Valentino has no qualms in denying any ties to Louise Linton after the new wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin posted on Instagram an image of herself exiting a government plane and provided a slew of designer hashtags.
A spokeswoman said plainly that “Louise Linton did not receive any gifted merchandise, compensation or loans from Valentino” when asked whether the company had any formal business interest in being tagged in a late Monday post by Linton.
The actress, whose most high-profile role to date is a 2007 appearance on “CSI: NY,” is also not affiliated in any way with and has received no free merchandise from Tom Ford, a brand she also mentioned in her post.
With tags like “#rolandmouret pants,” “#tomford sunnies,” “#hermesscarf,” and “#valentinorockstudheels #valentino,” it seemed like Linton was taking after the growing droves of digital influencers that are compensated for mentioning brands and their products on social media. Instagram is particularly popular for branded influencer-created content.

A screenshot of Linton’s Instagram post, before it was deleted. 

Representatives of Roland Mouret and Hermès could not be reached for comment on the post.
Linton has since deleted the post and made her account private after a response to an Instagram comment critical of

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PAY IT FORWARD: Inspirational accessories company The Giving Keys has launched a limited-edition collection done with YouTube personality Liza Koshy.
The Los Angeles-based company has built a following selling necklaces adorned with keys stamped with words such as “Believe” and “Let Go” and bills itself as a “pay-it-forward” business. The Giving Keys employs a number of workers transitioning out of homelessness at its downtown headquarters and manufacturing space.
The company’s collaboration with Koshy, launching today, includes a 30-inch chain necklace with either a white or black matte key stamped with the words “Laugh” or “Trust” retailing for $42. There is also a choker style in gold or silver, retailing for $45.
The collaboration will be sold online, at the company’s roving store — a converted Airstream — and Nordstrom’s location at Westfield Topanga and The Village in Canoga Park. Koshy is expected to be at Nordstrom Topanga on Saturday for a meet and greet with fans.
Koshy, with more than 11 million YouTube subscribers, after being gifted one of the company’s necklaces by her parents, was introduced to company founder Caitlin Crosby.
“We started talking about a collaboration and what she wanted to put into the world and obviously we wanted to put all sorts of good

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ART FOR AUCTION: London’s Sotheby’s will mount an exhibition and auction of works from Mario Testino’s personal art collection in September.
“I always wanted to collect things that weren’t like me,” Testino said. “I’ve always been excited by everything that makes me look at something differently.”
The Peruvian photographer has curated a showcase of more than 300 works from his own private collection. This includes paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures. The starting estimates of the lots up for live auction range from 10,000 pounds for “System of Display, D” by Adam Pendleton, to 800,000 pounds for Tauba Auerbach’s “Untitled.” Also to be auctioned are works by the likes of Wolfgang Tillmans, Gilbert & George and Anselm Kiefer.
“Personal and historical memory are common conceptual motifs in the works here,” said Brandei Estes, Sotheby’s head of photographs in London. “Inviting us to challenge our common preconceptions of what we understand to be true and real. The best art affords us a journey and exploration into new ways of thinking and understanding the world around us.”
The exhibition, titled “Shake It Up,” will run from Sept. 8 to 13 following a showcase in Los Angeles last week. Sotheby’s will later auction a selection of those

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FAMILY AFFAIR: Pablo, the sister line of French fashion brand Gérard Darel, has tapped actress Ana Girardot to design a capsule collection that will launch in early September.
Girardot at a recent preview of the line at a hôtel particulier in Montmartre in the north of Paris said former Pablo collaborator and fellow actress Clémence Poésy encouraged her to take up the challenge. In terms of style muses, she credited her grandmother. “I hope it’s not going to age the brand’s image,” she laughed. “But I’ve always known where my inspiration comes from. She’s a true French woman, very elegant and laid-back, with a form of natural elegance and a knack for associations that I have always admired.”
Day options include bandanna-print dresses, chunky knits and a fleece-lined corduroy denim jacket with a bohemian vibe. After-dark items include a midnight-blue velvet jumpsuit that Girardot wore to a recent movie premiere, a cape dress and a little black dress with an open back. Her other personal favorites include a hooded cape coat embroidered with a constellation design climbing up the back. “When I’m wearing it, I feel like Peau d’Âne. You could wear anything underneath — even nothing at all,” said the actress, referring to

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AT HOME: Ellen Tracy is expanding its offerings in the home category.
Sequential Brands Group Inc., which owns Ellen Tracy’s intellectual property rights,  has signed a multiyear licensing agreement with Cathay Home, a manufacturer of home textile products, to create the Ellen Tracy Home line of comforters, duvets, sheets, throws, blankets and quilts. The new line is scheduled to hit stores in spring 2018.
The addition of these new categories builds on the exiting Ellen Tracy Home business which includes towels, window dressing and home storage.
“Ellen Tracy continues to be one of our top-performing brands in our fashion division. This new partnership builds on the brand’s success to date expanding it into new product categories and solidifying its presence in the home space,” said Jameel Spencer, fashion division president of Sequential Brands Group.
Cathay Home, established in 2005, has offices and showrooms in New York. Sequential owns, promotes, markets and licenses a portfolio of consumer brands in the home, fashion and active categories.

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