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 […]
It’s a far cry from the streets of Queens, N.Y., to the stage at the Kennedy Center, but that’s the path that James Todd Smith — better known as LL Cool J — has taken. LL Cool J, who started his career as a rap artist as a teenager and now stars in the CBS […]
WWD reports that Gucci will celebrate the Year of the Rat with a capsule collection featuring Walt Disney’s most famous rodent: Mickey Mouse. Launching in stores and online last week, the expansive range dedicated to the Chinese New Year — which begins Jan. 25 — offers women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, footwear, small leather goods, scarves, […]
It appears that most, if not all, the top designers have decided to go to the ends of the earth to stage (or upstage each other) for their 2021 Resort Collections. So if you are of a mind to attend any of these, you’d best get your passport ready and get ready to go around […]
A little over a year after buying back his namesake brand, Frédéric Fekkai is ready to reintroduce it to the market. The new Fekkai hair-care line, now billed as clean, vegan and sustainable, is set to launch on Jan. 6 at Target, target.com and fekkai.com before rolling out to broader mass retail and international markets, […]