What Will Trump's Proposed Border Taxes Mean for Ethical Fashion Brands?
A look at how socially responsible labels in the U.S. and abroad will be affected by the president's proposed tariffs.
Economy
The Big (?) Designer Price Drop
At the end of last year, during Super Sale Season 08, we were wondering what would happen after everyone got used to even the big stores discounting d
London: Lanvin Opening Thursday; Ignoring Others
Last week on South Audley Street in Mayfair, London's Rick Owen's store opened alongside its pretty cool neighbours, Marc Jacobs, Dover Street Market
Party Report: The Last Straw, in London
Parties? They're still happening, but opposed to the good old days (last year), where it was three or four fashion events/private views/store opening
Italy Tries to Save its Fashion Industry
The Wall Street Journal just reported that Claudio Scajola, Italy's minister of economic development, has made good on his promise to pump some money
Another Magazine?
Is Hachette gearing up for another magazine? There's someone going around Paris taking street style photos on behalf of "a new French magazine that's
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Conde and Hachette Pull Back, Again
Last year, Conde Nast announced a company-wide 5% budget cut and cancelled their usual holiday party at the Four Seasons, and a lot of people hoped th
Is Pixie to Vogue Italia What Blake is to Vogue?
When we told you that Blake Lively would be Vogue's February cover girl, most people flipped out and claimed that this was just the worst of many rece
Department Stores On the Slide
WWD just reported that the month of January saw 600,000 jobs cut from the American economy, 8,600 of which were from department stores. This news come
Dolce & Gabbana: Trouble?
To: Tips@Fashionista.com From: FadeIn@Italy.com Looks like Dolce & Gabbana are goin' down. It appears Neiman Marcus is pulling D&G from all of its sto
New York Magazine Scoops Up Lynn
Those of you still worried about what will happen with Lynn Yaeger's career, take comfort - She's been hired by New York magazine to blog Fall 09 Fash
Purple Magazine Closes New York Office
Remember back in May when Purple quietly started opening their New York office? Well, just as quietly it seems, the office closed. The stateside outpo
Searle's Bankrupt
To: tips@fashionista.com From: fashionapocalypse@now.com Hi guys, Sorry to be the bearer of more bad news but Searle, the fancy New York-based retaile
Macy's To Close Eleven Locations
Remember back in November when we declared Macy's status as somewhere around "screwed"? That's why it, sadly, comes as no surprise that Macy's just an
Men's Vogue: Continued, If You Can Believe It
To: Tips@Fashionista.com From: LittleJ@seemail.com Regardless of what Condé Nast is saying about Men's Vogue continuing to publish, I received a post
Men's Vogue: Update
To: Tips@Fashionista.com From: Gossip@Whirl.com From what I hear (and you didn't hear this from me), Men's Vogue was saying it was going to go down to
Conde Diversifies their Ad Approach, Makes Cash
Yesterday, the Times dissected the state of Conde Nast's ad sales, concluding that only magazines that "cast a wider net" in terms of who they allow t
Men's Vogue: Really Done?
To: Tips@Fashionista.com From: Atthe@Meeting.com Happy New Year! And have you heard that Men's Vogue is actually folding altogether? It looks like th
Kira Plastinina USA Goes Bankrupt
Yikes - Less than one month ago, it came out that ten of the twelve new Kira Plastinina stores in the US would close up without having been open even
The Recession Makes a New Job
This might be the first interesting thing we've read about the recession since it started to take over the country's news flow: Some design companies,
Lean, Mean, Preen Machine
Recent fashion news has often gone like this: Doom, gloom, a little more doom, some gloom deep-fried in doomsday, with a hologram of a Louboutin on to