http://www.thereal-runway.com/ en philippahelensnow@gmail.com Copyright 2010 2010-09-02T15:29:28+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/lanvin-to-release-collaboration-with-h-and-m-alber-elbaz/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/lanvin-to-release-collaboration-with-h-and-m-alber-elbaz/#When:15:29:28Z Look, we love Lanvin as much as the next fashion freak - the expert cuts, the sumptuous fabrics, the tiny, bald-headed bowtie'd designer - but we're not entirely sure that this is a match made in heaven. After the announcement that H&M's next designer collaboration would be with dear Alber Elbaz's label, fashionistas all over the internet were wetting their Agent Provocateur knickers in anticipation. 'Finally!', came the general consensus 'We'll be able to afford exotic, jewel-toned couture gowns at a price-point normally reserved for a cheap jersey maxidress! There's no way that this isn't viable and we're getting excited over nothing!'Alas, poor fashion fanatics; ye poor, innocent, hopeful masses. Do you not remember Karl Lagerfeld's collection for H&M but a few short years ago? Purchase anything from it, did you? How's that holding up lately? And did it really look anything like, well, anything you'd seen on a Chanel runway at any point in the label's history, ever? We're being cruel to be kind, you understand. It's what we do.Our final verdict, then? We'll reserve judgement until the preview images come out later this month. Until then, we refuse to believe that Lanvin and viscose are anything other than the original odd-couple. 2010-09-02T15:29:28+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/Patrick-cox-opens-bakery-in-soho-sex-shop/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/Patrick-cox-opens-bakery-in-soho-sex-shop/#When:13:55:03Z Having flooded our entry about Alexander Wang's new store with Wang puns, it's going to be hard for us to avoid turning this into a redux; shoe designer Patrick Cox has teamed up with celebrity baker Eric Lanlard to hire out a derelict sex shop on Soho's Brewer street, turning it into a neon-lit bakery complete with strip lighting and black gloss floor. Most promising of all about this venture? Cox, Cookies & Cake boasts late-night opening hours, ensuring that you might be shoulder to shoulder with a fair few ladies (and gentlemen) of the night as you queue for your cupcakes and buttercream confections. The bottom line here is: It won't be the first time that Soho's renowned for being the best place in London to get Cox in your mouth, but - as of September 1st - it's certainly the chicest.(Oh come on, for Christ's sake - it's opening in a sex shop, and his surname is Cox. Cox! We're only human, you know.) 2010-08-31T13:55:03+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/kate-moss-to-quit-topshop-range-philip-green/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/kate-moss-to-quit-topshop-range-philip-green/#When:12:36:27Z Come October, when people look back through the swirling mists of time on Kate Moss' career as a clothing designer - courtesy of the British high-street giant that is Topshop, natch - they might find themselves gazing into the distance with unabashed longing. 'It certainly was surprisingly expensive for a high-street concession range,' they might exclaim with a certain choked-up nostalgia, yearning for the good ole' days when they could trot down to Oxford Circus and snap up an embroidered polyester kaftan faster than you could say 'Didn't Ossie Clark make something quite similar?'Reader, you may want to reach for your monogrammed handkerchief, because it's true - Miss Moss' inimitable range of imitation vintage garments is set to come to an end, forever denying us the chance to pay approximately 30% more for re-hashed versions of second-hand garments than we normally would in Philip Green's fast-fashion store. Rumor also has it that the split has not been an amicable one, with many sources citing the involvement of Green's daughter in the business from this Autumn onwards as having put Kate in a bit of a mood; whatever the reason, it seems now that rather than haunting the rails of Topshop in their replicate thousands, Kate Moss' vintage finds will be consigned to either her back or the floor of her bedroom forevermore. The poor little threadbare bastards. 2010-08-31T12:36:27+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/alexander-wang-first-store-103-grand-street-new-york/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/alexander-wang-first-store-103-grand-street-new-york/#When:11:30:38Z Like any other fashionista worth their salt, TRR loves Wang. We 'just can't get enough Wang', you might say. Sometimes, there are days when we just spring out of bed wanting Wang all over our bodies; it's an incurable affliction. We even seem to recall that one or two celebrities have been to rehab for it - Lindsay Lohan springs to mind, for some reason.If you're a Stateside Wang-fiend, however, help (or rather, Wang) is at hand. After a great deal of anticipation, Alexander himself has just announced that his Wang will be revealed on 103 Grand Street - in the shape of his first official store, the former home of Yohji Yamamoto. "It's a perfect, iconic location, and there is [sic] a massive amount of windows" he enthused, which is just as well if you ask us. After all, Wang like that should be flashed as much as possible, no?(By the way, is it just us, or does it sound like there might be something a teeny bit rude about the surname 'Wang'? No? Ignore us, then. We're probably just being paranoid.)   2010-08-27T11:30:38+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/lady-gaga-jo-calderone-alter-ego-vogue-homme-japan-nick-knight/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/lady-gaga-jo-calderone-alter-ego-vogue-homme-japan-nick-knight/#When:12:30:37Z That Lady Gaga, eh? What kind of crazy, derivative original shock tactics that David Bowie and Grace Jones definitely haven't already thought of will she pull out of her AK47 bra next? She's like Elton John, but with a bigger Adam's apple. In completely unrelated news, a Sicilian mechanic called Jo Calderone - who appears to have no connection to the fashion world other than allegedly having met Lady Gaga (and, coincidentally, looking an awful lot like Lady Gaga) appears on the cover of the newest issue of Vogue Hommes Japan, with a headline proclaiming that he's just 'too cool to care'. One thing that this grimy, Gaga-faced spanner-jockey does seem to care about - in case you gave a toss - is using the resulting interview as a backhanded platform for heaping abundant praise on his beloved mistress; describing her as "funny", "interesting" and "fuckin' beautiful". TRR's gotta say, after suffering so much self-promotion from the Lady herself over the last few months, hearing those words from an unbiased outside source might just be the thing to lend her some real credibility. Sometimes it's great to have a completely impartial bystander who can say things about you which, were you to say them about yourself, would only make you come across like a narcissistic, self-absorbed, fame-hungry shitcake, huh? 2010-08-26T12:30:37+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/grace-coddington-to-release-memoir-vouge-anna-wintour/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/grace-coddington-to-release-memoir-vouge-anna-wintour/#When:13:39:12Z For TRR, watching Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour go head-to-coiffed-head in The September Issue was the equivalent of watching a very, very sedate WWE match. Every veiled barb about money management or scuffle about whether PVC constituted a 'texture' was like seeing a Half Nelson skillfully executed by, uh, some wrestler or other - Piledriving Miss Wintour, if you will. You can imagine our delight, then, to learn this week that Coddington is planning to release a memoir  detailing her early life, her modelling career and, most importantly, her time at Vogue; it's to be written in conjunction with former Men's Vogue editor-in-chief Jay Fielden, and is slated for release in Autumn. "I'm hoping it's going to be very rich in fashion history. It's more than just about me," she told Vogue Online. Quite frankly, we couldn't give a toss if it was all about our favourite flame-haired titan, and nothing else. Our only proviso? That it contains at least a smattering of scandalous gossip about Nuclear Wintour, with at least one revelation concerning her much-discussed 'do. Seriously, what the hell is that thing? It's like Darth Vader's helmet crossed with a busby. We bet Grace knows something we don't.   2010-08-25T13:39:12+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/jimmy-choo-ugg-boots-tamara-mellon-sheepskin/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/jimmy-choo-ugg-boots-tamara-mellon-sheepskin/#When:10:38:57Z How does one polish a turd? We all know the answer: one cannot. Just why the hell Tarama Mellon thought it was a wise move to get into bed with Ugg and create this perverse hybrid bootie is beyond. So there we have it - Jimmy Choo + Uggs = Chuggs FUGGS!"We are delighted to have created a special capsule that captures the best of both brands" coos Mellon, "The legendary comfort of UGG with the spirit of Jimmy Choo."Quite bafflingly though, is why the spirit Jimmy Choo only equates to stars and fringing: STARS AND FRINGING! To make matters worse you'll have to fork out between £495 and £695 for this footwear fuckery when they hit selected Choo outlets in October. The irony is, of course, that the look precisely like the five quid Shoe Zone knock-offs that have been doing the rounds for years.   2010-08-24T10:38:57+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/vivienne-westwood-shoes-an-exhibition-1973-2010-selfridges-ultralounge/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/vivienne-westwood-shoes-an-exhibition-1973-2010-selfridges-ultralounge/#When:15:35:17Z When your archive reads something like a subcultural timeline it's high-time for exhibition veneration! And that's just what Selfridges are doing for Grande Dame, Vivienne Westwood's footwear with a month long retrospective in their Ultralounge space. Opening this Thursday, Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition 1973-2010 will chart the evolution of Viv's idiosyncratic kicks, housing almost 200 pairs. From her enduring Pirate Boots, the dandyish Trompe l'Oeil Boots and of course, those vertiginous platforms that Naomi took a tumble in, every memorable shoe will be honoured here. There are few designers whose footwear back catalogue draws from so much history yet defined it in equal measures. Go see! Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition 1973-2010 runs until 22nd September 2010-08-23T15:35:17+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/ellis-scott-photogrpaher-live-shoot-spot-pop-up-showroom/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/ellis-scott-photogrpaher-live-shoot-spot-pop-up-showroom/#When:14:20:12Z Wanna get shot? The marvellous Ellis Scott - who has shot for Gareth Pugh and Alexander McQueen - is doing a live shoot this Thursday at SPOT's pop-up showroom off Brompton Road. In what will be a marathon sesh, Ellis will be shooting portraits all day long on instant film and is calling YOU to be his subject. For more deets contact michael@spotcomms.co.uk    (Images: http://ellis-scott.blogspot.com/)   2010-08-23T14:20:12+00:00 http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/selfridges-fall-out-with-dolce-gabbana-no-longer-stock-dg-in-store/ http://www.thereal-runway.com/daily/selfridges-fall-out-with-dolce-gabbana-no-longer-stock-dg-in-store/#When:12:10:41Z Ladies, please. Can't this be settled over a nice bottle of Grappa? It's all ended in tears for Dolce & Gabbana and Selfridges who's only gone and thrown its toys out of the pram - moreover - D&G out of the store. Yep, from next spring the wonder-emporium will no longer stock Dolce & Gabbana or its diffusion line, D&G due to an acrimonious yet mysterious bitchfight which appears to stem from instore-brand positioning. “We constantly seek to improve the diversity and presentation of our brand portfolio and address the demands of our ever-evolving fashion and accessories departments. To this end we have found that we are unable to accommodate Dolce & Gabbana and D&G in our mix going forward,” state Selfridges cryptically yet pretty much alluding that in their eyes those Italio asses ain't R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T to their future agenda. Ohi! One premium label co-owner has whispered, however, "They have had a giant falling out and flounced off. I’m sure they will kiss and make up when they have cooled off. They’ll have to.” In TRR's eyes the good money's on D&G and those Sicilian temperaments as to who pulled the others hair first. Bitches, just 'cos Selfridges probably wanted to give five inches of your floor space to Fendi, no need get all diva on the fine store. Play nice now, you two. (All images: Dolce & Gabbana A/W '10/11 - alas the last collection you'll be buying in Selfridges) 2010-08-20T12:10:41+00:00