KeKe Palmer, Rachel Roy& Kat Graham kept it fab for Vera Wang's big store opening on Rodeo Drive last night. Check the pics inside, plus Kanye West chillin' with the fashion honchos in Italy He also has something to say about his Annie Leibowitz statements.....
Fab chick KeKe Palmer hit the Vanity Fair party for Vera Wang's opening of her store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills last night:
She's rocking a printed peplum skit and lace jacket from the Vera Wang Resort '15 collection. And paired it all with lace up shoes from Schultz and a Swarovski clutch.
Rachel Roy was there to support fellow designer Vera, keeping it low key yet still fab in jeans, a smart metallic trimmed blazer and sandals.
Kat Graham often does the most, but we kinda like it this time.
Over in Cannes:
Mr. West is on his fashion ish after appearing at the Cannes Lion Conference where he dished up his usual nuggets of quotables. He jetted over to Florence (where he just visited during his honeymoon) for Pitti Uomo's magical night of Scervino at Fort Belvedere in Florence.
What's Pitti Uomo you ask? Something Kanye likely drools over every year. It's a bi-annual tradeshow event that was invented in 1972. During the four day stint, retailers, buyers, and editors come together to view upcoming collections and art. So it's like Art Basel meets Fashion Week.
At the week's big charity event last night, Kanye was spotted with Italian actress Asia Argento, designer Ermanno Daelli, Franca Sozzani (EIC of Vogue Italia) and Toni Scervino (founder of Ermanno Scervino Italian fashion brand).
Looks like he was in his zone. Manwhile, Kanye put out a statement today abotu his comments about Annie Leibovitz during his Cannes Lions Conference chit chat. He revealed to the audience his frustration that the legendary photographer backed out of snapping his & his wife's wedding the day befoe the wedding. Now, he's making a clarification, so he says. It goes as follows:
Kanye West's comments about Annie Leibovitz while speaking at the 2014 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival have been taken out of context and sensationalized.
Although Kanye expressed frustration that he was not able to collaborate with Annie Leibovitz at his recent wedding, he is not assigning blame, and is not accusing Annie in any way. Kanye and Annie's representatives were in negotiations for weeks that were not completed by the time of the wedding.
"Annie would have been happy to do the portrait but she was never confirmed," said a representative for Leibovitz.
It was Kanye's dream to bring together for the wedding his favorite creatives - Ricardo Tisci on the dress, Vanessa Beecroft on the experience, and Andrea Bocelli - Kim's favorite singer - singing Kim's favorite song as she walked down the aisle. The first choice to capture one of the most special days in Kim and Kanye's life: Annie Leibowitz.
Annie Leibovitz - the legendary photographer responsible for Kim and Kanye's recent Vogue cover - is not known to shoot weddings. But Kanye West dreams big. He loves and respects Annie as a true artist and wanted to bring her eye for beauty to the imagery of the event. In his Cannes Lions panel with Steve Stoute and tech guru godfather Ben Horowitz, Kanye was referencing Annie as an example of how to merge culture and tech.
"Picture this," said Kanye. "The most-liked Instagram photo of all time, shot by Annie Leibowitz. Oh, I'm sorry for dreaming out loud. Again."
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