February 23, 2009
Calvin Klein has been making big moves lately. The menswear, designed by Italo Zucchelli, showed in New York for the first time in years. Francisco Costa’s Fall/Winter 2009 collection was at once fluid, textural and sexy and Eva Mendes is the best Calvin Klein model in years with curves you’d actually kill for.
As for last night’s Oscars, the event was the usual exercise in designer branding. From Marchesa to Galliano to a Tim Gunn and Valentino chat, the shimmery sequins, fitted bodices and Cinderella skirts were all very predictably red-carpet, which is why when Natalia Vodianova showed up the Vanity Fair party in a bondage-inspired Calvin Klein number, heads were turning. Welcome to the new, tougher American sportswear.
Oscars 2009, Rose Byrne in Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein, Fall/Winter 2009
Front Row: Eva Mendes and Kate Beckinsdale
Designer Francisco Costa with Models
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[...] Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce lunching with a glamorous Eva Mendes in Portofino, Italy after yachting around all day. Does she look more and more like Sophia Loren [...]
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