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“On the Street… Wes Anderson, Paris”

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From Forbes:

It looks like advertising agency Hart+Larsson pulled a fast one on the fashion industry.

For the last two days, legions of Internet fashionistas have been abuzz with reports of an online spoof of Marc Jacobs’ Jurgen Teller-shot print advertisements. The Jurgen/Jacobs collaboration recently made news with shots of Victoria Beckham, also known as Posh Spice, in compromising positions.

The Flash images at Thenewenthusiasm.com feature two wigged men dressed in late-1970s-style tennis gear reminiscent of the Richie Tenenbaum character in Wes Anderson’s 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums. One shot features a man in a floral dress that looks as though it belong in a past Jacobs’ collection.

Yesterday, fashion news blog Fashionista.com wrote a post about the Web site, asking readers for any leads on where it might be coming from. They speculated it may have been a fashion student or Jacobs himself. This morning, fashion trade magazine Women’s Wear Daily said it called Jacobs’ corporate offices and was told the company, owned by French conglomerate LVMH, had nothing to do with the ads.

The domain thenewenthusiasm.com is registered under Thomas Larsson and Greg Hart, a duo of creatives who name MTV, AOL and Olympus (other-otc: OCPNF.PK – news – people ) as clients. Greg Hart told Forbes.com the Web site was simply an experiment. “We’re huge Marc Jacobs fans. And Juergen Teller, too. We aim to flatter.”

Larsson also said that the domain–The New Enthusiasm–is the company’s “platform to challenge tired notions of what is and what is not.”

Fashion industry, meet viral marketing.

From Cotter:

I thought you guys would appreciate this.  I was reading the hard-to-ignore coverage of the Governor Spitzer prostitution situation and was amused to find one of our old friends is Ms. Dupre’s court-appointed legal counsel.  Here’s a quote from the Post:

“If she’s made that much money in that short amount of time, that would certainly make her ineligible for taxpayer-supported legal fees,” defense attorney Steve Zissou said.  “That should be brought to the attention of the judge. Certainly she is capable of paying her own legal fees.”

NY Post, March 15

ZISSOU!

The latest edition of the IFC News Film Podcast tells the story of the brothers Wilson.

(thread at the Yankee Racers)

I hope all our Istabuli readers will be heading to the Istanbul International Film Festival (April 5-20) where The Darjeeling Limited will make its Turkish premiere. The Festival has an overall “‘68 Generation” theme and will be presenting some wonderful films (Godard’s Rolling Stones doc Sympathy for the Devil to Hopper’s Easy Rider). TDL will show in the “American Independents” category alongside The Savages and (Team Anderson collaborator) Baumbach’s Margot at the Wedding. Two hundred films will be screened in all. If I am not mistaken, this is the second Middle East showing for TDL, after the Israeli premier earlier this year. So Bosporus bathers, don’t miss this wonderful opportunity!

Yes, another semi-fashion related post with Waris Ahluwalia. Waris is really proving to be one of Team Wes’s most prolific members. Is there nothing this man can’t do with Style? We’re going to have to coin a new term around here: Warilicious (too much? Suggestions?) Waris is still hard at work in the Jewelry and fashion business and teaches us to always say “yes”. In this Dejour Magazine interview he also mentions his upcoming film work (“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead” – a Zombie movie, among others), talks about his girlfriend’s film, being Sikh and much more.

It’s just a funny thing. Half my year is spent sitting on the floor working with my craftsmen working on the jewelry, and then the next day I’m off to Tokyo for the Jalouse party for the cover of Jalouse, and then I land here and literally land into fashion week so it’s defiantly a funny mix of worlds.

Keep cool, Waris!

Paris fashion week is in full swing and Marc Jacobs, as usual, has been impressing the critics. We of course know that Marc Jacobs (creative director for Louis Vuitton) had a close working relationship with Wes Anderson on The Darjeeling Limited with the creating of the spectacular luggage and suits used by Francis and his brothers. But in the Guardian piece it seems that the film that “most influences” Jacobs his The Royal Tenenbaums:

Louis Vuitton only started making clothes 10 years ago under the aegis of Marc Jacobs, almost 150 years after the label first knocked out the ubiquitous bags. But its fashion division has become a credible player and last year the label achieved record growth. As if to rub in the American-ness, Jacobs has said that the film that influences him most is not Breakfast at Tiffany’s but The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson’s offbeat film about a dysfunctional family.

Anderson was also in attendance at this show (as was Sofia Coppola and many others).