Developments concerning many of the fashion industry’s most anticipated annual traditions hit the newswires with unusual force this week, which means only one thing: it’s the middle of the summer and fashion tribes far and wide are bored and desperate for some indication that Spring 2009 Fashion Week is only around the corner. Fortunately, the following stories confirm that the hallowed season indeed approaches, and until then, we’ll fill our gaping void with news of the other rituals and ceremonies fashion has created. Chin up!
- The Council of Fashion Designers of America has inducted 28 new members into its legions. Additionally, the delightful Diane Von Furstenburg has been unanimously reelected its president. Some of the new inductees also are nominated in CFDA award categories, such as: Thakoon Panichgul (nominated for the Swarovski Womenswear Award), Michael Bastian (nominated for Emerging Menswear Designer), and Band of Outsiders designer Scott Sternberg (won the Emerging Menswear Category). The full list can be found on WWD.
- For those of us who appreciate the deep-rooted marriage between the fashion and music realms, take heart in the arrival of Condé Nast’s annual Fashion Rocks magazine and TV special. Justin Timberlake, shot by Craig McDean, lands the cover spot and exudes a cocktail waiter panache in an ensemble from his own line William Rast. Inside, there are features with The Kills (shot by Annie Leibovitz), Mariah Carey and Dhani Harrison (shot by Steven Meisel), Beyoncé (shot by Jean-Baptiste Mondino), Usher and the Black Eyed Peas by Norman Jean Roy, Steve Coogan by Anton Corbijn, Mark Ronson by Terry Richardson, Keith Urban and Zooey Deschanel (shot by Martin Schoeller) , and André 3000 presents Benjamin Bixby, his debut clothing line, in a four-page spread shot by David Vasiljevic. The TV special should air in early fall, meanwhile if you are already receive Vogue, Glamour, The New Yorker, or are a subscriber to most Condé Nast publications, you should be receiving this illustrious annual publication in your mailboxes any day now!
- Vanity Fair’s celebrated annual International Best Dressed List has been leaked. Watch VF’s slideshow to reveal who made it and who didn’t or simply read below and tell us your thoughts! The full list follows:
INTERNATIONAL BEST-DRESSED LIST: WOMEN
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCESS MATHILDE OF BELGIUM
CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY, model, singer, First Lady of France
JULIA KOCH, mother of three
EVELYN LAUDER, cosmetics executive, photographer, philanthropist
KATE MIDDLETON
MICHELLE OBAMA, vice president for community and external affairs, University of Chicago Hospitals (on leave)
SARAH JESSICA PARKER, actor, producer, entrepreneur
TILDA SWINTON, actor
DIANA TAYLOR, managing director, Wolfensohn & Co.; chairperson of the Hudson River Park Trust; New York City’s de facto First Lady
IVANKA TRUMP, vice president of development and acquisitions, the Trump Organization; president, Ivanka Trump Jewelry
INTERNATIONAL BEST-DRESSED LIST: MEN
DAVID BECKHAM, midfielder, Los Angeles Galaxy
DANIEL CRAIG, actor
LAPO ELKANN, entrepreneur, founder of Italia Independent and Independent Ideas,international ambassador for Italy¹s Museo del Design (Triennale)
H.S.H. PRINCE HEINRICH VON UND ZU FÜRSTENBERG, entrepreneur
ZAC GOLDSMITH, director, The Ecologist magazine; environmental-policy adviser to Britain’s Conservative Party
COUNT MANFREDI DELLA GHERARDESCA, art adviser, curator
MATT LAUER, Today show anchor
BRYAN LOURD, managing partner, Creative Artists Agency
MORLEY SAFER, 60 Minutes anchor
KANYE WEST, musician
HALL OF FAME
JONATHAN BECKER, photographer
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE PAVLOS OF GREECE, investment-fund management
FRAN LEBOWITZ, writer
COUPLES
CHARLES FINCH, C.E.O., Finch & Partners, and SYDNEY FINCH, fashion consultant
MITCH GLAZER, screenwriter, producer, and KELLY LYNCH, actor
BRAD PITT, actor, and ANGELINA JOLIE, actor, U.N. goodwill ambassador
SIBLINGS
ANDREA CLEMENTE, student, and PIETRO CLEMENTE, student
ALEXANDRA KOTUR, style director, Vogue, and FIONA KOTUR MARIN, handbag designer
RAFAEL MEDINA, founder and co-owner, Scalpers, and LUIS MEDINA, director of ShowmeFASHION
PROFESSIONALS
STACEY BENDET, designer and owner, Alice + Olivia
CARINE ROITFELD, editor in chief, French Vogue
KATHERINE ROSS, senior vice president, communications, for LVMH North America
CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNS, model, designer, activist, mother
FASHION ORIGINALS
IRIS APFEL, founder of Old World Weavers
KARL LAGERFELD, designer
JULIAN SCHNABEL, painter, sculptor, filmmaker
