Fashion news: Erdem wins BFC/Vogue fund and Danielle Steele’s Louboutin obsession…er, collection
Montreal’s Erdem Moralioglu beat out stiff competition from Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab and Nicholas Kirkwood to will the inaugural British Fashion Council/Vogue Fashion Fund award. The award comes with a £200,000 (about CAD$310,000) prize. [Vogue UK]
Fashion industry VIPs like Maggie Rizer and PPR chairman François-Henri Pinault are teaming up to launch “A Bid to Save the Earth”, a green auction at Christie’s to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Donations that will be bid on include a private fitting and custom suits by Stella McCartney and Harry Winston watches. [Racked]
Danielle Steel reportedly owns more than 6,000 pairs of Louboutins. Of course she does. [Coutorture]
Diane von Furstenberg is making landmarks as CFDA president (it is her third term after all) after Capitol Hill’s Committee on House Administration approved the formation of the fashion industry’s first caucus, named the “Congressional Apparel Manufacturing and Fashion Business Caucus” over the weekend. DVF is focusing her efforts as president on lobbying for laws against counterfeiters. [Fashionologie]
After designing women’s clothing for the past 30 years, Jackie Rogers is returning to menswear–where she started–revealing an eight-look collection in a runway presentation at her Madison Avenue store. Rogers told WWD, “Coco Chanel told me not to go into women’s. ‘It will drive you crazy,’ she said with a wink. But you know, she loved men.” [WWD]
