Fashionweek Daily Wrap-Up



Gottex (image via Stephen Lock, via London Telegraph)

As Fall's black, black, black gives way to the mellow Spring earthtone palette, here's a round up of some of the news being reported in the media from under the tents:

"The Pope of Fashion Week gossip," Chris Wilson of the NYPost, noted yesterday: " JARED LETO likes 'em young. The 33-year-old 'Requiem for a Dream' actor ... has been aggressively pursuing many of the teen models shacked up at the Maritime Hotel.

"Leto, who booked a suite at the Meatpacking District hot spot while he was in town with his rock band, 30 Seconds to Mars, has become infamous for calling and texting some of his underage objects of desire several times a day, reports one in-the-know snitch.

"'He's been approaching all the girls and inviting them to his shows,' snickers the source. 'Girls from IMG, Elite, Next and Women are staying there, and Jared has been hitting on all of them. He's a serial texter. He is constantly texting these other 16- and 17-year-old girls. It's really kind of creepy.'"

Jesus. Underage chicks? And who said Jared Leto doesn't have what it takes to be a rock star? More here.

From Fashionweekdaily: "If you didn�t know about the dinner co-hosted by Eric Villency and Another magazine�s Dior Homme-clad Jefferson Hack, chances are you weren�t supposed to. Those who were in the know�Angela Lindvall, Natalia Vodianova, Helena Christensen, and Elizabeth Saltzman�crowded into the National Arts Club to make merry with this month�s cover model, Jodie Foster. In town promoting her new movie Flightplan, the Armani-wearing blonde isn�t attending any shows, and confessed to being somewhat clueless about fashion. 'So does this fashion thing last one week or two?' she asked. When Kate Moss�dressed in John Galliano�and boyfriend Pete Doherty arrived at 12:15 a.m., Hack (Moss�s ex and her baby�s daddy) instructed a waiter to make sure 'all of Kate�s needs were taken care of.' The only guest not enjoying himself was photographer Terry Richardson, who discovered a worm winding its way through his miso-glazed cod with blood orange sauce. 'I�m not eating anymore,' he declared. 'I�m going to go to McDonald�s.'"

From USA Today, Live from Fashion Week:

"The Monique Lhuillier show is about to begin, and the media frenzy is centered around a star-heavy portion of the front row just two feet away. Anna Kournikova, Jamie-Lynn DiScala and Garcelle Beauvais are sitting side by side mugging for the camera."

From our pal Kim Hatreiter of the Paper Blog: "Marc Jacobs kicked off his over the top show with a baton twirler and a huge marching band, which set the tone for the schoolgirl inspirations he sent down the runway last night. We adored the show. Marc has always loved a student look and this time he took his love of the all American boarding school aesthetic to new places. There were so many stars walking around before the show it was hard to concentrate. We sat next to Carmen Electra and Brandon Holly, the new editor in chief of JANE. We hear that Electra is teaching a striptease aerobics class in Los Angeles (to go with her stripper aerobics video) which is cool. We congratulated Brandon on her new gig as the new Jane Pratt and she says shes having a ball. Brandon got her start at PAPER (of course, they all did!!!) and we are so proud of her."

Marlyn Kirschner of Look Online:

"Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera showed strong collections, both exploring that folksy, �rustic� approach to luxury that seems to be all over the runways. Carolina admitted to having been inspired by the freedom and artistic expression of Vienna just before the 20�s and wanted to evoke the feeling of effortless glamour. The 42 piece collection was well edited (a trend on the runways here as designers seem to be paring down their shows a bit) and there were some beautiful pieces, the best of which were embroidered or printed.

"But the day, which ended with Marc Jacobs (as usual), was pretty much all about Marc Jacobs. Whatever you may think of Marc Jacobs as a designer (overrated, underrated, somewhere in between), the one thing you can�t accuse him of is not being smart and crafty. And smart and crafty are words which perfectly describe the way he approached his spring 2006 collection (and I�m not even talking about the clothes which I thought were pretty great and provided a wonderful respite from the all the too sweet, soft, and feminine fashions being proposed elsewhere). Marc was apparently intent on making this �A Night to Remember' for those in the audience and particularly members of the press and retailers. Let�s face it,it�s hard to forget about a collection that ends with so much confetti thrown on the audience, I am literally still vacuuming pieces off my carpeting, wiping it out of my eyes, picking it out of my hair, off my clothes, off the keyboards of my computer, and out of the bag I carried into the Armory on 26th street and Lexington Avenue, which was the setting for Marc�s show. And it�s hard to forget about a collection that not only did NOT start two hours late (as had been his custom) but actually started early (well, early by fashion show standards). I must say, I had an inkling there would be changes afoot when I noted Marc�s Monday night show, traditionally called for 9 p.m., had been scheduled for 8 p.m. In fact, the show began at precisely 8:35 and ended at 8:55. Unbelievable! This is a record and something many of us never thought we would live to see or talk about. Marc Jacobs likes us - he really, really likes us." Much, much more here.