The trend toward designer / store collaborations continues with the announcement of Roland Mouret for Gap.
According to Vogue UK:
A line of ten dresses... from the man who created the Galaxy dress will put Gap in the running for plenty of cash come November 7, when they are due to go on sale in the UK and France. Even better, three of Mouret's designs will be sold as part of the Gap (PRODUCT) RED collection - 50 per cent of the profits they generate will go to The Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria that was set up by Bono and Bobby Shriver earlier this year.
One of Mouret's famed designs:
After Kate Moss' style without the designer price tag? Rumour has it that Kate is about to sign a deal for 1 million British pounds to design a range for Topshop. The Daily Mirror reports:
We may well have said goodbye to Rochas recently, but Oliver Theyskens isn't ready to give up yet. The Belgian designer, 29, has been hired by the Paris house of Nina Ricci and will likely show his first collection next March for Autumn 2007.
From SassyBella.
Portmans and internationally renowned Australian designer Kit Willow, have combined forces in an exclusive collaboration of seven signature dresses entitled "The Dream of a Dress".Renowned for romantic shapes and feminine fabrics, Willow launched in 2003 and have been going strong since.This exclusive range will arrive in-store in early October, just in time for Spring Racing and ahead of the party season.
From Willow's Autumn / Winter 06 collection:
Sienna Miller is going to design a capsule collection for Pepe Jeans, and in fact she has already started work on it. So what's news about this many actresses have recently had their own clothing range(like Jennifer Lopez for example). Originally though Sienna said that;
"I would hate the fact that people are wearing clothes with my name on. After all, I'm an actress."
-Sienna Miller quoted by Britain?s Daily Express Newspaper.
These are just some of the images from Prada's Spring/Summer collection as part of Milan's Fashion Week.
Images from Yahoo News
Kookai Australia have launched a new website for their Autumn / Winter 2006 Collection, aptly titled 'New Britannia.' The collection is described as being influenced by Victorian era England - and both the clothes and accessories certainly have a distinctly romantic and feminine feel.
H&M have announced a collaboration with design duo Viktor and Rolf, to be released within stores next November.
Now we can all recall the fashion-frenzied mayhem caused by Stella McCartney's H&M collection... and with Viktor and Rolf's efforts sure to be a success, you may need to pack your riot gear if you want to get your hands on some!
Despite the many successful collaborations going on in the UK and US (such as Luella for Target), no designer collaborations have yet hit the stores in Australia. Hurry up and open a store here, H&M!
