fashion: Jacobs finds his fetish in bags at Vuitton

Which fashion great can still pull Kate, Naomi, Stella and Amber to the catwalk, well, who besides Gianni Versace?  Well step up  Marc Jacobs, who ended the Fall season with a triumphant show in Paris for Louis Vuitton, and after a week of ups and downs for it’s parent company LVMH (UP with the purchase of Bulgari, and DOWN with the sacking of star designer Galliano at Dior) this was certainly one of the high notes . . .

The show – which featured star turns from Amber Valletta, Stella Tennant, and no less than 2 of the most super of all Super’s (Naomi and Kate – who are both so super, they no longer even have surnames!) – was heavily focused on bags.  Much like the Burberry show in London, which was 90% coats and accessories, its clear where the great fashion houses are making their money.  Accessories, accessories, and erm, yup.  Accessories!  So big up the bags ladies – Vuitton says thats all you want anyway!

AP.

fashion: Chanel just got otherworldly

Leave it to Karl.  For weeks nobody has talked about anything other than the implosion of one of fashions brightest stars, every show from London to Paris vis Milan has been preoccupied with John Galliano and who may replace him at Dior, and yet again a masterstroke of genius in stage management by Lagerfeld left Chanel looking positivly out of this world, and the crisis over at Dior, well, frankly like yesterdays news . . .

images courtesy of purple magazine

 

AP.