Designers are falling into two very different camps these days. On the one side, we’ve got those pulling out of the tents for Fashion Week (Vera), consolidating stores (Marc), and focusing on accessories (Olivier). On the other, we’ve got those moving from womenswear to menswear (Roland, Gareth, Carlos, Decarnin, Ferré), womenswear to kidswear (Gaultier) and [...]
Read more »Gareth Pugh is taking on menswear. The very important and semi-surprising piece of information was kept under wraps until the official announcement of the Paris Men’s Fashion Week schedule yesterday. In the past month, Matthew Wiliamson, Carlos Miele, Christophe Decarnin and Roland Mouret have all announced plans to introduce menswear. Pugh, the least commercial of [...]
Read more »Phillip Lim‘s starting a line for dogs. While Zac Posen and Doo. Ri get to work on their bridge lines and Carlos Miele and Roland Mouret work out their menswear launch plans, Lim thinks his design skills could be used elsewhere. So he’s found inspiration in his darling French Bulldog, “his best friend and muse,” [...]
Read more »The best thing about Victoria Beckham is that she doesn’t ever take herself seriously. If you watched even two minutes of her Coming to America special, or have heard her laugh front row, or have seen even one of her Marc ads, you know she’s giggling behind those bug-eyed glasses. And you know she had [...]
Read more »Walking on Houston the other day, I noticed a change on the perennial Calvin Klein billboard: men. Good bye naked Eva Mendes, hello guys and girls in jeans. Then last night on Bleecker, I spied a sparkly jacket and jeans in the window of Cynthia Rowley, for men. Not to mention both Nicolas and Roland [...]
Read more »From a conversation last night: Yet another designer is breaking into a new category soon, but this time, it’s significant – Roland Mouret is designing a line of menswear! As in, right now. No word on exactly when the line debuts, but it’s definitely in the works, and we’re guessing it’s for next men’s Fashion [...]
Read more »His and hers towels make us giggle. His and hers underwear ads positively thrill us. We think this might be history in the making. From now on, for every nakey David Beckham for Emporio Armani Underwear ad, Victoria will get one to match. WWD reports that Mert and Marcus have already shot the Spring 09 [...]
Read more »It’s times like this that we really wish we lived in London. The London Design Museum is hosting a lecture series called Design Icons, and who did they get to give an appearance? Vivienne Westwood, of course. Not only is she giving a talk on May 2 (Roland Mouret will speak on April 15), but [...]
Read more »We may have swooned for the Roland Mouret dresses at the Gap this year, but most of America ignored them. Months later, the dresses still pop up on clearance racks. Meanwhile, the designer hasn’t had a runway show in over a year, prompting Lisa Armstrong of the Times UK to ask, “Does anyone still care [...]
Read more »Nicole Richie is about to arrive in Australia, and with her comes this rumor from the Oz fashion set: If a designer – or a sponsor – can pay Nicole enough money, she’ll come to their show. We’ve witnessed a celebrity get money for a Fashion Week appearance before. The first time it happened, we [...]
Read more »Anya Hindmarch finally releases images of her American non-plastic bag, which is brighter and has navy blue lettering. It’s not available until June, but Bagsnob reports Anya boutiques around the country are now accepting pre-orders. Of course we called right away, and here’s what they told us: *The bags come into the store June 20th [...]
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