Actress Yara Shahidi has a new, high-fashion gig to add to her resumé: face of Dior! WWD reports the Grown-ish star is one of several celebrities and models tapped to be global brand ambassadors for the luxury fashion house. Yara will be representing both Dior beauty and clothing in her partnership with the brand. To […]
Like so many of her London peers, Victoria Beckham has been tightening operations in the wake of COVID-19 and, as part of those efforts, is consolidating her fashion offer under a single Victoria Beckham label. With the launch of Resort 2022, the designer is introducing a new streamlined business strategy that merges her namesake main […]
Versace’s Fall 2021 advertising campaign is starring of the hottest musicians of the moment: Dua Lipa. The Grammy Award-winning artist sports a fiery new look for the campaign – long hair in a new, flaming red shade. In an interview with WWD, the brand’s designer, Donatella Versace, laughed and said, “She trusted me when I […]
Balmain is slated to host a music festival during Paris Fashion Week, with its Spring 2022 Men’s and Women’s collections as the headliners. Creative director Olivier Rousteing plans to debut his latest iterations in a runway presentation on September 29, closing out a branded, two-day music festival at The Seine Musicale in Paris. The festival […]
Fashion shows are back, and the industry can’t wait to use their passports as they flock to the Italian lagoon this Summer. Both Valentino and Saint Laurent have shows scheduled in Venice in July, according to WWD. Saint Laurent will unveil its spring 2022 menswear collection with a physical show in Venice on July 14, featuring a large-scale site-specific installation […]
It’s a new era at the house of Jean Paul Gaultier, the brand — one that includes sailing back into ready-to-wear (RTW) and collaborating with a different house every season, along with a digital-first business model. The announcements come 16 months after the acclaimed designer staged his barn-burner of a couture swansang — and six years […]
WWD reports that Moschino is making its New York Fashion Week debut this September. The Milan-based brand will showcase its women’s spring 2022 collection, designed by creative director Jeremy Scott, on September 9th in a still-undisclosed location. Moschino, which tapped Scott as creative director in October 2013, traditionally presents its women’s main collections at Milan […]
Kim Kardashian West looked outside of her family to select her latest fragrance collaborator. For the newest KKW Beauty scents, Kardashian turned to her longtime friend and celebrity florist Jeff Leatham. Following fragrance collaborations with her mother, Kris, and sisters — most recently Kendall Jenner — WWD reports that West turned to the celebrity florist for her latest […]
Versace will not showcase its upcoming collection at Milan Fashion Week. The Italian fashion house has chosen to skip the annual fashion event, which runs from 23 February to 1 March, and will instead present its men’s and women’s fall 2021 collection online a few days later. Versace confirmed to WWD that the co-ed presentation […]
Last Wednesday, Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty lingerie brand announced that it has completed a $115 million Series B fundraising round. The latest round was led by the Growth Fund of L Catterton, the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm, with participation from existing investors as well as a number of new investors. With the Series B funding, […]