Anna Dello Russo, the Editor at Large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan, is celebrating her new Editor at Large arrangement with INC for the Fall/Holiday 2011 season. During this evening’s event, guests previewed ADR’s launch at Openhouse Gallery.
With a full champagne bar and music by DJ Sky Ferreira, we spent our Wednesday night mingling amongst a line-up of fabulous color-blocking and fuchsia fur.
Post by Amanda LaMela
Rumor has it that Lybian dictator, Muammar El-Qaddafi, has two goals: First, to regain control of his country, and to then take over the Met.
The stone-faced leader apparently believes he has a twinkle of style behind those baggy, expressionless eyes. T Magazine published a letter sent by Libya’s Minister of Culture, which expresses Qaddafi's desire to exhibit his wardrobe in the Met and boasts the leader's “3400 items of breathtaking sartorial magnificence.”
Right.
I’m sure the dictator’s closet holds expensive duds, but they’ll never become an exhibit at the Met. Face it, Qaddafi – you’ll never make it in the New York fashion scene. And here’s why:
1. No one knows how to spell your name. Gaddafi? Qaddafi? Gadhafi? Your name shows up five different ways in a single news report. Imagine what a nightmare that would be during Fashion Week check-in:
“Hmm… sorry, Muammar… I can't find you on the list. But if you’d step aside, maybe we can squeeze you into standing room. Maybe.”
2. The fashion industry isn’t so keen on genocide. Don’t believe us? Just ask John Galliano.
3. We’re an industry sponsored by booze. And you, bright-eyed hopeful, banned this delicious social lubricant in Libya. Good luck trying that shit over here. Kim Crawford would destroy you.
4. You’re passé. Elie Saab already did the whole ‘all-gold’ thing four years ago. You had your chance. It’s over. Besides, Elie Saab is from Lebanon and you’ve certainly burned that bridge by now.
5. Internship required. What’s that? Never made a coffee run for Marc Jacobs? Never maintained itineraries for Vogue’s entire editorial staff? Inexperienced job-seekers need not apply.
It’s ok – the fashion industry isn’t for everyone! While it’s obvious you had been working on your unaffected-model-pout and Zahm-like shade collection, perhaps it's time to consider a new career path.
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"In these times, it is nice to be reminded that the essence of couture is the pure joy of craftsmanship wedded to creativity"- Sally Singer, VOGUE, on the white paper headdresses in the Chanel S/S 2009 RTW.
Vogue's best dressed list for this week was a usual buffet of everyone's favorite fashion plates- Kate Moss, Karen Elson, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Poppy Delevigne all placed within the top 5, much to no surprise.
However, celebrity greenhorn Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire fame took the cake on the list at number 7, photographed at the Chanel 2009 Fall RTW show in Paris looking stunning in none other than, of course, Chanel.
It looks like everyone, including Vogue, is under the spell of the sexy Indian ingenue.
Pinto is slated to star in the next Woody Allen movie to be filmed in London (of the Matchpoint, Scoop, and Cassandra's Dream ilk) and is rumored to be auditioning for a role as the next Bond girl.
Could this be just beginning of the road to becoming one in that elite eschelon of celebrity that can actually shift merchandise? Designers are going to love her...that is if they don't already.
District L is Amanda LaMela & Nicolas Sera-Leyva
