月曜日, 11月 28, 2011
ウェストサイド・ルネッサンス／West Side Renaissance
マンハッタンの南西部に位置するチェルシーの住人にはちょっと興味深い今日の記事。2013年に向けて地下鉄７ラインが、34丁目と11thアベニューに駅の建設を計画中だ。
ブルームバーグ市長が2012年の夏期オリンピックをニューヨークへと招致したが、ロンドンに破れた。それによりこの地区が新たなスタジアム建設の構想から外れたことが、マンハッタンにとって幸いとする声がある。
決して６thアベニューのようなオフィス街にはなり得ない、とされる11thアベニューだが、そんな日が意外と早くやってきそうだ。ハイラインが第三期の工事に取りかかり、ミートパッキング地区のワシントンストリートのように、30丁目から上もあっという間に一変することが予想され、さらに既に決定しているCoachの出店で、他のリテールに拍車がかかりそうだ。オフィスとしても、様々なトレードショーの会場となるジャビッツセンターも至極で、何よりNJからフェリーで通勤する者にも嬉しい立地だろう。
現在のハイライン(第二期工事終了後)の北端にある"Ohm"というラグジュアリーな賃貸アパートは、新進気鋭のアーティスト、フィルムメーカー、起業家らで埋まっているという。1919年〜1930年代にアフリカ系アメリカ人の芸術が開花した「ハーレムルネッサンス」をもじってか、早くもこの辺りを「ウェストサイド・ルネッサンス」と呼ぶ声もあるようだ。
New York Times: November 27, 2011
From Ashes of Olympic Bid, a Future Rises for the Far West Side
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
Late in his first term, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg suffered a stinging defeat when, after an extensive planning and public relations effort, New York City lost its bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Now, though, a vibrant neighborhood is rising in the area where the Olympic stadium and complex would have stood on the Far West Side of Manhattan. As a result, officials, developers and urban planners are embracing an unlikely notion: the Olympic bid’s defeat may have been one of the best things to happen for the city’s growth in recent memory.
The Bloomberg administration repurposed many elements of the bid to create Hudson Yards, the commercial and residential district taking shape west of Eighth Avenue, a once-desolate area of factories, lofts and parking lots between 30th and 43rd Streets.
Fifteen sleek residential towers have sprung up since 2005, the year that the Olympic bid was rejected, and a dozen hotels have muscled their way onto these blocks.
This month, one of the city’s biggest developers, the Related Companies, announced tentative plans to erect a 51-story office tower on the spot where the Olympic stadium would have stood, with Coach, the luxury retailer, as the anchor tenant.
No one expects the Far West Side to look like the office canyons on Avenue of the Americas anytime soon. Another deep recession in the next few years could undermine nascent plans.
Still, city officials predict that within two decades, Hudson Yards could have more office space than Baltimore or Portland, Ore., and as many apartments as Stamford, Conn.
An extension of the No. 7 subway line from Times Square to 34th Street and 11th Avenue, at a cost of more than $2 billion, is two-thirds complete and set to open in December 2013. Work is to begin early next year on a new tree-lined boulevard between 10th and 11th Avenues. Both of these projects were originally conceived for the 2012 Olympics.
Some planners pointed out that if the Games had been held in New York, the city most likely would have had to cover billions of dollars in cost overruns. It also would have been stuck with many underused sports facilities, including the stadium.
“It’s ironic that the Hudson Yards was born out of the loss of the Olympic bid,” said Jeffrey S. Katz, who owns three large development sites in the district. “At the end of the day, it turns out to be better for the city that the Olympic stadium is not there. We’re building a new, vital part of the central business district.
“Imagine what a big stadium would’ve been like. It would have dominated the area, and not necessarily in a good way.”
The rejuvenation of the neighborhood and the expansion of the business district could be among Mr. Bloomberg’s most enduring legacies, achieving a goal that eluded Mayors Edward I. Koch, David N. Dinkins and Rudolph W. Giuliani. Each failed to remake this industrial area after the shipping piers disappeared and the garment district withered.
Even Mr. Bloomberg, who allowed that he “hates to lose,” said that in retrospect, the failure of the Olympic bid may have been a blessing for the city.
“Given what happened to the economy, it would’ve been tough to raise all the money,” Mr. Bloomberg said in an interview.
But, he added, his administration pushed ahead with many of the projects and land-use changes that were contained in the Olympic proposal, not just on the Far West Side, but in other parts of the city as well.
“We thought the Olympics would be the catalyst to get a lot of things that many people thought the city needed,” he said. “In fact, many got done” anyway.
From the day he took office in 2002, Mr. Bloomberg made the Olympics, as well as the redevelopment of the Far West Side, a signature initiative.
The proposal’s chief architect, Daniel L. Doctoroff, a former deputy mayor under Mr. Bloomberg, combined a series of new or refurbished sports facilities across the five boroughs with plans for the redevelopment of waterfront industrial areas.
The rezoning of the West Side for commercial towers was necessary for New York’s survival as an international center of finance, media and communications, Mr. Doctoroff and others argued, because Manhattan was running out of room for development.
But the Olympic plan was also tied to an unpopular proposal for a $2 billion stadium and an expanded convention center nearby.
While Mr. Bloomberg lost the Olympic bid, he won the rezoning effort in 2005, with plans for up to 24 million square feet of office space and more than 13,000 apartments.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority selected the Related Companies to develop 12 commercial and residential towers, a park and a cultural center over the rail yards between 10th and 12th Avenues, from 30th to 33rd Streets.
Since then, the Bloomberg administration has invested heavily on the Far West Side, including $3 billion in bonds for the subway extension, new parks and the boulevard between 10th and 11th Avenues, a remnant of the Olympic plan.
The administration has had to tap into the city budget to cover interest payments on the bonds. That cost will be $557 million by 2015, officials said.
The view from the roof of the Ohm, a 34-story rental building that opened in 2010 at 30th Street and 11th Avenue and has attracted tenants who work in the fashion and media industries, offers a sense of how much things have changed on the Far West Side.
There are residential towers on the northern border, along 42nd Street; new hotels and apartment buildings pushing westward from Eighth Avenue; and new residential towers marching northward along the High Line, the elevated park in Chelsea.
A major developer, Avalon Bay, is about to begin construction of its largest residential complex, with 700 rental apartments and a 30-story tower, at 11th Avenue and 29th Street.
In the next month or so, Related will begin work on a 32-story rental building, with 400 apartments, opposite the proposed Coach building.
The Gotham Organization just broke ground on a $520 million residential complex on a block bounded by 44th and 45th Streets, between 10th and 11th Avenues. It will contain 1,232 apartments, including 682 units for poor and moderate-income families, mandated by the Hudson Yards rezoning.
Commercial development has progressed more slowly because of the area’s lack of public transportation, its untested location and the costly decks that must be built over the railroad tracks.
Even so, Related, Brookfield Properties, Sherwood Equities and other developers at Hudson Yards said they were optimistic that the first set of commercial buildings was only a few years off, especially with the subway extension set to open in 2013.
Mitchell L. Moss, director of New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, said the development underscored how the city was better off with the Olympic plan but without the event itself.
“We’ve created the opportunity for new housing, new commercial space and an entirely new recreational corridor,” Mr. Moss, author of the new report “How New York City Won the Olympics,” said in an interview. “In light of how quickly the Far West Side developed, we’ve done better without the Olympics than anyone would have anticipated.”
Now, though, a vibrant neighborhood is rising in the area where the Olympic stadium and complex would have stood on the Far West Side of Manhattan. As a result, officials, developers and urban planners are embracing an unlikely notion: the Olympic bid’s defeat may have been one of the best things to happen for the city’s growth in recent memory.
The Bloomberg administration repurposed many elements of the bid to create Hudson Yards, the commercial and residential district taking shape west of Eighth Avenue, a once-desolate area of factories, lofts and parking lots between 30th and 43rd Streets.
Fifteen sleek residential towers have sprung up since 2005, the year that the Olympic bid was rejected, and a dozen hotels have muscled their way onto these blocks.
This month, one of the city’s biggest developers, the Related Companies, announced tentative plans to erect a 51-story office tower on the spot where the Olympic stadium would have stood, with Coach, the luxury retailer, as the anchor tenant.
No one expects the Far West Side to look like the office canyons on Avenue of the Americas anytime soon. Another deep recession in the next few years could undermine nascent plans.
Still, city officials predict that within two decades, Hudson Yards could have more office space than Baltimore or Portland, Ore., and as many apartments as Stamford, Conn.
An extension of the No. 7 subway line from Times Square to 34th Street and 11th Avenue, at a cost of more than $2 billion, is two-thirds complete and set to open in December 2013. Work is to begin early next year on a new tree-lined boulevard between 10th and 11th Avenues. Both of these projects were originally conceived for the 2012 Olympics.
Some planners pointed out that if the Games had been held in New York, the city most likely would have had to cover billions of dollars in cost overruns. It also would have been stuck with many underused sports facilities, including the stadium.
“It’s ironic that the Hudson Yards was born out of the loss of the Olympic bid,” said Jeffrey S. Katz, who owns three large development sites in the district. “At the end of the day, it turns out to be better for the city that the Olympic stadium is not there. We’re building a new, vital part of the central business district.
“Imagine what a big stadium would’ve been like. It would have dominated the area, and not necessarily in a good way.”
The rejuvenation of the neighborhood and the expansion of the business district could be among Mr. Bloomberg’s most enduring legacies, achieving a goal that eluded Mayors Edward I. Koch, David N. Dinkins and Rudolph W. Giuliani. Each failed to remake this industrial area after the shipping piers disappeared and the garment district withered.
Even Mr. Bloomberg, who allowed that he “hates to lose,” said that in retrospect, the failure of the Olympic bid may have been a blessing for the city.
“Given what happened to the economy, it would’ve been tough to raise all the money,” Mr. Bloomberg said in an interview.
But, he added, his administration pushed ahead with many of the projects and land-use changes that were contained in the Olympic proposal, not just on the Far West Side, but in other parts of the city as well.
“We thought the Olympics would be the catalyst to get a lot of things that many people thought the city needed,” he said. “In fact, many got done” anyway.
From the day he took office in 2002, Mr. Bloomberg made the Olympics, as well as the redevelopment of the Far West Side, a signature initiative.
The proposal’s chief architect, Daniel L. Doctoroff, a former deputy mayor under Mr. Bloomberg, combined a series of new or refurbished sports facilities across the five boroughs with plans for the redevelopment of waterfront industrial areas.
The rezoning of the West Side for commercial towers was necessary for New York’s survival as an international center of finance, media and communications, Mr. Doctoroff and others argued, because Manhattan was running out of room for development.
But the Olympic plan was also tied to an unpopular proposal for a $2 billion stadium and an expanded convention center nearby.
While Mr. Bloomberg lost the Olympic bid, he won the rezoning effort in 2005, with plans for up to 24 million square feet of office space and more than 13,000 apartments.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority selected the Related Companies to develop 12 commercial and residential towers, a park and a cultural center over the rail yards between 10th and 12th Avenues, from 30th to 33rd Streets.
Since then, the Bloomberg administration has invested heavily on the Far West Side, including $3 billion in bonds for the subway extension, new parks and the boulevard between 10th and 11th Avenues, a remnant of the Olympic plan.
The administration has had to tap into the city budget to cover interest payments on the bonds. That cost will be $557 million by 2015, officials said.
The view from the roof of the Ohm, a 34-story rental building that opened in 2010 at 30th Street and 11th Avenue and has attracted tenants who work in the fashion and media industries, offers a sense of how much things have changed on the Far West Side.
There are residential towers on the northern border, along 42nd Street; new hotels and apartment buildings pushing westward from Eighth Avenue; and new residential towers marching northward along the High Line, the elevated park in Chelsea.
A major developer, Avalon Bay, is about to begin construction of its largest residential complex, with 700 rental apartments and a 30-story tower, at 11th Avenue and 29th Street.
In the next month or so, Related will begin work on a 32-story rental building, with 400 apartments, opposite the proposed Coach building.
The Gotham Organization just broke ground on a $520 million residential complex on a block bounded by 44th and 45th Streets, between 10th and 11th Avenues. It will contain 1,232 apartments, including 682 units for poor and moderate-income families, mandated by the Hudson Yards rezoning.
Commercial development has progressed more slowly because of the area’s lack of public transportation, its untested location and the costly decks that must be built over the railroad tracks.
Even so, Related, Brookfield Properties, Sherwood Equities and other developers at Hudson Yards said they were optimistic that the first set of commercial buildings was only a few years off, especially with the subway extension set to open in 2013.
Mitchell L. Moss, director of New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, said the development underscored how the city was better off with the Olympic plan but without the event itself.
“We’ve created the opportunity for new housing, new commercial space and an entirely new recreational corridor,” Mr. Moss, author of the new report “How New York City Won the Olympics,” said in an interview. “In light of how quickly the Far West Side developed, we’ve done better without the Olympics than anyone would have anticipated.”
日曜日, 11月 20, 2011
Fashion Video Festival Budapest 2011
Design Terminal Budapest
2nd edition of Fashion Video Festival Budapest
International Fashion Short Film Festival in Budapest!
Fashion Video Festival Budapest is founded by Dora Abodi fashion designer and Sophie Baksa fashion editor in 2010. The second edition of Fashion Video Festival Budapest - one of the most prestigious regional fashion event - will be held during 22-26. November in Budapest. The festival is the most important showcasing event of fashion creatives of the region, inviting guests and works from all over Europe, US and Japan. The 6 days event covers a wide range of programs including fashion film contest screenings, international fashion film screenings, workshops, conference day, Japan charity day and fashion cinema to present new media and fashion. The event attracts wide range of professionals and media interest.
The Festival is a unique initiative starting a professional conversation between local and international professionals over the world. This year fashion film makers, like Jason Last or Andreas Waldschüetz will visit the festival and participate in the jury. Stefan Siegel the founder of Not just a label and Harry Weiler the talent scout of Not just a label will participate the festival, together with local fashion professional and press.
Introducing new talents of fashion film making and fashion design - the Festival's important goal is to discover new faces for fashion world. The first prize of the festival is the opportunity to direct the 2012 image film of GLAMOUR Magazine in cooperation with Power Fashion Film Productions .
Besides fashion short film screenings are closed with fashion cinema, showing rare fashion films or documentary films for the public. International screening introduces Todd Cole, Rodarte, Antonine Asseraf , Jason Last, Kathryn Ferguson, Jimmy Edgar, Andrew Kuykendall, Agent Provocateur etc. to the public.
On the 24th of November there will be a Japanese charity day to support victims of earthquakes. The aim is to show traditional and contemporary fashion culture of Japan including presenting Japanese fashion videos of Japanese brands, designers and filmmakers, like Hall OHARA, Undercover, Yasutoshi Ezumi, Etw.Vonneguet, La Foret, Comme des Garcons, Noriko Kikuchi , Roomslink, Fugahum, HISUI, YOSOOU, etc. There will be a Japanese fashion roundtable, sushi catering and make-up workshop during the Japan day. The Japanese fashion film block is curated by Naoko Ishikawa, fashion editor.
The Education Day is a one day conference during the festival, referring to the festival motto: PowerPowerPower! Round tables, lectures, fashion film presentation will be during the Education day.
The Festival gives place to contemporary fashion photo and cutting edge fashion installation exhibition, showing the top Hungarian fashion photographers and avantgarde fashion designers. Exhibiting fashion designers: Dóra Abodi (dress made with Swarovski Elements), Dániel Benus, Dora Konsanszky, KEPP Showroom, Dóra Mojzes, Larissza Pasztircsák (Mrs. Herskin), Orsolya Poppre (FUCK), Nóra Sámán, Kata Szegedi, Dora Konsanszky, Nguyen Body Objects
Exhibitor photographers: Vivenne Balla, Vince Baráti, Bálint Barna, Tamás Dobos, László Emmer, István Lábady, Mátyás Misetics, Zoltán Tombor, Bálint Trunkó, Krisztián Zana , Norbert Zsólyomi, Márk Viszlay.
Website： www.fashionvideofestival.com
Festival teaser video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqE-hV_O7XA
土曜日, 11月 19, 2011
ファッションビデオフェスティバル ブダペスト 2011 (11/22~26)
このイベントの「ジャパンデー」プログラムのコンサルタントをしています。
長い準備期間を経て、開催が２日後に迫りました！
長い準備期間を経て、開催が２日後に迫りました！
ファッションビデオフェスティバル ブダペストは、ハンガリーのファッションを海外へ向けて発信すると共に、海外のファッションやブランドをハンガリー国内へ紹介することを目的に発足されました。ファッションとアート、そしてミュージックの融合をテーマに、業界間の壁をなくしファッション産業の発展に繋がれば、という願いがこめられたイベントです。
第２回目となる今年は24日(木)が｢ジャパンデー｣となり、入場料の50%が日本赤十字社を通じて東日本大震災被災者へ寄付されます。その日は、ファッションにまつわる日本の伝統文化やコンテンポラリーファッションを紹介すべく、日本の19のファッション関連企業とブランドによるショートフィルムの上映、セミナー、ビューティーワークショップ、VIPパーティーを予定しております。
今年のスローガンは、パワー!パワー!パワー!です。まだ歴史の浅いイベントですが、ヨーロッパだけでなく、カナダやオーストラリアからの参加もあり、今回も充実したプログラムとなっています。
* 概 要
開催日：2011年11月22日(火)〜26日(日)＊ジャパンデー：24日(木)
会 場： Designterminal 美術館 <designterminal.hu>
主 催： ファッションビデオフェスティバル ブダペスト
* ジャパンデー：参加ブランド
Undercover
COMME des GARÇONS
Laforet HARAJUKU
roomsLINK
TELLSIT
IN-PROCESS BY HALL OHARA
Etw.Vonneguet
Noriko Kikuchi
Yasutoshi Ezumi
motonari ono
FUGAHUM
HISUI
everlasting sprout
lessthan*
aptform
.efiLevol
ODRADEK
Enharmonic TAVERN
YOSOOU
(順不同)
公式ウェブサイト： www.fashionvideofestival.com
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqE-hV_O7XA
土曜日, 1月 22, 2011
The Park Slope Chipshop, Brooklyn
イギリス、プレミアリーグ、MINI．．．これらのキーワードについ反応してしまった人は要チェック！
今日は昼間になっても気温の上がらないとても寒い一日。目当ての洋服のラックを買いにブルックリンへ行きましたが、肝心のお店はお休み。ちょっとガッカリしながら駅へ向かう帰り道に立ち寄ったレストランがこちらの「Chipshop」。とても美味しかったので紹介します。
お腹も空いてきた午後１時。きっかけはユニオンジャックを少し崩したデザインのフラッグ。ワンブロック先からでもひと際目立ち、誘われるようにフラッと入店。満席の店内は小ぶりながらもホーミィな感じ。私たちの先に一組のカップルが待っていましたが、10〜15分程でテーブルに着けました。
メインのチップス系メニューは16種類もあり、そのうち魚が３種類。私はその中から鱈(haddock)を注文しました。フィッシュ＆チップスは時間が経ってもカリッとしていて、付いてくるタルタルソースもホースラディッシュの香りがプンッとして絶妙でした。私はビネガーよりは、レモンをたっぷりとかけてから、タルタルソースを付けて食べるのが好き。まだイギリスの本場の味を味わった事がありませんが、私が食べたフィッシュ＆チップスの中で一番美味しかったです！一見一皿が大きそうだったので、サラダとチャウダーと一緒にフィッシュ＆チップスも分けながら二人で食べたのですが、お腹が空いていれば一人一皿でも食べられそうです。
サービスも素晴らしいし、ウェイターさんもなかなかのハンサム。２時近くになっても客足は衰えず、常にフル開店していたことからも人気の高さを実感しました。
最後にイギリス流のトイレサイン「LOO」もお見逃しなく☆
余談ですが、ダラスで食べた南部料理の「フライド・キャットフィッシュ」も美味しいですね。恐らく食べられないアメリカ人も多いと思いますが．．．。
金曜日, 1月 07, 2011
SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK
最近では事故多発の話題が先行している「スパイダーマン」ですが、今夜そのプレミアを見
視覚的には、舞台意匠とかコスチューム(石岡英子さん担当)含めとっても楽しめました。ワイヤーアクションが盛りだくさんだったせいか、印象としてはミュージカルというよりもシルクドソレーユ。ボノなどビッ
実は、アクト１の最中に舞台の
Season's Greetings 本年もどうぞ宜しくお願い致します。
2011年になりました。みなさま年末年始はご家族で楽しく過ごされましたでしょうか？私は今回はどこへも行かず、ひたすら積雪の中NYCをたくさん歩きました。散策した中で見つけた、ブルックリンのあるデリを紹介します。
とは言ったものの、実は日本に住んでいる友達のひかり君(中学２年生)からのお勧め情報。NHKで放送された番組を見た彼がすっかり虜になってしまった「Mile End Brooklyn」というユダヤ人オーナーのお店へ行ってきました。
最寄り駅から１ブロック。こじんまりとしたお店ですが、インテリアがとても洗練されていました。自身が生まれ育ったカナダのフードスタイルをここNYで再現しようと始められたそう。ベーグルもカナダ特有の小ぶりでモッチリとしていて、日本人にも合う美味しさ。オーナーも素敵な方で、まだ日本で放送されたVは見ていないと言っていました。是非一度行ってみて下さい。http://www.mileendbrooklyn.com/
こちらNYタイムズでも取り上げられたようです。
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/dining/24hanukkah.html?_r=2
思えば去年はフリーランスで翻訳の仕事を初めてから“書く気力は仕事で全部吸い取られてしまった”かのごとく、ブログの更新が止まってしまいました。その間はFBをジャーナル代わりにして日々の出来事を書き留めていたのですが、楽なだけあって、ブログより重きがありませんね／苦笑。なんというかまるで“これした、あれした”の発表会。まあ、その手軽さが良くもあるのだけれど。
さて来週から同じ会社で編集の仕事を覚えさせてもらう事になり、ちょっと張り切っています。暫くはパートタイムで39丁目にあるオフィスへ出勤してトレーニングを受けますが、２月途中くらいからはまた在宅になりそう。２月といえば、NYファッションウィークは２月10〜17日のスケジュール。きっと寒いよね．．．でも楽しみ。
本年もどうぞ宜しくお願い致します。
とは言ったものの、実は日本に住んでいる友達のひかり君(中学２年生)からのお勧め情報。NHKで放送された番組を見た彼がすっかり虜になってしまった「Mile End Brooklyn」というユダヤ人オーナーのお店へ行ってきました。
最寄り駅から１ブロック。こじんまりとしたお店ですが、インテリアがとても洗練されていました。自身が生まれ育ったカナダのフードスタイルをここNYで再現しようと始められたそう。ベーグルもカナダ特有の小ぶりでモッチリとしていて、日本人にも合う美味しさ。オーナーも素敵な方で、まだ日本で放送されたVは見ていないと言っていました。是非一度行ってみて下さい。http://www.mileendbrooklyn.com/
こちらNYタイムズでも取り上げられたようです。
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/dining/24hanukkah.html?_r=2
思えば去年はフリーランスで翻訳の仕事を初めてから“書く気力は仕事で全部吸い取られてしまった”かのごとく、ブログの更新が止まってしまいました。その間はFBをジャーナル代わりにして日々の出来事を書き留めていたのですが、楽なだけあって、ブログより重きがありませんね／苦笑。なんというかまるで“これした、あれした”の発表会。まあ、その手軽さが良くもあるのだけれど。
さて来週から同じ会社で編集の仕事を覚えさせてもらう事になり、ちょっと張り切っています。暫くはパートタイムで39丁目にあるオフィスへ出勤してトレーニングを受けますが、２月途中くらいからはまた在宅になりそう。２月といえば、NYファッションウィークは２月10〜17日のスケジュール。きっと寒いよね．．．でも楽しみ。
本年もどうぞ宜しくお願い致します。
木曜日, 11月 04, 2010
matthew williamsonトークライブ@FIT
先月の終わりに、FITにて英国人デザイナーのマシュー・ウィリアムソンの講演を聞いてきました。
1994年にセント・マーティンズ校を卒業。その後「モンスーン」や「マルニ」で経験を積んでいる時に、彼のデザインしたビーズのバッグがケイト・モス等の目に留まり、早くも彼の名が知られるようになる。1996年に「エレクトリック・エンジェル (Electric Angels)」というテーマでロンドン・コレクションデビュー。2005年から2009年春夏コレクションまでエミリオプッチのクリエイティブディレクターを務め、“色の魔術師”とも呼ばれた。その後も自身のブランドにも力を入れる一方で、昨年はH＆Mとコラボレーションして話題となった。今年「ブルガリ」のバッグラインのデザイナーに抜擢され、イタリアで９月に行われた2011年春夏ファッションウィークで発表している。
彼のプリントは本当に美しいのだけれど、かつてエミリオプッチのコレクションに、敢えてソリッドカラーのドレスをデザインしたことでも話題を呼んだ記憶があります。“え〜無地のエミリオプッチ？？？”という風に。
さて、その夜はどのようなスタイルで登場するかワクワクしていたのですが、普通にブラックのパンツ＋ジャケット。本人も“ごめんね、カラフルじゃなくて・・・”と／笑。デビューコレクションに協力してくれたケイト・モスの話も何度か出て来て、今日も信頼関係が厚い様子を伺わせた。パーティーはあまり好きではないそうで、カール・ラガーフェルドといった大物セレブが隣りだったりすると普通に驚いてしまうそう。カリスマ性というよりも、あれ程有名になっても謙虚で、普通の感覚を大切にしているセンシティブである印象を受けました。
ちなみに、「ブルガリ」がファッションデザイナーとバッグをデザインするのは今回が初めてだそう。 http://www.fashion-style.becomegorgeous.com/handbags/matthew_williamson_for_bulgari_spring_2011_handbags-3064.html
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