MOLTO BENE!
Red carpet master designer Giorgio Armani has been suffering from hepatitis by poisoning. It sounds like the 75 year old "King Giorgio" (as he is called by Italian newspapers) is apparently feeling a lot better. Armani to the papers "How am I? I'm marvelously well."
[Reuters]
FREE TO LEAVE
Design duo and Target collaborators, Libertine, are splits-ville. There is no word on exactly why the eight year old company co-founders Cindy Green and Johnson Hartig parted ways, but Hartig told WWD he will continue the line on his own "with a return to its roots." Will Cindy Greene start her own new label? We hope.
[WWD]
INFORMATION GAP
Why wont Patrick Robinson tell us what Kanye is doing at Gap? The creative director of all things khaki gives the standard word-for-word press-friendly answer you've already heard when asked about West. But, he does dish on his gig as co-host of the Met Costume Gala along side Oprah and upcoming Gap collaborations.
[Grazia]
FRONT ROW SEAT
If you can't make it to France to see the avant garde and and uber-talented designer, Alexander McQueen, then pull up a desk chair. McQueen announced (via Twitter) that his Spring 2010 fashion show will be streamed live from Paris on his website for all to see. Merci, Monsieur McQueen!
[Elle UK]