It took a pandemic for legendary Los Angeles fashion boutique Maxfield to launch e-commerce for the first time in its 50-year history. “We changed our computer system a year ago with the idea to go into online, and we probably would have rolled it out in the fall. But faced with the virus and having […]
Harry Styles is joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The singer celebrated World Health Day on April 7th by releasing a graphic T-shirt that benefits COVID-19 relief efforts. The white T-shirt is inscribed with the message, “Stay Home. Stay Safe. Protect Each Other.” All proceeds from the $26 T-shirt will benefit the World Health […]
Hoka One One is donating 5,000 pairs of its heavily cushioned shoes to health-care workers across the country. The retailers that sell the brand’s shoes will identify the doctors, nurses and other health-care employees in their communities to whom the sneakers will be distributed. To launch the program, Hoka has partnered with JackRabbit, a New […]
Designer Christian Siriano’s high-end looks are more common on runways than in hospital operating rooms, but that could be about to change, at least temporarily, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Siriano volunteered his team to make masks, in response to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for help from the public. Cuomo described […]
Despite already seeing significant effects, the fashion industry has yet to feel the brunt of the repercussions — financial and otherwise — caused by the global outbreak of COVID-19. The arrival of coronavirus in Italy on February 21 coincided directly with Milan Fashion Week, which ran from the 18th to the 24th, causing some attendees […]
WWD broke the news last Friday that French house Givenchy confirmed that Renaud de Lesquen, currently president and chief executive officer of Dior Americas, will be joining on April 1st as president and CEO. Renaud de Lesquen has a unique profile in the luxury industry, starting with graduating in 1991 from the prestigious École supérieure de […]
New York Fashion Week, which begins Feb. 7, will usher in scores of new runway looks for the fall 2020 season, but the bigger news could be the industry-wide shifts that are happening off the catwalk. Fashion fans will remember that just a few months ago the NYFW spring 2020 season had its fair share […]
The 2020 Oscars, taking place on Feb. 9, are throwing a major wrench into the NYFW schedule, which could impact stars’ red carpet looks and whether Hollywood’s A-list will be sitting front-row at the shows (most of them haven’t been for quite a few years anyway, reports WWD). It was revealed last year that […]
Ford revealed in December that he would be taking his next runway show west to Los Angeles, debuting his fall 2020 collection just two days before the Oscars. “The decision to show in February in Los Angeles feels very natural to me,” Ford told WWD. “It is my home and has a strong impact on […]
Designers raised the stakes on Super Bowl style. WWD reports that in a perhaps unexpected twist, several fashion brands dropped Super Bowl LIV capsule collections to commemorate the biggest night in football, when the San Francisco 49ers went head-to-head with the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami. Balenciaga, Dsquared2, Off-White, Givenchy and Balmain were just some […]