Anna Dello Russo is presented with a one-of-a-kind Hudson's Bay Company striped coat by Erdem yesterday in Toronto - photos courtesy The Bay.
Ever since Bonnie Brooks arrived on the scene, the buzz surrounding The Bay has been steadily swelling and with the arrival of fashion stars Tommy Ton and Anna Dello Russo yesterday, things have reached a fever pitch. The editor-at-large of Vogue Nippon (aka Vogue Japan) is in town for the Jak & Jil blogger's photo retrospective - an exhibit called 'When Tommy Met Anna' - which traces how Tommy's street-style photographs have transformed the editor into a living fashion legend.
Never heard of her? Here's a little breakdown of ADR by the numbers:
- The self-proclaimed 'fashion victim' has admitted to owning over 4,000 pairs of shoes (ADR coming soon to an episode of Hoarders?)
- She owns 2 apartments in Milan - 1 for herself and 1 for her clothes
- She spent 18 years as Fashion Editor at Vogue Italia and served as Editor of L'Uomo Vogue from 2000-2006
- To celebrate their 10th anniversary, yoox.com printed 10 different shirts for sale, each with one of Dello Russo's top 10 outfits. The shirts sold out within the first day.
- She's known to undergo several 'costume changes' per day - insiders who met her yesterday told me that they saw her change outfits "at least 3 times" (and this was before 5 pm)
According to friends who met her, Anna has declared that colour is in for this spring but out for summer. She's predicting that the summer should be all about rock 'n roll black and that next winter will be about 'hot winter white'. Forget hue? Forget you, ADR! (I mean, your Royal Fabulousness)
Be sure to check out 'When Tommy Met Anna', on now until April 29th at The Room (Bay Queen Street)
Happy Easter everyone! Hope the Easter bunny is good to you!