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Val’s Halla
Valentino Garavani, the retired but not retiring designer, celebrated the unveiling of his archives in suitably grand style last night at his château, Wideville, outside Paris. “I remember every detail, every dress,” said the designer (who, for the record, created 12,000 of them). “Every drawing reminds me of a period, of a moment. It fills me with joy.”
He wasn’t alone. After checking out the split-level museum—which houses an impressive compilation of 10,000 sketches on the walls and on a lineup of iPads, along with a couple thousand letters, hundreds of pictures, awards, and the odd dress or two culled from the Rome archives—guests moved to a tented space in the garden for dinner and dancing (Madonna’s on-again, off-again beau, Jesus Luz, was at the turntables). Milling among the crowd were Gwyneth Paltrow with Apple and Moses in tow, Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy, Elizabeth Hurley, Giambattista Valli, Lee Radziwill, Blake Lively, Jon Kortajarena, Jessica Alba, and Yasmin and Simon LeBon.
“I have two Valentinos that I bought in Rome,” reminisced Jane Fonda. “One I wore when I accepted the Oscar for my father for On Golden Pond. Great dress. But after that I started lifting weights, so I can’t close it anymore! I can’t wait to get a new one—I’m going to New York to do that soon. But I can still wear my black velvet one; it’s my favorite. I’ve worn it to the White House three times.”
Asked if he could see himself opening a similar archive, Marc Jacobs demurred. “I’m from a different generation. We paid the models in clothes, for one thing, so we didn’t hold on to anything. But that’s cool. I like knowing that the clothes are all living out there in the world somewhere.”
—Tina Isaac Continue reading
Just for Kicks
Fashion or football? At Calvin Klein’s massive fête in Berlin last night, the American company’s biggest-ever event in Europe, guests enjoyed both. That is, if “enjoyed” is the right word to describe the state of mind of the German attendees, who ended up seeing their country lose to Spain in the televised semifinal match. Still, there were compensations, like sipping Veuve and wandering through the city’s stylishly dilapidated, historic mint building, refitted for the occasion with sculptural white platforms that served as stages for a fit squad of models.
Taking in the scene were Calvin-philes like Kellan Lutz, Lara Stone, Diane Kruger, and Na’vi princess and new face of the brand’s underwear campaign Zoe Saldana. The Avatar actress told us she was looking forward to a stint in Paris later this summer, where she’ll be filming the Luc Besson-scripted Colombiana—a Colombian La Femme Nikita, she called it. As for the best part of her new modeling gig? “Lots of free lingerie! Which I’m wearing right now, of course,” she said. We took her word for it. Kruger, for her part, slipped a Germany jersey over her Collection minidress once she was finished with the red carpet. But back to underwear: One guest observed, “This is the first time I’ve seen two naked male models lounging around, and no one can take their eyes off the football match.” Surely, things will get back to normal next week.
—Sameer Reddy Continue reading
Skeletons in the Closet
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The Street, C’est Chic
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