Month: March 2019

Rag & Bone will introduce two limited-edition men’s collaborations with NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony and Jordan Brand. Split into two capsules, Rag & Bone has worked with Jordan Brand and Anthony on sneakers and T-shirts, and a separate five-piece apparel collection with Anthony. The collections will be introduced Thursday at a Melo Made interactive presentation in New York. Last month, Anthony signed a $2.4 million, veteran’s minimum deal with the Houston Rockets for one year.…

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FUN IN THE SUN: The BCBG brands, which last month saw the opening of the second Manhattan BCBG Max Azria store in SoHo, is getting ready to introduce new sunglasses lines. The lines, in collaboration with Allure Eyewear, will be available under the BCBG Max Azria and BCBGeneration labels. The BCBGeneration collection, available during holiday 2018, features playful pastels showcasing a bohemian West Coast vibe that targets the Millennial consumer. The older sister line, available in…

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VERONA — “I can now wear pajamas on the streets, which is great for everybody, not just for me,” said actress, designer and businesswoman Sarah Jessica Parker ahead of the annual Intimissimi runway show, a fashion event focusing on the Italian innerwear brand’s newest lingerie collection, held here on Wednesday. Parker chose to meet the press before the show sporting one of the brand’s pajama sets in a pale-mint lace version, matching it with high-heeled…

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British editor and author Rosie Nixon, in New York for the U.S. launch of her novel “The Stylist,” was doing some fantasy casting on Tuesday night at a cocktail party hosted by her luxury consultant friend Marigay McKee. Nixon recently scored a deal to turn her 2016 book into a feature film, with Karen McCullah of “Legally Blonde” fame conscripted for the screenplay. The plot involves a kooky sales associate who takes a new job…

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NEW YORK – Wes Gordon just wants to make people happy. It’s a word he returns to in one variation or another no less than 15 times over the course of an interview to preview his first solo runway collection as the creative director of Carolina Herrera. “I like that idea that to zip up a Herrera dress should make you want to dance, it should just make you happy,” said Gordon last month in…

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NEW YORK — Narciso Rodriguez is coming off the most stress-free summer he’s had in 20 years. That’s because he showed his spring collection in June and didn’t have to spend the month of August preparing for New York Fashion Week, which officially starts Thursday. “Every July, I would get melancholy. August means you’re in the office with everyone else at the beach,” said Rodriguez, who was honored Wednesday by the Couture Council of the Museum…

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Nathan Jenden, who returned to Diane von Furstenberg as chief design officer and vice president, creative in January, is taking a leave from the company for health reasons. The company declined to provide further details. Jenden had returned to DVF following the departure of Jonathan Saunders, who resigned his post as chief creative officer in December. Jenden showed his first collection in February for fall and had been very involved in the spring collection. He…

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AI-DRIVEN PLATFORM RAISES $13.75M: Custora, a customer analytics platform for brands and retailers, has raised $13.75 million in a Series B funding round led by General Catalyst. The round includes participation from existing investors Foundation Capital and Greycroft. Custora said it helps retailers grow revenue and increase the customer lifetime value through a better use of AI-driven customer insights. The platform allows clients to personalize online and offline communications and use its aggregated data from disparate…

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READY FOR THEIR CLOSE-UP: Giorgio Armani has not one, but five, new beauty ambassadors. The Italian brand has tapped Chinese actress Elaine Zhong alongside models Barbara Palvin, Sara Sampaio, Madisin Rian and Greta Ferro to star in a series of new campaigns shot by David Sims kicking off this month. They joined Cate Blanchett, who earlier this year was named the brand’s first global beauty ambassador, last weekend on the red carpet of the Venice…

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Pioneering Los Angeles retailer H.Lorenzo continues to expand its footprint with the opening of a new men’s wear boutique at 8700 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood. The new concept will be H.Lorenzo’s fourth location in L.A. Founder Lorenzo Hadar and his wife opened their first boutique, La Mirage, on Sunset Boulevard in 1982. The first H. Lorenzo boutique, carrying women’s and men’s wear, opened in 1984, followed soon after by H. Lorenzo North Robertson Boulevard…

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