Month: September 2019

Naomi Campbell Corrals Skepta, Luke Evans and Eve for Fashion for Relief

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 […]

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L’Agence Makes Its Mark in the U.K. With Selfridges Pop-up

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 […]

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Belstaff Opens a London Store, With Gin and Tonic on the Menu

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 […]

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Osman Makes Himself at Home in Covent Garden

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 […]

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Beckham’s Blend: Victoria Beckham Cooks Up Two Color-Packed Collections

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 […]

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A Homecoming, and a New Chapter for Marques’ Almeida

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 […]

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Candidly Yours: On The Front Line at Fashion Week

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 […]

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J. Crew Group Widens Loss; Files SEC Doc for Madewell IPO

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, […]

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DVF to Be Inducted Into Women’s Hall of Fame

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 […]

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McMullen to Open Location in Palo Alto

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 […]

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