Edited by Jessica Lapidos
In the Timo Weiland studio, nestled in a hidden gem of a room within an über convenient factory, design partners Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein get their creativity on. Wonder what two of fashion’s wonderboys listen to when they work? Or read when they’re not looking at fabrics? Or why empty picture frames hang next to ones filled with art? We did to. So we asked.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Angelina Jolie‘s latest ad for Louis Vuitton is not your usual “actress as the face of” campaign. She’s in Cambodia, wearing her own clothes, not wearing a shoe or a stitch of make-up (I’ll believe that one when I see it) and she’s carrying her very own LV bag, which isn’t even in production anymore.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Music is just about the ultimate sensory satisfaction. The songs that enliven your soul are created by gods of rock that don’t dare stop at the auditory; the sensation is full faceted. They may not call it fashion, but the greatest bands on the planet know in their blood that how they look helps drive the succes of the music itself. That way, when chicks like me are getting their groove on in the audience, we’re dancing with the pure sexiness on the stage before us – sound, body and soul. Here are the 10 bands* that do it best; fusing their sound to their clothes, dressed the way they rock.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
This morning in The Box at Lincoln Center, Timo Weiland unveiled his wild ride of a collection. It was a fantastical trip from structured wools through bemused spots over to metallic wovens, touching a fur muff here and there. Johnny Weir was digging it! I’ll show you his favorite look. And just listen to Timo and his design partner dish about the collection – it’s a serious freaking trip. Watch the interview after I take you through the collection highlights.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Taiwanese-Canadian actor Godfrey Gao will be Louis Vuitton‘s first ever Asian male spokesmodel. A native of Vancouver, Gao is best known for his roles in Taiwanese shows, Volleyball Lover and I Want to Become a Hard Persimmon, which are, inexplicably, dramas.
Edited by Hilary Beck
If the Rolling Stones and their scraggly, collapsing faces are anything to go by, the secret to eternal life is heroin. Seriously, how the hell else could Keith Richards still be alive? At this rate, he’s gonna outlast cockroaches. And nuclear fallout.
Edited by Jason Chan, Señor
Crazy Pig, who make morbid rings for the likes of Iggy Pop and Keith Richards, have teamed up with the much less threatening Nigo of A Bathing Ape to create a stunning gold ape-face ring. The ring is as of now only available in Japan for a paltry $5,720 US. Jump for more.
Edited by Saynt
Louis Vuitton decided to donate 15 percent of all sales from its U.S. Web site that day to The Climate Project, the non-profit organization founded by Al Gore.
They first partnered with The Climate Project in 2007, when it started
making donations on behalf of some of the personalities in Vuitton’s
Core Values advertising campaign.
The campaign has featured the
likes of Catherine Deneuve, Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi, Sean Connery,
Keith Richards and Francis Ford and Sofia Coppola.
“Over the
past few years Louis Vuitton has voluntarily made efforts to reduce the
impact of its activities on the environment,” Daniel Lalonde, president
and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton North America said. “In
addition we are proud to be able to support The Climate Project.”
LINKAGE: WWD
