To read Rachel Zoe’s enthusiastic Twitter feed, you’d never suspect that things are less than rosy in her world. But an item in Page Six this morning is packed with rumors that all is not well for the stylist-turned-designer. The gossip column addresses several rumors about Zoe’s line, her Bravo show, and her assistant Jeremiah Read more →
Last month Jason Wu announced he’d be debuting his first contemporary priced collection to be sold exclusively at Nordstrom when it launches in January, after which it will expand to other stores. While Wu is no stranger to designing at a lower price point, having done a highly successful one-off collab for Target, this is Read more →
While we got a sneak peek at the logo last week (when the under construction YSL store in SoHo revealed the new logo on its boarded up walls, which were promptly covered by some poster spam), YSL just quietly posted the official new “Saint Laurent Paris” logo on its Facebook page today. And as The Read more →
Fashion houses have been struggling lately with the notion of whether or not a label needs a marquee designer to be the face/DNA/personality of a brand. (See: The Simon Spurr fiasco). When Galliano was fired from Dior for his now-notorious anti-Semitic rant, many wondered what would become of the house in the wake of the loss of its charismatic artistic director.
What happened is that Dior’s sales increased. With Galliano’s right-hand man Bill Gaytten standing in until a successor was named, Dior’s revenues hit $1 billion in 2011 for the first time ever, according to the Financial Times. Sidney Toledano, the president and chief executive of Christian Dior was surprised.
Another fashion house creative director job is up for grabs, in case you know anyone who’s interested. Manish Arora, Paco Rabanne‘s artistic director for the past two seasons, has left the label, WWD is reporting.
This is sort of a surprising development, because while Arora’s first space-aged, Mugler-inspired collection for the label in spring 2012 received mixed reviews, his fall 2012 collection was more favorably received and much more wearable. Lady Gaga famously wore his out-there spring designs shortly after Arora’s first show (which is obviously a different scenario than if say, Kate Middleton wears your clothes) and J. Lo just sported a top from the spring collection on American Idol. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the clothes are moving at retail, but celeb buzz for a label is nothing to sneeze at. So why is he leaving?
MAIYET | Colombia Hand Casting from M A I Y E T on Vimeo. You’ll probably be hearing a lot about Maiyet in the coming months. The year-old label, which just showed its second collection during Paris fashion week last week, launches at Barneys tomorrow. Maiyet is named after the Egyptian goddess of truth and Read more →
Patrik Ervell‘s has been a name to watch since he launched his eponymous menswear line in Spring 2008. His shows draw a hip who’s who kind of crowd, he’s stocked at all the right places (Barneys, Opening Ceremony, Creatures of Comfort), and he was a CFDA nominee for best menswear designer this past year. Men swoon over his clothes and girls do, too apparently. He told The Cut earlier this year, “at our online store, 20 percent of our customers are women.” So designing womenswear was the logical next step. His first capsule collection for women will land in stores and online this month.
“I’ve always had a lot of girls buying my menswear so it felt like a very natural step to take,” Ervell told us. “I think my girl might sometimes dabble in menswear pieces but the new collection also has a serious women’s component too.”
So what was different about designing for women?
Last night storied French footwear label Roger Vivier threw a cocktail party at their Upper East side store to celebrate their fall winter “Uptown-Downtown” collection as well as limited edition collection “Rendez-Vous.” Creative director Bruno Frisoni’s creations for the brand–particularly the “Rendez-Vous” collection which he described as “Rock! Think Keith Richards”–nearly outshone all the fashion starlets who turned out to sip champagne and shoe-drool. Leighton Meester was there, and so were industry darlings Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Marie Amelie Sauve, Hamish Bowles, Hanne Gabe Odiele, Emily Weiss and Leandra Medine. Plus Alexandra Richards was DJing. Needless to say, it was a very chic event.
We caught Meester, who looked lovely in sequined J.Mendel, Vivier accessories and Bulgari jewels, staring distractedly at some studded Vivier boots so we seized the moment to check in with the Gossip Girl star.
Designer collaborations with H&M are commonplace and even expected now. But collections based on fictional characters? Not so much, until now. Lisbeth Salander, the edgy, troubled, goth protagonist in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has inspired a new capsule collection, WWD is reporting.
Trish Summerville, the costume designer for the US movie version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (she also outfitted the Black Eyed Peas, No Doubt, Ricky Martin and Janet Jackson on their tours), designed the 30-piece collection, which will be a part of the Swedish retailer’s Divided line. For H&M, the collection was a no-brainer.
We already gave you a look at the awesomeness that is the full Versace for H&M collection but if you can’t get enough, there’s more. Here’s the men’s look book as well as the full ad campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, styled by Joe McKenna, and featuring models Sasha Pivovarova, Lindsey Wixson, Read more →
We’ve been teased with lots of leaked campaign images for the Versace for H&M collection, but now–finally–the whole collection has been revealed–Vogue UK had it up early today. It will hit stores on November 17, so start making your list now.
Prices will range from $17.95 for crazily-printed men’s undies, to $299 for Anna Dello Russo‘s studded leather dress, according to WWD. The other dresses range from $149 to $249, and accessories like a silk purse will set you back $199. Expensive for H&M, but cheap for Versace, which is the whole point of these collabs, isn’t it? There are even some homeware items, like pillows and throw blankets.
Click through to see the entire collection.
The fashionably flamboyant and legendary Aerosmith frontman (or American Idol judge who is not Jennifer Lopez to those born after 1990) Steven Tyler kicked off the launch of the exclusive-to-Macy’s Andrew Charles line this past Friday, with an appearance for roughly 300 avid fans at the Herald Square flagship.
Tyler serves as the muse for the Andy Hilfiger-designed Macy’s exclusive men’s and women’s wear Andrew Charles line, as well as the aptly-named “Rock Scarf” collection. Considering the frontman’s penchant for wearing the flowy neckpieces on his person and tying multiples onto his mic stand, Rock Scarf is pretty much a no-brainer. Tyler also stars with his 22-year old daughter Chelsea in the ad campaign.
We caught up with the man of the hour–wearing enough bracelets on each forearm to be the life of a Man Repeller-approved Arm Party and sporting DIY nail art (i.e., hand-drawn black vertical Sharpie-lines on each nail)–to get his take on music-meets-fashion.
“I’m androgynous,” declares the “Dude Looks Like a Lady” singer. “I’ve just got more female energy. I like that flowing and nurturing and I’m a songwriter, so I’m into form and fashion and how it all goes together. Always have been, so it’s just perfect.” Not quite sure if he’d consider wearing a Versace pencil skirt to meet the Queen of England, but we did hear this rumor about him gleaning wardrobe ideas from daughter Liv Tyler’s designer-filled closet.
