell me you don’t want to too. There’s even a Yohji Yamamoto-shaped hole in the window!
Click here for an explanation!
(Image: The Journey)
Tags: alexander mcqueen, Anna Wintour, blog, blogs, brandish, catwalk queen, Chanel, comedy, designer, Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, fake karl, fakes, fashion, fashion week, Issey Miyake, Karl Lagerfeld, laugh, New York Fashion Week, party, Tom Ford, vogue, will reid, yohji yamamoto
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Clothing, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on September 4th, 2008
This week’s ‘Love The Look’ sees Joshua Jackson, and boyfriend of Diane Kruger, looking incredibly dapper in a Hollywood screen-star suit. I’m guessing that, by the waistcoat, details and fact that just about every Hollywood man at the moment is hooked, that the suit is by Tom Ford but who care’s about a lack of originality when you’ve made this much effort!
The details are the key: the perfect black buttons, the patent glint of the shoes, the bold bow-tie and silk (yet classy) lapel of the jacket. Joshua was attending the Jaeger-Le Coultre Gala at the 65th Venice Film Festival and while most men would look a bit pants next to a Chanel muse and seasoned-wearer of Dior, Elie Saab and Prada, Jackson proves he’s a worthy sartorial opponent.
(Image: Olycom SPA/ Rex Features)
Tags: 65th venice film festival, brandish, cannes, celeb, Celebrities, Chanel, dawson's creek, diane kruger, elie saab, Entertainment, feature, festival, film, Film festival, hero, josh jackson, joshua jackson, Karl Lagerfeld, love the look, movie, prada, style, style icon, Tom Ford, venice film festival
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Designer Spotlight, Gallery, Heroes and Celebrities
By Jonathan Smith on September 2nd, 2008
More Kaiser Karl for you today and this time it’s a shoot that he has done for issue #96 of Numero. The shoot for a feature called “La Couture” is inspired by film noir and has Lagerfeld’s go-to girls of couture Karmen Pedaru, Heidi Mount and Vlada Roslyakova. Though strictly speaking this is more of a female orientated shoot it does feature a couple of male models and all the outfits look great so it’s worth checking out.
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[Images from fashionologie.com]
Tags: Chanel, couture, film noir, Heidi Mount, Karl Lagerfeld, Karmen Pedaru, numero, Vlada Roslyakova
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Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on September 2nd, 2008
“Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them”
For a man who claims to not only feel no human emotion but to want no possessions, memories or immortilisation, Karl Lagerfeld sure likes to have his bedazzled fingers in a lot of different pies. After Grand Theft Auto, the Kaiser has collaborated with the German toy manufacturer Steiff on a Karl Lagerfeld teddy bear. That means a bear decked out in all the maestro’s signature pieces; the sunglasses, the rings, the high-collared shirt, skinny trousers, statement belt and skinny tie.
See after the jump for a full-detail picture and all the information!
Tags: american, bears, Chanel, collaboration, design, designer, Designer Spotlight, fashion, germany, gift, grand theft auto, Karl Lagerfeld, neiman marcus, quote, steiff, style, teddy bear, toy, w magazine
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Designer Spotlight, Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on July 1st, 2008
After starring as a DJ in GTA4 and making a diet book, Karl Lagerfeld decided to take on road safety in this campaign. The text reads “It’s yellow, it’s ugly, it doesn’t go with anything, but it could save your life”. Slightly more sage advice than what was given out in his dieting book.
Tags: dieting book, grand theft auto, Karl Lagerfeld, Road safety
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Designer Spotlight, News, T-shirts, Polos & Shirts
By Will Reid on July 1st, 2008
The latest edition of Visionaire has been outed as a tribute to Lacoste’s 75th Anniversary. So far, the infamously expensive Visionaire collection has seen issues made of puzzles and vinyl records but we are now being treated to the ‘first wearable issue.’ Confused? Let me explain.
This issue of Visionaire, in collaboration with Lacoste, will contain three state-of-the-art “full-coverage, full-colour, photographically-printed Lacoste polo shirts featuring artwork by some of the world’s leading artists and photographers.” Basically, the magazine will come in the form of a suitcase containing twelve images and three different shirts. There will be one small, one medium and one large within each copy and there will be four different sets of the SPORT issue. Included is the artwork of Nick Knight, Karl Lagerfeld and Michael Stipe to name but a brilliant few.
The issue will be previewed during next week’s Paris Haute-Couture collections. Those with a subscription are guaranteed a copy.
Each issue costs $250 (£125.)
Tags: 75th anniversary, celebrity, couture, haute-couture, Heroes, Karl Lagerfeld, lacoste, magazine, Magazines, michael stipe, nick knight, Paris, Paris Fashion Week, polo shirt, preview, sport, Sportswear, visionaire
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Footwear, Trends
By admin on June 27th, 2008
I spend an inordinate amount of time spying the soles of men’s shoes to see if they have hidden lifts in the sole but bearing in mind there aren’t many Karl Lagerfelds in Tooting I’m usually forced to conjure them up using the powers of my overactive imagination.
Now that Fendi have debuted the wedge on the Milan catwalks the delicate isssue of heel height might come out into the open.
All we need to do now is come up with a patronising name for them, somehow combining the word man with the word wedge. Medge it is then.
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Tags: catwalk, fendi, heel, Karl Lagerfeld, lifts, medge, menswear, milan, tooting, wedge
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Designer Spotlight, Heroes and Celebrities, knitwear
By Will Reid on May 19th, 2008
Resort season is always a bit of a drag for me; overly-frivolous (yes I see the haute-couture irony) and just another season to get my head around, the jump from cashmere coats to cruise is always too much. Karl Lagerfeld’s show for Chanel was proving nauseatingly frilly and I would challenge any British man not to feel melancholic at the sight of a male model in pink tie-dye. That was until Brad Koenig swaggered down the runway wearing that Chanel jumper. You may think that referring to a item as that only three days after it made its debut might be slightly forward but it’s cashmere, a jumper, Chanel and now on Brandish’s WISHLIST. Need I say more?
Lookout for more coverage of male resort looks this week on Brandish.
(Image Source: Marcio Madeira)
Tags: brad koenig, brandish, Calvin Klein, Chanel, jumper, Karl Lagerfeld, resort, shopping, Trends, Wishlist
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