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Lanvin Picks Peter Copping as Artistic Director
Lanvin has selected Peter Copping — a seasoned British designer who has helmed Oscar de la Renta and Nina Ricci — as its new artistic director.SCAD Fash Museum to Celebrate the Roaring '20s With New Exhibition He is to start in September, and is expected to immediately turn his hand to the house’s pre-fall 2025 collections. The exact timing of his runway debut could not immediately be learned. He is to oversee womenswear and menswear collections. Most recently, Copping worked at Balenciaga where he “directed the ateliers for the reintroduction of the couture collection,” according to Lanvin. Balenciaga said his title since 2022...
Alexis Mabille Toasts Dita Von Teese at Paris Couture Week
CHAMPAGNE FOR ALL: A glamorous crowd gathered at Caviar Kaspia to toast couturier Alexis Mabille following his show at the Lido 2 Paris cabaret on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées during Paris Couture Week.Getting Ready for Balenciaga Couture Fall 2024 With Michelle Yeoh The guest of honor was Dita Von Teese, who surprised guests by closing the runway show with her iconic Champagne glass striptease on the venue’s hydraulic stage, complete with a working fountain. It was her first time back at the Lido since it was acquired by Accor Group and reopened last year as a musical theater, with a new interior...
Jean Paul Gaultier by Nicolas Di Felice Fall 2024 Couture: Hooked on Hook-and-eye Fasteners
The long, sweaty wait for the Jean Paul Gaultier by Nicolas Di Felice couture show Wednesday night left guests plenty of time to contemplate how models might negotiate the narrow white runway between the tightly packed benches, and why the room had been arranged this way. It was clear from...
Diptyque Makes Top Executive Changes
PARIS — Diptyque, the French niche beauty and lifestyle brand, is making top executive changes, effective Monday.Top Beauty Looks From Days One and Two of the Fall 2024 Couture Season Chris Garek is retiring from his roles at Manzanita Capital, Diptyque’s parent company, where he has served as operating partner, and as the brand’s president. In those two positions, he is succeeded by Fabienne Mauny, chief executive officer of Diptyque since December 2017. Laurence Semichon, senior vice president brand since 2019, is becoming Diptyque’s CEO. “She will be in charge of leading the next phase of growth while preserving the brand’s singularity and continuing building...
H&M Needs Further Sales Boost to Stay on Track
PARIS — H&M expects it will be trickier than anticipated to meet its full-year operating margin targets due to weak June sales, an increase in purchasing costs and currency headwinds.From Smaller Pads to TikTok Tampon Tutorials, the Tween Period Care Era Is Here The Swedish fashion giant is targeting an operating margin of 10 percent this year, compared with 6.2 percent in 2023, as it seeks to turn around its fortunes. Despite a significant uptick in its second-quarter profits, and 3 percent sales growth in both reported terms and local currencies, the firm will be more reliant than expected on boosting sales...
Consumers Feel Stuck — and the Implications for Retail Are Huge
Call them the stuck in the middle consumer. Younger Americans Are Set to Have a Summer of Fun, No Matter the Financial Costs They are everywhere. They feel all right about right now, but bad about their future. Buoyed by higher wages and pressured by high prices. Divided, frustrated and worn out by politics. Worried over the state of the world — from wars to climate change. Keen on sustainability, but guilty when they buy that extra top. It’s a mess that is expected to have outsized implications for retailers, where brands and stores are all looking for some way to move forward, but are...
EXCLUSIVE: Balmain Collaborates With Disney on ‘The Lion King’
Olivier Rousteing can certainly identify with the main character of “The Lion King.”Kate Spade New York and Heinz Unveil Ketchup-inspired Capsule Collection When he was a nine-year-old boy growing up with his adoptive parents in Bordeaux, France, he related to Simba’s missions: “Creating your own kingdom, fighting for success, fighting for freedom,” he recalled in an interview on Wednesday. To be sure, Rousteing was something of a cub when Balmain presented the fashion wunderkind, only 24 years old, as its new creative director back in 2011. Now, in a nifty circle-of-life moment, Rousteing and Balmain are collaborating with Disney on a fashion collection...
Saks Fifth Avenue Plans 20 Stand-alone Fifth Avenue Club Locations by the End of 2024
Saks Fifth Avenue is expanding The Fifth Avenue Club, its luxury personal shopping and styling service.Police Increase Estimated Market Value of Counterfeit Designer Apparel and Jewelry Seizure in Palm Beach to $3.4 Million The Fifth Avenue Club plans to have 20 stand-alone locations by yearend. Driven by positive customer response to existing locations, the expansion comes one year after the launch of The Fifth Avenue Club concept of private stand-alone suites in hotels and resorts across the U.S. The strategy is to reach a wider audience and deliver personal service in locations where Saks does not operate stores. The newest...
Celebrity Hairstylist Valery Joseph Is Back With a New Line of Hair Care
Valery Joseph is getting back into the product game.The 80 Best Beauty Products on Amazon, Tested and Reviewed by Editors The celebrity hairstylist to Lady Gaga, Helen Mirren and more — as well as owner of four salons — is launching Valery Joseph Haircare. It bows Monday with nine hair care products on Joseph’s website, as well as in his salons, before taking to Amazon later in the summer. The products range in price from $40 to $105. This is the second time Joseph has made hair products, having debuted Long by Valery Joseph at Barneys New York in 2014. Since then both...
EXCLUSIVE: Estée Lauder’s New Skin Care Retail Concept Combines Luxury and Science
Estée Lauder is staking its claim on skin longevity, starting in China.Adidas Ousts Two Employees in China Corruption Investigation The Estée Lauder Cos.’ flagship brand is unveiling a new freestanding retail concept called the Skin Longevity Institute, which will first open in Hainan on June 30. Heavy on services, each location includes technology for skin analysis, facial treatments and sells the brand’s Re-Nutriv products. The move comes after 15 years of Estée Lauder’s research around sirtuin proteins led to the brand’s exclusive Sirtivity-LP technology, which purports to both prevent and reverse signs of aging. That technology is the hallmark of the brand’s...
Fashion Photographer David Turner Dies at 64
David Turner, a former WWD and Hearst Publications photographer, died June 18 at the age of 64.Renowned Architect Designs a Private Salon for the Work of Chanel's Specialty Workshops, Le19M A man of multiple talents, whose exacting nature applied to such other pursuits as teaching, baking and trumpet playing, Turner was not inclined to do anything halfheartedly. In what was a 17-year run as a staff photographer at WWD that started in 1989, Turner’s specialty was portraits of high-profile designers like Ralph Lauren and Karl Lagerfeld and celebrities like Audrey Hepburn and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. That tenure, which included assignments for W...
Zuhair Murad Fall 2024 Couture: Clothing the Sexy, Edgy Drama Queen
Zuhair Murad sought to offer an outlet for his heroine’s inner torment this season, translating emotion like a burst of anger in his glittering silhouettes. Jagged shard-like adornments were scattered across his designs like a cry for help, while embroideries burst forth like explosions, their chaos delivering drama to the silhouette.
Alex Sarr Puts Personal Touch on His Versace Suit, Cody Williams Dons Custom Rhude and More Rising Basketball Stars at the NBA 2024 Draft
College basketball stars like Cody Williams and Stephon Castle took a major step in their professional careers on Wednesday during the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft in New York City. Getting Ready for Balenciaga Couture Fall 2025 With Michelle Yeoh The annual draft highlights the future stars of the National Basketball Association. Rising stars like Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr and Donovan Clingan earned top-choice spots on teams in the NBA. The evening features first-round draft selections from the Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat and more. Ahead, see what the athletes wore to the 78th annual NBA draft. Alex Sarr Sarr,...
Celebrities Front Row at Balenciaga Fall 2024 Couture: Katy Perry, Michelle Yeoh and More
Katy Perry has entered her naked dressing era.Getting Ready for Balenciaga Couture Fall 2024 With Michelle Yeoh The singer, who made headlines with her daring cutout Noir Kei Ninomiya dress at the Vogue World event in Paris on Sunday, went even further with her outfit at the Balenciaga haute couture show: a chubby fur coat worn over nothing but a pair of ripped tights. Perry, in Paris promoting her new single “Woman’s World,” had slathered her skin with body oil as temperatures in the city soared. “It’s my first Balenciaga show,” she told WWD. “I wanted to be streamlined, sexy, sensual, simple but...
Jade Trau to Debut Bridal Experience at Southampton Boutique
Beginning July 8, jeweler Jade Trau will debut a bridal pop-up experience in-store at her Southampton flagship. The new concept will feature her classics along with never-before-seen engagement ring and wedding bands styles. Kleinfeld Launches Platform to Buy and Sell Pre-owned Bridal Dresses “I looked at what our bridal collection was, and it felt like a compilation of a decade of individually designed greatest hits,” Trau said, deciding to take a more holistic approach to her bridal assortment, “using all my favorite shapes of diamonds and silhouettes to tell this story.” The Jade Trau bridal pop-up is a full-service consultation meant to help shoppers find rings that suit their...
Levi’s CEO Michelle Gass Overdelivers for Q2, But Stock Still Takes a Hit
When Michelle Gass took on the mantle of chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co. in January, she did more than take over a jeans giant that was sharpening its focus on its direct-to-consumer and women’s businesses. Analysts Weigh In on RH's Europe Expansion After Company's Q1 Miss She grabbed the reins just as the key U.S. market moved into a year bound to be disrupted by a distracting presidential election, which is just now starting to gear up. “Uncertainty has become our new certainty. We know that there’s going to be uncertainty with the consumer,” Gass told WWD in an interview...
Princess Diana’s Beverly Hills Auction: The Standouts
Keeping the momentum going after the $1.14 million sale of Princess Diana’s 1985 Jacques Azagury evening dress in December, California-based Julien’s Auctions has presented a touring exhibit showcasing some of her most photographed apparel and accessories. EXCLUSIVE: PacSun Names Noelle Sadler VP of Marketing Following stops in Hong Kong, New York and Ireland, the collection of dresses, suits, hats, bags, shoes, as well as letters and holiday cards, landed at The Peninsula Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, where the auction will be held on Thursday. “Julien’s has a great history with consigners that are huge Princess Diana collectors and certainly off of the...
Rapman Channels His Own Superpowers to Make ‘Supacell’
At the moment, Rapman’s superpower is patience. It’s late May and the filmmaker is eagerly awaiting Thursday’s release of “Supacell,” his new superhero series for Netflix that is set in South London and features an all-Black cast.What to Expect for the Culture-thon the Edinburgh International Festival and Its Wilder Cousin, Fringe “I’m kind of counting down the days like a kid at Christmas right now,” says Rapman, nee Andrew Onwubolu, from his home in London. “Supacell,” which was created, written, produced and codirected by Onwubolu, is the follow-up to his buzzy feature-length directorial debut “Blue Story.” The film was released in...
Celebrities Front Row at Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2024 Couture Show Photos
Mariacarla Boscono, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Marialucas Dalla Patti at the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2024 Couture show. Celebrities Front Row at Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2024 Couture Show Photos. Shay at the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2024 Couture show. Celebrities Front Row at Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2024 Couture Show...
Under Armour’s New Ads Focus on Sportswear Rather Than Just Sports
Under Armour is expanding its reach beyond the field and the court for its fall campaign.Under Armour Agrees to Pay $434 Million to Settle Class Action Lawsuit The Baltimore-based brand this week will debut a new marketing campaign focused on sportswear rather than just sports. As it explains in the marketing materials: “You know us for sweat-wicking shirts, for infrared training tech, for energy-returning running shoes — the game-ready gear we’ve been devoted to 25 years and counting.” But this season, the company said, its message will evolve with a new focus on “high-performance gear for sport and street.” While the photography for...
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