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FASHION SCOOPS
PHOTO BY DAVE BENETT
Alison
Mosshart
BOYS’ NIGHT: Boy George commanded
the microphone and performed
an acoustic version of “Karma
Chameleon” at Annabel’s Saturday
night at a party in honor of Rag &
Bone, which opened its first London
store over the summer and held a
runway presentation this week to
mark its arrival. “I broke a bottle of
Champagne on the door with Anna
Wintour — that was a bit of a highlight,”
said Marcus Wainwright, who founded
the label with David Neville.
Guests at the dinner, which was
hosted by Jefferson Hack and Another
Magazine, included Poppy Delevingne,
Arizona Muse, James Cook and Alison
Mosshart, who talked about her expat
life in London. “I love America but I
hate Florida. It’s hot and muggy, there
are poisonous animals everywhere
and old people driving Cadillacs. I
spent my life trying to get out and
I finally did it; I’ve been here for
13 years,” she said. As the evening
wore on, Thom Yorke of Radiohead
took over the decks and mixed a very
enthusiastic set for the rave-ready
crowd. — JULIA NEEL
EMMY WARM-UP: Derek Lam and Audi,
the official car partner of the Academy
of Television Arts and Sciences, held
their annual pre-Emmy bash at West
Hollywood restaurant Cecconi’s
Sunday night, drawing Emmy nominees
Melissa McCarthy, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell,
Eric Stonestreet and Cat Deeley, who were
joined by Kate Walsh, Rachael Harris, Ashley
Madekwe, Matthew Weiner, Chord Overstreet,
Brittany Snow and Yvette Nicole Brown.
“What they’re doing is very similar
to what I’m doing in terms of fashion
and technology,” said Lam, talking
about Audi while relaxing in an ivylined lounge area. “There’s something
subtle and sleek wrapped in a
wonderful package.”
McCarthy, who was chatting with
Nia Vardalos in a cozy nook lit with
glimmering candlelight, revealed, “A
good friend of mine is creating my
dress for the Emmy’s, so it’s special.”
DJ Michelle Pesce lured Bowen to the
dance floor, where she shimmied in
a Lela Rose dress with her “Modern
Family” costars Stonestreet and
Burrell. Although certainly her heart
is with “Modern Family,” Bowen
was happy to give some love to other
television shows. “I watch ‘Breaking
Bad’ obsessively. I can talk all night
long about ‘Breaking Bad,’” she said.
— FATIMA RIZWAN
next face of Burberry? “Why not?”
said the actor from the front row of the
Burberry Prorsum show Monday. “If
they need a big-eared Indian fellow,
then I’m around!” Patel joined Britain’s
First Lady Samantha Cameron, Harvey
Weinstein, Mario Testino, Andy Murray, Harry
Styles, Jeremy Irvine, Dita Von Teese and
Alice Eve at the show on Monday.
Weinstein is in the U.K. working
on his new musical version of
“Finding Neverland,” which opens
this weekend, while Testino zipped
to London from Capri, where he’s
shooting the Light Blue ad campaign
for Dolce & Gabbana in Capri.
Irvine, whose latest film “Now Is
Good” with Dakota Fanning comes out
later this week, joined Patel in the
department of self-deprecation.
Asked whether he’d be interested
in being a face, he said: “I don’t think
I’ll be a Burberry boy, as I’m very
fashion illiterate.”
But he wasn’t the only one at the
show who can’t read the fashion signs.
Before the show, U.S. Open champion
Murray scuttled away from a WWD
reporter, propelling his girlfriend Kim
Sears in front of him and muttering: “I
don’t know very much about fashion.”
— STEPHANIE HIRSCHMILLER
KIDS HONORS: Kids In Distressed
Situations Inc.’s lineup for its
gala slated for New York City this
December includes Olympic gold
medal-winning gymnast Jordyn Wieber
as special guest emcee, and Newark
Mayor Cory A. Booker will present the
keynote address. The 27th annual
event will honor the Army & Air Force
Exchange Services as its Retailer of
the Year and children’s wear brand
Kahn Lucas as its Manufacturer of the
Year. In addition, Booker will accept
the K.I.D.S. Agency Partner Award on
behalf of Newark Now, which provides
services and programs to more than
15,000 impoverished families in that
city. The Donor Partner Award will go
to the Toy Industry Foundation. The
event will be held at Cipriani 42nd
Street on Dec. 6. — JEAN E. PALMIERI
TALE OF TWO CITIES: Expect to see more
of Mary Nighy in fashion circles. At the
Christopher Kane show on Monday,
the actress-turned-director — and
daughter of the enduring British
heartthrob Bill Nighy — said she just
established a company called Falling
Boy that specializes in making films
for luxury brands. She said talks are
under way with several undisclosed
firms. Nighy is also in the midst of
writing her first feature film — a boy’s
coming-of-age tale that takes place
between London and Paris during the
Sixties. — MILES SOCHA
DIGITAL HIRE: Barneys New York named
Matthew Woolsey senior vice president
of digital, a new role. Most recently,
Woolsey was managing director at
Group SJR, a digital, media, design and
market research firm. There, he worked
with clients like Target Corp., Credit
Suisse and General Electric, as well as
Barneys as it revamped its e-commerce
site and launched the warehouse sale
online. Woolsey will now spearhead
barneys.com and report to the retailer’s
chief operating officer, Daniella Vitale.
— MARC KARIMZADEH
SERVING SERBIA: Fashion met tennis
at the first annual benefit gala for
the Novak Djokovic Foundation on
Wednesday evening at Capitale in New
York City. Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger,
Anna Wintour and John McEnroe helped
raise $1.4 million for the nonprofit,
which focuses on children’s programs,
PHOTO BY PAUL MORIGI/GETTY IMAGES
FACING FACTS: Could Dev Patel be the
across all categories, and she will report
to senior vice president of marketing and
communications for the Americas Heather
Vandenberghe. — M.K.
TARGET PAY: The man at the center of the
bull’s-eye, Gregg Steinhafel, chairman,
Jelena Ristic, Novak Djokovic
and Donna Karan.
particularly early education in Djokovic’s
native Serbia. Karlie Kloss helped auction
fund-raising items on stage during dinner
and Anja Rubik, whose husband is Serbian,
vamped for the cameras.
“I come from a small country where
not many kids dare to dream and I
believe every one of them should have
an opportunity to dream,” said Djokovic,
wearing a Theory tuxedo in a bit of synergy
with on-court apparel sponsor Uniqlo, as
both brands are owned by Japan’s Fast
Retailing Co.
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of Y
ork, was there
with daughter Princess Beatrice. “I’m still a
child at 52 and I think it’s really important
to keep the child within you. I so support
the 12 kindergarten schools you’re about to
build,” she told Djokovic. — DAVID LIPKE
MASTER JONES: Quincy Jones will join
the company of previous winners Yoko
Ono, Susan Sontag and Prince Charles in
receiving this year’s Montblanc de la
Culture Arts Patronage Award, now in
its 21st year, on Oct. 2 at the Chateau
Marmont in Los Angeles. Fran Lebowitz,
Michael Bastian and concert pianist Lang
Lang made up this year’s American jury.
As a recipient, Jones will receive $20,000
to donate to Jazz Foundation of America
— of which he sits on the Honorary
Founders Board — and a Montblanc
Limited-Edition Patron of Art Joseph II
writing instrument. — KRISTI GARCED
ROBB TO TOMMY: Amy Robb joined Tommy
Hilfiger USA as public relations director
for North America. Most recently, Robb was
public relations director at Christian Dior
Couture in New Y
ork. Prior, she held public
relations roles at Moschino and Salvatore
Ferragamo. At Hilfiger, Robb’s area of
responsibility includes men’s and women’s
president and chief executive officer
at Target Corp., exercised an option
to buy 200,000 shares of the retailer at
$33.80 Friday and turned around to sell
off the stock at $64.57, a $6.2 million
profit. Steinhafel continues to own
269,924 shares of the company directly
and another 368,708 shares indirectly,
according to a filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. — EVAN CLARK
DESIGNER DRINKS: Beach, sleep, eat, drink,
delete — fashion week rehab varies from
one person to the next. Over at Peter
Som’s offices, the designer will be leading
staffers in a three-day Cooler Cleanse
detox. As part of its NYFW Get Juiced
campaign, Juice Generation helped keep
Som and his team running last week with
its Supa Dupa Greens juice. Apparently
green’s popularity wasn’t just on the
runway. Chris Benz went with Essential
Greens, Alexander Wang Inc. was all
about Mr. Greengenes and Shoshanna Gruss
opted for Hail to Kale. While his spring
collection was mostly black and white,
Yigal Azrouël’s juice of choice last week was
considerably brighter — Mucho Mango
with Ginger. — ROSEMARY FEITELBERG
POWER PRINTS: Husband-and-wife design
duo Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto
returned to London Fashion Week after
four seasons to show their collection at
the Aram Gallery in Covent Garden — and
clothing is only a part of the story.
Their presentation, “Living With
Patterns,” features the duo’s latest prints
— which range from pastel cones to
tribal zigzags on cotton, silk and viscose
shifts and blouses. The colorful show also
features a women’s footwear collaboration
with Clarks; patterned rugs that have been
done exclusively for Aram; bone china for
Narumi, and ceramic vases for Moorcroft.
Kishimoto said the collaborations
weren’t a big leap for her. “I see clothing
as a product you use, rather than as
fashion,” she explained, adding that all
of her collections start with prints. Eley,
meanwhile, confirmed that the label
would return to the London catwalk in
February. — SAMANTHA CONTI
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