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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sofia Coppola was Thinking Pink for Les Arts Décoratifs Ball
Before guests stepped into the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris on Sunday night for the inaugural Bal d'Été, stickers were affixed to the lenses of their smartphone cameras so they wouldn't take pictures of the potted palms and crystal chandeliers decorating the central nave; of the round tables set with flickering votives and gobsmacking arrangements of flowers and fruit; of the chrysanthemums frozen into the ring of ice used to ferry oval scoops of strawberry ice cream to the strawberry tarts for dessert; or of Sophia Coppola, a vision in Chanel haute couture and bouncy hair, arriving at a party completely art directed by her, from the fiery rose dinner napkins to the blistering after-party set by pop band Phoenix, fronted by her husband Thomas Mars. It was lovely, evoking a pre-Instagram era where you simply had to savor how stunning Diane Kruger looked in her pale, fluttering Alberta Ferretti gown; the spectacle of Jordan Roth arriving in a Valentino couture gown that required four men to manage the train; and the surprising ingredients that went into Total Madness, a vodka-based cocktail created by Colin Field, the famous bartender from the Hemingway at the Ritz. More from WWD Of Course You Can Expect the Paris Ball Sofia Coppola Art-directed to Be 'Cinematic' Rene Caovilla Introduces Opulent Couture Capsule Collection Jannik Sinner Fetes the Start of Wimbledon With Gucci Dinner 'I just stepped in. It looks gorgeous,' Kirsten Dunst, the star of Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette' and 'Virgin Suicides' said as she shimmied between the closely spaced dinner tables in a silver sequin gown. 'It's stunning,' concurred makeup artist Pat McGrath, eying the dense, pink and red table arrangements by Belgian florist Thierry Boutemy. 'There's a lot of lipstick inspiration, and also perfume inspiration here,' she enthused. Penelope Cruz, Keira Knightley and a host of fashion designers including Pieter Mulier, Zac Posen, Julie de Libran and Gabriela Hearst piled into the party, pausing for official portraits amid carefully arranged greenery and copious delphiniums. 'I glammed up for once,' said Hearst, wearing a strapless blue gown of her own design and singing the praises of Les Arts Decoratifs. 'The recent Christofle exhibit that they did was mind-blowing,' she said. 'There are very few places in the world were you can visit the treasure chest of how beautiful things are made.' 'Everything can be looked at for its esthetic beauty – toys, shoes, flowers, chests of drawers, cookware,' Roth concurred. 'My favorite show here was the Maharaja show, it was to die for,' said Betty Catroux, referring to the 2019 exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs that shed light on the life of art patron Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, who became Maharaja of Indore in 1930. Opera singer Pretty Yende, who performed 'O mio babbino caro' to the rapt room, said 18th-century interiors are her favorite, and she was relishing the opulence of the dinner decor. 'It's colorful, it's beautiful. It's so warm in the room. I love it.' Told that the Paris museum's collection spans from furniture, tableware, textiles and jewelry to toys, advertising, drawings and photographs, Knightley exclaimed: 'Maybe I should visit the chairs!' The English actress, also in Paris to attend the Chanel haute couture show, said she would start work on season 2 of the spy thriller 'Black Doves' in about a month. 'We're filming in London and around, I should imagine.' No summer holidays yet either for Kruger, who has about 10 days of filming left in Spain for 'Each of Us,' a drama about the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp during the final days of the Second Word War. 'So this is quite a departure,' she commented. Paloma Picasso fondly recalled a trawl through the museums's archives a few years back when she was working on the scenery a theater production set in the 1910s. 'They didn't have the cushions, but they had the drawings of the cushions,' she said. The Bal d'Été, which helped kick off Paris Couture Week, helped raise funds for upcoming exhibitions, which will include '1925-2025: One Hundred Years of Art Deco,' slated to open on Oct. 22. Launch Gallery: Inside Sofia Coppola's Grand Bal Opening Couture Week in Paris Best of WWD A Look Back at SAG Awards Best Dressed Red Carpet Stars SAG Awards Wildest Looks of All Time on the Red Carpet, Photos From the Archive: A Look Back at Marc Jacobs Annual Holiday Party [PHOTOS]
Vogue
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Art That Moves: Jordan Roth and Laurence des Cars on Crafting a One-of-a-Kind Performance Piece at the Louvre
Next Thursday night in Paris, after the final show on the haute couture schedule has ended, an altogether different show will take place at the Louvre. Jordan Roth will present 'Radical Acts of Unrelenting Beauty,' a cycle of three live performances in which he uses fashion as a conduit for his impressions of the world's largest museum. It is a first-ever moment for Roth, whose fearless embrace of outré style and affable theatricality have gone a long way towards building a persona beyond his career as an acclaimed Broadway producer and philanthropy-focused impresario. To him, this 'narrative fashion performance' doesn't represent a reinvention so much as an evolution; he describes it as 'an artistic practice that is synthesizing so much of my professional, creative and emotional life so far.' With the support of six dancers and music by Thomas Roussel, he is part of the larger programming for La Nuit de la Mode, an evening that marks the last celebration of the blockbuster 'Louvre Couture' exhibition (even though it runs through late August). We have found each other in a remote wing of the building, inaccessible from the museum, where we will be joined by Laurence des Cars, director of the Louvre since 2021. Roth will spend the next week rehearsing, but has arrived at our meeting dressed très chic in a Dries Van Noten ivory top with sculptural pleating, a black straight skirt and pointed heels from Saint Laurent, and a small bag adorned with a Claude Lalanne bronze flower. So, what to expect? 'We are taking static, solid icons and exploring them through fabric and emotion and movement, which is the vocabulary of fashion,' Roth says. 'Clothes speak very loudly to my body and tell me how they want to be moved.' Consider how most of us visiting the Louvre will find ourselves enthralled by any number of ancient artefacts and masterpieces, or else the architecture itself. Roth has transposed all of this into three themes—'Red,' 'Wings,' and 'Pyramid'—and translated those themes into digital images, to be projected onto white garments of his own design. 'Red' is centered around John Galliano's empress gown from the Christian Dior spring 2005 collection, currently displayed in the Napoleon III apartments as part of the exhibition. 'Wings' entails some 50 wings from across the collections—from the obvious Winged Victory of Samothrace and Raphael's depiction of Saint Michael to small Egyptian amulets. 'Pyramid' takes a cue from the changing sky above I.M. Pei's glass pyramid structure, as well as painted skies by the likes of Andrea Mantegna and Hubert Robert.
New York Times
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Broadway Big Shot Is Now Reinventing Himself
Jordan Roth, the scion of a New York real estate fortune, a convention-challenging fashionista and a social media habitué, spent 15 years as a Broadway macher, running one of the big three theater landlords. He programmed hits like 'The Book of Mormon' and 'Hadestown,' nurtured plays and musicals in development, and joined the theater industry's inner circle at its cloistered confabs, all the while showing up at openings in increasingly fabulous couture. But it's fairly obvious to anyone watching Roth's evolving public persona that he's been looking for a new adventure. He has sold most of his stake in Jujamcyn, the company through which he owned five Broadway theaters, and he has dialed back his theater producing. Now he is moving on to a different stage, combining his love of fashion, his hunger to perform, and his taste for storytelling. He is pursuing 'narrative fashion performance,' and he plans a debut on July 10 at the Louvre in Paris. 'I worked for a long time facilitating other people's creativity, and that was very meaningful and very fulfilling, but I started to miss my own,' Roth, 49, told me during a rehearsal break at a black box studio in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lisa, Rosé, Doechii and More Celebrity Met Gala Departures at the Mark Hotel
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways There was hardly rain to be had on anyone's parade departing from The Mark hotel for the 2025 Met Gala on Monday. Sure, what began as a late and slow trickle of talent through the lobby — Usher, in fact, arrived as floors were still being mopped — soon became the usual cacophony of celebrities on one of fashion's biggest nights in New York. More from WWD Kicking off the departures was Jordan Roth who, by his own admission, took 'tailoring to new heights' in LaQuan Smith accentuated in 10-inch heels, which warranted a slow descent down the lobby staircase. Shortly thereafter and much speedier came Pharrell Williams, who cochaired the event and breezed through straight to his car outside. Next up was Willy Chavarria, who came down in his own 'pachuco' look, a reference to dandyism from 'Latinos and Black [people] in the '30s and '40s who dressed as a form of resistance,' he said. Then came the Boss crew, which included South Korean rapper Ashley Graham and Keith Powers, the latter of whom said it was his first Met Gala. 'Everything there is such a mystery to me,' he said, 'but to be here for the first time, I'm most looking forward to whoever's performing.' Sam Smith and Christian Cowan came down ensemble, with jewelry that nodded to 'a green carnation, which is an iconic queer symbol within tailoring,' Cowan said, noting the look took about three months from sketch to the party. Then came Imaan Hammam in Magda Butrym, who said the theme was especially poignant for her. 'What excited me was to be in a room with so much beauty, so many inspirational people and to be there to celebrate Black culture, Black dandysim, and everyone who was there to express themselves in the best way,' she said, before heading off on the arm of Stéphane de La Faverie, chief executive officer of the Estée Lauder Cos. Jeremy Allen White then came down and camped out in a corner, while Cynthia Erivo joined Givenchy's Sarah Burton before shortly making their way to the exterior, undeterred by the showers. Sabrina Carpenter followed suit, quickly shuffling out in an ankle-length fur to conceal her red carpet garb. The hum of chatter and air-kisses crescendoed when Doechii, who was anticipating a white tent to conceal her Louis Vuitton tailoring, lost the element of surprise with an accidental elevator door opening. She kept shouting, 'I need more f–cking umbrellas,' with a quick 'who are these photographers?' to the press awaiting her on the ground floor. Quickly ensconced in the makeshift Velcro tent a crew of security guards ushered her into, she kept saying to 'keep that f–king Velcro closed.' Clearly, the 'Anxiety' singer was feeling the heat. Quickly thereafter, Jeff Goldblum came out in Wales Bonner, noting the vintage buttons and Mongolian shearling on his coat — plus a Jacob & Co. watch paved all around the bracelet in emerald-cut diamonds, which complemented his sincere demeanor. '[Wales Bonner] came up and she fitted me, and she put all this effort in,' he said. 'I got a little choked up when I thanked her.' Charli XCX shuffled in just after the Swarovski crew, departing from her Brat era in a dark Ann Demeulemeester gown and hopping behind the concierge desk for photo ops. Equally as playful was Sofia Richie Grainge, who was back after a few years off. 'I prepared with a lot of good rest, and a lot of water, and then a shot of tequila,' she said. Central Cee also took a more jovial tone, playing music from his speaker while the car queue intensified. 'Breathe, because it is mayhem, but enjoy yourself and just have fun,' said Taraji P. Henson as advice to first-time goers. 'I always look forward to seeing what everyone wears.' Last out the door were Nicki Minaj in Thom Browne and Tyla in Jacquemus, and Usher brought it full-circle with his departure in Ralph Lauren. Launch Gallery: The Mark Hotel Departures for the Met Gala 2025 Best of WWD Sign up for WWD's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Hindustan Times
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Who is Jordan Roth? Broadway producer turns heads at Met Gala in 10-Inch heels and all-black look
Jordan Roth carries multiple feathers in her cap. Multi-disciplinary artist, fashion innovator, and seven-time Tony Award-winning producer. Now her recent appearance at Met Gala has again set the ball rolling. Roth was seen donning jacket, pants and beaded top, padding it up with a bow-tie diamond Necklace, bird ring and diamond bracelet. Her post on Instagram has already garnered a few thousand likes from her fans and followers who are in awe of her unique look. A post shared by Jordan Roth (@jordan_roth)
