DAMAGE CONTROL: Versace is trying to improve its relationship with Beijing by sponsoring the 28th edition of the Chinese government-endorsed Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers film festival, three months after Versace lost brand ambassador Yang Mi and ignited Chinese ire over sovereignty by mislabeling Hong Kong and the disputed region of Taiwan as separate countries. […]
Sheila Nevins, the award-winning executive producer, is taking a different approach in her new role as head of MTV Documentary Films to speak to a younger generation. Her first three films for MTV are “St. Louis Superman,” “Gay Chorus Deep South” and “17 Blocks.” During a conversation Tuesday with Thom Powers, artistic director of DOC […]
MILAN — In a world demanding newness on a daily basis and a market saturated with products, to find a disruptive idea doesn’t come easy. Getting inspired by disruptors and being the ambassadors of a concept and reinterpreting it with a personal touch can still create waves, though. Young Italian entrepreneurs Mario Parteli and Luca […]
With an arctic surge setting cold-weather records from Texas to Maine, Dani Reiss was in his element on Wednesday. “This is ‘Goose weather indeed, I love it,” said Reiss, president and chief executive officer, Canada Goose Holdings Inc., which reported second-quarter results that showed continued strength in top- and bottom-line growth. Reiss has turned his […]
On Tuesday night, Boyz II Men was getting ready to take the stage at the Africa Center for a fund-raiser supporting Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project. In between harmonizing and preparing to woo the dinner crowd with roses, WWD caught up with the iconic R&B group, which is about to head out on an international […]