TOKYO — Gap’s chief designer, Patrick Robinson, was here Tuesday for the brand’s spring global fashion show, the third in a series of rotating global shows. “I got the idea in my head that, when you have a brand that’s global…it’s actually really interesting to take the same collection and show it differently around the world each season,” Robinson [...]
Giorgio Armani has tapped Megan Fox to feature in the new Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans campaigns. Fox, the 23-year-old star of the “Transformers” franchise, is considered to be the Hollywood sex symbol du jour and a favorite, barely clad cover girl of men’s magazines in both the U.S. and Europe. Armani has been making a global underwear [...]
L.L. Bean is tending to its future with a new collection that, while squarely aimed at a younger and more urbane audience, evokes the company’s American, outdoor heritage. Called L.L. Bean Signature, the line, designed by Alex Carleton, the founder of Rogues Gallery, marks the first time the Maine-based cataloguer and retailer has sought to expand beyond its core outdoor [...]
HONORING JOHNSON: Betsey Johnson will be honored by The National Arts Club’s fashion committee today, when she will receive the Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Fashion. The black-tie event will be held at the club located at 15 Gramercy Park South in New York, beginning at 6:30 p.m. “I’m so excited, honored and thrilled. It doesn’t get any [...]
Jessica Simpson has had a lot of roles, from actress and singer to fashion maven and tabloid target. But now, the 29-year-old is adding a new item to her resumé: charity spokesperson. Simpson, whose grandmothers were both diagnosed with breast cancer, has signed on with QVC and FFANY as the face of this year’s Shoes on Sale fundraiser [...]
PARIS — Spring forward. Luxury buyers are not ready to declare the market on the mend, but many shopping the collections here last week said they are confident the fresh designer offerings for next season will give sales a boost. “We were very excited in Paris,” said Kurt Geiger CEO Neil Clifford. “We’ve seen a fresh wind sweeping [...]
PARIS — Chanel is gearing up to make a splash in Shanghai on Dec. 3, when it will stage a fashion show for a luxury pre-fall collection and open an art-filled 5,160-square-foot boutique in the Peninsula hotel on the historic Bund riverfront promenade. Karl Lagerfeld is flying into the futuristic Chinese city to show his latest “métiers d’art” collection, a [...]
PARIS — Of all the shoulder jewels hanging in Louis Vuitton’s Paris showroom on Thursday, Naomi Campbell chose one of the quieter and more versatile bags — in its coveted monogram — for her latest charity initiative. “I think it’s going to sell really well,” she said of the soft, square style, its signature canvas stitched in strips [...]
François Nars is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the founding of his eponymous company by combining two of his favorite things — beauty products and photography — in a new book. Nars, creative director and founder of the company which bears his name, did both the makeup and the photography for the book, “15×15,” which is published by Chandelier Creative [...]
When was the last time you saw the handle of a tennis racket poking out of a Birkin bag? Come spring, you just might, given Jean Paul Gaultier’s fetching and soigné take on the sport. With fresh lawn laid out for the runway, backdrop and up into the bleachers, Gaultier clearly had a ball with this theme. On the [...]
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