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Don the Verb’s Hanna Astrom and Yanina Landsaat didn’t mandate formal terms for their choice of venue this season, but something bigger than last year’s gallery space was in order. Their requirements (bigger, darker, near their Delancey Street boutique) came through with Thor, the bar at the Rivington Hotel. “The Rivington is actually very pleasant to look at,” Landsaat remarked of the L.E.S. high-rise. “And it’s closer to work,” Astrom chimed in. Thor was indeed well suited to the duo’s latest offering, on view last night. It was a somber, mostly black collection featuring cocoonlike leather shrugs and wraps; it would be easy to read the pieces as emblematic of present-day woes. Landsaat dismissed that. “We hear the term ’survival of the fittest’ over and over again,” she said. “It’s really a matter of creating designer pieces for the long term.” Astrom agrees. “It’s like, don’t panic,” she counsels. “Don’t look at what other people are doing. Stick with what you’re doing and just go forward.”
Starting Thursday, Dries Van Noten’s Spring 2012 collection will be on display alongside the James Reeves photos that inspired them. The exhibition will debut at the Song concept shop in Vienna and will travel to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and finally, Paris on January 25. [WWD]Marc Quinn, the artist who made the famous gold Kate Moss sculpture, has created a collection of T-shirts, accessories, and art for Selfridges. The limited-edition collection includes temporary tattoos, more bronze sculptures, and white-gold accessories. [Hint]Tamara Mellon, who officially announced her departure from Jimmy Choo yesterday, is reportedly set to launch her own line. WWD notes that “funding is already in place for a Tamara Mellon brand.” [WWD]After the Telegraph wrote an article about Adriana Lima’s pre-Victoria’s Secret show extreme diet, the model reportedly says it was just a “misunderstanding.” Lima’s new message is this: “Those teenagers out there, don’t go starving yourself or only drinking liquids. Don’t do that please!” [Huff Po]Joseph Altuzarra took the $300,000 prize at last night’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund awards. The runners-up, Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind’s design duo, Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters, each won $100,000. [WWD]
