Archive for October 2011

Fashion Careers

Krupp Group is looking for PR Interns!

Krupp Group is seeking dynamic and responsible interns who can commit for 3-5 days a week starting mid-December 2011/January 2012 to assist in our Fashion, Accessories and Jewelry departments, and immediately for our Digital Media Department.

Fashion week will be just around the corner, and our interns play a huge role in the
organization and execution of our fashion shows.

POSITION REPORTS TO: Public Relations Assistant & Account Executives

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Some responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Tracking Samples to and from Fashion Editors at magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, People etc.

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Accessories

Karl Lagerfeld is Licensing Up a Storm, Starting With Watches

Karl Lagerfeld Labelfeld is certainly living up to his new name. It sounds like his brand could be getting significantly bigger than it already is in the next few years. With his new (or, relaunched) namesake signature line, Karl has the opportunity to put his name on just about any product he wants to through licensing deals. And despite the fact that he only announced the launch of Karl Lagerfeld Paris a few days ago, he is already label-stamping.

WWD announced this morning that he’s collaborating with mass accessories company Fossil on watches for men and women set to launch in spring 2013…and that ‘innerwear’ would likely be next (is that like underwear?). Pier Paolo Righi, president of Karl Lagerfeld apparently “indicated to WWD earlier this week that a string of licensing deals was in the works.”

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Fashion Is Fun

Diane von Furstenberg and Hubby Barry Diller Donated a Cool $20 Million to NYC’s High Line Park

Diane von Furstenberg is a fairy godmother of sorts in fashion, championing new and established designers alike as the beloved president of the CFDA. She, along with husband Barry Diller, is also working some fairy magic in New York City.

The High Line park, which opened in 2009, has been a magnet for tourists and city dwellers alike. It runs along the city’s west side through the Meatpacking District and Chelsea, and has been credited with rejuvenating restaurants and retail in the area. Plus, it’s just a really cool park. But the last half mile has remained unfinished, until now, thanks to the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation.

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Fashion Careers

3.1 Phillip Lim is looking for a Sales Intern in New York!

3.1 Phillip Lim’s raison d’être is providing an approachable designer experience with beautiful everyday classics accented with touches of madness.

The result: cool, easy, chic looks for men and women that embody youthful elegance and personal style – has won the brand cult status in the contemporary fashion world. Lim says, ” 3.1 is about clothes that refine instead of define. A refinement that’s a bit classic in attitude, but imparts a sense of individual style, without looking or feeling forced. Confident, unidentifiable, chic and most of all effortless.”

There is currently an opening for a sales intern; all applicants must contain the following:
- Commitment to at least 3 days/week
- Proficient in Microsoft office/ Excel
- Excellent verbal and communication skills

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It Starts: Fox News Uses Jenna Lyons’ Divorce and Alleged New Girlfriend To Prove They Were Right About ‘Toemageddon’

Ever since reports surfaced that Jenna Lyons was leaving her husband for, yes, a woman, we’ve been waiting for some reactionary “news” source to use it as a means of justification for their outrage over the so-called “Toemageddon” incident–or, for the uninitiated (we envy you), that one time when Lyons’ painted her son’s toenails pink and caused a serious stir.

Obviously, Fox News wasted no time. Leave it to Fox News columnist Dr. Keith Ablow, he who started “Toemageddon,” to pounce on the news. In a lengthy essay, Ablow essentially says that since Lyons’ allegedly has a girlfriend, she must be uncomfortable with all forms of masculinity and therefore tried to turn her son (and every J.Crew catalog-reading mom’s sons) into gender-confused emasculated boys. Seriously, where do they come up with this stuff?

But the crazy doesn’t end there.

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Webvertorial

Rockstar Stylists Maryam and Marjan Malakpour Create a Sleek Alternative to the Ballerina Flat with New Line Newbark

By FASHIONISTA Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 / 11:15 AM

Sister stylists Maryam and Marjan Malakpour dress rock stars like Keith Richards and supermodels like Heidi Klum. They’re constantly working and on the go so they found themselves in need of a good pair of flats that they could easily tuck into their bags and change into when heels started to take their toll. But the girls who dress Keith Richards aren’t exactly into ballerina flats.

So in 2009, the sisters Malakpour launched Newbark, a luxury collection of handmade, super sleek leather flats that can easily fold up and be stuffed into a clutch or a coat pocket.

“We did this out of not having the perfect pair of flats that you can just slip into,” Maryam explained. “Neither one of us were into ballerinas, we wanted something a bit more rock and roll. So we came up with this–the look of it is a Moroccan babouche meets an English gentleman’s slipper meets something you found in Japan in a spa.”
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Fashion Careers

Fitted Fashion Looking for a Few Amazing Interns!

Fitted Fashion is a funded start-up that is revolutionizing custom fitted and personalized clothing. We use state of the art 3d scanning technology to create custom patterns and produce custom fitted clothing. Currently we are making Women’s jeans and men’s business wear but are expecting to add more products in the near future.

We are looking for a few great interns that are passionate about fashion and interested in joining a fresh and new team where their inputs will not only be heard but demanded. Interns will have a fair amount of flexibility and ownership of what they are working on and will report directly to the CEO.

Positions to fill will include the below. Interns may be focused on 1 area, or handle different aspects of each.

· Marketing, PR, Brand Strategy and Social Media
· Customer experiences – Packaging, return process, communication to customers, sales process

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News

UPDATED: Kate Middleton Stuns in a Silver Gown to Host Her First Solo Engagement–Is She Wearing Hair Extensions?

By Leah Chernikoff Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 / 10:34 AM

Photo: Getty

The Duchess of Cambridge hosted her first solo engagement last night, pinch hitting for her father-in-law, the Prince of Wales, who couldn’t attend as he had to go to Riyadh to give his condolences to the Saudi Royal Family following the death of the Crown Prince. She looked gorgeous in a floor length grey-blue number that looks like Temperley (but we haven’t received confirmation yet) to receive guests at a dinner to benefit charity In Kind Direct. Update: Instyle UK is reporting the gown was designed by Amanda Wakeley.

And it seems like Duchess Catherine pulled off her first solo gig without a hitch. Read more »

Magazines

Style.com’s New Print Mag To Hit Newsstands Next Week, Will Cost $14.99

By Hayley Phelan Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 / 9:46 AM

Back in April, we reported that Style.com would be launching a print magazine in the near future and now, here it is.

The New York Times reports that the glossy magazine will hit newsstands next week and will go by the name of Style.com/Print. Besides its awkward title, which the Times‘ Eric Wilson calls “puzzling” and the slightly befuddling concept to begin with (how would clicking through endless runway shows translate into print?), the new magazine actually sounds pretty interesting.
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Jenna Lyons’ Alleged New Girlfriend Revealed

Earlier this week we learned that J.Crew president Jenna Lyons was in the middle of a “messy” divorce and that she was allegedly in a new relationship with a woman who also works in the industry.

This morning Page Six is reporting that the woman in question is Courtney Crangi, jeweler Philip Crangi‘s sister and business partner.

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Fashion Is Fun

Happy Fashion ‘Ween! Here’s How to Dress Like Your Favorite Fashion Industry Insiders

It’s Halloween this weekend, and what better way to celebrate than by going as your favorite fashion persona?

Fancy yourself a Karl Lagerfeld? Or how about BryanBoy? Whatever your fashion predilection, we break down the best costumes for emulating our favorite fashion industry insiders this weekend.

Check it out and Happy Halloween!

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Fashion Shows

Forever 21′s Hologram Fashion Show was Amazing–Is It the Future of Fashion?

By Leah Chernikoff Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011 / 6:42 PM

Yesterday Forever 21 presented their fall collection on the runway. Models walked the catwalk, as they do, strutting, smiling, and then, they started walking upside down. On the ceiling. And then down invisible stairs. These are things you can do when the models are holograms.

Forever 21 is growing globally, with new stores in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, so what better way to introduce the brand to new customers than with a dazzling hologram fashion show? And really, it was dazzling. At one point neon rain started to fall and models sprung up out of the raindrops.
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