Stefano Gabbana joins Twitter!
Another day, another fashion designer joins the Twitter bandwagon. Say hello to Stefano Gabbana!
Follow Stefano and his adventures at http://www.twitter.com/stefanogabbana.
photo via: v magazine
Back in June, I swore to myself I'll never get photographed beside a model again because I'm not comfortable with the huge disparity between looks... but the inevitable happened. SUPER POWER WONDER TWINS ACTIVATE! Backstage at Dolce & Gabbana, holy moly it's Natasha Poly!
Me and my favourite model in the history of all time. The most ferocious walker ever, ever, ever, EVER! I'll never apologize for saying I love her more than I love Gisele, Kate and Naomi COMBINED.
Now, can we please go to WERQ?
That's all.
A Place in Fashion History
In a very bizarre (and surreal) twist of fate, I had the privilege and honor of sitting on the same row as some of the fashion industry's heavyweights at the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2010 fashion show yesterday afternoon: IHT/NY Times' Suzy Menkes, Michael Roberts of Vanity Fair, American Vogue's Sally Singer (who I really love and admire), Anna Wintour and Hamish Bowles, and Tommy Ton of Jak and Jil.
I'm usually the early bird when it comes to fashion shows but this time around, I went there two or three minutes before the show began because of pre-show interviews I did upstairs. When I finally settled to my seat, reality hit me. There I was, sitting amongst THE establishment. Influential people who shaped fashion for years and whose work you've kept track of since childhood. I've lost all sense of self and wrote a post on twitter how I wished for the ground to open up and swallow me alive. I was soo nervous throughout the entire time I even dropped my cellphone to the floor!
Thank you so much Dolce & Gabbana for this wonderful opportunity and for embracing us bloggers with open arms. I'll cherish this experience for the rest of my life.
Coming up next: models! backstage! clothes! Dolce & Gabbana's return to the classic floral prints!
PS. The very handsome 'stached Hamish Bowles is, as always, AWESOME! He came up to me after the show and it's soo nice seeing him again.
Imagine meeting some of your favourite fashion designers (since childhood) once more... mama mia! We are family... I've got all my sisters with me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for having me at the D&G Spring 2010 womenswear show. It's an honor meeting you guys again. See you at the Dolce & Gabbana show this weekend!
More stories and photos to follow including models,backstage & runway shots and more. I'm off to see Eva, Claudia and Naomi!
Just going through my usual dose of fashion news online... D&G shows some major online love, even placing YOOX.com's CEO front row at their show yesterday afternoon.
From today's Women's Wear Daily:
Bloggers are now officially front-row material. At least that was the case at the D&G show on Thursday, where Neiman Marcus’ Burt Tansky and Saks’ Steve Sadove and other retail heavyweights were accommodated in the second row, and further back for fashion directors. In front of them were four high-profile bloggers — The Sartorialist’s Scott Schuman, Garance Doré of garancedore.fr, Tommy Ton of jakandjil.com and Bryan Boy of bryanboy.com. And to make their job easier, two desks and four laptops were set up right in front of them, entirely operative, as there's no time to waste in cyberspace.
From Wall Street Journal's Christina Binkley (via twitter):
So many meetings, so little time. I spent a chunk of my afternoon visiting one of the most gorgeous offices and showrooms I've ever been to in my entire life: Dolce & Gabbana.
I also met Salvo, the super man who takes care of all the celebrities in the glamorous and glittering world of Dolce & Gabbana such as Madonna, Kylie etc.
What should I wear at the Dolce & Gabbana show? Well, we both agreed that it's NEVAH too early to wear sequins... haha! ;)
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In this photo: Dolce & Gabbana and D&G menswear Spring 2010 invites, D&G backstage pass (love how they used my Mother & Child photo) and invite to the Dolce & Gabbana cocktal party at their Corso Venezia store featuring Italian swimmers Emiliano Brembilla, Paolo Bossini, Alessandro Terrin, Mirco di Tora and Nicola Cassio.
I wonder what the womenswear invites look like next season.. hmm.. ;)
Baby, we're not in Manila anymore . I kid you not when I say there are times when I want to smack myself on the face to see whether I'm awake or dreaming. Guess who recognized me from my infamous camel picture...
Unfortunately my dear readers, I don't remember the EXACT words we exchanged but it went something like this --
"And where do you live?"
"Philippines."
"You've come a long way!"
"Yeahhh!!! Thank you so much for having me here!"
"I know you. I have seen your photo. So you're the one in the camel!"
Not only Stefano Gabbana is good-looking, he's also super nice in real life and he definitely made me feel comfortable. J'adore!! OMG ang gwapo niya tumitili ang pek pek ko.
It's times like this that I want to scream to the entire world that I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.
Thank YOU so much to the wonderful and folks over at Dolce & Gabbana and Swide who took really good care of me and made everything possible. They even gave me a (very) quick tour of Metropol! I'll definitely cherish these moments! And yes, I would be love to join you guys again next season -- womenswear!
Enough gushing... I have to work! More pictures, stories and backstage goodies from the show coming up.
By the meantime, check me out backstage at D&G Spring/Summer 2010.
Just got back from the cool D&G menswear show. Here's a quick video of the final walkthrough.
Where should I begin on my next blog entry? shoes, how I met Pat McGrath or how the super friendly Stefano Gabbana knows me and loves my camel photo?
Answers on a postcard...
It's super hot and super sunny here in Milan and the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2010 menswear show is about to start in 3+ hours. I'm super duper lucky to be invited to the show. Can't wait to take tons of photos!
For those of you online, be sure to tune in in a few hours to watch the show live on your computer. Click HERE to watch the show. Gotta love D&G!!!!
See you guys in a bit. Later this afternoon I'll also watch Burberry Prorsum. It's gonna be a crazy day, I can feel it. I need to run to the shop AFTER the Dolce show to find a memory card reader. Wish me luck!
PS. CAN I JUST SAY, MY DEAR READERS, I'M **STILL** FINDING THIS ALL WAYYY TOO SURREAL? I'm here in Milan about to watch the collections of fashion houses I've admired since I was young!
Travis my dearest. This is vintage Thierry Mugler...
.. and this is Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2007.
See the difference between lapis and cerulean?
Good. I hope so. ;-) *hugs*
Jessica Stam and Masha Tylenol, you're welcome.
photo via: lady gaga video, dazed & confused, catwalking
Mama mia! The super sexy, swishy and swanky folks over at Dolce & Gabbana's digital arm (SWIDE) celebrates their favourite bloggers. Earlier this week they've featured Kitsune Noir and Melanie Crété.
Today there's ickle ol' me.
Wow wow wow! I had lots of fun answering their questions. Click HERE to read the full interview. Maybe you'll learn a trick or two from this old pony. Haah! Enjoy! ;)
It truly is amazing how prestigious (and ginormous) fashion houses are supporting bloggers. Thank you thank you thank you, Dolce & Gabbana and Swide! I look forward to reading more profiles.
Visit http://www.swide.com.
screenshot via swide.com
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