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What Lady Gaga’s Wearing Next?

A group of Angelenos will be celebrating Earth Day in style at tonight’s inaugural “Out of the Ordinary” event at L.A.’s vintage mecca The Way We Wore. Hosted by Dita Von Teese and Debi Mazar, the party and fashion presentation will showcase 32 revamped looks from the likes of Juan Carlos Obando, Kevan Hall, and Swan Song. “By its very nature, vintage clothing is as green as you can get,” says The Way We Wore owner and “Out of the Ordinary” founder Doris Raymond, who has fans in John Galliano, Angelina Jolie, Thakoon Panichgul, Scarlett Johansson, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O. “We all have things in our closets that we no longer relate to or perhaps have become damaged.” Raymond has rounded up some of her favorite designers and given them access to vintage pieces that needed a facelift. Current/Elliott turned a 1960’s nylon chiffon dress into a Grecian one-shoulder number that Emma Roberts wore on The Tonight Show recently. Jeremy Scott took apart a long-sleeve sequined fuchsia dress and remade it into a mini with encased boning and cutout circular shapes lined in black satin (rumor has it that Lady Gaga has first dibs). All of the looks are on the auction block to benefit Future Fashion, a nonprofit initiative promoting sustainable practices in the apparel industry. Visit www.ebay.com/thewaywewore through May 2 to see before-and-after shots or to score yourself a sustainable purchase.—Victoria Namkung

Photo: Evans Vestal Ward

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Your In-Room Flicks: The Hangover, Julie & Julia, And…Marilyn Minter?

With a dozen fairs, countless openings, and thousands of collectors in New York for Armory Arts Week, the Standard probably wasn’t the first place aficionados were looking to find compelling art on Friday. But that’s exactly what was on display at the launch of the hotel’s new StandArt channel. Curated by Creative Time, this seasonally updated in-room video installation, which also bowed in L.A. and Miami, includes ten films by international art stars including Mika Rottenberg, the anonymous (and ubiquitous) Bruce High Quality Foundation, and Marilyn Minter. “It’s so rare that you have time to watch art films,” says Creative Time curator Meredith Johnson. “So we chose pieces that are more hypnotic and durational so you can turn it on at different times of day.”Among those are Minter’s lush Green Pink Caviar, which went on tour with Madonna last summer and is also playing in the MoMA lobby. “I love doing this type of stuff,” Minter told us; she’ll soon do it again, with a forthcoming video project that will “look like silver.” Equally seductive is BHQF’s 75-minute black-and-white fictional tribute to Godard, L’eau de vie un film de Jean-Luc Godard, which follows a group of character types (actor, art consultant, agitator) as they hunt down elusive truths at 2005’s Art Basel Miami. Elsewhere, Lee Walton acts out his friend’s Facebook statuses in F’Book: What My Friends Are Doing on Facebook and the Neistat Brothers race a Ducati against a Dutch city bike in the hilarious Yogurt vs. Gasoline.“The competition for this is cable TV and you have to make this better than that, and it’s tough because Jersey Shore is soo good,” said Casey Neistat, wearing a towel with his blazer and tie after a jump into the pool earlier in the evening. (He’d mistakenly assumed the water was at “bathwater” temperature.) While the plunge provided a shock to his system, the installation is already paying dividends. “I’m doing a crazy Lazer Tag movie and I’m shooting here next Sunday,” he said. “Think Jason Bourne meets 1986, Worlds of Wonder Lazer Tag.” Just another Sunday at the Standard.Check out a selection of the films, below.

—Michael Slenske

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2010 SAG Awards – Meryl Streep In Balenciaga

Yet Another Re-Run/J’Adore Award

I’m already preferring the red carpet looks from the SAG Awards in comparison to Globes.

Meryl Streep gave me my first sharp intake of breath of the night wearing a Balenciaga satin print gown from the Fall 2009 collection.

This was unfortunately another re-run as Salma Hayek wore this gown to the 33rd Annual Cairo International Film Festival last year, but that takes nothing away from how fabulous Meryl looks.

She accessorized her look with a black leather belt and a black clutch.

Definitely one of the best of the night.

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Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick | Harry Winston opens in Shaghai – commemorative timepeices unveiled

Harry Winston Celebrates the Opening of Two New Shanghai Salons

With Glamorous Celebrities

Leighton Meester Ed Westwick & Jay Chou

“King of Diamonds” Harry Winston celebrated the grand opening of its first retail Pavilion in Shanghai replica watches the largest Harry Winston salon in the world. Highlighting the richly faceted history of the 80 year old luxury brand the international jeweler and watchmaker hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Leighton Meester & Ed Westwick along with a special performance by pop star Jay Chou.

WHO: Leighton Meester fake a.lange & sohne watch Ed Westwick Jay Chou

WHAT: Grand Opening of Harry Winston’s Shanghai Pavilion the largest Harry Winston salon in the world

WHEN: Friday April 27th

WHERE: Shanghai China

Product Worn Includes:
Leighton Meester: Cluster Diamond Bracelet Set-in Platinum; Diamond River Earrings Set-in Platinum;

Feather Ring cloth band watches manufacturer Set-in Platinum; Straight Line Necklace Set-in Platinum

Ed Westwick: Midnight Timepiece

CREDIT: Harry Winston

Press Release

Rag & Bone Is Moving Into The Cafe Colonial Space—And Maybe That’s OK

When rumors spread earlier today that Rag & Bone would be opening up a new shop in the Nolita space that used to house Cafe Colonial, reaction on the blogs was so hysterical, you’d think that the label’s designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville were two corrupt condo developers threatening to raze a blighted neighborhood’s community center. But this is not Breakin’ II: Electric Boogaloo. Cafe Colonial was a beloved Nolita institution, but the restaurant lost its lease and, yes, Rag is moving in. There’s been much grumbling about inaccessible fashion taking over real estate, so it may (or may not) be some comfort to know that Neville and Wainwright will be stocking the new shop exclusively with their accessibly priced basics lines—/JEAN (pictured), /SHIRT, and /KNIT—and their accessory collections. The Rag-sters are forgoing the typical gut reno, too, so Cafe Colonialists should feel free to drop by, soak up the ambience, and then grab brunch from any of the numerous very good places down the block. “As has been the case with our other stores, we are trying to keep as much of the space’s original interior as possible, including the wonderful tile floor and tin walls,” Wainwright says, adding that he and Neville “wish the owners of Cafe Colonial the best and very much hope they reopen around the corner.” Hear, hear.Rag & Bone’s new shop is slated to open July 1 at 73 E. Houston St., NYC.

—Maya Singer

Photo: Christian Brylle/Courtesy of Rag & Bone

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Diane Kruger In Jason Wu – Runway To Green Event

The darling Diane Kruger took to the red carpet in support of the ‘Runway to Green’ event which was held at Christie’s in New York City last night.

We shouldn’t be surprised to see that she’s the first celebrity to wear a look from the Jason Wu Fall 2011 collection, because she often is.

The Kruger/Wu connection is natural marriage of beautiful girlie charm and elegance which both the actress and the collection possess.

Her black silk Radzmire sculpted dress with an ivory underskirt, was paired with an ivory Jason Wu clutch and Jason Wu nude satin pumps which are both from the Fall 2011 collection.

Diane effortlessly styled her look with a shaggy loose plait and gold earrings.

BDOTW?

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Runway To Middle Eastern Film Festival Closing Ceremony – Eva Mendes In J. Mendel

Eva Mendes spent the weekend in Abu Dhabi after flying in to attend the closing ceremony of the Middle Eastern Film Festival.

It was the first time the actress had visited the region, and she would have left a lasting good impression walking the red carpet looking radiant wearing a white J.Mendel Pre-Fall 2009 gown.

The white one shoulder asymmetrical gown with a front draping and jeweled waist clasp, was interestingly paired with a maroon beaded necklace and matching bracelet.

The actress is definitely a contender for BDOTW.

Credit: Style.com & Wireimage

A British Invasion, Tom Brady’s Dogs, And More…

Prince Harry’s in town, New Yorkers, and he and super-hunk Nacho Figueras are set to go head-to-head in a polo match tomorrow on Governors Island. Go on and show them a warm American welcome. [The Washington Post]

News of Veronique Branquinho shuttering yesterday means an adjustment to the schedule at Paris men’s fashion week in June. Here’s a list of who’s in and who’s out for the boys. [WWD]

Tom Brady quashed pregnancy rumors surrounding new bride Gisele, claiming, “I have dogs and that’s all I need.” How sweet. [NY Daily News]

—Alison Baenen

Photo: Anwar Hussein/WireImage

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Vintage Fashion Sale | Mary Lipshut’s vintage fashion hoard

Step back in time … Courreges skirt set from ML Vintage.

Sitting in her showroom on the day she has agreed to will her extensive archives to Melbourne’s RMIT university, 87-year-old fashion merchandising legend Mary Lipshut is feeling wistful.

“There’s a lot of nostalgia here,” she says, gesturing to the walls covered in photographs of old friends like Gianni Versace, Tai Missoni and Frank Sinatra.

Versace was a friend from the early 1970s right up until his murder in 1997.

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“Gianni always appreciated the fact that I bought his things before he was known. His first collection for Callaghan was brilliant.”

Now, pieces from that collection are available for purchase from Lipshut’s new online store, ML Vintage.

The store showcases her collection of unsold stock from the 60s, 70s and 80s, when she was a pioneering fashion buyer for Myer and Georges.

Lipshut was the first to bring labels like Callaghan, Pucci, Missoni and Courreges into Australia, but she didn’t always get a warm reception from department stores.

“[They] were too frightened to buy … they didn’t want to take a risk.

“I was forced to open my own boutiques because the first collection I ever bought from Missoni, you know what they said to me? ‘Mary, you really don’t know what you’re doing, dear. You can never put emerald and lime together. They don’t go.’

“That garment is now in the National Gallery of Victoria.”

Other pieces from Lipshut’s collection have been purchased by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Smithsonian.

The collection began when one of Lipshut’s consignments for Myer was redirected to her warehouse after a disagreement with Myer’s merchandising director. Another shipment, from Courreges in Paris, was pronounced unsellable on arrival when the French began testing nuclear bombs in the Pacific and Australia slapped a ban on all French imports.

Add a few uncollected laybys from her pioneering boutiques Tempo and Sportempo, and some advice from Italian Vogue commentator Anna Piaggi to preserve her growing inventory for when the world began clamouring for true vintage fashion, and ML Vintage was born.

The collection of 4000 garments and accessories is now thought to be worth many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and potentially the only one of its kind in the world.

A trip around the showroom – and the website – is a journey through several fashion cycles, and proof that everything old is always new again, eventually. Courreges was clearly a master of colour blocking, and Missoni’s original maxi dresses and iconic stripes are just as popular today as they ever were.

70s chic … Pucci skirt set, $4500, from ML Vintage.

With one-shoulder Versace swimsuits listed at $500 a pop, and Pucci skirt sets selling for thousands, it’s not for the faint of wallet.

Lipshut has outfitted Dannii Minogue, Megan Gale and fashion insiders like stylist Polly Kerdel, and is excited to see her new online venture go live.

“We’re launching www.mlvintage.com to see Mary’s life work find their rightful homes,” says grandson and business partner Mark Lipshut.

“When the last piece sells, the lights go off and we go home!”

As for RMIT, they’ll be the recipients of a cache of newspaper clippings, hand-written stock orders, vintage colour charts, diary notes, and drawings by some of the 20th century’s most successful designers.

It’s an archive that represents a fashion life well lived.

“I never had time to throw anything out,” says Lipshut.

“It was the most elegant era … I’ve really had this most wonderful life.”

Friday Five with Thom Fougere

Canadian furniture designer Thom Fougere’s minimal pieces are as beautifully stark as a Winnipeg winter. Deeply ensconced in the design scene there, Fougere’s Friday Five brings us on a tour of the city’s bests, as well as thought-provoking looks at the art of collecting, and an introduction to off-the-beaten-path artists and film makers.

1. Winnipeg
Winnipeg, a small wintery city located in the heart of the Canadian prairies, is currently the strongest influence on my work and the place I call home. For what the city lacks in size and temperate weather conditions it makes up for in the amount of outstanding creative work being produced.

Winnipeg is filled with some insanely talented people working on extraordinarily original projects. The Winnipeg arts scene is a small underground, often un-united, community of individuals and it’s not always easy to know about to all the great stuff happening here. Some of my favorite nights are when I end up in a studio or apartment of someone producing really unique projects that few know about. What excites me most about all of this work is that much of it is influenced by the place itself, and speaks to a particular Canadian prairie vernacular that I am quite taken by.

Currently, local architecture firm 5468796 is picking up a lot of momentum internationally. Artist Ken Lavallee is creating phenomenal work as is painter Ted Barker, and of course Guy Maddin, whose film My Winnipeg garnered international notoriety, and who still calls Winnipeg home.

2. Ronan + Erwan Bouroullec: Bivouac Exhibition
I was fortunate enough to visit the Ronan + Erwan Bouroullec Bivouac Exhibition in Metz, France earlier this year. The gallery assembled the entire library of R+E work into a single space overlooking the city of Metz. I’ve been a fan of the Bouroullec brothers for years now, and it was fantastic to experience a space designed by the brothers, filled with the entirety of their work.

3. Mjolk
This shop is a must for anyone visiting Toronto. The owners John and Juli are extremely knowledgeable about the products they carry. I think my attraction to the store is a consequence of its level of curation. Every object in the shop has been selected on a basis of strict guidelines, with the collection as a whole in mind. This passion for fastidious curation is really what makes the shop exceptional. I would consider Mjolk to be one of the best design shops I’ve visited. John and Juli’s store is just as they suggest — Mjolk means “milk” and connotes what is pure, honest, and essential (editor’s note: why do you think we chose it for our name, too?).

Photo by Geninne

4. Collections
I’ve recently recognized I’m compulsive collector. Over the past few years I have unconsciously amassed a collection of wood spoons and kitchen utensils. I am also getting into knives, satchels, bottle openers, and small regional kitchen items.

Although seemingly peculiar, I believe humans are innately collectors and that the things we collect often seep into our lives in a broader context than simply existing as an object in a drawer. Subconsciously, I know that through collecting I am doing research for a possible future project, which really allows me to embrace whatever obscure item I am obsessing over at the time.

5. Werner Herzog
I’ve been on a Werner Herzog kick for the past year or so. I was initially drawn to his documentary films, which I find to be thought provoking and entertaining, however I quickly realized it is Herzog himself who truly interests me. His unconditional willingness to offer interesting perspectives on just about everything, coupled with his uncanny knack for detecting extraordinary in the ordinary makes him, in my mind, one of the most interesting people alive. I’m currently making my way through Herzog on Herzog, a collection of interviews with Werner Herzog reflecting on past projects, and offering peculiar insights into just about every topic.