FASHION Magazine
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Fashion news: LMVH may buy Rodarte, Roger Federer gets style tips from Anna Wintour, and Romans wore socks with sandals
Looks like luxury giant LVMH is interested in purchasing Rodarte. The LA-based label has yet to pull in a profit–last year they made a meagre $2 million in sales, despite being the label on everyone’s lips. No deal has been made yet. [Fashionista]
Last night, tennis champ Roger Federer admitted that he often gets sartorial advice from none other than Anna Wintour. “I asked her about the pink color I was wearing last week and she was like, ‘Oh, you sure about that Roger?’ Too late now! But I got good reviews.” [The Cut]
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Fashion news: Get your Wild Things onesie, Photoshop regs in France and Anna holds things up at Prada
Halloween is only a month away and boy do we have the perfect costume for you–assuming you’re a huge fan of onesies and Where the Wild Things Are. [Opening Ceremony]
A proposed French law has members of the fashion industry up in arms. The law, which would label manipulated images to help combat eating disorders, is currently backed by 50 politicians. Tony Chambers, editor-in-chief of Wallpaper argues, “These things should always be taken with a pinch of salt. Fantasy and artistic interpretation are core ingredients in fashion, advertising and art photography.” [WWD, via The Cut] What do you think? Should Photoshopped pics be labelled as such? Tell us in the comments?
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Fashion news: Dell’Acqua split?, Federer’s lame lamé and celebrity hair mad libs
Finally, an excuse to share a clip from my favourite ever fashion doc, Signé Chanel. The director, Loic Prigent, followed Sonia Rykiel, Proenza Schouler, Jean Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld around for 36 hours before their runway shows for a new four-part series, The Day Before, airing this fall on the Sundance Channel. [Glamour]
Alessandro Dell’Acqua is publicly decrying his distributor for producing his spring men’s and pre-spring women’s collections without his approval. [FWD]
The British press is talking smack about Roger Federer’s Wimbledon outfit. True, it does include a white military jacket, waistcoat and duffle bag trimmed with gold lamé, but if you’re tight with Anna Wintour, you can wear whatever you want. [The Cut]