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Chiuri to take over as creative director at Christian Dior
PARIS (AP) — Christian Dior has named Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri its new creative director, making her the first woman to lead the illustrious French fashion house since it was founded 70 years ago.

Fendi models walk on water in Rome’s Trevi fountain

Shimmering models wearing the latest creations by Fendi appeared to walk on water Thursday at a fairytale show in Rome’s Trevi fountain to mark the luxury fashion house’s 90th anniversary. The soft, luxurious collection of 46 outfits was inspired by Danish fairytale illustrator Kay Nielsen, who painted colour plates for the book Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen in 1924 and also later worked for Disney, including on sequences of the film Fantasia.

Dior names Maria Grazia Chiuri as new creative director

As widely expected, Christian Dior officially announced the Italian designer’s appointment as the label’s new head creative on Friday, July 8, tweeting “Dior is delighted to welcome Ms. Maria Chiuri as artistic director of women’s couture, RTW and accessory collections.” On Thursday, Valentino had confirmed that Maria Grazia Chiuri would be leaving her position of creative directorship at the Italian label, which she had shared with Pierpaolo Piccioli. As expected, it’s the Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri who will take over as creative director of the Dior fashion house, replacing Raf Simons who stood down in October.

Style Notes: “Manus x Machina” Met Exhibit Extended; IMG Cancels Toronto Fashion Week
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Designers confirmed for next London Fashion Weekend

The bi-annual show, held at the UK capital’s Saatchi gallery, will comprise curated shopping galleries from over 150 international and British brands in addition to catwalk shows, industry talks and style presentations, allowing consumers to experience the atmosphere of London Fashion Week and gain an insight into the fashion industry. The four-day event, organized by the British Fashion Council (BFC), is expected to host 15,000 visitors this year. Model Daisy Lowe has been appointed as the London Fashion Weekend Ambassador.

Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Ariana Grande and more confirmed for Macy’s Presents Fashion’s Front Row

When this year’s show opens at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on September 7 Macy’s promises an event that mixes the best looks and collections from New York Fashion Week with some of the best music. The idea behind the show is simple – to give as many people as possible genuine access to the genuine stand-out collections at New York fall fashion week. “With a high-fashion runway presentation of the fall season’s most coveted designs and marvellous music and dance performances, the elusive front row will be open for all to enjoy,” said Joseph Feczko, executive producer of Macy’s Presents Fashion’s Front Row.

‘Manus x Machina’ exhibition at NY’s Met extended

Due to popular demand, the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is staying open until September 5. Since opening its doors to the public on May 5, the show, which examines the impact of technology on haute couture and avant-garde ready to wear — an industry of artisans, craft and individuality — and how digital and analogue approaches will play equal roles in the future creative process, has already welcomed over 350,000 visitors. “We want to give as many people as possible the chance to experience this exhibition,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Met.

Valentino Confirms Departure of Maria Grazia Chiuri

Valentino has confirmed the news that Maria Grazia Chiuri is leaving the design house reports WWD. The duo, who presented their last collection together at the Valentino couture show in Paris on Wednesday evening, were chosen by Valentino Garavani to work on the accessories category of the brand, before being promoted to creative directors in 2008. “A new and exciting phase for the brand begins under the creative leadership of Pierpaolo Piccioli.

WME-IMG and CFDA Facing $10M Lawsuit for “Usurping” New York Fashion Week Trademark
The agency and CFDA conspired to steal the trademark after Mercedes-Benz pulled out as sponsor of its annual fashion event, a lawsuit claims.

Zombies out, cool tech in: Climate comics sketch new vision of warmer world
By Laurie Goering LEEDS, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thanks to the success of Hollywood disaster films, from “Waterworld” to “The Day After Tomorrow”, it’s not hard to imagine an apocalyptic future as climate change takes hold. If you don’t have any jeopardy, you don’t really have a plot,” said James McKay, an engineer who runs a centre for low-carbon technologies and bioenergy at the University of Leeds, in northern England. “If everything’s going well, there’s not much dramatic tension.” But McKay, who for 20 years has moonlighted as a creator of comics, thinks he has found a way to overcome that: through publishing “graphic novels” that paint a picture, in drawings and stories, of a better future.

Children: Paris fashion’s latest must-have accessory

“Don’t put your daughter on the stage,” Noel Coward, the great chronicler of the follies of fashion, once warned in his song “Mrs. Worthington”. French designer Franck Sorbier dressed up half a kindergarten class as little tsarinas with fez-like pillbox hats and red fur trimmed cloaks as a colourful contrast to the mourning weeds of his aristocratic Russian black widows. After the trendsetting French brand Vetements set jaws dropping with their silk Manolo Blahnik stiletto waders that reach right to the ribs on Sunday, John Galliano went full rubber Wednesday.

Margiela, Franck Sorbier and Elie Saab put on a show for Couture Week

Haute couture week 2016 took a turn for the theatrical on Wednesday, with Maison Margiela, Franck Sorbier and Elie Saab opening the day’s presentations in a rush of showmanship. Margiela, with John Galliano at the helm, served up a stage-worthy collection that blended the house’s signature eccentricity with references to historical characters and futuristic possibilities. To this end, oversized jackets were worn upside down on the torso, Napoleonic hats were teamed with festival-style thigh-length Wellington boots, and metallic silver mini dresses trailed capes behind them.

Alexandre Vauthier’s model army marches to the tune of haute couture

Alexandre Vauthier brought an army of star models to the runway to present his autumn/winter 2016-2017 haute couture collection, successfully combining the glamorous sophistication of haute couture with military inspirations, using striking details. The French fashion designer staged his latest haute couture show in Paris’s Palais de Tokyo. British model Jourdan Dunn was picked to open the designer’s military-inspired show, wearing a crop-legged jumpsuit and a coat in black and khaki shades, topped off with a large bow tied around the waist.

Alexis Mabille brings a fairytale touch to haute couture

The French fashion designer unveiled an autumn/winter 2016-2017 haute couture collection in Paris, Tuesday, July 5, with the theme “Pastel Vibrations.” Alexis Mabille brought a fairytale touch to this soft and romantic color palette, showing a line-up of princess-worthy gowns and ensembles. Delicate, feminine, romantic and sometimes dramatic, the Alexis Mabille autumn/winter 2016-2017 haute couture collection took onlookers to a fantastical realm, even if the show’s décor was firmly grounded in reality. The designer’s waltz of princess-style silhouettes was set on a catwalk in the central courtyard of one of Paris’s typical Haussmann buildings.

Supermodel Christie Brinkley hoses down mom who attempted to pee near her property

Sometimes you’ve just got to pee — on Christie Brinkley’s $30 million dollar Hamptons home. Erica Remkus is a mother of three who was swimming near Brinkley’s home over the holiday weekend. Unable to find a bathroom, Remkus decided to relieve herself on the rocks near the Sports Illustrated supermodel’s home. SEE ALSO: I know more about Taylor Swift’s Fourth of July than my own So Brinkley responded the way a true lady would: by hosing the squatting, suffering 36-year-old down. “I know it’s Independence Day but that does not mean ‘free to pee’ in front of my guests and me at my fireworks gathering,” Brinkley wrote in an Instagram post.”Maybe the trespasser should celebrate ‘Depends Day’ as she apparently thinks she lives in ‘The Land of the Pee.” Nice! Remkus later told Page Six that she was peeing on public property, and that she hadn’t even started with Brinkley hosed her down. Perhaps Brinkley is from ‘The Land of the Peevish?’ Brinkley then called the police, but local authorities refused to cite Remkus as she was technically on public property. Not one to let “hosing an innocent victim” to get her down, Brinkley later wished everyone on Instagram a holiday “free from belligerent drunken stalkers with weak bladders and foul mouths.” America: Land of the Free, not the Freely Peeing.

Frank Ocean stars in Calvin Klein’s new ad campaign

Frank Ocean is set to star in Calvin Klein’s next advertising campaign reports Vulture.

Caroline de Maigret becomes a Chanel ambassador

French model, writer and music producer Caroline de Maigret is moving from being a Chanel muse to being the fashion house’s latest global ambassador. According to Chanel, whose creative director Karl Lagerfeld is a long-term admirer, de Maigret’s effortless style, assertive personality and socially engaged approach to life perfectly embody the brand’s values. Caroline de Maigret and Lagerfeld met in the early 1990s and she quickly became a muse but her first catwalk show for Chanel didn’t arrive until 1999 when she modeled the Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection.

Dolce&Gabbana gets wild about fall beauty

The centerpiece is the Eyeshadow Quad in Enchanting Fall, which references the vibrant colors of the Sicilian autumn, from golden leaves and copper-colored trees to the luminous grey of morning frost. A Brow Liner in Chestnut and a Secret Eyes Mascara in Coffee underlines the warmth of the palette, while a wilder-eyed look can be achieved via the Glam Liner in Wild Green, or the Eyeliner in Agave, a deep olive shade. Cheeks get a lively glow with the new Blush in Strawberry, a vivid pink shade, while nails are equally bright thanks to the new Nail Lacquer in intense fuchsia Raspberry, Wild Green or woody brown Ebano.

Lagerfeld pays tribute to atelier seamstresses at Chanel show

Chanel took fashionistas behind the scenes into its ateliers for its autumn/winter haute couture show on Tuesday, focusing on the intricate craftsmanship displayed on its luxurious outfits and shining the spotlight on its artisan workers. Creative head Karl Lagerfeld, known for putting on elaborate shows for one of the world’s most famous labels, transformed Paris’ Grand Palais into a Chanel workshop with rolls of fabric, mannequins, sewing machines, cutting tables and seamstresses at work in front of an audience including Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jessica Chastain. The 82-year-old designer dedicated the fashion show to the label’s normally unheralded “petites mains” (small hands), even posing with the heads of the ateliers at the end.

Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel couture show pays tribute to the house’s ‘petites mains’

Haute couture has come to epitomize the pinnacle of glamour, to the extent that it can be easy to forget that the mythical creations seen on the world’s red carpets once begun life as something as ordinary as a piece of fabric in the hands of a talented tailor. Karl Lagerfeld used the Chanel Fall/Winter 2016 couture presentation to celebrate the house’s ‘petites mains’, meaning the talented team of artisans that beaver away in the brand’s tailoring and dressmaking workshops on Paris’s rue Cambon. “I thought that was a modern idea to make them participate,” explains Lagerfeld.

Condé Nast International to launch Vogue Arabia

Condé Nast has announced they will be launching a Vogue Arabia edition this fall reports Business of Fashion. The launch of the magazine will see the publisher partner with Dubai-based media company Nervora to finally make their move into the Middle Eastern market. Condé Nast will first launch a website in Arabic and English before launching a print magazine in spring 2017.

These are a few of fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi’s favorite things
Isaac Mizrahi is perhaps best known for being one of the first high-end designers to partner with a big box retailer, Target. Nowadays, he’s selling his ready-to-wear collections on QVC.