The Rodeo Drive Walk of Style, located on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, commemorates people who have made important contributions to fashion, design, and costume.
Background edit
The "Walk of Style" was founded in 2003 by the City of Beverly Hills and the Rodeo Drive Committee.[1] Fred Hayman, who is known as "the father of Rodeo Drive," was involved in conceptualizing and creating the idea of the Walk of Style.[2] He himself was granted the honor in 2011.[2] The Walk features a statue called Torso by sculptor Robert Graham, which was unveiled at its founding ceremony, attended by Giorgio Armani, the first honoree.[3] The sculpture was designed by Graham specifically for the Walk of Style.[4] Like the more famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Walk of Style has bronze plaques set into the sidewalk for each person being honored.[3] The plaques feature an idealized representation of Graham's sculpture. Each honoree is also awarded a miniature version of Graham's sculpture to mark the occasion.[5]
Honorees edit
- Giorgio Armani (2003)[3]
- Tom Ford (2004)[6]
- Herb Ritts (posthumously)[7] and Mario Testino (2005)[8]
- James Acheson, Milena Canonero and Edith Head (2006)[9]
- Salvatore Ferragamo (2006)[10]
- Gianni (posthumously) and Donatella Versace (2007)[11]
- James Galanos (2007)[12]
- Manolo Blahnik (2008)[13]
- Valentino Garavani (2009)[14]
- Cartier and Princess Grace (posthumously) of Monaco (2009)[15]
- Fred Hayman (2011)[2]
- Iman and Missoni (2011)[16]
- Diana Vreeland (posthumously)[17] and Bulgari (2012)[18]
- Catherine Martin (2014)[1]
- Burberry(2015) [19]
References edit
- ^ a b Schmidt, Ingrid (5 February 2014). "Designer Catherine Martin to get Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ a b c Sandy Cohen (June 8, 2011). "Honors for Fred Hayman , the father of legendary Rodeo Drive - Honors for Fred Hayman , the father of legendary Rodeo Drive". The Daily Star. p. 12.
But back in 1964, when Fred Hayman started building his Giorgio Beverly Hills shop, Rodeo Drive was just a regular city street, with a grocer, a gas station and a hardware store. Hayman became its ambassador. He envisioned the street as an elegant home to the finest designers and boutiques, a magnet for starlets and socialites, like an American Champs-Elysees, a sexy, fun, camera-ready intersection of Hollywood and fashion. It's for his vision – which became reality – that the 86-year-old entrepreneur became the latest inductee to the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style , an award and concept that Hayman helped create to honor designers and retailers for their contributions to fashion and entertainment, and to promote the street he loves.
- ^ a b c Roug, Louise (March 4, 2003). "Armani is first to get star on fashion 'Walk of Style'". The Seattle Times. p. E2.
- ^ Louise Roug (February 28, 2003). "Armani first to make Rodeo Walk of Style". Los Angeles Times (home ed.). p. E35.
- ^ Irene Lacher (March 22, 2005). "He wants ladies to look their best; Fashion photographer Mario Testino makes glamour gals appear even more fabulous. Rodeo Drive cheers". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Designer Ford honored with plaque on famous shopping street". Daily Ardmoreite. March 26, 2004.
- ^ Designer Dudes. Los Angeles Magazine. May 2005. p. 38. ISSN 1522-9149.
- ^ "Diaz freezes traffic in Beverly Hills". Hindustan Times. March 23, 2005.
- ^ Dalia Cárdenas. "Reconocen su legado - Rinden tributo a Salvatore Ferragamo. Premian en Beverly Hills las contribuciones a la moda y el cine del diseñador italiano". Reforma. p. 6.
Cabe señalar que Salvatore Ferragamo es el octavo en recibir el Rodeo Drive Walk of Style , premio que se entregó por primavera vez en 2003 a Giorgio Armani y a quien le siguió Tom Ford en el 2004, Herb Ritts y Mario Testino en el 2005 y Edith Head , James Acheson y Milena Canonero en el 2006.
- ^ "Sam Roberts in Halifax for all-ages show". The Chronicle Herald. p. E4.
- ^ Mimi Avins (February 16, 2007). "Designs on an Empire, with Beauty and Bombast". Los Angeles Times.
Yet when Donatella, as everyone calls her, is in residence, the glamour quotient rises, even at a legendarily fashionable place. Her celebrity friends turn up, for one thing -- the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Rupert Everett and Cindy Crawford. And since the centerpiece of her visit is celebrating a Rodeo Drive Walk of Style award given to her and her late brother, Gianni, on an otherwise quiet Monday afternoon, the hotel lobby is taken over by a crowd of chiseled young models. A few giraffe-girls with Slavic accents drape themselves over the furniture -- they will hover in the background of one of Donatella's television interviews wearing killer Versace gowns.
- ^ "Designer Galanos Honored as a Legend". Park La Brea News. October 4, 2007. p. 10.
- ^ Emili Vesilind (October 2, 2008). "Celebrity Shoemaker". Los Angeles Times.
Blahnik 's shoes are a perennial on Hollywood red carpets -- as common as Spanx and cleavage tape. Last week, Hollywood thanked the designer for his contributions to the entertainment and fashion industries by awarding him the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award.
- ^ Susannah Frankel (April 13, 2009). "Ready to Wear - Independent Life". The Independent.
Only last month, [Anne] Hathaway introduced the recently-retired Roman couturier Valentino Garavani when he picked up the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style award in Los Angeles. "I knew it would be a great challenge to be perfect in Valentino for Valentino," she said. "At my first fitting, I put the dress on backwards. Luckily there were strategically placed sequins." Hmmm.
- ^ "Evening of style fit for a princess". Los Angeles Daily News. October 25, 2009.
Famous film fashionistas converged on the corner of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard on Thursday night to celebrate one of their own, as Princess Grace of Monaco was posthumously honored for her iconic fashion sense with the Rodeo Walk of Style Award. The late princess, better known as Grace Kelly, shared the spotlight with Cartier jewelers, as both were given the prestigious award in a ceremony that shut down the street described as 'the epicenter of fashion.'
- ^ "Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award Honoring Iman And Missoni Red Carpet Round Up". Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Walk this way: Vreeland inducted into Walk of Style". Beverly Hills Weekly. September 19, 2012. p. 9.
Family members of the late fashion editor Diana Vreeland celebrated Vreeland 's posthumous induction into the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Monday morning. The ceremony, which was sponsored by the Rodeo Drive Committee and City of Beverly Hills, involved dedicating a plaque on Rodeo Drive with Vreeland 's signature and quote: 'You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it you're nobody.'
- ^ "Bulgari inducted into the Walk of Style". Beverly Hills Weekly. December 13, 2012. p. 5.
Bulgari became the twentieth recipient of the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award, on Dec. 5, 2012. Nicola Bulgari , grandson of founder Sotirio Bulgari , was presented with a plaque with a personal quote that reads, 'Style is an everlasting impression and jewelry is a passion that is passed through generations.'
- ^ Schreffler, Laura. "Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Honors Burberry". Haute Living. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
External links edit
- "Rodeo Drive Walk of Style". 2014 LA Tourism & Convention Board. Retrieved 16 February 2014.