Cate Blanchett has just announced she’s the face of Armani Perfumes – at the price of a cool $10 million. Read all the gossip about the deal here….
Cate Blanchett and Giorgio Armani have been best friends for years, and she wears his work so often on the red carpet it’s become a trademark.
Now she’ll smell like Armani too – she’s just inked a huge $US10 million deal to be the face of Armani perfumes.
Theirs is an unusual fashion friendship – she’s not his muse or a front-row doyenne, but when she asks, Armani comes running.
Case in point: when Blanchett took up leadership of the Sydney Theatre Company, Armani was there designing the costumes. Not every A-lister has that kind of personal fashion clout with a designer, but Armani has said: “She epitomises the woman for whom I design.”
Unbelievably, Blanchett will be 44 this year, but we doubt that will phase anybody on the Armani shoot when they get a look at her NK-II honed skin.
She’s following in the footsteps of other powerful Armani faces, including Milla Jovovich, Beyonce and Megan Fox.
The most exciting part? This means perfume launch parties – and the very busy Blanchett taking time to look resplendent in Armani for the photographers. We can’t wait.
Image: Cate Blanchett with Armani.
They’re the high-low fashion hit of 2012-13. If you’ve seen a celebrity in 90s-style sweatshirts, chances are they were made by Kenzo.
The bright green tiger-patterned one in particular has been a massive hit, spawning hordes of street-style photographs, making the cover of Elle and featuring in Vogue editorials.
Considering how much of a fashion trend they are, it’s surprising to know that – according to Kenzo’s designers – they almost weren’t allowed to be made.
Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, who founded Opening Ceremony and have now taken over Kenzo to revitalise it, revealed that there was actually huge friction when they tried to launch the idea.
“There was a lot of resistance, becuse they said ‘We don’t make sweatshirts, we don’t have that category in our system.’ And we said, ‘We’re going to make it, and you better make a category in the system because it’s going to happen,” Lim said.
They were properly vindicated – the first batch sold out in a mere three hours, and Rihanna was shown wearing one a little while later.
Fashion snobbery: history. Sweatshirts: the hit of the season. We’re calling that a win.
Image: The infamous Kenzo sweatshirt.
Nobody thought the humble sneaker would make a comeback, but it’s all over the fashion blogs and even Louboutin’s made some glorious gold studded ones.
Fashion gold, then – and now Michael Kors is getting in the action. We’ve got a sneak peek of his new range of sneakers, and they’re suitable for all styles.
If you’re more into splash and flash, his neon pink-accented trainers are all the rage for looking hot while burning calories.
The more high-fashion range – more for strutting than jogging – is more muted, in delicious tan leathers and suedes with studs, gold buckles and other pretty details.
We’re loving the slip-ons in pale nubbly tweed, and the sneaker-heels in tan suede and snakeskin.
Will you be going sneaker-crazy this autumn?
Image: Michael Kors sneakers.
