Standout Looks from the Parsons Student Fashion Show
We already gave you a sneak peak at Parsons’s Designer of the Year candidates (more on the winner later!). Now, check out some of the best looks from yesterday’s student fashion show.
Thursday May 23rd, 2013
Tuesday March 26th, 2013
The Biggest Designer Comebacks
It’s been a season of second, third, and even fourth chances. After stints at Perry Ellis, Paco Rabanne, and Gap, designer Patrick Robinson is once again staging a comeback–this time, as creative director of Armani Exchange.
Currently waiting in the wings is former Dior designer John Galliano, who has been assisting in Oscar de la Renta’s atelier and is purportedly in talks to teach at Parsons.
We can’t say for sure whether either of these comebacks will take, but we can tell you about the returns other designers have staged in the past. Here are fashion’s greatest comeback stories:
Sunday June 17th, 2012
Happy Father’s Day To All You Hot, Hard Working Dads in Fashion!
Much credit is due to those hard working editors, models, and designers in the industry who juggle motherhood along with their demanding fashion careers. But what about the dads? They may be a slightly rarer occurrence in the industry but we’d like to recognize those hard working (not to mention) hot dads dominating the fashion Read more →
Monday April 30th, 2012
What Went Wrong with Patrick Robinson at the Gap
When we first heard that Patrick Robinson had been dismissed as the head designer of Gap almost exactly a year ago, we can’t say we were completely surprised. With sales still looking dismal, the brand cleaned house at an executive level days before they canned Robinson–you could say he was a sitting duck. Still, we wondered, with a talent as big as Robinson’s (the Vogue darling has designed for Giorgio Armani, Perry Ellis, and Paco Rabanne) and a brand as powerful as Gap’s: What went wrong?
Apparently, a lot of things. This weekend the Sunday Styles took an in depth look at the various ways the Gap is trying to get back on its feet, namely with cleaner, better organized and peppier stores. More interestingly, the article delves (in a really dishy way!) into why Gap has been floundering these past few years, and, well, let’s just say it doesn’t exactly reflect kindly on Robinson.
Thursday May 5th, 2011
The Gap Sacks Patrick Robinson, No Successor Named Yet
In news that will probably surprise no one, Patrick Robinson is out at the Gap. Back in February, the Gap cleaned house at the management level, installing Pam Wallack as the executive director of the new Gap Global Creative Center. They also replaced their longtime creative agency, Laird+Partners. It was inevitable that more big changes would come, since Gap’s North American performance has been dismal and uninspired for several years.
“After spending the last three months in New York with the creative team, I’ve made the decision to make a change within our Gap Adult design team,” Wallack told WWD.
