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Mother of Pearl’s Maia Norman—surfer chick-turned-fashion designer—always puts Mother Earth first. So for her banquet in London last night, she chose Senkai, the Japanese restaurant that sources always of its edible locally and abides along a sustainable and ethical list. “You have to esteem nature and heed its power,” Norman said over salad and sushi. “When I chart, I meditation of the units. When I am out there surfing, I need to be isolated from the wind and the water. When I am on my motorbike, I need to be well protected and padded whether I ever fall off. I think there are so many of us whose clothes need to conform to their lifestyle, not vice versa.” That may annotate why her silhouette is growing immediately in Asia and the Middle East.

Norman’s clothes—leathers and cashmeres in Smartie candy shades—conform apt the less sporting chapter of her own lifestyle: her long relationship with husband Damien Hirst. Artist collaborations have become a crying card of the line (in the past, she has worked with the likes of Jim Lambie and Fiona Banner), and final night she attempted a peep into the the Fall ‘12 collection she’s currently preparing: its visiting artist namely New York emotion Fred Tomaselli. “Fred is a good friend and his go is wild, inspiring. I queried him once, double, and three times apt collaborate—each period he said not. Finally, annuals aboard, he had a change of heart and said yes.”

Reason ample for friends favor Lulu Kennedy, Polly Morgan, Richard Mortimer, and Pam Hogg to heave a glass. Hogg had someone to celebrate, too: One of her chips fair made the cover of British Vogue. Gisele is wearing “leggings I made 8 years ago!” she revealed. “It’s extraordinary that they liked them enough to reserve them that long.”
—Afsun Qureshi

Photo: Courtesy of Mother of Pearl

Photos: Courtesy of Uniqlo

Mugler ingenious mentor and Lady Gaga stylist Nicola Formichetti has had a huge past pair of days. Last week, he set up mart city center with his pop-up notion cache, Nicola’s; yesterday, he hosted a presentation for nine emerging Chinese designers in one exertion to commemorate international genius; this afternoon, Formichetti (who has worked with Uniqlo for over five years and currently stands for the brand’s mainstream mentor) debuts his latest project for the Japanese retailer. He has created a new line, called Uniqlo Innovation Project, by with the company’s designer director, Naoki Takizawa, and inspired director, Kashiwa Sato.

“We ambitioned to establish something as the future,” Formichetti tells Style.com. “Something functional, fashionable, and new.” The accumulation of parkas, hoodies, and trail jeans for men and women, made of cutting-edge materials favor Uniqlo’s infamous Heattech, hits stores October 14.

What’s next from Nicola? “I’m really thinking of bringing Nicola’s to additional cities,” he says. “I loved meeting my virtual friends, but in a physical space this time.” Oh yeah, and there’s the Mugler collection he’s hard by work above, which hits the runway in Paris September 29. Here, Style.com has the exclusive first see at Innovation Project.
—Kristin Studeman