COURT UPDATE: Self-made apparel executive Peter Nygard was sentenced in Bahamas Supreme Court Friday to a 90-day imprisonment and $150,000 penalty for contempt of court. The Canadian Nygard was not in court Friday when Justice Ruth Bowe-Danville handed down the sentence. Per her ruling, the Finnish-born entrepreneur has seven days to turn himself in to […]
PARIS – The French capital was in lock-down mode once again on Saturday as the gilets jaunes (or yellow vests) took to the streets to mark the first anniversary of their movement. They were accompanied by so-called black blocs, a group of anarchists and anticapitalist vandals. The demonstrations, which often spiraled into violence, were scattered […]
Nordstrom Inc. has been making changes in its buying and merchandising ranks with the goal of creating a product organization that’s agile and fast. Teri Bariquit, a 33-year Nordstrom veteran, in August was named to the newly created position of chief merchandising officer, leading full-price department store and off-price Rack merchandising, providing an integrated view […]
Late on Thursday night, Los Angeles’ edgier crowd of artists, musicians, actors, models, skaters — in leather skirts and jackets, ripped tights and denim — were out dancing to the sounds of Fleetwood Mac and The Cure inside a bungalow of Chateau Marmont, where AllSaints celebrated its 25th anniversary. “Where else?” replied the London-based brand’s […]
Time looked to musicians Camila Cabello and Maggie Rogers to help with its street cred Thursday evening. In a bid to build off the success of its 15-year-old Time 100 list of the most influential people and reach a younger audience, the magazine invited a collection of the next 100 Big Things to a gathering […]
True to the image of the sophisticated gentleman that he’s purveyed for the past five decades, Ralph Lauren wrapped up his grand — albeit quick — tour of Europe in style with a boozy dinner Thursday night at London’s Royal Academy of Arts marking the U.K. debut of the HBO documentary “Very Ralph.” Was he […]
A possible public listing of Missoni has been in the cards since the sale last year of a 41.2 percent stake to the Italian FSI fund for 70 million euros. President and creative director Angela Missoni on Thursday said during a trip to London that she was eyeing 2023 as a possible date, according to […]
Many fashion retailers treat omnichannel as a burden — something they are forced to do, just to keep up. But I try to remind them that, with the right approach, omnichannel also provides an enormous opportunity, since cross-channel shoppers — those who both buy online and in stores — are significantly more profitable than the […]
After six years in business on Crosby Street in SoHo, manicure salon Paintbox this week is opening a second location on the Upper East Side. The salon at 20 E 69th Street on the corner of Madison Avenue comes after the company quietly raised a pre-series seed round of $1.5 million in funding. Paintbox on […]
Frank Gehry, one of the honorees at this year’s Dior Guggenheim International Gala, decided to heed a classic piece of advice: never meet your heroes. “As a young architect I studied Frank Lloyd Wright. I did everything: I studied every drawing, every piece of work, every building, all the houses, I visited everything,” said the […]