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Quote Du Jour: Olivier Theyskens- ‘The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence’
via Interview
“The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It’s good to have an influence. I feel like people on the street today probably dress better than they did in the ’50s.”
-Olivier Theyskens tells Interview Magazine.
Ricardo Tisci Puts Galliano Succession Rumors to Bed
Not me guys. Sorry.
We can go on and on about how we think Ricardo Tisci will leave Givenchy to replace John Galliano but it basically ain’t gonna happen.
The designer tells Interview Magazine:
“Sincerely, I feel sorry for John. But for this moment I am leaving aside all the gossip of ‘I am going here, I am going there,’ because there is a lot of gossip circulating and there always will be. I will tell you, in this moment, I am very happy at Givenchy and it is a moment in which I am bringing the game to the next level. So I tell you, I feel at home. It’s as if it were my son … For now, it is still Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, and I think that it will be for a long time, because it will be difficult to evict me from my house.”
There you have it. Ricardo isn’t going anywhere and we’re ecstatic. Now who’s the next designer due for a Dior rumor?
Quote Du Jour: Karl Lagerfeld- Hey Biographers! ‘F*ck you, you’re all lazy pigs.’
Not down.
“I don’t have too much consideration for the poor people who try to write that book [his biography] … But it’s interesting that people in fact are lazy. If they worked hard they would find interesting things. Nobody finds it! So I’m in a position to say ‘Fuck you, you’re all lazy pigs.’ And I certainly won’t help them!”
-K-Lag reveals his thoughts on biographers to Elle.
Quote Du Jour: Yohji Yamamoto- ‘I’m Not Interested in Fashion, Generally.’
I'm cooler than you.
“I’m not interested in fashion, generally. I’m just interested in how to cut the clothing. I’m demanding so much which I can’t regret. I have my own judge in me. He’s always judging me.”
-Yohji Yamamoto reveals in his documentary This is My Dream.
L’Amour Fou: A Documentary About Yves Saint Laurent & His Lover [Trailer]
For those who haven’t seen it yet, here’s a trailer of the Yves Saint Laurent documentary we’ve all been waiting to cross the shore, L’Amour Fou. It chronicles the designer’s business/intimate relationship with Pierre Bergé and even gives a look into the 2009 Christie’s auction of his elaborate art collection. For the YSL-obsessed (raises hand), this should be an insightful look into the relationship he had with Bergé, whom some speculate played the role of nurse and business parter versus love of Laurent’s life. You might have to bring the tissue to this one.
The movie opened in New York last week and will hit Los Angeles on May 20th.
Quote Du Jour: Zac Posen- “I am Totally Unattached to Material Items”
“I am totally unattached to material items. But when it comes to things everyone should have, a scent is very important, as is good underwear and a great pair of sunglasses.”
-Zac Posen reveals.
Another Badass Interview with Karl Lagerfeld via W Magazine
K-Lag in a section of his massive library. Image via Vice Magazine
Karl Lagerfeld sat down to talk to W Magazine and here are the best quotes from the interview:
You’re a busy man.
I’m always busy. You know, the more I do, the more ideas I have—that’s the funny thing. The brain is a muscle, and I’m a kind of body-builder.Do you ever take vacations?
I’m not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed. I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in the morning early. I come back for Anna Wintour’s party at the Met, then again at the end of May for a prize I get from the Gordon Parks Foundation. I’m lucky that I can do all these things in the best conditions. I don’t have to struggle for that. I don’t have to discuss budgets. I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.Do you do it [his hair] yourself?
No, I have someone who comes to the house and washes it, puts in the dry shampoo, and takes care if it because I have no time. I don’t even have time to go to the dentist. I’m busy but in a pleasant way. I’m the one who wanted to do all of it, so I can’t complain.What are your thoughts on Dior? Who should take over?
Well I’m not a consultant there, but I think Riccardo Tisci would be good, and then Haider Ackermann at Givenchy—not because they are friends of mine, but because they are good.You seem to have a love/hate relationship with technology. You have hundreds of iPods but you don’t use a computer. You correspond by fax.
There are people who only have a fax because of me.When was the last time you cried?
I’m trying to think of the last time I had onions.
Um, yeah! For the rest of the interview visit W Magazine.
Quote Du Jour: Christian Louboutin- “No one before me has ever used a coloured sole”
“I have the biggest respect for the house of Yves Saint Laurent. Having discussed the matter with them and not been able to reach an agreement, we have had to take this to court. My company has a trademark on the red sole and if we don’t enforce it this would leave the door open for other brands to copy us while jeopardising the identity of the Louboutin red sole. No one before me has ever used a coloured sole to define a brand’s identity. The red sole has become widely recognised as the distinct sign of my brand in the eyes of women all over the world.”
-Christian Louboutin brags and clarifies why he’s suing YSL.
LMAO: Canadian Used Car Dealership Uses Tom Ford’s Image in Ad
Wish we could see Tom Ford's reaction to seeing this.
We’re not sure if Tom Ford knows this but he’s totally the unofficial spokesperson for some used car dealership in Canada. The owner of the dealer apparently has no idea who Ford is, he just thought this image looked seductive enough to be in an ad with the slogan, You know you’re not the first. But do you really care? Clever.
The Telegraph says:
Although not yet confirmed, it’s fairly safe to assume that Ford didn’t waive image rights for this campaign, or have sign-off on the slogan, and boy did Wurfel pick on the wrong guy. Aside from the well documented vice-like control Ford exercises over all aspects of his brand image, he has been in a relationship with his partner, Richard Buckley, for 25 years.
Someone’s about to get sued like a motherf*cker.
Quote Du Jour: Proenza Schouler- “The editor-in-chief of the magazine walked in. There we were, lint-rolling half-naked. We were mortified.”
“When we were still living in our studio, and some big important magazine was coming to see the collection for the first time. We were such messes back then and hadn’t realized the clocks had changed an hour back. It was early morning and we were doing the final lint-rolling still in our pajamas (read: underwear!) thinking we were totally on time, when the elevator door opened and the editor-in-chief of the magazine walked in. There we were, lint-rolling half-naked. We were mortified.”
- Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler recount a funny story from their early days as designers. Read the rest of the interview here.
Fresh Out of Rehab: Galliano Spotted at LAX, Gets Called a “F**king Racist”
La fête est terminée
John Galliano was seen in Los Angeles yesterday leaving LAX airport assumingly arriving from the rehab facility he was checked into for about a month in Arizona. Galliano kept silent as a reporter asked him “Would you have done anything differently if you were on the Christian Dior board?” and even kept his mouth shut when another called him a f**king racist.
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