There have been many firsts for Coco Rocha this year. First, but foremost, the birth of her first child, then her collaboration with Botkier, and now the supermodel is launching her first ready-to-wear collection.
Rocha’s new label, Co + Co with her husband James Conran has been created through Paragon Project, an L.A.-based collective of fashion executives launched solely to launch Rocha’s line. The inspiration for the 60-piece collection is architecture with garments pricing between $60 and $300. The collection will be sold on CocoRocha.com.
Lanvin revelation
Lanvin executive management called a public hearing of Lanvin staff at a Parisian district court as Lanvin staff employees demanded transparency and answer for the dismissal of creative director Alber Elbaz. Elbaz after 14 years was let go from his post at Lanvin on October 28.
Elbaz was seen as the creative force that helped rejuvenate the iconic fashion house founded in 1889 by Jeanne Lanvin. Until Elbaz joined Lanvin as creative director, Lanvin had seen a decline in profits for over 30 years.
At the hearings it was revealed that Lanvin had experienced a vitalization creatively and financially under the helm of Elbaz; however, in recent years Lanvin’s revenues had fallen over three years period from 235 million euros to 203 million euros.
Also Elbaz’s severance package came to light at these public hearings. Elbaz’s severance package could amount to 20 to 40 million euros.
Model nudies
Supermodels posing nude is trending!! Recently, Fashion Reverie reported on Victoria’s Secret’s supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio posing au naturel for Maxim magazine.
Well, add to the list of nude supermodels Jourdan Dunn, Anja Rubik, Edita Vilkeviciute, Lara Stone, Natasha Poly, Toni Garrn, Carolyn Murphy, Amber Valletta, Daria Strokous, Małgosia Bela, and Isabeli Fontana. All have posed in their birthday suits for French magazine, Lui for its December/January issue. Each model will be on the cover of a version of the December/January issue. There are twelve different versions of this nude issue.
Proceeds of the sale of Lui’s December/January issue will go to support breast cancer. Luigi and Iango photographed the images.
—William S. Gooch
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