After a brief, coronavirus-imposed pivot to digital, the French fashion legend returns to what it knows best. Back in June, Dior CEO Pietro Beccari held a joint live-streamed press conference with artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri to announce that the brand was moving forward with plans to present a live runway in Lecce, Italy for its Cruise 2021 […]
Though some designers have said they’ve had to postpone or even cancel production on the autumnal lines they presented earlier this year, other brands are moving ahead with Fall 2020. Prada released it’s Fall 2020 campaign on Monday, and its visual offering looks a bit different this season: Instead of linking up with a big-name photographer, […]
Bloomberg reports that Ascena Retail Group Inc., owner of the Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant clothing chains, will close more than half its stores and hand control to its lenders after the Covid-19 pandemic tipped the debt-laden retailer into bankruptcy. The court filing on Thursday is the latest among U.S. retailers that have been pushed […]
The concept of a house dress is nothing new. Its history, dating back decades, has been well-documented. Essays have been written about it; blog posts have extolled its virtues. It hasn’t made a comeback, because it really hasn’t gone anywhere. What has happened is that, as most of the world continues to live in some version of […]
Back in May of this year, Alessandro Michele announced that Gucci would be scaling back its fashion shows, bringing the total from five down to just two. “We need new oxygen to allow this complex system to be reborn,” he told Vanessa Friedman in an interview with The New York Times. But first, Michele needed […]
Louis Vuitton’s cruise collections — particularly under Nicolas Ghesquière’s creative direction — often involve far-flung travel (a theme central to the luxury house’s history). They’ve been presented in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, on the French Riviera and even at New York City’s JFK airport. But amid a global pandemic, Louis Vuitton is reimagining the season for the customer who’s staying […]
Attention Rihanna fans and Fenty Beauty fans (that’s just about everyone, right?): Fenty Skin officially has a launch date. And it’s soon — July 31, to be exact. Last week, the singer/designer/beauty disruptor announced the forthcoming launch of her long-awaited skin-care line, a brand separate from the existing Fenty Beauty color cosmetics range, with its […]
Brooks Brothers Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy, felled by the pandemic’s impact on clothing sales and its own heavy debt load. The two-century-old apparel company is the latest to succumb as lockdowns during the coronavirus outbreak add to the woes of old-line retailers. Neiman Marcus Group Inc., J. Crew Group Inc. and John Varvatos Enterprises […]
Patrick Starrr does things differently. For starters, you won’t catch him participating in internet catfights. (Although, an occasional subtweet isn’t out of the question.) He’s not hawking out his name to every brand on the planet. And in a beauty industry with a culture that thrives on what’s happening now, how to be relevant at […]
Between launching her own beauty line and releasing an album, Lady Gaga has found another project: Starring in Valentino Beauty’s latest fragrance campaign. The Italian fashion house announced Gaga as the new face of Voce Viva, a perfume dreamt up by Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli. “Imagined as a voice to spread a message around […]