PARIS — It was a quiet scene at Blossom Première Vision, the trade show targeting the pre-collections market held on Dec. 11 and 12 at the Carreau du Temple in Paris. “Things aren’t usually so calm,” said Laurent Bové, sales manager of leather manufacturer Cuirs du Futur, gesturing to the nearly empty alleys of the […]
Scent Beauty is rounding out the year with the launch of its influencer division. The company opened shop earlier this year as a subsidiary of Edge Beauty, a global beauty business founded by Bernd Beetz and Stephen Mormoris, both former Coty Inc. executives. Scent Beauty officially launched in May with a fragrance from Cher. It […]
If last year’s goal was to draw a younger group of attendees at the New York Botanical Garden’s Winter Wonderland Ball, then this year’s iteration on Friday night achieved it tenfold. Whether it was the DJ playing Missy Elliott’s “Work It”; Erica Pelosini wearing a red thong bodysuit, or the hoards of twentysomethings mobbing the […]
About 2,000 fashion fans flocked to the parking garage of the Tsum luxury department store in Moscow on Thursday night for the global debut of the Vetements X Star Wars capsule collection. Just wait for the memes involving Baby Yoda – in the dark logo cloak and thigh boots, perhaps? “The focus must be always […]
Bonobos founder Andy Dunn’s LinkedIn post on Thursday, “A Love Letter to Walmart,” in which he revealed that he will remain in the employ of the world’s largest retailer only until early 2020, said volumes about how Walmart envisions its future. Walmart Inc. in 2017 purchased for $3.3 billion Jet.com, and subsequently made a string […]
“Where have you been?” Kate Hudson asked friend and jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer as Meyer walked through the doors of The Butcher’s Daughter’s private back patio in Venice in Los Angeles on Thursday night. “At your party,” exclaimed Meyer, who had been inside the vegan eatery. The event was being held to celebrate Hudson’s fashion […]
“The Tuxedo Redefined: Formality, Fluidity and Femininity,” a new exhibition presented by NYU Steinhardt’s Costume Studies program, will be shown at 80 Washington Square East in New York from Jan. 11 to Feb. 5. The show explores how the tuxedo has been incorporated into women’s fashion. Since the tuxedo was first introduced in the 19th […]
The world came to know the name Sienna Miller in the early Aughts. That’s when she starred in “Factory Girl” as Edie Sedgwick, costarred in “Layer Cake,” married Jude Law and the fashion world’s interest in the actress piqued. But this year, Miller is experiencing the most meaningful and gratifying turns of her career thus […]
LONDON — Backed by the largest Conservative majority since the Thatcher years, Prime Minister Boris Johnson now has a mandate to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month, and while British fashion, textile and luxury businesses aren’t all thrilled at the prospect, most are ready to move on and relieved that the […]
The late Thanksgiving and Black Friday weighed on November retail sales — but the calendar shift didn’t explain away continued weakness at department stores and apparel and accessories specialty stores. October retail and food service sales rose 3.3 percent from a year earlier — and inched up just 0.2 percent from October on a seasonally […]