Fashion news: J.Crew headed to Toronto next year, designer directors, and Michael Kors reflects on his modelling days
J. Crew is almost here. The American retailer announced that it will open its first Canadian store in Toronto 2011. [J. Crew Aficionada, via @Derick Chetty ]
“I never understand why God give the possibility to have children just to woman,” Roberto Cavalli told Harper’s Bazaar. “Oh, my God, my dream would be to have a baby!" [Huffington Post]
“Now I’m shooting another [movie]. I’m writing the script--a comedy. I’m in the mood to have fun and smile,” says Tom Ford about his second directorial effort. [Fashionologie]
Rad Hourani will also be filming a movie. “I’m writing a script for my first movie, that I’ll be filming next year,” he told the Toronto Star. [Toronto Star]
Microblogging site Tumblr launched Of A Kind, an art gallery for emerging designers, today. “The idea is to promote emerging fashion designers through e-commerce and editorial content,” said Tumblr CEO and co-founder Claire Mazur. [WWD]
Mark Fast and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld sat down with Vogue UK and talked about their collaboration and the future of Faster by Mark Fast. “I plan to expand Faster. Maybe more texture and floating fabrics that drape off the body. And we are launching an online shop on ASOS Marketplace!"
The W Magazine offices will star in an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl when one of the shows characters interns there. [Styleite]
The turban--as seen on the runways of Jason Wu, Vena Cava and Giorgio Armani--is making a comeback. “People didn’t bite when Miuccia Prada showed them a few years ago but since then, it’s caught on,” celebrity stylist June Ambrose told the New York Times. [NYT]
Michael Kors, on his time as a child model: “When we got [to the shoot] I was supposed to pose with a little West Highland Terrier and the dog basically bit me twice, growled at me all day long and then I was freaked out--I was five or 6--and the photographer said, ‘I thought he likes animals!' And my mother said, ‘He does as long as they’re not rabid.’" [Huffington Post]