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Apple TV+ to Debut ‘La Maison’ Series About Two Rival Fashion Families
From the Arnaults to the Pinaults, the Guccis to the Versaces, family drama has been a cornerstone of the luxury fashion landscape for decades. This fall, Apple TV+ is bringing it to the screen with “La Maison,” which will pit the Ledus against the Rovels. Debuting Sept. 20,...
Rachel Bilson Toasts to ‘The O.C.”s 21st Birthday by Reprising Her Iconic Role as Summer Roberts
“The only alcohol I really like is tequila and I’m a fan of 21Seeds, so it was a no-brainer,” actress Rachel Bilson told WWD about her collaboration with the female-founded tequila brand for a new campaign titled “Serving Summer.” Bilson is reprising her role of her beloved character Summer Roberts from “The O.C.” more than two decades later. Avril Lavigne Does Couture: Behind the Scenes in Paris at the Tamara Ralph Show The TV show’s creator Josh Schwartz and executive producer Stephanie Savage — who both run Fake Empire Production company — worked with Bilson on the campaign featuring 21Seeds’ signature-infused cocktails....
Department Stores Ranked by Sales
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the share of department store sales of total retail sales was about 14 percent in 1993. Today, that number has dropped to less than 3 percent. While retail analysts cite a number of factors for this change — such as the rise of Walmart and Amazon — one thing is clear: the department store channel is unrecognizable today.Vestiaire Collective CEO Max Bittner Talks About Hitting Profitability Before an IPO Through consolidation, acquisition and bankruptcy, the nameplates of high-end, regional and discount department stores in the U.S. that have vanished include Abraham & Straus, Ames Department...
Nicole Kidman and Daughter Sunday Rose Coordinate in Black Dresses and Sunglasses for Balenciaga Fall 2024 Couture Show During Paris Fashion Week
Nicole Kidman made her appearance at the Balenciaga haute couture fall 2024 show during Paris Fashion Week a family affair on Wednesday. The Oscar-winning actress was joined by her teenage daughter, Sunday Rose, for the recent fashion show, for which the mother-daughter pair coordinated their respective looks. Fai Khadra, Bia, French Montana Join Kendall Jenner and Fwrd's Paris Couture Fête Kidman and her daughter opted for classic monochrome looks in a shade of black. Kidman opted for a sleek, floor-length dress with cap sleeves and a high neckline. The “Big Little Lies” star’s dress featured subtle, sparkling elements that glistened as...
Isabel Marant Resort 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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Isabel Marant Resort 2025: Fringe Element
Slouchy is the shape of the season for Isabel Marant, who added new volume on trousers that graze the floor or pool at the ankles, tucked into kitten-heeled boots, and on dresses draped as if one nonchalantly layered on the scarves. Marant and brand artistic director Kim Bekker carried through...
EXCLUSIVE: Acne Studios Is Partnering With Spotify to Showcase Musical Talent
TALENT SCOUT: Acne Studios is teaming up with streaming platform Spotify to showcase musical talent. The Swedish label hopes the collaboration will expand its Acne People program, through which it partners with and showcases creatives in a variety of areas. The project will be revealed Wednesday with a giant outdoor advertising display at cultural hub The Reef in Los Angeles.EXCLUSIVE: Away Expands Into Another Major Category in Luggage Together, the partners aim to curate a roster of musical creatives, both globally renowned and up-and-coming, through activations at key moments in the fashion calendar. The first such collaboration will take place for fall...
EXCLUSIVE: DKNY Launches Younger, Woody Floral Scent
Twenty-five years after its first fragrance debuted, DKNY is introducing a new pillar — and chasing a new audience.The Beauty Regulatory Landscape Is Changing, Here's the Latest Called 24/7, the fragrance — which licensee Inter Parfums Inc. is rolling out over the coming months — is being released in tandem with a capsule fashion collection and ensuing campaign of the same name. The move represents an effort to diversify the brand’s core business, as well as its core consumer, said Jean Madar, chairman, chief executive officer and cofounder of Inter Parfums. “We took over the license almost two years ago, and we’ve put...
EXCLUSIVE: Away Expands Into Another Major Category in Luggage
Away is making a major category expansion to target the travel market as a whole.Roger Vivier's One-of-a-kind Clutches and Vests This Season Take Inspiration From Insects The nine-year-old travel company debuted on Wednesday its Softside luggage collection, a pivotal category expansion for Away after establishing its roots in hard-shell luggage. According to Away’s chief executive officer, Jen Rubio, the category expansion is meant to target the roughly 50 percent of travelers who prefer soft-side luggage versus a hard-shell style. “What we hear time and time again and what we know to be true is half of the luggage market is still soft-side...
EXCLUSIVE: Tarte Cosmetics Bets on ‘Skinification’ for its Next Blockbuster Concealer
Tarte Cosmetics’ multifranchise concealer empire is gaining a new, skin care-infused entrant. The Latest Beauty Executive Moves at Amorepacific, Jolie, Virtue Labs and More The 25-year-old brand is inaugurating its Creaseless Creamy Concealer, a lighter-coverage counterpart to the brand’s Creaseless Concealer, which launched in 2011. Retailing for $30 and developed over 18 months, the new product is said to have 59 percent skin care ingredients, with a blend of cloudberry, caffeine, bakuchiol, niacinamide, aloe and the brand’s signature maracujá passion fruit. “It’s the most skin care-infused concealer we’ve done,” said Tarte founder and chief executive officer Maureen Kelly. “As a social-first...
EXCLUSIVE: Former NBA Star Dwyane Wade Is Selling His Designer Wardrobe on The RealReal
Dwyane Wade is selling pieces from his designer wardrobe to benefit his new charitable project.Moschino's Store Staff Can't Get Enough of This New Training App The former NBA star is teaming up with luxury resale platform The RealReal to sell pieces from his designer wardrobe to benefit his charity Translatable, which is Wade’s new initiative under the Wade Family Foundation that serves as a digital community safe space for trans youth. “I have a long-standing relationship with The RealReal and my foundation,” Wade said. “Fashion is my passion and I love being able to share my bold looks with my fans. I’m...
Vestiaire Collective CEO Max Bittner Talks About Hitting Profitability Before an IPO
Note: This story has been updated at 2 p.m. EST.Department Stores Ranked by Sales Max Bittner, the global chief executive officer of the Paris-based Vestiaire Collective luxury resale website, sees taking the company public in the not-too-distant future. But first things first. “I will not do an IPO before the company turns profitable,” Bittner told WWD, revealing publicly a particular precondition for listing shares. “Obviously, an IPO is much less about what I want. Right? I can sit here and say what I want all day long. An IPO is possible or not possible depending on the macro environment. Right now,...
Fai Khadra, Bia, French Montana Join Kendall Jenner and Fwrd’s Paris Couture Fête
Kendall Jenner lost no time on her whirlwind tour of Paris, going from a horseback tour of Place Vendôme on Sunday to a bird’s eye view on the Eiffel Tower on Monday.Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela Reunite at Armani Privé Front Row The model and luxury retailer Fwrd, where she serves as creative director, hosted an evening to celebrate Paris Couture Week at La Suite Girafe, set atop the city’s Cité de l’Architecture et du Design museum. And with the 2024 Paris Olympics having pushed couture up a week, that meant there were plenty of designers, models and fabulously fashionable...
Imane Ayissi Fall 2024 Couture: Power as Soft as a Raffia Fringe
“Raffia is Africa’s sequins,” quipped Imane Ayissi backstage as models shimmied by in opulently fringed designs from his fall couture collection. As a material present at all-important life events as well as artworks across the continent, the collection epitomized his desire to put Africa’s crafts, know-how and couture chops on the global map.
Neiman Marcus Cyber Attacker Looks to Sell Hacked Data of ‘High Value Rich Targets!’
Here’s a sale Neiman Marcus never wanted: Apparently, the latest cyberattack against the department store, which it said affects 64,000 customers, has resulted in a tranche of shopper data being put up for sale for $150,000.New AI-powered Technology Aims to Improve Customer Engagement In terms of scope, this could be a conservative estimate. “Sp1d3r,” the hacker claiming responsibility, asserts that the number is orders of magnitude larger, at 180 million users. That number hasn’t been corroborated, but what’s certain is that the suspect is attempting to sell the data on a cybercrime forum. The incident occurred on April 14, according to a...
Westwood’s Wardrobe, Designs Net More Than 450,000 Pounds at Christie’s London
WESTWOOD’S WORLD: Vivienne Westwood’s prints and personal wardrobe items raised 465,192 pounds during a live auction at Christie’s London on Tuesday night.Gigi Hadid Gives Pals Taylor Swift, Kendall Jenner Bespoke Rings by Cece Part One of “Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection” raised funds for charitable causes including The Vivienne Foundation, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières and Greenpeace. Christie’s said every item in the auction was sold, and the event attracted both institutional buyers and new participants to Christie’s. Some 33 percent of registered bidders were Millennials while 9 percent were Gen Z, the auction house said. Tuesday night’s sale spanned four decades and...
Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela Reunite at Armani Privé Front Row
BACK TO BLACK: The Giorgio Armani Privé couture show proved to be a mini-reunion for the “Black Bag” cast with Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela sitting front row.Avril Lavigne Does Couture: Behind the Scenes in Paris at the Tamara Ralph Show The three star in the upcoming Steven Soderberg film. The shooting for this very secretive project finished just a week ago, Harris said. “Cate has asked that we sit near her at dinner, so we’re going to have a lovely time,” Harris said of the trio reuniting at the post-show soirée. She revealed the film is a spy thriller with...
Investigation Into Fatal Shooting in SoHo Continues
Officials from the New York City Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting that took place early Tuesday morning on a SoHo street that is popular with designer and luxury shoppers.University of Westminster's 2024 Men's MA Show Was a Visceral Celebration Police officers responded to a 911 call at approximately 5:16 a.m. at 41 Greene Street outside of the Stone Island store. A 31-year-old man was found to be “unresponsive and unconscious,” having suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh. EMS officials were called to the scene and the man was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, where he was...
Giorgio Armani Privé Fall 2024 Couture: Girl With a Pearl Everything
What makes something “profoundly Armanian?” Giorgio Armani dropped this made-up word — a descriptor somewhat akin to Prada-ness — in the press notes for his fall show, which was dedicated to pearly colors, pearl-like textures and pearl-shaped embellishments. Well lo and behold, the collection positively oozed...
Standout Beauty Looks Appearing on Men’s Spring 2025 Runways
Beauty looks took creative turns on the Paris runways during the recent season showcasing men’s spring 2025 fashion collections.He's Come Undone: Paris Buyers Spot 'Relaxed Nonchalance,' Pastels and Boat Shoes for Spring At Comme des Garçons, models’ heads were adorned with colorful creations that appeared made of piles of multicolored swathes. They were the dream child of Takeo Arai, who channeled artistic director Rei Kawakubo’s uplifting show theme, “The Hope of Light.” At Loewe, where Anthony Turner oversaw hairstyle and Lynsey Alexander was in charge of makeup, feathers were the embellishment of choice. From one to many plumes, ranging from gold-colored to...
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