A time-travelling Katy Perry
David LaChapelle is well known for his saturated, glamorous, often dream-like photography... So could there be a more perfect subject for his lens than popette Katy Perry? Shooting a campaign for hair styling brand ghd meant there was always going to be some element of fantasy involved, and LaChapelle doesn't disappoint. Katy is a kind of uber-glamorous modern day Sleeping Beauty, waking up in three different iconic eras of style: 50s glamour, 70s boho chic and 80s new wave (with hair styled, of course, to match).
The changing face of Lady Gaga
Whether or not it is common knowledge I can't tell you (I don't follow news associated with her at all), but while I was in Milan recently one correspondent I was fortunate enough to encounter was adament that for the rest of 2011 Lady Gaga would be defined by her use of prosthetics, such is her desire to move away from the reality of her real self Stefani Germanotta. And so it is that the performer takes to the 'exhibitionist' issue of i-D magazine precisely as this chap thought she would: laden with face morphing embellishments.
Zara comes to Sydney first
Ragtrader has learned that Zara has been working with the Australian Centre for Retail Studies, an arm of the country's Monash University that helps businesses in the retail sector. Specifically the ACRS is helping Zara come to an understanding of how the Australian retail market works, which led to the natural question: where to open a Zara store first, Sydney or Melbourne?
When news of Zara's expansion into Australia broke it seemed that the size of the market meant that Zara would open in Sydney before anywhere else in the country. However, keen to open with their Autumn / Winter 2011 collection Zara were pushing for an early 2011 store opening.
And that's where the benefit for Melbourne may just lie.
Zara want to open big and early. To do so, the Bondi Junction shopping centre is the only neat option for them. However, while it ticks the early box, with retail space available, it doesn't tick the big box. For that, they need the Sydney Westfield site. That, however, would push their opening back to April or May 2011. And that's too early enough to successfully sell in a full season's worth of clothing.
"The Sydney store is due to open in Westfield's Pitt Street Mall Centre during April or May 2011."
As such it brings this news for Melbourne's fashionisers:
"They have accelerated their plans for a Zara store in Melbourne and there is a possibility that the Melbourne store will open before the Sydney store."
Stay tuned to Fashionising.com for more news on Zara in Australia as it comes to hand. In the meantime, with the chance that it may be one of the first Zara collections available in Australia, you can see one of their Autumn / Winter collections, sold recently in Europe, by clicking on the thumbnails below.
When news of Zara's expansion into Australia broke it seemed that the size of the market meant that Zara would open in Sydney before anywhere else in the country. However, keen to open with their Autumn / Winter 2011 collection Zara were pushing for an early 2011 store opening.
And that's where the benefit for Melbourne may just lie.
Zara want to open big and early. To do so, the Bondi Junction shopping centre is the only neat option for them. However, while it ticks the early box, with retail space available, it doesn't tick the big box. For that, they need the Sydney Westfield site. That, however, would push their opening back to April or May 2011. And that's too early enough to successfully sell in a full season's worth of clothing.
"The Sydney store is due to open in Westfield's Pitt Street Mall Centre during April or May 2011."
As such it brings this news for Melbourne's fashionisers:
"They have accelerated their plans for a Zara store in Melbourne and there is a possibility that the Melbourne store will open before the Sydney store."
Stay tuned to Fashionising.com for more news on Zara in Australia as it comes to hand. In the meantime, with the chance that it may be one of the first Zara collections available in Australia, you can see one of their Autumn / Winter collections, sold recently in Europe, by clicking on the thumbnails below.
D&G: Continuing the fun
Continuing on with the theme that was last offered up in the label's recent men's showing, D&G have brought whimsical prints and bold winter colours to the fall 2011 catwalks of the current women's season of Milan fashion week.
Toned down in parts (it that's at all possible) with black and white prints that at a distance looked like Fair Isle but transpired to be typography layered over sheers, the collection realistically features just about every loud colour imaginable. And tutus.
Undeniably spirited, these times and commercial reality mean that its success will really depend on its reception at D&G's tills, something we're eaglery anticipating news of.
Toned down in parts (it that's at all possible) with black and white prints that at a distance looked like Fair Isle but transpired to be typography layered over sheers, the collection realistically features just about every loud colour imaginable. And tutus.
Undeniably spirited, these times and commercial reality mean that its success will really depend on its reception at D&G's tills, something we're eaglery anticipating news of.
