The excitement about Lady Gaga's new role as the face of the Versace Spring/Summer 2014 collection began some time ago, with snippets being leaked to fuel our fire and today with the official announcement being released that Gaga is indeed the face of the new Spring Summer 2014 campaign, we salute Donatella.
Joe McKenna, from Kirkintilloch, was part of the creative team behind the fashion designer's latest collection, which will be fronted by the American singer.
Some of fashion’s biggest names including Claudia Schiffer, Victoria Beckham, Roland Mouret, Kate Moss, our very own Chris Kane, Dolce & Gabbana, Thom Sweeney, Philip Treacy, Louis Vuitton, GQ and my favourite snapper Rankin, are coming together to help fundraise for Red Nose Day in a fashion extravaganza on eBay.
There’s an abundance of required skills to set up a new fashion brand, many of which the young guns lack, simply to due their naivety (we’ve all been there) and lack of commercial experience. However, when one comes along that possesses an exciting package, wrapped in significant commercial experience – it makes all the difference. Please welcome ‘Deetz’!
The luxury conglomerate has become a major investor in the brand with a 51 per cent stake.
When the invitation said ‘Dress warm casual chic’ they meant it. Thankfully I had arrived with a knee length vintage Chanel coat, boots and a fur coat, and one look at The Caledonian hotel lobby in Edinburgh and it was apparent the other guests got it too. I have never seen so many fur coats, oversized Chanel handbags and glamorous ladies in all my life! This was no ordinary queue forming for the chauffeurs to Linlithgow Palace; this was a show in itself.
Last week saw the announcement of the first Global Kids Fashion week, which will take place in London next March 2013! How utterly fabulous!
I must say, after almost eight years running the Scottish Fashion Awards you think you know quite a lot about the scene but it’s only when you judge an event like this do you realise the incredible wealth of talent there is from around the world.
I won’t lie – I was gutted all those years ago when they announced that one of my most favourite stores was to open in Edinburgh and not Glasgow, so was the entire west coast fashion mafia! But alas, St. Andrew Square was to be the site for their 65,000 square ‘fashionable’ feet of space over five floors – can you imagine, the excitement was almost too much!
Not just because of King Karl, but because I think Gabrielle Chanel is one of the finest designers of our time, not to mention her inimitable daring manner for her generation.
