CHICAGO — For Duro Olowu, scouring the basements of museums, museum archives and homes of private collectors while curating “Seeing Chicago,” the Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition opening Saturday, was like stumbling upon a store containing a gigantic stash of the highest-quality vintage couture textiles. “Incredible, incredible collections,” says Olowu, the London-based designer, who collects […]
Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s annual fund-raiser — “An Unforgettable Evening” — raised more than $1.8 million at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills on Thursday night. The event, hosted by Ken Jeong and featuring a performance by the Jonas Brothers, brought out Paris Hilton, who happily posed for selfies alongside sister Nicky Hilton Rothschild; Monique […]
Champagne flowed at Lapérouse restaurant in Paris on Thursday night as Kilian Hennessy and guests celebrated additions to his brand’s Le Rouge Parfum collection of scented lipsticks. Ellen von Unwerth lensed the campaign for the 10 new shades, coming in satin and in matte textures. “The colors are super intense and stay a longtime on […]
Photography, music and fashion converged Thursday night at Stand With Us, the annual benefit held by nonprofit photography and lens-based artist incubator Baxter St at Camera Club of New York. Guests Mark Ronson, Derrick Adams, JiaJia Fei and others were in attendance for this year’s edition that was held at the Angel Orensanz Foundation. Stand […]
CHECK, PLEASE: Selfridges Corner Shop will soon be decked out in Burberry check and the new TB logo as the British brand is next in line to take over the department store’s revolving retail space on March 3. Burberry, which will occupy the space for the month of March, plans to revamp the space with an […]
MILAN — In the words of Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, “Let’s tone it down. Italy can’t be paralyzed.” Italy, and the city of Milan in particular, are working to return to some form of normality after the sudden coronavirus outbreak last week. Milan’s Mayor Giuseppe Sala on Thursday posted on Instagram a motivational video with […]
Many New York-based fashion editors are finishing up a hectic fashion month, having traveled to London, Milan and now at their final stop in Paris. But as they prepare to bid au revoir to Europe and head back Stateside next week, the question many are posing at the front rows of Parisian fashion shows is […]
MEXICO CITY — The coronavirus outbreak is causing supply-chain disruptions across Latin America, where factories exporting apparel to the U.S. are facing significant feedstock delays from China and scrambling to find alternative sources. So far, some brands and sourcing partners consulted claimed merchandise deliveries are not facing delays. In Central America, where 200 million pounds […]
It’s not business as usual for Hudson’s Bay Co. Shareholders on Thursday approved the plan to take HBC private, bringing a different set of priorities to the Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th and Hudson’s Bay operations, and possibly a better future for those businesses. “It’s a great opportunity for us,” Richard Baker, HBC’s executive […]
Otis College of Art and Design has a new president with a long media résumé. The Los Angeles art school tapped Charles Hirschhorn, who will take up the top executive position at the start of June. He replaces Randall Lavender, who has been president on an interim basis for a year, taking over upon the […]