“Paris has a long history of creative men and women who in spite of their own generosity of spirit and imagination just never succeeded in making the fortunes they seemed to deserve. That’s the way it is.” –Cathy Horyn on the whole Lacroix situation.
(Complete story at FashionGoneRogue)
Along with a massive business, Tory Burch has obviously amassed a rather amazing friend base. As the holiday season rolled around, she and her staff got to thinking about what everyone was up to, what they were buying for others, where they were going, what they’re planning to do in the new year, etc. So Read more →
In the beauty world, this is definitely a huge coup. Lancôme has just signed Julia Roberts as a “global ambassadress.” No matter what you think of her movies of late, there is no doubt about the bankability of Ms. Roberts. And we are well aware of how desperately every cosmetics brand on the planet has Read more →
These days companies are kind of taking an every which way but loose approach to marketing. And we can’t say we blame them—not only with the economy being in the state it’s in, but because the world is changing quickly and we like to see people trying new things. Sure some might not work out, Read more →
It was announced this morning that the Japanese Cross Company has acquired a majority stake in Thom Browne. As beloved as Browne is by the industry, we’ve known for quite a while that he was struggling. Back in March, there were canceled orders and the possibility of bankruptcy was very real. The designer got a Read more →
Some designers may be wary of the digital revolution, but we’re sure none of you would be surprised to know that Alexander McQueen isn’t one of them. There was already the ShowStudio livestream of his phenomenal S/S 10 show, he tweets, and now his McQ website has been redesigned. And of course it’s way cool. Read more →
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‘Tis the Season: I can’t say that I miss putting together gift guides like I used to do in my magazine days. They’re a serious undertaking to organize and shoot. But I still love looking at well-edited ones like this. I mean, rainbow Thomas Pink collar bones–what’s not to love. {The Moment} Gems from Zahm: Read more →
Not that we spend enormous amounts of contemplating the subject matter on stamps, but we know something we like when we see it. As in the series of stamps that Alber Elbaz created for the French postal service as part of the celebration of Lanvin’s 120th anniversary. Much like the man himself, they’re just pure Read more →
