Julia Nobis (Ford) yesterday closed N°21 Fall 2012 in Milan. The fifth ready-to-wear collection for the line by Alessandro Dell’Acqua maintained fidelity to the brand’s low-profile, championing what could be described as sophisticated street style. Ming Xi (Ford), Valerija Kelava (Ford), Hanne Gaby (Ford), and Lara Mullen (Ford) also featured. [Style.com]
Alberta Ferretti went for a “more masculine” beauty look for the Fall 2012 show yesterday in Milan. WWD quoted makeup artist Diane Kendal as saying, ”This season, Alberta’s been a bit more masculine with an underside of soft femininity, so we’ve done a strongly sculpted face with framed eyebrows.” Sigrid Agren (Ford), Kate King (Ford), and Julia Nobis (Ford) featured in the show. [WWD]
Raf Simons is said to be leaving Jil Sander according to anonymous individuals cited by Cathy Horyn of The New York Times. The hush-hush surrounding the departure, expected to follow Saturday’s Jil Sander show, has not surprisingly poured kerosene on the bonfire of speculation surrounding the creative director vacancy at Dior. Never mind, however that Simons’s flavor of minimalism would be at odds with the very identity of the House of Dior. [NYTimes.com]
Prada Fall 2012 at press time is less than two hours from its scheduled start. If you are light on an invitation to the the show at via Fogazzaro, 36, then stream it in bits and pieces on the house’s official Web site. It will be interesting to see if Miuccia Prada follows up in kind the casting master stroke for her Fall 2012 menswear collection that featured Willem Dafoe, Adrien Brody, Gary Oldman, and Tim Roth. It is only a matter of hours until the world finds out. [Prada]
Julia Nobis (Ford) (C) | N°21 Fall 2012 (Photography: Monica Feudi / Feudiguaineri.com courtesy of Style.com)
