Agyness Deyn is Jean Paul Gaultier’s ma dame

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier has announced model Agyness Deyn as his latest muse to front the new Gaultier fragrance called Ma Dame. Agyness and other East London scenesters, including best pal Henry Holland, descended on Paris this week to celebrate the launch of the perfume.. More>>

Yves Saint Laurent…

Iconic fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent died yesterday aged 71, at his home in Paris, after suffering a long period of ill health. Friend and business partner Pierre Berge, announced the news to the world media and said: “Gabrielle Chanel gave women freedom. Yves Saint Laurent gave them power,” he said on France Info radio. “Like all creators, Yves Saint Laurent had two faces – a public face and private face.”

The French couturier began his fashion career at Christian Dior aged 21, and produced memorable garments such as the Le Smoking tuxedo in the 1960’s, and in 2002 he retired officially from the industry.

(source: Vogue.co.uk / image: flickr)

The House of Viktor and Rolf

This summer, Dutch design duo Viktor&Rolf will treat us to the exhibition ‘The House of Viktor&Rolf’. The retrospective will be presented at the…Barbican Art Gallery from 18th June until 14th September 2008. It’s for the very first time the designers are exhibiting in the UK. On the Barbican Art Gallery website they are referred to as ‘radical en highly influential’.

An overview of the last fifteen years of Viktor&Rolf will be on. Part of the exhibition are the mushroom shaped pieces from the Atomic Bomb (1998-2000) collection; creations from the Russian Doll collection (1999-2000), where the models were wearing haute couture pieces of 70kg; and the Bells collection (2000-2001) with creations covered in hundreds of bells. Show stopper of the 2006-2007 show, the strapless bridal dress covered in silver, including the brides’ bouquet will be on show too.

Especially for this exhibition, the Barbican museum shop will be turned around into The House of Viktor & Rolf shop; accessories, clothes and fragrances by V&R will be available to purchase.

christian "evian" lacroix

French designer Christian Lacroix has designed an exclusive Evian water bottle in the style of an enchanted…ice queen. Inspired by the red wedding dress he created for Madonna, the water bottles are part of the Design Icons exhibition at Harrods in London. One of the 99 bottles that have been made will be auctioned in aid of the Royal Marsden Hospital, and the minimum reserve will be £1000.

Design Icons at Harrods opened yesterday, where it honours the connection between designers and the products they create. Vivienne Westwood and Roland Mouret have been asked to lecture at the London Design Museum, which will run alongside the Design Icons exhibition.