Tag: stella mccartney

Stella McCartney's Runway Dance Parties Are Making Fashion More Fun

Remember last fall, when Stella McCartney ended her Paris Fashion Week show with a big ol’ dance party on the catwalk? It was fantastic. So, at her show yesterday for the latest Paris Fashion Week, McCartney did it again: Yes, those are some slightly awkward but very happy models rocking out to George Michael’s “Faith.” […]

The Stella McCartney Runway Show Ended with a Giant Dance Party

As beautiful and glamorous as Fashion Week is, the whole production can sometimes feel a little too…serious. Grim-faced models stomping down runways, aggressively styled fashionistas sizing up each others’ outfits in the the front row—it’s easy to forget that fashion is supposed to be fun. So thank you, Stella McCartney, for pushing back against all […]

Ballerina-Slash-Fashionista

I think the ballet world and the fashion world have a little mutual infatuation thing going on. Haute couture designers just love to make costumes for ballets. From Valentino to Christian Lacroix to Stella McCartney—the kings and queens of the runway just can’t stay away from ballet’s best and brightest. But the equation goes the […]

Ballet Goes Couture

Valentino (left) and costume director Marc Happel working in the NYCB Costume Shop (Photos by Paul Kolnik) The ballet and fashion worlds collide this month in NYC with a one-time-only gala at Lincoln Center kicking off New York City Ballet’s fall season (which just happens to start one week after New York Fashion Week!). The […]

Valentino for New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet has been on a serious fashion kick recently. First there were Gilles Mendel’s costumes for Melissa Barak’s Call Me Ben a couple of years ago. Then there were Stella McCartney’s designs for Ocean’s Kingdom, with music and story by her dad Sir Paul. Most recently, there were the Rodarte and Mendel […]