Posted: April 6, 2010 at 9:38 am | Tags: Beyonce Knowles, Christian Louboutin, France, Nile, Portugal, Sara Jessica Parker, Victoria Beckham
Christian Louboutin has to be ‘isolated from everything’ when he designs his shoes.
The footwear designer says he needs to be on his own when he is creating his shoes as it helps to inspire him.
He said: ‘I have to be alone to design, I’m quite spoilt. I can’t do it in cities: I have to be isolated from everything. I need to be in an environment I’m familiar with so that I’m not looking around and getting distracted.
‘I always design my winter collections somewhere cold, like my house in the country or France, or in Portugal. And I do my summer season in summer spots like my boat on the Nile.’
Christian - whose designs are a favourite with the likes of Victoria Beckham, Sarah Jessica Parker and Beyonce Knowles – says he is so obsessed about shoes he dreams about them.
He said: ‘I dream about shoes. They often look silly in reality, but it happens all the time – I see them while I’m asleep and I wake up, just desperate to recreate them.’
Posted: March 30, 2010 at 10:56 am
Jean Paul Gaultier is to be given the Inspiration Award at the AmfAR benefit in June for his contribution to men’s fashion and his help in the fight against AIDS.
Jean Paul Gaultier is to be given the Inspiration Award at the AmfAR benefit in June.
The designer will be honoured for his contribution to men’s fashion and his help in the fight against AIDS at the New York ‘Inspiration Gala’ on June 3, which will be hosted by Kylie Minogue.
The cocktail and dinner event at Manhattan’s Public Library will include a catwalk presentation, which will be based around the gala’s theme – Black Tie/Black Leather menswear.
Guests will be asked to dress accordingly and the gala will also feature a special musical performance from a secret act.
Although Gaultier is being honoured for his men’s fashion, he recently revealed he felt he owed a lot of his success to using ‘real’ women in his catwalk shows as other females can relate to them.
The 57-year-old Frenchman said: ‘The fashion press could not understand it. But I say, ‘Why not?’ It is what inspires me. I don’t like to be safe. I use what I see. There is no point in me sitting here in my couture house and not knowing what is going on out there. You have to be aware of what is going on in the street.’
Posted: March 30, 2010 at 10:52 am
Stella McCartney’s latest collection for Gap Kids was inspired by her childhood as she wanted the line to be colourful, complete with different fabrics and prints.
Stella McCartney’s latest kidswear collection was inspired by her childhood.
The fashion designer – daughter of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda – recently launched her second range for Gap Kids and wanted the line to be colourful, complete with different fabrics and prints.
She said: ‘For me this collection is all about mixing and matching. I guess that is how I was brought up. When I was little like this, my parents just shoved stuff onto us. I had some nice French clothes, but it wasn’t at all considered. I wasn’t a pristine kid.’
The range includes a fish-print summer dress, crocheted tops, skinny jeans, an embroidered pale blue cowboy shirt and glow-in-the-dark pyjamas.
But the mother-of-three was keen to make sure they were clothes children could wear time and time again without parents worrying whether they would get ruined.
She told the Sunday Telegraph: ‘There is no excuse for bad colours. And there is no reason why a fabric shouldn’t have the softest touch, especially when you are doing children’s wear. Fabrics need to wear well – there is no point saying to a child they can only wear this once, or that they need to behave when wearing it.’
Posted: March 30, 2010 at 10:51 am
Georgia Jagger always uses red lipstick because it makes her look ‘fantastic’.
Georgia Jagger – the daughter of Rolling Stones rocker Sir Mick Jagger and former catwalk star Jerry Hall – always wears red lipstick because it makes her look ”fantastic”.
The 18-year-old model – the daughter of Rolling Stones rocker Sir Mick Jagger and former catwalk star Jerry Hall – thinks a bright shade applied to the lips really accentuates a woman’s mouth.
She said: ‘I think girls look fantastic with natural make-up and just a flash of red lips.’
Georgia also revealed she has to use moisturiser every day to keep her complexion fresh because her skin dries out.
She added: ‘I use moisturiser every morning, especially in the winter, because my skin gets so dry.’
Georgia is one of the hottest properties in the modelling world right now, and has worked with Versace, Hudson jeans and Rimmel cosmetics.
