Fashion news: Diddy’s album features Anna Wintour, Tod’s to finance Colosseum reno and Roland Mouret won’t do diffusion
Andre Leon Talley, Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi and the inimitable Anna Wintour make an appearance on P. Diddy‘s latest album Last Train to Paris. [The Cut]
Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler will sell 45 per cent of their label to Andrew Rosen, chairman of Kaplan Inc. [Vogue UK]
British designer Roland Mouret doesn’t see a diffusion line in his future: “I would never do a diffusion line. I don’t think the future is that. People mix brands all the time already, so you need to do something else. We are living in a different fashion world now,” he said. [Style File]
Today’s best bit of non-news: Kanye West and Jessica Stam are friends who had dinner with some other friends. [People]
Italian brand Tod‘s is fronting the cash for a reno on the Colosseum. [The Cut]
Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren of Viktor & Rolf touch pinky fingers when they fly. “And if we travel separately, we always text each other when we land,” said Snoeren. “We’re very superstitious.” [WWD]
There is a war going on in the mean, cold fashion streets: A vintage clothing war. “I’ve known employees who are blindfolded and driven in circles before they are ushered into these rooms,” says Worn Fashion Journal editor Serah-Marie McMahon of top-secret vintage warehouses. “No names, no interaction, no information.” [The Star]
Grace Coddington is apparently looking to terrorize her cats. The Vogue fashion director, who wrote a book called The Catwalk Cats, has stated she’d maybe like a puppy for Christmas. [Fashionista]