LONDON — Naomi Campbell is all about red-carpet moments and on Saturday night in London, she pulled out all the stops for her Fashion for Relief show, an annual charity event, held at the British Museum. As lights danced, guests surged up the museum steps including Skepta, Alexa Chung and Luke Evans. Rapper Eve, who […]
LONDON — L’Agence has launched a pop-up in Selfridges’ denim studio. The contemporary women’s brand , founded by J Brand’s Jeff Rudes, is looking to the department store to help build its reputation in Europe. “I have done a lot of business with Selfridges over the years and it is a luxury store which can […]
LONDON — Belstaff has moved to Regent Street in time for London Fashion Week and created a cozy space with a worn-in feel, an in-house repair service and gin and tonic on the menu. There’s merchandise there, too, including the brand’s well-known waxed jackets, the Trialmaster and the Fieldmaster, branded T-shirts, quilted waistcoats and leather […]
LONDON — Osman Yousefzada is on the move, decamping to the burgeoning fashion hub of Covent Garden from a town house in Fitzrovia, and starting afresh after parting ways with former investor Luxcite. Yousefzada said his new space, at 20-21 Floral Street, would remain a retail and events venue known as House of Osman. It […]
LONDON — Victoria Beckham is pumping up the volume for spring: She has a ready-to-wear collection that’s packed with voluminous silhouettes and bold colors, and a new, signature color cosmetics offer that shimmers, smokes — and has a sustainable angle, too. Nothing is stopping Beckham from pressing on with business, certainly not the departure of […]
LONDON — A lot has changed for Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida since the arrival of their daughter Maria, and the 300,000 euro cash injection and mentorship they received after winning the second edition of the LVMH Prize. One thing, however, remains the same. They always spend their summers in Portugal with the family, while […]
To me, New York Fashion Week feels like a game of Chutes and Ladders: I am a game piece moving forward, each colored block a new day. Sometimes those shortcut ladders are literal, like climbing up to the stage to shoot Rick Ross while he’s performing at the Alexander Wang x Bulgari party. And other […]
J. Crew Group reported that its loss for the second quarter grew to $44.2 million, and disclosed that it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange for an initial public offering of Madewell. No timing was revealed for the IPO, however. The company said Madewell will be separated from the J. Crew brand, […]
Diane von Furstenberg is adding another notch to her designer belt. On Saturday, she will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, alongside Gloria Allred, Angela Davis, Sarah Deer, Jane Fonda, Nicole Malachowski, Rose O’Neill, Louise Slaughter, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Laurie Spiegel and Flossie Wong-Staal. “I am humbled and honored to […]
Oakland’s fashion chops are not only real, they’re growing, thanks in part to McMullen, the trendy East Bay boutique. Now, after 12 years, the business is expanding with a new store in Palo Alto, Calif. For owner Sherri McMullen, the second location, in the Town & Country Village, was a calculated move to bring the […]