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For the past two years, John Galliano’s had the honor of decorating the Christmas tree at Claridge’s. The storied British hotel goes all out for the holiday season, starting with their whimsical, themed tree. This year, with Galliano out of the question, they’re turning to Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz. The designer’s sketch, at left, shows a characteristically fun, colorful scheme and WWD reports that it will be “decorated with marionettes wearing Elbaz’s take on Claridge’s staff uniforms.” The tree will be unveiled on November 22nd. Meanwhile, Betsey Johnson’s doing the honors stateside, decorating the tree at the Plaza hotel. She’s paying tribute to Eloise with pink tinsel, garlands made of marabou and, in place of a star, an Eloise doll on top. The Plaza’s tree will be revealed on November 28th.
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Making her way from the small screen—with roles on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Pushing Daisies—to the big screen in The Greening of Whitey Brown, Sammi Hanratty stars along side one of America’s most beloved models-turned-actresses, Brooke Shields. In the film, Hanratty plays a popular teen who loses her high school crown when her family faces financial hardship, forcing them to leave the city. ELLEgirl caught up with the ascending actress to talk about her love for horses, how she avoids cliques, and why she stands tall against bullying.
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In the week leading up to the premiere of Twilight‘s Breaking Dawn, fan-pires and twi-hards took over downtown L.A. The surprisingly international bunch (hailing from New York, London, Australia) overshadowed the city’s Occupy movement and paid homage to the movie’s stars with sparkling signs reading, “Rob, you robbed my heart!” or, “Taylor, you’ve taken my heart!” Last night, the two teen idols finally landed on the red carpet in honor of the second to last installment of the vampire saga. Both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner said they’d love to play Bella Swan, if forced to play a character other than their own. Pattinson, a bit confused by the question, said, “Probably Jacob…I mean, unless I could play Bella?” Lautner followed suit, “It would be interesting to see things from Edward’s point of view, since I’ve been looking at things from Jacob’s the whole time. But, and this may sound weird, I think Bella. That would be the most interesting.” It’s not that they’re anxious oust Kristen Stewart—or even try on Bella’s wardrobe. Pattinson mentioned that he “definitely” wants to work with his girlfriend post-Twilight and Lautner added, “Kristen does the best job anyone could possibly do at that role, but it would be very interesting [to play].” As for Stewart, she hit the red carpet in a near perfect black and navy sequined floor length gown by J.Mendel. And those Jimmy Choos? She swapped them out for a pair of navy Nikes half way down the carpet. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 opens in theaters this Friday, November 18th.
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Jourdan Dunn on Marc's spring runway. Photo: Imaxtree
After fashion month ends, designers offer re-sees and market appointments—a chance for editors to get a closer look at the collection pieces as well as anything commercial that didn’t make it onto the actual runway. Marc Jacobs’ spring clothes were on their way to London for today’s press day, to give the UK their intimate look at the gingham dresses, plastic skirts, and pointed Mary Janes that made up Marc’s Fosse-inspired collection. But an email just went out to the Brits saying, “Dear all, The Marc Jacobs PR team is sorry to inform you that our press day tomorrow in the Marc Jacobs store is canceled, due to the theft of the spring/summer 2012 collections during its transfer from Paris.” The Telegraph thinks the collection will end up in ‘the bin,’ but we have a feeling said PR team will be keeping a sharp eye on eBay. And if you see anyone walking around in fringed plastic before February, well, you’ve spotted a thief.
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If you have an older sister, or if your boy-band obsession had a late onset, then Howie D should be no stranger to you, and if he is, he won’t be for long. The Backstreet Boy is releasing his first-ever solo record Back To Me on November 15 and opens for Britney Spears in South America this month (not bad!). Fans have been waiting for this moment for the past five years, and we can’t wait to see where this hotly-anticipated album takes him. The charming singer-songwriter lets us in on the process of stepping out on his own two feet and explains why people say he’s the “romantic guy you want to take home to meet your mother.” Check it out!
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Margareta van den Bosch, H&M’s Creative Advisor and the woman responsible for ushering in the era of high street designer collaborations, is—like everyone else—obsessed with Tom Ford. Though the Versace for H&M collection doesn’t even hit stores until this weekend, van den Bosch has already told Business Week that they’d love to make Ford their next luxury collaborator. Ford is “a very interesting name,” she said. “I can say, I wouldn’t mind.” We’re guessing no one would mind, except for Ford. The designer’s only just begun to build his own post-Gucci empire, launching his women’s collection and then cosmetics. Unlike Versace or Lanvin he doesn’t have archives to pull from, or even a signature aesthetic (other than sultry). No one from team Ford will comment, and van den Bosch says they’ve yet to speak with the designer.
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Last night, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund first prize was awarded to Joseph Altuzarra for his three year old brand, Altuzarra. Since launching his collection in 2009, after stints at Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler and Givenchy, Altuzarra was an immediate hit with the fashion pack, turning out one collection after another full of alluring, fitted clothes made for women—not girls—who had interests other than lunch. The prize grants him $300,000 and a year of mentoring. This year’s runners up are Pamela Love, the jewelry designer best known for her talon cuffs, and Creatures of the Wind, the colorful collection designed by Chicago based designers Shane Gabier and Chris Peters. Both were awarded $100,000.
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7:30AM
It’s another early morning at the studio and I’m already on my second cup of Nespresso playing catch-up on the emails that came in over night. Before I can start prepping for today’s appointments there’s a ton of fabric buying to be done in Italy and finalizing purchase orders with our Italian vendors is at the top of my priority list.
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Christopher Kane's collection for JBrand.
Yesterday morning, Barneys hosted a breakfast in honor of Christopher Kane’s new denim collection for JBrand—a handful of faded neon flares, skinnies, shorts and jackets. We were served oatmeal in the sleek new Gene’s, the 8th floor cafe in the middle of the freshly re-vamped Co-Op in which each place setting comes with a mesmerizing interactive screen. Unfortunately, Kane’s Scottish accent is impossible to transcribe, so here’s what we learned—from memory!
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Every morning, the blogosphere wakes up hoping for a screaming headline confirming that yes, Marc Jacobs is the new leader at Dior. This morning, however, WWD reports that the house is basically back at square one. Talks between Bernard Arnault (the head of LVMH, which owns both Dior and Louis Vuitton) Jacobs appear to have failed for a few reasons. Though money was the issue at first, it’s now about the Vuitton design team, all of whom Jacobs planned on taking with him to Dior, leaving LVMH with another gaping hole at Vuitton—a hole that Phoebe Philo, who was rumored to be Arnault’s choice for a post-Marc regime, allegedly has little interest in filling. Apparently, LVMH is still talking to Alexander Wang, Jason Wu and Raf Simons, all of whom have been mentioned before and could potentially work through this with Jacobs, though it sounds unlikely.
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