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Seven Independent Watch Brands Are Rewriting the Horological Rules
Collectors and enthusiasts alike know there’s more to the world of watches than the big, well-known brands. One of the most exciting things about the watch industry is the independent watch brands that are popping up here, there and everywhere. Known within the space as micro-brands or independents, they...
Lanvin Goes for Experience, Taps Peter Copping as Artistic Director
PARIS — In a break from buzz and hype — and the handful of names that circulate relentlessly online in relation to fashion’s spectator sport of musical chairs — Lanvin went for a low-key, seasoned talent instead.Algae and Algebra: Green Textile Innovators Face Investment, Pricing Challenges as They Scale On Thursday, the French house said British designer Peter Copping would start in September as its new artistic director. The announcement came a day after Balenciaga unveiled its fourth couture collection by Demna since it resumed making high fashion in 2021, more than 50 years after the Spanish founder Cristóbal Balenciaga closed his...
From ‘Yellowstone’ to Silver Lake, Filson Unveils First L.A. Store
A bit of the Pacific Northwest just landed in Los Angeles.Princess Diana's Beverly Hills Auction: The Standouts Filson, the 127-year-old heritage brand founded in Seattle to supply prospectors with durable gear during the Alaska Gold Rush, is opening its first L.A. store at 3210 Sunset Boulevard in the hipster Silver Lake neighborhood. The outdoor apparel label is seizing on the workwear trend that’s been driving sales of Carhartt and putting waxed canvas jackets on high fashion runways, as well as its own growing exposure on celebrities and on the hit “Yellowstone,” whose character Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) has worn the Tin Cloth Short...
A Day in the Life of MAC’s Newest London Store
LONDON — The MAC Cosmetics store at Battersea Power Station is the brand’s newest London branch. The small space was one of the first to open last fall in the mall that has been in development for nearly a decade.Moving at MAC Speed While the store’s exterior fits the building’s monochrome aesthetic and penchant for fine lines and symmetry, inside the brand comes alive. There are splashes of pink; beautifully decorated stands and virtual screens playing recent campaigns against a soundtrack of The Veronicas, Rihanna, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. On this day, assistant manager Emily has been at work since 6:30...
50 Makeup Must-Haves and Essential Products 2024
To compile the list of 50 makeup essentials, WWD Beauty Inc polled hundreds of beauty industry insiders, executives, creators and most of all, makeup artists. Voters were asked to think across categories and in terms of hero shades, and products had to be on the market for at least six months.
Dior’s Peter Philips Prefers to Create Trends, Not Chase Them
At Dior’s pre-fall ready-to-wear show, held in the atrium of the Brooklyn Museum in April, an unseasonable mugginess permeated backstage amid blaring hair dryers, chattering models and bustling publicists. But Peter Philips, Dior Makeup’s creative and image director, didn’t break a sweat. Philips was cool as a...
Arnaud de Lummen Is Gearing Up to Revive Heritage Brand Rose Bertin, a Marie Antoinette Favorite
MILAN — There’s one person who isn’t surprised by Schiaparelli’s upward trajectory and current heat: Arnaud de Lummen.Dior's Peter Philips Prefers to Create Trends, Not Chase Them The curtain just fell over the brand’s fall couture show in Paris earlier this week, attracting the likes of Selma Blair, Doja Cat, Maria Sharapova and Kylie Jenner, and the founder of private investment company Luvanis pays tribute to Schiaparelli’s owner, Diego Della Valle, for abiding by one of the main requirements in bringing back a heritage brand: patience. De Lummen should know. He is himself a brand reviver, for example reintroducing Vionnet’s ready-to-wear in...
Alison Edmond Tapped as Artistic, Fashion Director at The Hollywood Reporter
Alison Edmond has been tapped as artistic and fashion director at The Hollywood Reporter. The newly created role will have Edmond continuing to style and direct the magazine’s photo shoots. Already she has styled numerous cover shoots (including Glen Powell, Jon Hamm and Liam Neeson) and roundtables for the magazine, which like WWD, is owned by Penske Media Corporation. She will work closely with THR’s creative director Peter Cury and visual director Ash Barharmand.God's True Cashmere and Yohji Yamamoto's Edgy Brand Wildside Partner for Collaboration “We’re thrilled to welcome Alison onto the THR team,” THR’s co-editors in chief Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Maer Roshan said in...
Moving at MAC Speed
MAC Cosmetics may be celebrating its 40th anniversary, but beauty’s OG indie has no intentions of entering middle age quietly. Just take the Macy’s Herald Square counter on a recent Saturday, buzzing with activity. Four of six makeover chairs were occupied in the center of the brand’s space, music blaring in the background. Sales associates were busy restocking inventory or replacing testers the artists were using while at two of the four interactive play stations, which enable users to virtually try on any product. Next to the monitors was a display of mini Macximal lipsticks in hero colors like Ruby Woo and Diva.
The Vision Behind MAC Viva Glam’s Next 30 Years
Thirty years and over $500 million raised since its inception, MAC Cosmetics is upping the ante on Viva Glam. In tandem with the brand’s 40th anniversary — and Viva Glam’s 30th birthday — the company is preparing for the decades ahead by expanding its mission and making a big commitment: to reach $1 billion raised.
How TikTok Fueled the ‘Drop Culture-ification’ of Makeup
Before dropping its Cooling Water Jelly Tints on Feb. 6, Milk Makeup’s internal team knew they had a potential rocket ship on their hands. They just didn’t realize how fast sales would hit the stratosphere.Why Mexico Is Becoming Increasingly Important to Beauty Companies “We had early indicators out of the gate that it was going to be successful,” said Milk’s chief executive officer, Tim Coolican, of the product that hit virality even before launch, racking up a wait list of more than 60,000 before the shelves were even stocked. “Our internal team was very excited and our retail partners were very...
How Much Is a Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Dress Worth?
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s enduring style has become a cottage industry unto itself with fans and followers still copying some of her signature looks, and authors like Elizabeth Beller and Sunita Kumar Nair referencing her fashion choices in their books. Never mind the revival of the slipdress — the unexpected choice that she had decided on with fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez for her wedding to John F. Kennedy Jr.Calvin Klein Designs Custom Denim Looks for NewJeans' Bunnies Camp 2024 Tokyo Dome Performance The latest sign of her winning stylishness was registered in a Bonhams auction, where a Yohji Yamamoto black silk wrap trench...
Nike Signals Guidance Cut Amid ‘Challenges’ in Q4
Shares of Nike Inc. dropped on Thursday afternoon after the company reported sales results that fell short of expectations. For the fourth quarter, the athletic giant reported that revenues were down 2 percent to $12.6 billion over the same quarter last year, short of the $12.84 billion expected by analysts surveyed by Yahoo Finance and prior guidance. Net income was up 45 percent to $1.5 billion and diluted earnings per share were 99 cents, which included a loss of 2 cents per share of restructuring charges. This was ahead of the 83 cents expected by analysts.
Theo London Releases Virgil Abloh-produced Magazine and Short Film
It’s been 10 years since Theophilus “Theo” London has been in his own backyard. That would be Flatbush, Brooklyn, where the artist and rapper was raised among the diaspora of his birthplace, Trinidad and Tobago. Fashion Photographer David Turner Dies at 64 On Thursday, London was back in the Borough of Kings to introduce a posthumous collaboration with Virgil Abloh: a new magazine called Bebey, which they developed during the making of London’s 2020 album of the same name. The photo-driven zine has an intimate, raw quality with candid shots of London and his creative partners including Kevin Parker of Tame...
Former Gucci Store Employee Takes Legal Action for the Second Time This Year
A former Gucci store employee in Chicago has filed a civil class action amended lawsuit alleging consumer fraud and false business practice.Arnaud de Lummen Is Gearing Up to Revive Heritage Brand Rose Bertin, a Marie Antoinette Favorite Tracy Cohen, who worked in the Chicago store for 18 years, took legal action Wednesday against Kering Americas and Gucci America in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. She is demanding a jury trial. Cohen joined the company in August 2006 and exited in October 2023. During her tenure, she claimed to have generated more than $50 million in sales and was the...
Patou Spring 2025 Ready-to-wear: Seeking Sweetness and a Rose by Any Other Name
After several days marked by epic traffic jams and steadily rising temperatures, it was a relief to gather in the tranquil courtyard of the National Institute for Deaf Youth in Paris for the Patou show on the tail end of Paris Couture Week. Guillaume Henry chose the location in the...
Ashley Sargent Price Joins Left on Friday, a Swim and Lifestyle Brand, as Chief Creative Officer
Ashley Sargent Price has joined Left on Friday, the Vancouver, Canada-based direct-to-consumer swim and lifestyle brand, as chief creative officer, a new post.How Faraj Beading Innovates With Precision Technology Most recently, Price had been senior vice president, creative director at Madewell for two years, and left last November. She had been at the company earlier in her career as well. Her responsibilities included overseeing not only Madewell, but also J. Crew brands, including men’s, women’s and crewcuts. Prior to her most recent role at Madewell, Price was chief creative officer of Beautycounter, before which she was senior vice president creative...
‘Fancy Dance’ Newcomer Isabel Deroy-Olson on the Importance of Indigenous Storytelling
“Fancy Dance,” in theaters now and available on Apple TV+ beginning Friday, shines light on the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, while also managing to be a heartwarming and humorous coming-of-age story.Ayo Edebiri Blooms in Loewe Florals, Jeremy Allen White Suits Up in Calvin Klein and More From 'The Bear' Season Three Red Carpet Premiere That’s thanks to stellar performances from Lily Gladstone and 19-year-old newcomer Isabel Deroy-Olson in the film by Seneca-Cayuga writer and director Erica Tremblay. Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax, played by Gladstone, has cared for her adolescent niece Roki, played by Deroy-Olson, while hustling for...
Cody Williams and Jalen Williams Get Ready for the NBA Draft in Rhude
For his big night as a draftee into the NBA, Colorado Buffaloes star Cody Williams — and his brother, Oklahoma City player Jalen Williams — worked with Rhude on custom suits, marking the first time Rhude has dressed a player for the NBA draft.Queen Camilla Favors Sapphire Dress With Exaggerated Shoulders for Final Day of the Emperor and Empress of Japan's State Visit Both suits were made from English refined wool fabric and were finished with Italian craftsmanship. They are inspired by Rhude designer Rhuigi Villaseñor’s fall 2024 collection, called “Out of Range,” which “was inspired by the rich elegance of...
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