Topic: Alberta Ferretti

Gallery: Rachel McAdams’ Best Red Carpet Looks

It’s Love/Hate week at TheGloss, in which we explore all the ways Valentine’s Day makes us feel… wonderful or the opposite of that. Our sponsor for the week is the upcoming romantic drama The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams as a woman who loses all memory of the past five years and Channing Tatum as the husband who needs to remind her. And, because this is a fashion site, we thought we’d take a little trip down memory lane for some of McAdams’ very best moments on the red carpet. More »

Alberta Ferretti Next Up To Design For Macy’s

H&M and Target collaborations may draw the most attention, but Macy’s keeps landing impeccable names to helm capsule collections for their Impulse line: joining the ranks of Karl Lagerfeld, Giambattista Valli and Doo.Ri is beloved Italian designer Alberta Ferretti. Details ahead! More »

Friday Style Icon: Cate Blanchett’s Greatest Red Carpet Moments

Cate Blanchett has class and good taste to spare. She’s talented and poised and taken very seriously. That said, she doesn’t play it safe on the red carpet (like a lot of respected actresses in her category) and she’s not afraid to look a little crazy. Most of the time, however, her risks pay off. And yes, I am taking about the extraordinary Givenchy Haute Couture dress she wore to the Oscars (deal with it, Jennifer). So this week, we’re taking a look at some of Cate Blanchett’s greatest red carpet successes. Whether elegant in a favorite like Armani, or stunning in Valentino, or unforgettable in McQueen, Blanchett always manages to keep it interesting. More »

Gallery: Carmen Dell’Orefice Is Still a Supermodel At 79

Gallery: Carmen Dellâ��Orefice Is Still a Supermodel At 79

Carmen Dell’Orefice landed her first Vogue cover in 1947… at age 15, she still remains one of the magazine’s youngest cover girls. These days, she works sporatically (fronting that Rolex campaign, recently walking for Alberta Ferretti) but still manages to epitomize … More »

Red Carpet Rundown: The ‘Meh’ Dressed At The 2011 SAG Awards

In the land of red carpet fashion, there are good dresses, bad ones, and ugly ones. But more than these three combined, there is the ubiquitous Boring Gown: safe, forgettable, mermaid-hemmed columns in sparkly neutrals etc etc etc. Here are the non risks and the dresses neither great enough nor terrible enough to land a Best or Worst title. More »

Red Carpet Rundown: The ‘Meh’ Dressed At The Golden Globes

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So we already shared our picks for best dressed and worst dressed at the Golden Globes, but the fact of the matter is red carpet fashion is about as exciting as white bread with the crust cut off. With a few reliable exceptions, red carpet gowns are the fashion equivalent of a life preserver: there to make sure you stay afloat and about as thoughtfully designed. More »

Model Tweets: Sasha Pivovarova’s Alexander McQueen Surprise

Looks like Lindsey Wixson isn’t the solo face of Alexander McQueen for Spring 2011. Sasha Pivovarova–who scored Miu Miu and Alberta Ferretti–apparently landed that stunning first campaign for McQueen since Sarah Burton took over as creative director.
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Ready-to-Click: McQueen’s Beautiful Butterflies

See Lindsey Wixson’s stunning new campaign for the house of Alexander McQueen. -Vogue.uk

Levi’s launches “waterless” denim, exposes just how much water goes into softening up those jeans. -MSNBC

Test-driving Prabal Gurgun’s new shades for Sally Hansen. -Fashionista

Check out this slideshow of Jean Paul Gaultier’s looks for La Perla. -The Telegraph

Lady Gaga’s little monsters overrun V Magazine. -Fashion Indie

More Gaga, Michael Kors spotted on the red carpet, a fashion blogger walks for Ferretti and More »

Models of the Decade: Honorable Mentions

It was hard narrowing down the biggest, baddest, most influential and zeitgeist-tapping faces from the countless that have piqued fashion’s interest since 2000. We’d have loved to do galleries for all these ladies but it’s time to consume un-model-like amounts of food and alcohol for the holidays. Here’s our favorites who didn’t make the cut but were still on every runway, in every campaign and generally just awesome-looking. More »

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Ready-to-Click: No Shortage of Shoes or Bad Puns

This piece about Pierre Hardy’s new Manhattan boutique uses the phrase “(Pierre) Hardy of Darkness.” -New York Times

Kate Moss has first world problems. -Daily Star

Abbey Lee, platinum blonde, face of jewelry brand ManiaMania. -Frockwriter

Amy Adams’ plunging neckline, Karl Lagerfeld talks wedding gowns, Hanneli Mustaparta branches out and More »

Link Love: The Day Heidi Klum Communicated Displeasure with Polka Dots

Passive aggression through red carpet fashion or just a model wearing a dress only a model could wear? -On the Runway

Upsetting but ultimately not surprising: when advertising dollars influence editorial content. -Racked

Emma Watson to collaborate with Alberta Ferretti. Her qualifications include not attending design school of any kind and playing a child wizard in the moving pictures. -Fashionista

Admirably thorough winter coat shopping guide. -Elle.com

Miranda Kerr naked/pregnant, JWoww looks different, a little Joy Division and More »

A few dozen hallowed Italian houses–including Alberta Ferretti, Pucci, Etro, Max Mara, Missoni, Moschino, and Ferragamo–got together and re-designed the Italian flag, for the flag’s 150th birthday.

Rachel Zoe at the Alberta Ferretti store opening in LA

Oh, it’s been way too long since we’ve seen the lovely Rachel Zoe and her husband, Rodger, out and about. Her show,The Rachel Zoe Project only made us love Rachel, and stop thinking of her as this awful soul in … More »