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From San FranciscoFashionlines' publisher and editor in chief Christine Suppes recently hosted a dinner in honor of "Men of Fashion" and the 2006 Graduate Student Fashion Show of San Francisco Academy of Art University. Among those honored was Alexander McQueen, shown here with Christine.
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From Cannes
Penelope Cruz wore a silk busier dress by Alber Elbaz for Lanvin for her
appearance on the red carpet at Cannes last month.
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From New York
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), founded in 1962, has continued to advance the status of fashion design as a branch of American art and culture. On June 5th, CFDA will host an awards dinner and party for this year's nominees.
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From Beijing, Hong Kong and New York
Blanc de Chine is a beautifully conceived and produced collection with roots in ancient and historical China. We loved the black matte sequin fiited gown. It reminded us a little of Geoffrey Beene's aesthetic.
Vivianne Lau in Hong Kong
852 2523 3203
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From Beijing
We love Wu Xiusheng's chic watercolors, reminiscent of fashion illustrations of the 1950's.
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From The Global World of Coffee
Our peripatetic field reporter, Lola J. Wilde reports on the aphrodisiac and health benefits of coffee. As she says, "No single taste can satisfy the palette forever...lost in coffee rings, habit comes life."
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From Princeton University
Philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt's latest book, The Reasons of Love is devoted to the ordinary conduct of life, i.e. how a person should live, and in that living find a more intimate comfort of feeling at home with ourselves.
The Reasons of Love
Harry G. Frankfurt
Princeton University Press
100 pages, $24.95
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From Cannes
Paris Editor Timothy Hagy filed "Men of Cannes" for us and it looks like the men of Cannes favored Dior by Hedi Slimane.
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