#Fashion Daily Photo: Karl Lagerfeld at the Chanel 2012 pre-fall show in Paris

by: Our Little Truffle Hunters - December 16th, 2011   Filed under: All, Celeb Daily Photo, FASHION, Fashion Week
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Karl Lagerfeld (seen with British model Stella Tennant above) had editors and socialites seated at banquet tables instead of the usual front row for his 2012 pre-fall show December 6, 2011 in Paris. Chandeliers, opulent candlesticks, Indian themed clothes and facial jewels were a huge hit at a feast fit for a Maharaja.

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#PFW S/S 2012: Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2012

by: Lauren Brokaw - October 5th, 2011   Filed under: Fashion Week
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We’ve scoured the looks from #PFW for you and pulled some of our favorite looks from the runways, parties, backstage and front rows of Paris Fashion Week Spring / Summer 2011 …

Chanel, Alexander Mcqueen, Valentino, Louis Vuitton, Ellie Saab, Giambattista, Vanessa Bruno, Jean Charles de Castelbajac, YSL, Givenchy,Tsumori Chiasato, Hermes, Celine, CoSTUME NATIONAL, Dior, Lanvin, Barbara Bui, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Isabel Marant, Kanye West’s new line, Balmain, Nina Ricci, Balenciaga, Felipe Oliveria Baptiste, Limi Feu, Dries van Noten, Rue du Mail, Rochas, Carven  …

and from the party front, Gareth Pugh’s after party, Mugler party, the D Squared boutique opening, Carine Roitfeld’s Vampire party and more …

UPDATED DAILY through October 5th

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Notes from Last Night … CHANEL and Liz Goldwyn Celebrate “Chanel: Her Life” By Justine Picardie

by: Our Little Truffle Hunters - September 23rd, 2011   Filed under: Events & Parties, Hier soir ..., Notes from Last Night
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Pics from last night …

Chanel takes over Soho House photo booth
Justine Picardie, Author of
Liz Goldwyn, co-host for the eve
Gia Coppola
Jessica Jaffe
Shiva Rose / Marisa Tomei
Alessandra Balazs (C)
Abbie, Ezra, Jena
Rose Apodaca
Steve & Mini
Mr. Brainwash
Gia & Jacqui
Abbie
Justine Picardie / Jena Malone / Abbie Cornish
Cameron Silver in the Chanel / Soho House photo booth
Inside the book - Sketches from Karl Lagerfeld
Inside the book - Sketches from Karl Lagerfeld
Inside the book - Sketches from Karl Lagerfeld
Inside the book - Sketches from Karl Lagerfeld
Gifts bags:
Soho House garden
Chanel: Her Life
'Chanel: Her Life' book launch

Chanel: Her Life

 If you happen to be by the Soho House (in LA) this weekend, don’t be surprised by all the little pink ‘CC’s in everyone’s pictures up on the photo wall … for tonight Chanel took over the top floors of the members-only club to help celebrate the new book ‘Chanel: Her Life’ by Justine Picardie (a new Truffle fave) …A lovely talk between the author and Liz Goldwyn, whose grandfather Samuel Goldywn is discussed in the book for his friendship and early recognition of Chanel, was held in the Soho House screening room (avec some slides from the book) and was followed by a garden dinner on the roof with endless wine, champagne, burrata salads, paella, pizza and more. The regular ‘photo boudior’ in the Soho hallway was re-styled for the party with the brands’ trademark double ‘CC’s for guest pics (click thru slideshow above to see).

Gift bags included a signed copy of the new book and a bottle of the house’s signature perfume, Chanel No. 5. Author Justine told the Truffle she’s been collecting notes and keeping journals in preparation of the book since 1998. ‘Chanel: Her Life‘ is a beautiful read marked with illustrations by Karl Lagerfeld.

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#DTFashion: Chanel Couture Fall 2011 Show en Paris

by: Lauren Brokaw - July 7th, 2011   Filed under: FASHION, Fashion Week, Lauren Brokaw blog
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the deets:
Who: Chanel
What: Fall 2011 Couture show
When: Promptly 10 P.M. Tuesday, July 5th 2011
Where: The Grand Palais set up to look like the Place Vendome in the 1st Arrondissement
Influences: Brigitte Helm from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and artist Paul Poiret
Hair by Sam McKnight
Makeup by Peter Phillips
Front row: Anna Wintour, Caroline Sieber, Elisa Sednaoui, Daphne Guinness, Olivier Zahm, Andre Leon Talley, Diane Kruger and Pacey, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Vanessa Traina, Poppy Delevigne, Astrid Berges-Frisby, Milla Jovovich, Alexandra Golovanoff, Jefferson Hack, Charlotte Casiraghi, Mario Testino, Edward Enniful, and Stefano Tonchi.

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Fashion Week Resort 2012: Chanel Show at Hotel du Cap

by: Caroline M. Roman - June 25th, 2011   Filed under: Fashion Week
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Universal Studios’ Ron Meyer Hosts Chanel’s Benefit Dinner for the NRDC in Malibu, Owen Wilson Heads up 200+ Surfers to Form a Peace Sign in the Ocean

by: Our Little Truffle Hunters - June 5th, 2011   Filed under: Events & Parties
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Kate Hudson & Matt Bellamy

Universal Studios President Ron Meyer and wife Kelly Meyer hosted a soiree last night with Chanel for the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) at their house in Malibu in Paradise Cove while 230 surfers including, Arnold’s youngest son Christopher Schwarzenegger, surf legends Dave Kalama and Laird Hamilton & wife Gabrielle Reece, Kelly Meyer and Owen Wilson formed a human peace sign in the water. The dinner and event raised $2.66 million for the NRDC’s Ocean Initiative. Maria Shriver came to watch her son. Tucked inside the Meyer’s residence/observation deck were L.A. natives, agents, producers and celebs include: NDRC board member Elizabeth Wiatt and her husband Jim Wiatt (former William Morris Agency Chairman), Kate Hudson & Matthew Bellamy (lead singer of Muse), Lou Adler (Roxy owner and music exec), Will Kopelman & Drew Barrymore, Bryce Dallas Howard, Camilla Alves, stylist Rachel Zoe, Jessica Chastain, street artist Shepard Fairey & wife Amanda Fairey, producer Brian Grazer, philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, Courtney Cox, producer Lawrence Bender, producer Paula Wagner & husband Rick Nicita (formerly of William Morris and CAA), musician Herb Alpert with wife Lani Hall, Balthazar Getty & Rosetta Getty, Kathy & Tom Freston (formerly of Viacom), Jim Berkus (UTA Chairman), Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bridges, Barbra Streisand & James Brolin and more.

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Weekly Juice: Victoria Secret party at The Beverly, Maxim Hot 100, Kyle Richards house party, Chanel cruise show disappoints

by: Our Little Truffle Hunters - May 10th, 2011   Filed under: REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS, Weekly Juice
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PRIVATE PARTIES IN L.A.

  • Kyle Richards from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had a house party this weekend
  • Harvard-Westlake is getting ready for prom this weekend, while Archer, Crossroads and other L.A. schools have already had this in the last month
  • Victoria Secret will host a soiree this Thursday at not-opened-yet The Beverly (formerly know as Guy’s which suffered a brief stint under different ownership but will be back in full effect when it opens for real later this month on May 19th)
  • Skateland premieres at the Arclight this Wednesday with an after-party at Tru
  • Deleon party at the Chateau with The Kill (this Sunday)
  • Maxim Hot 100 party is this Wednesday – get ready L.A.! Every year after the magazine puts out it’s Hot 100 list, they invite all the ladies to a party to celebrate
  • AT&T’s Samsung 4G event with special performance by Nicki Minaj this Thursday

EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  • Weekend auction will offer up goods like the crystal ball in Wizard of Oz, the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the original Discovery space suit chest pack from 2001: A Space Odyssey, John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” the dude’s sweater from The Big Lebowski, the and more. Auction details: Saban Theater, Beverly Hills, May 14 and May 15, Auction website: http://www.profilesinhistory.com/
  • Virginia Robinson Annual Garden Tour (past last week)
  • The Bash, a charity for Children’s Hospital, run by Bosilika An whose parents owned Crustacean in Beverly Hills, and her friends, annual fundraiser (this Saturday – buy tickets online) http://www.bashofallbashes.com/

L.A. NEWS

  • Harry Morton’s Pink Taco Cinco de Mayo pink donkey sparks on-site protesters
  • L.A. favorites Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly split

BEAU MONDE

  • Not so hot- Chanel cruise show in France gets low reviews – Blake Lively made a special trip to the South of France where the show is held every year
  • Legendary German playboy and accomplished photographer Gunter Sachs committed suicide on Saturday at his chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland – via Vanity Fair
  • If you happen to be a graduate of Le Rosey, which we know many our readers and staff writers are, and you happen to be near Geneva this weekend, the Rosey Alumni Association (aka AIAR) is having a reunion.
  • WikiLeaks wins a peace prize – listen to their acceptance speech

CANNES

  • Cannes Film Festival begins this week with several L.A. natives and friends of Truffle crossing the Atlantic to host parties and sell films. Friends at the private equity firm which out Hugh Hefner’s stake in Playboy and is in the midst of a massive re-brand are hosting a pop-up Playboy Mansion on the Cannes Riviera for the week.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • Robert De Niro Dealing To Play Bernie Madoff For HBO Movie Of ‘The Wizard Of Lies’ via Nikki Finke

Many are at work on the Truffle to make it great. Guest author, send blind items, tell us about a party — trufflehunters@dailytruffle.net

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PFW 2011: Givenchy, Balmain, Dior, OH MY!

by: Lauren Brokaw - March 10th, 2011   Filed under: FASHION, Fashion Week, Lauren Brokaw blog
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This last week at Paris Fashion Week, Fall/Winter 2011 has definitely been one for the books !

Cha cha cha changesss

Balmain

• Where were you last Thursday? I was en route to get lunch with my bffer Sabrina and will always remember that day as the day I heard my god/hero, Balmain’s Christope Decarnin, left in office one day in January and never returned.  On the way to lunch I read that he was in a mental hospital, which i’m not going to lie devastated me ! I was probably not enjoyable to eat with (Sorry Sabrina!), as I was hooked to Twitter, reading tweets and opinions on why/how Christophe did not show up to his Balmain F/W 2011 show.  We later found out that dear Christophe had just been released from the hospital, most likely due to depression and exhaustion.

Dior

• Everyone has heard this by now: John Galliano was suspended, then fired for making racist anti-semite remarks on film. Click to Continue Reading

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MOCA Gala 2010

by: Magda Berliner - November 14th, 2010   Filed under: Invites, Los Angeles Social Diary, Magda Berliner blog
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THIS IS A HAPPENING! I consider a great LA night when a convergence of local talent is pooled to create a memorable shared experience; last night MOCA delivered … IN SPADES! After the red carpet and cocktail hour where I never quite made it into the exhibit titled ‘The Artist’s Museum’, organized by Rebecca Morse (then again, I didn’t make it to the exhibit last year as well….); guests proceeded into the tent that was erected in the middle of Grand Avenue downtown LA for the MOCA Winter Gala envisioned by artist Doug Aitken. Rachel Bilson, Chloe Sevigny, Mila Kunis, Elodie Bouchez, Kate Bostworth, Peter Marino, Kristen Dunst, Ginnifer Goodwin … flanked by their publicists and BFF’s at the Chanel table, Chanel fine jewelry being a sponsor for the evening; needless to say plenty of sprarkly bobbles and lace abounded at the longest table in the room.

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The Knock Off Report Vol. 3

by: Lauren Brokaw - November 14th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, Knock-Off Report, Lauren Brokaw blog
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Knock (off)?! Knock (off)?! Who’s there? Steve Madden, Louboutin, House of Harlow and more!

Dear readers!
Your favorite secret agent, MOI, is back with investigation #3! (#1 can be found here and #2 can be found here).

Where there is a knock off, I WILL find it! Kisses my poodles!

♥,
Lauren Click to Continue Reading

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Trend Report: Khaki Colored Nail Polish for Fall 2010

by: Caroline - September 12th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, Trend Reports, Trend Reports (non-fashion)
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New for Fall 2010! Camouflage colors!

Chanel Fall Winter 2010 nail polish is a trio of khaki colours! It should be no secret to you Trufflers camoflage and khaki are HUGE color trends for fall via trench coats, bomber jackets, and now NAILS! View on Chanel HERE.

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The Knock Off Report vol. 2: Knock (off), Knock (off), Who’s there? Dolce Vita, Chloe, Marc Jacobs and more!

by: Lauren Brokaw - June 10th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, Knock-Off Report, Lauren Brokaw blog
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Dear Readers,

Your favorite secret agent, MOI, is back with investigation #2! (#1 can be found here) … Where there is a knock off, I WILL find it!

Kisses my poodles,
♥ Lauren Click to Continue Reading

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Trend Report: Brass Knuckles from Chanel, McQueen, Van Cleef, Forever 21

by: Caroline - June 6th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, Jewelry & Watches, Trend Reports, Trend Reports (non-fashion)
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Brass knuckles have been influencing fashion. Designers from Karl Lagerfeld to Forever 21 have developed brass knuckle rings this season – an interesting way to combine fashion with rage.  Click to Continue Reading

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Karl Lagerfeld new mini-movie premiere in St Tropez with Chanel resort 2010, Georgia Jagger walks in show

by: Caroline - May 10th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION
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Vanessa Paradis and Diane Kruger were at a movie theater in Saint Tropez last night to see Karl Lagerfeld‘s latest mini movie for Chanel. The film is to be released on May 11th for the 2010 Cruise show and ”premieres” on Chanel News Tuesday at 7:30pm CT.

You can see images from the set during production here – http://www.chanel-news.com/en/wp-content/themes/chanel-news/gallery.php?id=1352#http://www.media.chanel-news.com/media/1272301701/en/2010/04/film-chanel-06.jpg

Karl Lagerfeld shot itin Saint-Tropez France –  cast includes actors Elisa Sednaoui and Pascal Greggory in the leading roles alongside Jean-Roch, as well as models closely related to the House of Chanel: Freja Beha, Jake Davies, Magdalena Frackowiak, Baptiste Giabiconi, Sébastien Jondeau, Karolina Kurkova, Abbey Lee, Leigh Lezark and Heidi Mount.

Chanel resort 2010

Georgia Jagger walks for Chanel resort 2010

See a preview of Chanel’s latest mini movie, directed by Karl Lagerfeld and starring Elisa Sednaoui:

Amazing photo capture from Karl’s ice berg spring show 2010 …

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Met Ball Costume Institute, 2010 breaking NEWS! FULL WHO WEARS WHAT

by: Lauren Brokaw - May 3rd, 2010   Filed under: Awards Season, FASHION, Lauren Brokaw blog
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Exhibit 2010
American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

Open May 5th – August 15th, 2010

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I can see “clearly” now: Prada’s 2010 spring/summer show features clear plastic heels, bags and shades!

by: Caroline & Lauren - April 30th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION
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lauren brokaw prada spring 2010 plastic heels purse sunglasses

Fantastic Plastic? Miuccia Prada wanted her collection for Spring Summer 2010 to reflect a girl who would go from work to the beach. Overall, I enjoyed this collection because most pieces seemed very wearable and the silhouettes felt fresh. I thoroughly enjoyed the colors selected for this seasons designs because they were not your average spring slash summer colors. The colors chosen reminded me of the palette that Marni usually sticks to. I did not like the skirts or dresses at the end of the show with the dangling crystals. Maybe if they had been mixed into the show differently I would have liked them better.

Lara Stone backstage at Prada spring 2010 show

Lara Stone backstage at Prada spring 2010 show

This post is however not about the clothes, it is about the re- occurring theme of plastic, vinyl, and crystal accessories. What caught my attention about the accessories of this collection, was the repetition and cohesiveness of the designs. The shoes, sunglasses, and purses all fit together beautifully… Where there was a green pair of sunglasses, there was a crystal shoe with green accents waiting. Personally, I would never use a plastic purse of any style, unless MAYBE going to the beach. (I do not need the world to see what I am carrying around. My earliest memories of this style purse is from the workers on breaks outside Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bloomingdales. It is a rule for them that they must use purses where one can see all of the contents of the bag so one is no easily able to steal.) For runway use, I thought the purses were very cute and tied the whole look together of hip business gal goes to the beach. The only shoes that I really disliked were the half grandma half stripper clear shoes with the dangling crystals…I prefer to keep the chandelier pieces attached to the chandelier in the dining room ! Aesthetically, I thought it looked way tacky that you could see the velcro strips on each shoe, especially if you are going to be paying a hefty fee.

Chanel did a line very close to this a few seasons ago including all styles of handbags, shoes, jewelry, and sunglasses.

Chanel concept-only clear case from runway fall 2009

Clear heels and bag from Chanel spring 2007

Chanel clear shoes and clear bag from spring 2007

Watch the Prada spring show with commentary and interviews here:

prada plastic sunglasses spring 2010

prada plastic spring 2010 clear plastic purses bags

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prada plastic spring 2010 beach office

prada plastic spring 2010

Keke Lindgard, Bregje Heinen, Rasa Zukauskaite, Alisa Matviychuk, Anastasia Kuznetsova backstage at Prada

Keke Lindgard, Bregje Heinen, Rasa Zukauskaite, Alisa Matviychuk, Anastasia Kuznetsova backstage at Prada

Love magazine Katie Grand

Love magazine's Katie Grand

Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear Prada front row included: Love Magazine’s editor Katie Grand (Katie founded Pop Magazine, and tapped Dasha Zhukova last year so she could leave to start Love – Conde Nast new venture), British Vogue‘s Lucinda Chamber, photographer Mario Testino, Paris Vogue‘s Carine Roitfeld, Saks Fifth Avenue’s Stephen Sadove, Mario Boselli (president 0f Italy’s governing fashion body called Camera della Moda’s, yes Italy has a governing body for fashion – they set the prices and restrictions on sales).
Camera della Moda's president Mario Boselli (right)

Camera della Moda's president Mario Boselli (right)

Neiman Marcus’ Ken Downing, Neiman Marcus’ Burt Tansky, Saks Fifth Avenue’s Terron Schaefer, Italian fashion writer and style icon Anna Piaggi (who is famous for spreads in Italian Vogue and still uses a bright red manual Olivetti typewriter for her work), 10 Corso Como owner Carla Sozzani (who is twin sister to Italian Vogue editor, Franca Sozzani), Style.com writer Sarah Mower, fashion critic Tim Blanks, Russian Vogue‘s Aliona Doletskaya, German Vogue‘s Christiane Arp.

Video & Photos: Style.com

Originally published on The Daily Truffle: Nov 27, 2009 @ 22:19

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Spring/Summer 2010 trend: To clog or not to clog, that is the question!

by: Lauren Brokaw - April 13th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, Lauren Brokaw blog, Trend Reports, Trend Reports (non-fashion)
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To clog or not to clog?

Love em or hate em, clogs will be the biggest shoe trend of this Spring/Summer  (like the gladiator hype of 2010) so says Mary-Kate Olsen, Alexa Chung, Rachel Bilson, Jennifer Garner, Michelle Williams, etc.

Whose fault is this you may or may not ask? Mainly Karl Lagerfeld, and the lovelies at Chanel for flooding the Chanel Sp/Su 2010 fashion show with these historic shoes.

From Camilla Skovgaard to Steve Madden and Chanel and Versace to Urban Outfitters, clogs have started to dominate most all stores…. Wether we like it or not!

The good, the bad, and the ugly:

You can virtually spend anywhere from $40-$700, depending on your budget.

Clogs can be very comfortable.

These shoes will not look good on just anyone or with anything.  Mostly everything looks good on models, hence why they are models….You could put a paper bag on my best friend, Sabrina, and it would look  Do not think that this applies to everyone !

Errrr, these shoes look pretty similar to crocs, but with wooden heels.

What do you think my dear truffler? Will you be wearing clogs this season?

Hmmm….Me you ask? I don’t think so… I think I will leave this for the indigenous Dutch people and the long legged beauties trotting along at Chanel.

Look out for clogs by Chanel, Alexander Wang, Stuart Weitzman, Miu Miu, Tory Burch, Top Shop, Camilla Skovgaard, Pedro Garcia, Banana Republic, Fendi, Jimmy Choo, Steve Madden, Jeffrey Campbell, Elizabeth and James, Vera Wang, Michael Kors, Versace, Gucci, Sam Edelman, Louis Vuitton, Ugg, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, re this season.

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#LAnatives: Designer Kimberly Ovitz (Brentwood ’01) & her Spring 2010 Collection

by: Caroline - March 31st, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, L.A. Natives, LA Natives in Fashion
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Family friend Martin Scorsese shows support at Kim

Kim Ovitz

I got an email from Liz Keene at Harrison & Shriftman last fall inviting me to a private sale for designer Kimberly Ovitz who was literally handing some of her best pieces for next to nothing, as designers often do when they have extra sizes and cuts that weren’t not sold to retail stores. The clothes = amazing! My friend bought a gorgeous white tube dress and we oooh and ahhhed over the layered fabrics on jackets, dresses and vests, and the dead-on cool, casual, comfy, perfectly L.A. attire on rack after rack.

I didn’t need to hear her name to know we were dealing with an L.A. native.

As an Angeleno native hunter, I recognized the name immediately as an being alumni from one of my alma mattas - John Thomas Dye. But that’s not where her L.A. pedigree ends … She is also the daughter of Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz, whom she tells me was instrumental in her early dedication to working and mastering all angles of the business  in her industry.

An equestrian since the age of 9, she took all sorts of jobs as early as 14, with J. Crew, Herb Ritz, W Magazine, Chanel and another of our favorite L.A. native’s Yael Aflalo (Beverly ’95) who had a line called “Ya Ya” at the time. An art history degree from Brown backs her solid industry experience and from her father, Kimberly also learned valuable business management skills and inherited his incredible passion for all the arts – from performance to photography, sculpture to painting.

For her Spring 2010 Presentation, held at Mac Milk Studios in New York, Martin Scorsese, a good family friend, attended to show support for her third season. Her fourth season – Fall 2010 – has already made it’s way through New York Fashion week with a strong presentation this past February.

Kim grew up riding English and competing for 10 years in hunters and jumpers and this is the main source of inspiration of her work, following along in the lines of other equestrian themed greats like Hermès, Gucci and Donghia Leather.

Kim had two horses forever until she sold them a few years ago, though she still tries to ride as often as she can and visits her mother’s ranch in Ojai, CA often for inspiration ~ in fact this is the site of where her spring 2010 lookbook was  shot (see photos below)!

The best selling item this season so far has been Kim’s Valmore cut out dress, which you can buy from Net-a-Porter online here. Kimberly Ovitz on Net-a-Porter
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As a fellow L.A. native, we also asked Kim a few basics we ask all our fellow L.A. school alumni friends …

1. What L.A. schools did you attend?

JOHN THOMAS DYE ELEMENTARY & BRENTWOOD SCHOOL ‘ 01

2. Favorite high school memory

ALL THE PHASES OF STYLE I WENT THROUGH FROM 7 TO 12 GRADE.

3. Favorite thing about growing up in L.A.

HAVING THE OCEAN, MOUNTAINS, AND DESSERT AT YOUR FINGER TIPS AND OF COURSE THE WEATHER.

4. Favorite place to have meetings in L.A.

BLUE PLATE

5. Favorite place to have dinner in L.A.

GIORGIO BALDI

Sold in Neiman Marcus, Curve, Satine, Madison in Malibu.

The location used for Kim's look book are at her moms ranch in Ojai, CA

The location used for Kim's look book are at her moms ranch in Ojai, CA

Kimberly Ovitz spring / summer 2010

Kimberly Ovitz spring / summer 2010

Kim

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Wanna be a Chanel Ambassador? Sell your soul to Karl Lagerfeld

by: Lauren Brokaw - March 18th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, Lauren Brokaw blog
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Meet your Chanel Ambassadors !

What do these Museialite’s (muse+socialite….I have copyrighted this word so beware) say about being Beauty Ambassadors ?

Jen Brill said she basically sold her soul to Karl.  I wonder what future hubby Terry Richardson has to say about this!

Poppy D: We are basically friends of the house of Chanel and we see beauty products before they come out and kind of have our say on them, and we try  to represent the brand as best we can.

What are some of the privileges of being a Chanel Ambassador?

Jen: We are invited to the shows and we get to borrow clothes before everyone else.

Leigh likes going to the shows with Derek

All the girls came tatted up (with Peter Phillips limited edition Chanel temp tattoos) to the Chanel Rouge Coco party in NYC on February 10th, 2010 .

When asked how long they last, Vanessa Traina said she was told 4-5 days.

Jen Brill, Poppy Delevigne, Leigh Lezark, Caroline Sieber, Vanessa Traina

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Fashion Week Couture SS10: Channel you inner Chanel (Paris)

by: Lauren Brokaw - March 8th, 2010   Filed under: FASHION, Fashion Week, Lauren Brokaw blog
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Reposted from: January 26th, 2010

Erm.. This is very hard for me, because as some of you know, Chanel is my #1 or #2 favorite design house in the entire world. I have been waiting months for this show, and was less than impressed. I am aware that these clothes took hours/ weeks to make, but they are lacking the overall “couture” look. Click to Continue Reading

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