COCO AVANT CHANEL

Posted on 2009-03-23

Audrey Tautou stars as Coco Chanel in a $15 million biopic about the legendary French fashion designer, helmed by Anne Fontaine. The film will focus on Chanel’s childhood and early womanhood and was specially conceived with Tautou in mind, said Haut et Court’s Caroline Benjo. “Anne said she would only make a film about Chanel if Audrey was in the lead. They met and both liked the idea.” Script, penned by Fontaine and Christopher Hampton, who is also creative consultant, was freely adapted from the Chanel biography “L’Irreguliere” by Edmonde Charles-Roux.

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REVEALED

Posted on 2009-03-23

Every fashion lover on the planet waits anxiously for the airing of Morley Safer’s 60 Minutes piece on Anna Wintour. Due out sometime before May, the Wintour piece seems like a far-off dream, but rest assured, March has something big (and maybe even better!) in store! Starting March 18th CNN will air Revealed, a piece documenting French Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Carine Roitfeld on her epic journey through this season’s New York and Paris fashion weeks! Now we can all live vicariously through one of fashion’s favorite people!

  

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

Posted on 2009-03-16

Forget that Twilight rubbish and watch this if you want to see Vampires.
A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boys wish for a friend seems to comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him. But Elis arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that she’s a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear… Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing, darkly atmospheric, yet unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence. The feature is based on the best-selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

www.sixshooterfilmseries.com

  

JEREMY SCOTT ON BEING ORIGINAL

Posted on 2009-03-16

Adidas Originals have recently released some great new video content around the 60th anniversary of adidas of which many can be found at Exit Online. Among the new videos they’ve released a interview with Jeremy Scott, with whom they have just collaborated on the Originals by Originals range to be featured in the forthcoming Exit Spring/Summer 09. The designer talks about his inspiration and about being an original now.

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BOING! BOING! BOING!

Posted on 2009-03-16

ACNE for their underwear collection for SS09 continues to explore the creative medium of film. This season ACNE has worked again with young British Film Maker, Richard Brandon Cox on a film installation inspired by the underwear collection. The textile work of Louis Bourgeois is a keen reference point for this season designs with inspired tone on tone checks and spots permeating the collection. Urban Cowboys were also a key influence with Bandanna Prints and Tie Dye being key to the season. ACNE continues to develop styles in the worlds best Supima Cotton and stretch woven fabrics, producing trunks, boxers and briefs, perfect to wear under ACNE denim.

  

THE TING TINGS GET POLLOCKED

Posted on 2009-03-09

The Ting Tings played an exclusive free gig for their fans in their hometown of Manchester on Friday the 27th of February. The venue was an all white space and every fan who attended the gig was given a full white adidas Originals tracksuit. The duo, armed with paint guns, invited fans to interact creatively with paints and pens, covering the entire venue with an explosion of color and creating a music and art spectacle – a living and breathing mural.

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