SERIOUSLY UGLY: The Friday before Christmas is a last-minute scramble for thousands of shoppers and many more are dressing the part in honor of National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. While ugly holiday sweaters have been around for decades — either by intention or thanks to misguided gift givers — the national holiday dates back to […]
Penn Badgley played the good guy for six seasons on a little show called “Gossip Girl,” and he was well liked, sure — but there is a different response to his current character: a good guy on paper who, oh yeah, also might seduce and then murder you. After a spell away from television — […]
What does a large group of children under 12 years old do when waiting for a star of the NBA to show up? In Downtown Los Angeles on a chilly Wednesday evening, it was a mix. Some played patty cake, some wrestled lightheartedly, a lot joshed each other for how they would act when they […]
MILAN — Adidas Italy faced a strike just ahead of the busy Christmas period. A group of the company’s employees from Adidas’ Italian headquarters in Monza, Lombardy, protested on Wednesday, organizing a four-hour sit-in in front of the brand’s store in Milan’s central shopping thoroughfare Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. The protest was sparked by news […]
One YouTuber’s yearly earnings are enough to grant him early retirement. YouTuber and gamer PewDiePie, née Felix Kjellberg, made more than $70 million in 2019, according to a new report from OnBuy.com. The online marketplace estimated that that sum came from advertisements and merchandise alone. According to the report, PewDiePie made the most in September, […]
Copenhagen Fashion Summit has revealed H&M’s chief executive officer Karl-Johan Persson as a speaker for the upcoming Copenhagen Fashion Summit, billed as “Redesigning Growth.” The event is produced by the nonprofit Global Fashion Agenda. Last May, the two-day Copenhagen Fashion Summit saw 1,300 attendees. Speakers were from brands such as Nike, PVH Corp. and Adidas, […]
The Council of Fashion Designers of America has released its official schedule for New York Fashion Week, and there are some key omissions among big-name designers: Ralph Lauren is not on the schedule, nor is Tommy Hilfiger. A spokesman for Ralph Lauren Corp. said the company hasn’t released its plans yet for its spring 2020 […]
MIXING IT UP: Fashion East, a London platform for emerging talent, plans to go coed, starting with London Fashion Week in February. The decision to unite men’s wear and women’s wear stems from the designers themselves, who have been staging all-gender shows, according to the not-for-profit organization. “At Fashion East, we’ve never been concerned with […]
WELCOME BACK: Bouchra Jarrar, the Paris-based designer known for her streamlined, elegant sportswear, is returning to the Paris couture schedule. The designer, who launched her namesake house in 2010, had been absent from the official schedule since 2016, coinciding with her nomination as creative director of Lanvin, succeeding Alber Elbaz. She designed for Lanvin from […]
CommerceHub Inc. has expanded its leadership team to meet the demands of the direct-to-consumer segment, which continues to grow as retailers and brands reconfigure their e-commerce approaches. The company named Ranjit Mulgaonkar as vice president and general manager for marketplace and advertising services. “In this role, Mulgaonkar will lead the effort to support retailers, brands […]