Chic Report

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for…Earlier this week it was announced that Amanda Seyfried would replace Liv Tyler as the face of Givenchy’s Very Irresistible fragrance. Now those sneaky internet kids have unearthed the first shot of the actress in the campaign that doesn’t officially hit fashion tomes until October. Doesn’t this leak (we think) seem extremely premature?

Just when your eyes could use a bit of runway action, FIT’s annual The Future of Fashion show at their school in Chelsea comes along to show off the best of the best of their graduating class. On Wednesday evening, established designers such as Lisa Perry, Dennis Basso, and Rag & Bone’s David Neville sat front row for a chance to watch the biz’s future superstars put 90 looks on the runway for the first time.

Attention, passengers! Dame Vivienne Westwood is redesigning Virgin Atlantic’s red uniforms for their 7,500 employees next year. The uniforms will be made using recycled materials such as polyester yarn that originated from plastic bottles and canvas from reused roadside banners and leather off-cuts.

Dee Ocleppo, designer, former model, wife of Tommy Hilfiger and mother to four-year-old, Sebastian Thomas Hilfiger, hosted a luncheon on Wednesday to celebrate mothers of autistic children along with Autism Speaks at their Mother’s Day “Mom’s 4 Mom’s” event held at The Lambs Club in New York City.

Can you hear us, Cara? Girl of the moment Cara Delevingne becomes the answer to trivia questions eternally as the inaugural covergal of the UK’s Miss Vogue. That’s the British version of Teen Vogue that comes out across the pond on May 6th.

It was a moving evening last night at the premiere of lauded choreographer, dancer, and artistic director, Stephen Petronio’s world premiere of his modern dance performance, Like Lazarus Did. Petronio is the art darling of the modern dance world and often collaborates with artists like Cindy Sherman, Anish Kapoor, and Donald Baechler as well as fashion designers like Rachel Roy, Adam Kimmel, Benjamin Cho, and Tara Subkoff.

Spring fever? That’s soooo last week. Let’s give Fall some love for a moment. UNIQLO’s design director and art director, Naoki Takizawa, gave a preview of their new Fall/Winter line, LifeWear, to editors and bloggers including Eric Wilson, Kate Lanphear, Bryanboy, and David Thielebeule yesterday at Industria Studios.

A crowd of arty types, a handful of editors, and one Olivia Wilde numbered a grand at last night’s annual Whitney Art Party, hosted by the art museum’s youthful, hip set, aka Whitney Contemporaries. The locale was that sorta-subterranean Skylight at Moynihan Station space under the city’s main post office. And how much did the Museum rake in from its young, hip set of supporters and their pals (dressed, might we add, far more eclectically than the majority of museum benefits one might find themselves at)? A cool $450K and change.

Tommy Hilfiger got a face lift! The Tommy Hilfiger Soho store, that is. Last night Tommy Hilfiger and Details magazine through a bash to celebrate the new store redesign, whose nautical theme of decorative sterns and sailboat replicas along with tequila cocktails provided by La Esquina had everyone in a summery mood.

Gatsby is bringing the world together! Last night at the premiere of The Great Gatsby in Manhattan we were thrilled to see a reunion of besties Anna Wintour and André Leon Talley on the red carpet. Just like the old days. Look real closely and check out ALT’s monogrammed boots. Could those possibly be UGGS?