FERRAGAMO’S FILM FRIENDS: “I got lucky,” Shailene Woodley said humbly of her “Big Little Lies” experience, speaking ahead of the Salvatore Ferragamo show. Woodley, who also attended a Ferragamo show in February last year, is busy promoting “Endings Beginnings,” a “small independent film,” she said, directed by Drake Doremus, and which premiered at the 2019 […]
A Louis Vuitton x Supreme skateboard, a leopard-skin handbag designed in collaboration with Azzedine Alaïa, a wardrobe trunk dating back to 1925 and silhouettes by Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton men’s are some of the pieces shown at the Louis Vuitton Time Capsule exhibition in Milan. Running until October 20, the travelling exhibition is housed […]
Istituto Marangoni continues to support its former students beyond their academic training. Marking the third edition of the “I’m Alumni Collections Revolution” program, the Italian fashion and design school has invited former student Nynne Kunde to showcase the spring 2020 collection for her Nynne brand at the Palazzo Serbelloni venue in central Milan on Saturday. […]
GARDEN PARTY: Geopolitics are undeniably stormy, but Friday night’s clear-as-can-be weather was well-suited for the Trumps’ outdoors state dinner for Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jennifer. First Lady Melania Trump appeared to keep things easy-breezy, sporting an aqua-colored chiffon dress designed by Gilles Mendel, the creative force behind the J. Mendel label. […]
With every awards season comes a slew of new red-carpet looks that resonate with the cultural lexicon. As the 2020 awards season begins with Sunday’s Emmy Awards, it’s worth looking back at the Emmy red-carpet looks that have stood out over the years. While the Emmys may be on a smaller scale compared to the […]
PARIS — L’Oréal said on Friday that it had concluded a settlement with the French tax authorities. The beauty giant said in a statement it had ended “constructive discussions with the French tax authorities concerning the tax base of its subsidiaries Lancôme Parfums et Beauté, Cosmetique Active International and Prestige et Collections International for fiscal […]
BERLIN — Berlin business group Jandorf Holding seeks to revive the historic fashion industry, starting with the relaunch of industrial-era brand Valentin Manheimer with designer Michael Sontag. When industrialization hit garment-making in the 19th century, Berlin became one the continent’s epicenters for serial textile production, employing more than 150,000 people in 800 companies located around […]
As Apple’s latest iPhone software makes its way out to the world this week, there’s an interesting detail buried in the update: The new iOS 13 will now feature Apple Business Chat suggestions. When iPhone owners tap to call a supported business, iOS offers to text the company via Messages instead. Granted, the change seems […]
Jennifer Lopez just won Milan Fashion Week. Almost 20 years after she made headlines in the dress that changed the Internet as we know it, J.Lo closed the runway at Versace’s spring 2020 show in a reimagined version of her iconic plunging Versace dress she wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000. The jungle-inspired dress […]
DONDUP’S NETS: Dondup launched during Milan Fashion Week a new low-impact project called 3-D Stretch Couture in collaboration with Carvico, a leading Italian company specializing in technical textiles. The 3-D Stretch Couture capsule includes designs made with a recycled nylon fiber recovered from the fishing nets abandoned in the oceans, estimated to total around 640,000 […]