MOVIELAND AT PRADA: At Prada, Freida Pinto was excited about her latest film “Mowgli,” based on Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book,” but she was reluctant to provide details about it. “I can’t really say much, we want it to be a surprise,” she said of the movie, which was filmed in South Africa and England. As for Miuccia Prada, she said “we go back years,” remembering she wore a custom-made gown by the designer for the Golden Globes ceremony in 2012.
Spike Lee was in town to inaugurate Fondazione Prada’s movie season and to hold a talk for the venue’s latest exhibition, “The Black Image Corporation,” curated by artist Theaster Gates and he expressed his admiration for Sofia Coppola sitting nearby. “I am just writing right now, it’s early stages, there’s really nothing to talk about yet,” said Coppola, smiling. Asked if she was planning a trip to Basilicata, where her father Francis Ford Coppola owns a luxury resort, she said: “I wish — we’re going to go later in the fall, for Thanksgiving. I always look forward to that. I am just in town visiting friends, I had not been in a while, since eight years ago when I was filming ‘Somewhere.’”

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ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS: For the first time in nearly 40 years, Andy Warhol’s “Shadows” (1978–79) will be back in New York City next month in a street-front space at Calvin Klein Inc.’s headquarters.
The single painting in multiple parts will be unveiled at 205 West 39th Street starting Oct. 26 and running through Dec. 15. Warhol fans will find a series of abstract canvases stretching edge to edge around the room. The timing will overlap with the upcoming exhibition “Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again” at the Whitney Museum of American Art. That retrospective will get underway on Nov. 12 and will run through March. After its Midtown viewing at Calvin Klein, “Shadows” will be installed on a long-term basis at Dia: Beacon in Beacon, N.Y., next year.
That Duchess County town is where the conservation of “Shadows” is underway, compliments of Calvin Klein, Inc. To draw in more people to the company’s headquarters, there will be a series of public programs focused on Warhol. All the anticipated foot traffic to the West 39th Street location will also serve as some branding reinforcement. The Raf Simons-designed collection carries the Calvin Klein 205W39NYC label.
Fittingly, “Shadows” was first presented

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TOY STORY: The teddy bear is back.
Four years after the launch of its Toy scent, Moschino unveiled a new edition of the women’s fragrance on Thursday.
Named Toy 2, a giant version of the teddy bear-shaped glass bottle accessorized the Moschino look Kendall Jenner sported on the catwalk during the brand’s spring 2019 fashion show in Milan.

Kendall Jenner on the catwalk 
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Jenner marked the debut of the scent but won’t be the face of the fragrance, as model Devon Aoki has been tapped for the role, fronting the black-and-white advertising campaign photographed by Steven Meisel. In the images, Aoki poses with the bottle while wearing a plain white T-shirt styled with a black studded hat and leather long gloves.

Devon Aoki behind the scenes of Moschino’s Toy 2 ad campaign. 
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Manufactured by licensee EuroItalia, the floral woody eau de parfum features mandarin orange and apple notes on the top, blended with magnolia. The heart combines velvety peony and jasmine with crisp white currant, while the dry down is a mix of musk, sandalwood and amber wood.
Toy 2 differs from the previous version also in the packaging, coming in a glass bottle with opaque finishes instead of a furry teddy bear. Golden details

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