LONDON — Jitters over a new strain of coronavirus spreading through China pushed fashion and luxury shares down at the close of trading Tuesday, although some analysts argued that other factors could be at play. The virus, which causes respiratory illness and has infected nearly 300 people so far, has spread from Wuhan to Beijing, […]
FOREVER IN LOVE: Charlie Plummer didn’t need much preparation to play the lead character in the Hulu series “Looking for Alaska.” “It’s very easy for me to play someone who is a hopeless romantic and always in love with somebody,” laughed the 20-year-old actor, sitting front row at the Berluti show on Friday. In this […]
EIGHTIES SOMETHING: The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is to host the hit “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime” exhibition that wound up its six-month run at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts last September. The display, to open on Oct. 22, groups some 150 garments made between 1977 and 2014, most never exhibited before, as well as […]
MILAN — “We don’t want to be holier than thou, but simply grounded and with a high objective, and lead by example.” Redemption founder Gabriele “Bebe” Moratti is taking his ethical, social and sustainable concerns one step further by launching a new ath-leisure line called Athletix, and partnering with Eco-Age, the sustainability specialist consultancy created […]
MILAN — Pasquale Bruni has found a home on Milan’s prestigious Via Montenapoleone, which is lined by the flagships of top jewelry brands including Bulgari and Cartier. The Italian company, which was established in 1968 in Valenza, the heart of Italy’s high-end jewelry manufacturing district, will this week inaugurate its first Milanese boutique, spanning a surface […]
MILAN — Elisabetta Franchi is expected to be the first fashion initial public offering of the year and, in a road show presentation on Monday, the namesake designer passionately told her life story to bankers and potential investors, explaining why the Bourse was the only possible means to ensure a long-term future for her company, […]
“I’m very contagious so make sure you guys Purell up,” said Brad Pitt when he stopped to chat with reporters at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was under the weather, he shared. “Why do you think I’m wearing this coat, man?” It didn’t stop him from being in high spirits, though, and for […]
FACE FORWARD: Models’ faces were used like canvases at some of the recent men’s fall 2020 shows in Paris. At Dior Men, for instance, snaps were affixed around peepers. Horn-like protrusions jutted from faces at Walter Van Beirendonck, and a jagged line was drawn on at Sean Suen. Over at Louis Vuitton, the look was […]
It’s awards season for the best in film, music and theater. So why not include store windows in the fanfare? After all, window shopping is a basic instinct. Many of the best designed, most beautiful and popular windows were recognized at the annual WindowsWear Awards, held at the Marquee in Manhattan last Tuesday. Twenty winners […]
COLORAMA: Sunday evening saw A.P.C. celebrate its latest venture, an exhibition of archive pieces juxtaposed against geometric works by Jamaica-based artist Jessica Ogden. The installation ties in with the A.P.C Café pop-up at the Joyce Gallery in Palais Royal, open through Jan. 31. Ogden’s geometric prints, produced for the occasion, hang above racks of clothing […]